With the Tesla Roadster and other plugin (插入式) electric vehicles hitting the road，demand is growing for accessible refueling points to recharge them. Carbon Day Automotive, a Chicagobased company，has now demonstrated a solarpowered recharging point, known as the Solar PlugIn Station，which lets motorists easily charge their cars using electricity that has been produced without any environmental damage.
The Solar PlugIn Station has gone on show in Chicago as part of the city’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. According to Carbon Day Automotive，the Solar PlugIn Station on show in Chicago is part of the vital infrastructure(基礎設施) required for electric vehicles in Chicago and was the focus of a recent visit by the International Olympic Committee.
These solarpowered electricity points will be used daily to fuel the city’s electric vehicles with power from the sun. By producing the electricity from pollutionfree solar cell, the CO2 emissions are reduced to zero.
“Solar energy and electric vehicles are a partnership that is one more step to reducing our dependence on foreign oil,” says Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies.Coulomb Technologies recently developed the components (部件) required for individual recharging stations，marketed as ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations.Carbon Day Automotive is the Midwest distributor for the ChargePoint stations. The Solar PlugIn Station consists of giant solar panels (電池板) that shade the tiny ChargePoint Networked Charging Station.The solar panel is connected to an underground battery pack，ready for everyday refueling.
“Without these stations it would be like driving around in a traditional car without the availability of gas stations，” says Scott Emalfarb，CEO at Carbon Day.“The day of true plugin electric vehicles will be here sooner than most people realize and the world needs to be ready to accommodate them.”
【小題1】The Solar PlugIn Station is used as part of the bid to host the Olympics mainly because ________.
| A．it’s environmentally friendly |
| B．it makes up for the lack of electricity |
| C．it’s a new idea and attracts people’s attention |
| D．it brings convenience to electric vehicle users |
| A．to recharge the electric vehicles takes a long time |
| B．the Solar PlugIn Station will come into use in 2016 |
| C．the Solar PlugIn Station has gone on show internationally |
| D．Chicago is promoting the use of electric vehicles |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．more visitors will come to Chicago |
| B．the citizens of Chicago will be able to go to work faster |
| C．more space for electric vehicles will be needed |
| D．the cost of electric vehicles will be lower than traditional cars |
| A．Chicago Will Soon Be Full of Electric Vehicles |
| B．Chicago Calls on People to Buy Electric Vehicles |
| C．Chicago Fights for Its Bid to Host the 2016 Olympics |
| D．Chicago Shows Its Solarpowered Recharging Stations |
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The laptop on the teacher’s desk is not yours. It b_____ to Harry.
While shopping, we always b______ with the shopkeeper in order to reduce the price.
The children waited until the policeman s_________ to them to cross the street.
I don’t know how to choose a mobile phone. Science and t________ is changing so fast!
I really a________________ it that you helped me so much when I was in need.
When people found the missing boy in the forest, they all smiled in r__________.
On hearing the funny story, the whole class burst into l___________________.
To be h______________, to start a business of my own is not as easy as I expected.
When I opened the letter, I found some photos a__________________ it.
The p_____ we saw last night was really wonderful. It was worth my time and effort.
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He had travelled thousands of miles in the hope of earning some money，but 18-year-old Lin Kongming never knew danger was waiting for him.
He and six other migrant workers from Fujian Province spent 36 hours in Iraq as international hostages（人質(zhì)）. But luckily，they were set free last Tuesday morning，unharmed by the people who had taken them hostage.
After hard work by Chinese diplomats（外交官）in the region the Iraqi kidnappers（綁架者）agreed to hand them over to a local religious group.“The friendly relations between the Chinese and Iraqi peoples have played a key role in the release of the hostages,”said Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan. China refused to join the US-led coalition（聯(lián)軍）in the Iraq war.
Since April 4，over 60 hostages from 12 countries，including America，Italy and Japan，have been taken in Iraq. Some have been released, others were killed.
The Iraqi resistance groups have started taking foreigners hostage in an attempt to force the US-led troops out of their country. As a result，many foreigners have left，fearing the situation will get worse. Some nations are also considering removing their troops from Iraq. Thailand has ordered its forces not to leave their camp and may bring them home before September as originally planned. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark is considering similar action.
But Dan Senor，spokesman for the US-led coalition in Baghdad，said that it would not negotiate（談判）with “terrorists or kidnappers” to get hostages released.
The seven workers from Fujian were set free mainly because ______.
A. they were too poor to pay anything
B. kidnappers didn’t know they were Chinese
C. China didn’t take sides with the US-led coalition
D. kidnappers were friendly to the Chinese
Why did the Iraqi resistance groups start to take foreigners hostage？
A. To show their anger towards the occupation of foreign troops.
B. To tell the world they would fear nothing.
C. To make foreign armies leave their country.
D. To resist the American troops.
The author mentioned Dan Senor to show the US ______.
A. wouldn’t give in to Iraqi terrorists or kidnappers
B. had enough power to station in Iraq
C. wouldn’t give up unless it could get something
D. had no plan to bring its troops home
The passage mainly tells us ______.
