Car companies are developing vehicles that will plug into electric sockets,just like many laptops,digital cameras,cell phones and Mp4 do.Called“plug-in vehicles”,these cars will get most of their power from electricity. Their drivers won't have to stop at gas stations as often as usual.
The technology is more than just cool. In our car-filled world,plug-in vehicles could reduce the amount of gas we use,which keeps rising in cost now and then. Besides,driving around in these vehicles may even help the environment.Gas-burning cars produce a lot of greenhouse gas,which causes globe warming.
The first company-produced plug-in vehicles could hit the roads by 2010. But engineers still have a lot of work to do to make the technology practical and inexpensive.
Batteries(电池) are the biggest challenge. In the plug-in-vehicle world,Li-ion(锂离子)batteries are getting the most attention.These batteries can store a large amount of energy in a small package,and they last a longer time between charges.Li-ion batteries can fit laptops,cell phones,heart instruments and other similar pocket ones.
But because cars are so big and heavy, it would still require a suitcase-sized Li-ion batteries to power about 12km of driving.What's more,the batteries are much expensive.
“A car filled with batteries could go a long distance,”says Ted Bohn, an electrical engineer in Chicago.“But it couldn't pull any people.and it would cost $100,000.”
So researchers need to work out how to make batteries smaller and cheaper,among other questions.
“The answers don't exist yet,”Bohn says,“As a kid,I thought someone someplace knows the answer to everything.All of these questions haven't been decided.That's what engineering is about-making a guess,running tests and getting fine results.”
72.The passage mainly talks about of a new car
A.the developing B.the speed C.the appearance D.the batteries
72.Which is true according to the passage?
A.The“plug-in vehicles”will use electricity completely as driving power.
B.The new technology will help protect our environment.
C.The technology of using electricity as driving is quite practical now.
D.The biggest challenge of the new technology is that it will cost us more energy.
74.How does Bohn feel about the future of the technology according to the last paragraph?
A.Confident B.Puzzled. C.Worried. D.Disappointed.
75.According to the passage,the new technology is facing the following problems except that .
A.the new technology cannot come into use at present
B.the cost of the new technology is quite high
C.the government won't support the technology
D. the size of the batteries is too big at present
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第五部分 书面表达(满分25分)
据报道,中国成功地将三人小组送入太空,其中一人进行了中国首次太空行走,这是自2003年首次将一人送入太空后中国最具挑战的太空任务。你对本校学生就探索太空的利与弊问题进行了调查。请根据表格中的内容用英语写一篇短文,发表在你校校报上。
支持(多数学生) ·探索太空是中国人长期持有的梦想
·有助于未来中国参与国际竞争
·中国科学技术的发展使探索太空成了可能
反对(部分学生) ·探索太空需要大量的金钱,中国负担不起
·中国是一个发展中国家,应努力解决其它社会问题
你的观点和感想 (表明你自己的观点,并结合实际谈谈感想。两至三点。)
注意:1. 不要逐句翻译,总词数150左右,开头已经写好,不计入总词数;
2. 你的观点和感想约50词左右;
3. 要求字迹工整,卷面整洁,卷面分占2分;
4. 参考词汇:太空探索 Space Exploration。
It has been reported that China successfully launched a three-man crew into space where one of them made the country's first space walk, the country's most challenging space mission since first launching a person into space in 2003.
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第一节(共18小题;每小题2分,满分36分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Christian Eijkman, a Dutch doctor, left the Netherlands for the island of Java. Many people on the island had a disease called Beri. He was going there to try and find a cure.
At first, Eijkman thought some kind of germ (细菌) caused Beri. He raised some chickens. He didn’t eat them, but made experiments on them. The local people were quite surprised at that. One day he noticed that his chickens became sick when they were fed the food most Javanese ate — refined white rice (精炼米). When he fed them with unrefined rice, also known as brown rice, they recovered. Eijkman realized that he had made an important discovery — that some things in food could prevent disease. These things were named vitamins (维生素). The Javanese were not getting enough vitamins because they had actually removed the part that contains vitamins. Later, other diseases were also found to be caused by the lack of vitamins in a person’s food.
Today many people know the importance of vitamins and they make sure they have enough vitamins from the food they eat. If they don’t, they can also take vitamin pills.
41. The underlined word “cure” in Paragraph 1 probably means _____.
A. a medical treatment B. a kind of vitamin
C. a kind of germ D. a kind of rice
42. Christian Eijkman went to the island of Java to ______.
A. spend his holiday
B. find ways to grow better crops
C. do some research about the island
D. help the Javanese with their illness
43. Why did Christian Eijkman raise some chickens?
A. To eat them. B. To carry out his experiments.
C. To give the Javanese a surprise. D. To make money by selling them.
44. If a person doesn’t get enough vitamins in his diet, he’d better ____.
A. eat more rice B. eat more meat
C. eat some chicken D. eat vitamin pills
45. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. Beri was caused by chickens
B. the Javanese didn’t like vitamins
C. Christian Eijkman’s experiment was successful
D. the Javanese’s disease was caused by a kind of germ
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第二节 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第31至第40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life." 31 _ teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily formed.
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for true friendship to 32 . However, there can be no disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or 33 at arm's length? Do we want to 34 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are quite enough—and that's all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends' expectations. The sharing of _ 35 experience including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行) slowly and carried on only if there are sign of interest and action in return.
What are some of the _ 36 _ of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships _ 37 _ time. Another “major difficulty" is the selfishness to think one “possesses" the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships 38 actions in return. In other words, you must give as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend _ 39 _ time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die 40 .?
31. A. Knowledge B. Teachers C. Experience D. Parents
32. A. design B. intend C. develop D. appear
33. A. remained B. left C. kept D. stayed
34. A. own B. owe C. share D. spare?
35. A. social B. ordinary C. good D. personal
36. A. difficulties B. differences C. advantages D. things
37. A. cost B. spend C. ask D. take?
38. A. require B. request C. depend D. suggest
39. A. reasonable B. comfortable C. less D. a lot?
40. A. for B. away C. out D. from
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_____the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it ‘s a good idea to spend too much time on it.
A
. If B. While C. Because D. As
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Make full use of your time you can achieve what you desire.
A.so B.or C.but D.and
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When _______ comes to saving energy, big changes start with small steps, like turning off the lights.
A. that B. this C. it D. one
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-----The windows must have taken you quite a long time that day.
------Right. They for weeks.
A. haven’t been cleaned B. hadn’t been cleaned C. didn’t clean D. haven’t cleaned
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Tom looked at Jessica, tears ____ his eyes, and shouted out the words ___ in his heart for years.
A. filling; hiding B. filled; hidden C. filling; hidden D. filled; hiding
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