How do you get across a river? A bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the ferry（渡船）. A ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.
Both ends of a ferry look the same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks（靠岸）at one side of the river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes back across the river.
In many places, bridges are now taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built in New York over Now York Bay（湾）. It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes（行道）of traffic.
小题1: ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.
| A．The bridge | B．The car | C．The ferry | D．The bus |
小题2: We can infer that ______ according to the passage.
| A．the shortest bridge in the world was built in New York |
| B．it may be faster to cross rivers on bridges than on ferries |
| C．there is a bridge over every river in the United States |
| D．we don’t need ferries any more |
小题3: The main idea of the passage is that _____.
| A．the bridge is taking the place of the ferry |
| B．the ferry is better than the long bridge |
| C．the bridge in New York has a very long name |
| D．there is no ferry in the world |
小题4:_______ can cross rivers by ferry.
| A．Only people | B．Both cars and people | C．Only cars | D．Neither people nor cars |
