1.根据以下资料，回答90-90题。 　　Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years ago．He leased an electric car．Schwabe says he gets more out of driving an electric car than just a charge. 　　"With the price of gasoline and with the problems with clean air, it's important we get electric vehicles out on the road." 　　On California roads there are about two thousand electric cars．By 2003, ten percent of all new cars may be required to have zero emissions．This is a mandate automakers say it is way ahead of its time. 　　Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says, "The technology (for zero emissions) isn't here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience." 　　Auto makers blame it on the batteries．Power runs out on most cars after about 70 miles．However, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a charge．Batteries are expensive．Carmakers say there is nothing they can do about it. 　　Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coalition says, "The automakers have not built a vehicle unless required to do so, so it's very important for the state to stay committed to this program requiting automakers to build small amounts in beginning years and then the market will take off."90 When did Michael Schwabe say goodbye to the gas pump?

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Last Friday,after doing all the family shopping in the town.I wanted to have a restbefore catching the train.I1 a newspaper and some chocolate and2into the station coffee shop.It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to3at.I put myheavy bag down on the floor,4the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and thenwent to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee.there was someone5in the next seat.6

was a boy,with dark glasses and old clothes,and7bright red at the front.He had

started to cat my chocolate!Naturally,I was rather uneasy about him.but I didn't want to have any8.I justread the newspaper,tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate.The boy looked at me in9.Then he took a10piece of my chocolate.I could hardly believe it.Still I didn'tsay anything to him.When he took a third piece,I felt more angry than uneasy.Ithought,"Well,I shall have the last piece,"And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look,then11up.As he left,he shouted out.

＂There's something.12with that woman!”Everyone looked at me,13I didn't

Want to quarrel with the boy,so I kept quiet.I did not realize that I had14a mistakeuntil I finished my coffee and was ready to15.My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper.The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!4.单选

3.HI． Cloze ( 30 points)Directions:For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D． Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corres-ponding letter on the Answer Sheet．材料题，根据下面文章回答21-35题：Where do cars get their energy from? For most cars，the answer is petrol. 21_some cars use electricity.These cars have 22 motors that get their power from large batteries.In 23 ，there are even cars that have 24 an electric motor and a petrol motor.These types of cars are 25 hybrid(混合)cars.Most people tend to think of electric cars as a new 26 ，but they have been around for a long time.In the 27 19th and early 20th centuries electric cars were common because the technology for petrol engines was not very advanced.But 28 the petrol engine became easier to make and more powerful，this type of engines became the most 29 .Interest in electric cars was high in the l970s and 1980s because 30 became very expensive。Recently，electric cars have again become well-liked because people want cars that pollute 31 . Electric cars are better than petrol cars 32 several ways.The biggest benefit is reduced pollution.In areas 33 there is a high percentage of electric cars，pollution is not that serious.The second benefit of electric cars is a 34 in the dependence on foreign oil.Several countries don’t want to 35 on oil from other countries.Since electric cars can run on electricity from coal or nuclear power stations，there is less need to import oil.27.请填写出最佳答案（ ）

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Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities.Of course.there have always been people who have looked foradventure-those whohave climbed the highest mountains,explored unknown parts of the world or sailed insmall boats across the greatestoceans.Now,however,there are people who seek an immediate thrill from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds.

I would consider bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity.You jumpfrom a high place(perhaps a bridge,or a hot-air balloon)200 meters above the groundwith an elastic rope tied to your ankles,You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour till therope stops you from hitting the ground.It is estimated that 2 million people around theworld have now tried bungee jumping.Other activities as risky as bungee jumping involvejumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliffs.Why do people take part in such activities as these?Some psychologists suggest that it is because life inmodern societies has become sate and boring.Not very long ago,people's lives were constantly under threat.They had to go out and hunt for food,diseases could not easily becured,and life was a continuous battle for survival.

Nowadays,according to many people,lite offers little excitement.They live and work in comparatively safe environment,they buy food in shops,and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill.the answer for some of these people is to seek danger in activities such as bungee jumping.3.In bungee jumping.you（）

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Passage Four

Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewed biologically, the modern footballer is in reality a member of a hunting group. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and

his prey into a goalmouth. If his aim is accurate and he scores a goal, he enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey.