A. the hostage crises in Iraq
B. foreigners were not welcome in Iraq
C. the Chinese hostages were set free
D. keeping away from Iraq is a wise choice
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John Denver has got international fame as a pop star, songwriter, actor and environmental activist ( 環(huán)境保護者). Songs like Take Me Home, Country Road, Rocky
Mountain High and Annie's Song have become very popular. But less than thirty years ago, John Denver was a young man with little more than a fine voice, a guitar, and a dream. Growing up in conservative (保守的) family, he was not believed to drop out of college and head to Los Angeles, where the music scene was flowering. Nor was he believed to succeed.
In Take Me Home, John Denver talked about the story that shaped his life, with the story of the rich inner journey of a shy Midwestern boy. With honesty and cleverness, he wrote about his childhood, the feeling of moving to Los Angeles as the 60s came, his first lucky breaks, his first songwriting success with leaving on a Jet Plane and finally got a world fame.
He also wrote about his relationship with his first and second wife, as well as his parents, his children, his partners through his life and his friends.
Honest and rich in the book that only a natural-born storyteller could write so well, Take Me Home is very good from the beginning to the end. It's like spending a few days with a good friend.
This passage is probably about .
A. a book written by John Denver B. the life and cause of John Denver
C. how to write pop songs D. what Los Angeles was like
Take Me Home is a name of .
A. a famous book B. a folk song in Los Angeles
C. a wonderful movie D. a pop song by John Denver
From this passage, we can conclude that .
A. John Denver's family didn't want him to leave college
B. he often had trips when he was a shy boy
C. he moved to Los Angeles with his parents
D. his family believed he would succeed
John Denver wrote his songs about many things except .
A. his first success in songwriting
B. his family members including his parents, his wives and his children
C. the problems of environment
D. his life in los Angeles
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On my birthday this year, I decided to do something very different. I had been 31 so much and I wanted to reach out to bring happiness to someone else. So, that 32 , I bought some flowers and went to a hospital. I had no 33 who I was going to present the flowers to, but I would find someone who needed 34 .
I asked the nurses in the hospital, who thought it 35 that I didn’t have anyone in particular to see. 36 , they gave me the room number of a(n) 37 lady, who needed some comfort.
I entered the room with the flowers. The elderly woman looked up, staring at me 38 . She was greatly moved when I told her about my 39 in being there. She was an amputee(被截肢者) and she explained to me that she was very worried 40 they were going to fit her with prosthetic leg(假肢). She knew that as she was getting used to the “ 41 ”leg, she would be in 42 .
Later, in the following two hours, we 43 a lot and both felt very happy. I 44 until it was dark. I will always remember how 45 she was the moment she received the flowers from me—a 46 . She called me her angel and said she had no more 47 .
I 48 that story with my neighbor and she 49 that she was going to do the same thing on her birthday. And I hope that she will 50 others to be kind and do the same thing. You never know you might be considered someone’s angel one day.
A. shown B. told C. given D. bought
A. week B. afternoon C. hour D. night
A. belief B. sense C. message D. idea
A. paying attention to B. cheering up
C. looking after D. looking down upon
A. strange B. lucky C. difficult D. true
A. Instead B. Still C. Besides D. Therefore
A. young B. old C. happy D. strong
A. angrily B. suddenly C. quickly D. confusedly
A. purpose B. experience C. failure D. trouble
A. unless B. but C. because D. until
A. thin B. long C. short D. new
A. surprise B. pain C. need D. sight
A. talked B. asked C. imagined D. smiled
A. worked B. stood C. stayed D. rested
A. busy B. shy C. disappointed D. moved
A. stranger B. friend C. relative D. doctor
A. fun B. interest C. fear D. challenge
A. repeated B. shared C. learned D. changed
A. agreed B. forgot C. joked D. promised
A. force B. warm C. allow D. encourage
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To err is human. To blame the other guy is even more human.
Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?
These three popular misquotes(戲謔的引語)are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature .To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do .The original quote about human nature went like this:” To err is human, to forgive, divine(神圣的).”This saying mirrors an deal people should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite –find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a making of great maturity.
Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Commonsense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine．Common sense does not seem to be common for large organizations, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company,”the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people. get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary(直接推論)to that: if good excuse is “good”even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?
1. According to tile passage, which of following seems the most human?
A. To search for truth． B. To achieve one’s ideal
C. To make fun of others’mistakes． D. To criticize others for one’s own error.
2．According to the author, what is a sign of a man’s maturity?
A．Doing things his own way.
B．Bearing responsibility for his mistakes.
C．Making as few mistakes as possible．
D．Thinking seriously about his wrongdoing.
3．Which of the following is N0T based on common sense?
A．A man tries to take charge of everything in a large company.
B．A student goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather.
C．A company’s next move follows a good plan．
D．A lawyer acts on fine judgments．
4. What is the author’s opinion about a good excuse?
A. Making a good excuse is sometimes a better policy.
B. Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas.
C. A good excuse is as rewarding as honesty.
D. Bitter truth is better than a good excuse.
5. What would be the best title for his passage?
A. A Mirror of Human Nature B. To Blame or to Forgive
C. A Mark of Maturity D. Truth or Excuse
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