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Trams or trolley cars are now obsolete in most United States cities: generally the public travels by bus. More and more cities are 41 passengers to have the exact change in hand as they board the bus, or else "tokens" that can be bought 42 . Labor here is so expensive that conductors were long ago taken off our buses. For some years drivers had the 43 job of making change at the same time that they were operating their monster buses through traffic. 44 relatively new "exact change" rule eases the driver load; it speeds service for everyone; it also 45 the number of robberies that were taking place when drivers had a great deal of 46 money for making change.
In many cities bus and subway tokens can be used interchangeably and are bought at subway booths. it is a 47 timesaver to buy tokens in considerable quantity and keep them in a special purse or envelope so that you can 48 them easily. Otherwise you have to wait in long lines in rush hours or get 49 without change just when you need to catch a bus.
School children and people over sixty-five years of age can get special passes in most cities so that they can ride 50 reduced rate during certain hours of the day.
41. A. requiring B. acquiring
C. inquiring D. needing
42. A. in the advance B. in advance
C. before D. ahead
43. A. two B. dual
C. double D. couple
44. A. That B. it
C. This D. The one
45. A. deduces B. induces
C. cuts D. reduces
46. A. spare B. extra
C. more D. rest
47. A. great B. large
C. enormous D. vast
48. A. get over B. get in
C. get at D. get through
49. A. held B. seized
C. caught D. trapped
50. A. by B. at
C. in D. over
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