To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look back at our forefathers. They spent over a million years evolving( 进化 ) as Cooperative hunters. Their very survival depended on success in the hunting fielD、（84）Under this pressure their whole way of life, even their bodies, became greatly changed ：They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey killers. They cooperated as skillful male group attack.

Then about ten thousand years ago, after this immensely long period of hunting the food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life was put to a new use --that of controlling and domesticating ( 驯养 ) their prey. The hunt became suddenly out of date. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of the hunt were no longer essential for survival.

(85)The skills and thirst for hunting remained, however, and demanded new outlets. Hunting for sport replaced hunting for necessity. This new activity involved all the original hunting sequences( 后果 ), but the aim of the operation was no longer to avoid starvation. Instead the sportsmen set off to test their skill against prey that was no longer essential to their survival. To be sure, the kill may have been eaten, but there were other purposes, much simpler of obtaining a meaty meal.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

6.Thank you very much for giving us___on this matter.

7.No sooner___he arrived home than he___to start on another journey

8.根据以下材料，回答44-47题 0ne evening Mr．Green was driving home along a lonely country road．He had￡1，000 in hispocket．At the loneliest part of the road，a man asked for a lift(搭车)．Mr．Green told him to get intothe car and continued his drivin9．When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been inDrison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before，Mr．Green was very worried· Suddenlv he saw a police．car and had a bright idea．He just reached a small town where thesDeed limit was 30 miles an hour．But he drove the car as fast as it could go．He looked back and sawthat the police-car had begun to cbase him．After a mile or so the police-car overtook(赶上)him andordered him to stop．A policeman got out and came to Mr．Green’s car．Mr．Green hoped that hecould tell the policeman about the escaped robber，but he fblt the man had put a gun against hisback．The Doliceman took out his notebook and pencil，saying he wanted Mr．Green’s name andaddress．Mr．Green asked to be taken to the police station， but the policeman said，“N0， you will have to appear at the police station later．” Mr．Green had to do as the policeman told him．TheDoliceman wrote his name and address down，put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket Idgave Mr． Green a talk about dangerous driving．Then Mr．Green started up his car again and drove on． Just as he reached the suburb of London，the passenger said，“I want to get off here．”Mr．Green stopped the car，the man got out and said，“Thanks for the lift．You’Ve been good to me.This is the least I can do in return．’’And he handed Mr．Green the policeman’s notebook，which he stole while the policeman was talking to Mr．Green．What’S the end of the story?

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Canada is the second largest country in the world in area, although its【1】is only some 25 million, most【2】in a 200-mile strip【3】the southern border. Over 25 per cent of the【4】number live in the three main cities. The northern areas of the country are almost uninhabited【5】for isolated settlements.

Canada is【6】a rich country, and its national【7】per capita is the fifth highest in the world, but its economy in recent years has been rather【8】, because of the varied nature of what it does.

Over the last three years, the Canadian economy has been hard【9】by falling oil prices and by rising US interest【10】. This has【11】to a steep fall in industrial production--by as much as a fifth since 1981. Some【12】now think Canada is on the【13】to recovery, though more cautious spirits say that no【14】can be expected until there is a【15】to lower interest rates in the USA.8 （）A.seedy,B.patchy,C.spotty,D.scratchy

10.The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point___he can walk correctly and safely.

11.Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its _____ on the audience.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

12.When John left the office, Amy __ at her desk.

13.In our online life, we need to use passwords frequently. We use passwords 21 e-mail,gaming sites, social networking sites，and other shopping sites. 22 ， the passwords most people use are not very 23 and can easily be“"broken" by others. In fact, the most comonly used passwords are so simple that it requires very 24 effort to figure them out. Can you guess 25 the most commonly used passwords are? They are: Names of baseball teams, bith dates of a farmily 26 ，the year of a special sports event，the random numbers like 156468, 27 the name of a friend, pet, favorite TV star, or band.There are prograrms 28 to break into people' s online accounts. These programs are_ 29 of trying every word in the English dictionary and the dictionaries 30 many foreign languages, in their effort to break into an account._ 31 can even search words backward. Some will try_ 32 words or words that are followed by numbers, 33 school222. These programs can test millions of passwords in a few minutes. So, you are advised to be careful about_ 34 passwords so that they will be hard to break. You are also advised not to make them35 hard to remember. Meanwhile, you need to change them once in a while.35.（）

14.Nobody should _____ the authority that people have placed on him.

15.＿＿a hotel,we looked for somewhere to have dinner.

16.It is still sometimes difficult to understand why those between ages 10 and 18 would endangertheir lives by joining armed forces or rebel groups and become fighting soldiers. The recentlypublished book, Young Soldiers, Why They Choose to Fight by Rachel Brett and Irma Specht, triesto find an answer.There is no doubt that children fight in most armed conflicts today. While international attentionfocuses largely on those who are forced into battles, thousands more enlist(应征入伍) voluntarily.In an attempt to understand the young who take up arms, Brett and Specht interviewed 53 boyand girl soldiers and ex-soldiers from around the world, Afghanistan, Colombia, the Republic of theCongo for example. All interviewees were involved with armed groups before the age of 18 and allclassified themselves as volunteers.What these two field officers heard is “I joined involuntarily—if you have nothing, you volunteerfor the army”. Other reasons young people gave are self—defense, revenge, poverty, andunemploy-ment.But while it is common knowledge that most child soldiers come from poor and disadvantagedbackgrounds, Young Soldiers shows that the issue is far more complex. Many poor child do not jointhe army. The environmental, educational, social, cultural, and highly personal factors determinewhether someone decides to join up or not.The battlefield is not a place children. One young soldier described being there as “too sad anexperience”. The authors hope that by understanding why teenagers join up, those child soldiersshould know how to discourage others from the same tragedy.Young Soldiers, Why They Choose to Fight is ( )

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Passage Two

In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive. (82)Resources on land are beginning to grow less. The sea, however, still offers hope to supply many of man’s needs.

The riches of the sea yet to be developed by man’s technology are impressive. Oil and gas explorations have existed for nearly thirty years. Valuable amounts of minerals such as iron, nickel and copper and so on exist on the ocean floor, ready to be mined.

Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food.The culture of fish and shellfish is an ancient skill practiced in the past mainly by Oriental peoples.

Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warm temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and waves offer possible use as a source of energy such as hydroelectric power.

Technology is enabling man to explore ever deeper under the sea.The new undersea technology is providing divers with diving suits and undersea chambers that are kept at sea level pressure. The development of strong,new materials has made this possible. The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. By the year 2000, experts believe that the problems to exploit the food, minerals, and energy sources of the sea will be largely solved.According to the author, technology for exploring the sea is important because______.

18.If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season．You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year．A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876-1947), concluded from other men's work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. 　　He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat．This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year．It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer. 　　Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking．One reason may be that in the spring man's mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. 　　Fall is the next-best season, then winter．As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking![单选题] According to the passage, any vacations from thinking should be taken __.

19.One of the strongest hurricanes __ was the Florida Keys Storm of 1935, during which 500people were killed.

20.There Pictures from outer space now show us how much land has changed on earth．These images are taken by Landsat 7, a government satellite．The satellites have been used for 27 years．They reveal the clear-cutting of forests in the northwestern part of the United States．Pictures show the loss of rain forests in South America. 　　NASA's Darrel Williams speaks about the Landsat 7 Project．He said that an eruption caused trees to burn up in a large forest．Fifteen years later, pinkish images from space show that the trees and plant life are growing again．Williams says that clear-cut areas easily show up in the pictures．He wants Americans to look at how much land is being cleared of forests in our country. 　　Satellites have provided other information about changes on earth．In the past ten years, more than four miles have shrunk from glaciers in Alaska．Landsat 7 received these computer images of Glacier Bay in Alaska. 　　Hurricanes Floyd and Irene have damaged the coastline in North Carolina．Runoff from farms and silt have gone into the．ocean according to satellite images．Loss of trees and forests have caused hotter summers in southern cities such as Atlanta, Georgia. The Landsat 7 images are like pictures in a photo album．Instead of pictures of the family, the album shows changes around the globe in the past 25 years. 　　A new satellite, Terra, is going to be launched by NASA soon．It will be more advanced than Landsat 7 and will take important global pictures．Ocean temperatures and energy loss will be provided by Terra daily.[单选题] Landsat 7 knows that Alaskan glaciers have shrunk because __.