The car, at least as we know it, is on the way out, because its exhaust () a threat
The car, at least as we know it, is on the way out, because its exhaust () a threat to the environment.
A、originates
B、poses
C、offends
D、paralyzes
The car, at least as we know it, is on the way out, because its exhaust () a threat to the environment.
A、originates
B、poses
C、offends
D、paralyzes
Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. They often don't know where best to place the kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seats properly. Despite the reports about front seats collapsing onto back seats when certain car models get in accidents, the safest place in the car for any child up to the age of 12 is still the back seat. Babies up to 9 kg and one year old should ride in rear-facing infant seats.
Never place a child under age 12 in the front seat with a working passenger-side air bag. These devices are discharged at 320 km/h and can be triggered by low-speed fender benders. They have killed 77 kids in the U.S. since 1993. If you must place a child in front, make sure the passenger-side bag is switched off.
Children over age one should ride in forward-facing safety seats with a five-point harness system. A child who weighs at least 18 kg or at least 1m high can graduate to a booster seat that elevates her so that the standard shoulder and lap belt fits properly.
What does the author mainly discuss in this passage?
A.How to avoid car crash.
B.How to design safer baby equipment.
C.How to educate children properly.
D.How to properly secure children in the car.
Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. They often don't know where best to place the kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seats properly. Despite the reports about front seats collapsing onto back seats when certain car models get in accidents, the safest place in the car for any child up to the age of 12 is still the back seat. Babies up to 9 kg and one year old should ride in rear-Facing infant seats.
Never place a child under age 12 in the front seat with a working passenger-side air bag. These devices are discharged at 320 km/h and can be triggered by low-speed fender benders. They have killed 77 kids in the U.S. since 1993. If you must place a child in front, make sure the paasengar-side bag is switched off.
Children over age one should ride in forward-facing safety seats with a five-point harness system. A child who weighs at least 18 kg or at least 1m high can graduate to a booster seat that elevates her so that the standard shoulder and lap belt fits properly.x
What does the author mainly discuss in this passage?
A.How to avoid car crash.
B.How to design safer baby equipment.
C.How to educate children properly.
D.How to properly secure children in the ear.
Passage Two(26~30) Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat (诈骗). Either way, it could be the perfect crime (犯罪), because the criminals are birds-horning pigeons!
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up then. The car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off。
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind-one that avoids (避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has played a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad (启事) in the newspaper asking for help。
The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars-seems too little for a car worth many times more。
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said。
第26题:After the car owner received a phone call, he 。
A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
C. sent some money to the thief by mail
D. told the press about it
ort, and convenience. These cars will float along never touching the ground, and therefore will have no need for wheels. Annoying highway vibrations, caused by the rotations of the disc-and-tire wheels, will be things of the past. The coming highway passenger cars will literally fly above the road, supported on columns of air compressed by
turbine-driven fans.
The car without wheels has been called a “flying car” , and, in a sense, that’ s just what it is; however, it will not back out of the family garage, start down the street, and then suddenly go quickly upward heading for some distant point. On the contrary, to avoid problems in aerial navigation, the wheel-less vehicle probably will travel no more than three inches above road surface. It will travel over fairly rough road and even over smooth water.
The inevitable problems of maritime regulations, severe weather conditions, and running out of fuel in remote areas all will require new concepts of operation, servicing, and vehicle regulation.
1.The author believes that cars of the future _______ .
A、will be replaced by airplanes
B、will have wheels unlike those of today
C、will u s e columns of air instead of wheels
D、will u s e wheels without tires
2.Cars of the future will run _______ .
A、without annoying noise
B、without fuel
C、much more smoothly
D、on a number of fans
3.The car without wheels has been called a “flying car” because _______ .
A、it travels a few inches above the ground
B、it can fly as a plane does
C、it moves at a very high speed
D、it can travel over smooth water
4.Where is a wheel-less car least fit to travel_____ .
A、Over soft land
B、Over rough country roads
C、Over highways
D、Over waterfalls
5.Wheel-less cars will _______ .
A、eliminate all traffic problems
B、create new traffic problems
C、eliminate parking problems
D、both A and C
I was parking at a hiking road when a man in the car next to mine looked out and started to ask me for help. “No ___41____ .” I told him, as I was willing to help anyone in ___42___ . It turned out that his battery was ___43___ and no one would help jump to start his car!
I ___44___ him if he had cables (缆绳), which he did, and in less than five ___45___ I gave him a jump start and his car ___46___ at the drop of a hat. He thanked me and asked “How much do I ___47___ you” and I looked at him in 48 and said “Not a thing!”
He said “You won’ t believe it ___49___ I’ve been sitting here for so long and I asked at least three people to ___50___ me and no one would do it”. That made me really ___51___ . I was thinking that perhaps because of how he ___52___ , his background, or whatever, ___53___ might think he was going to ask them for ___54___ or something and just automatically said “no” without even ___55___ that they could help him so ___56___ . He also told me that one man ___57___ him “My battery is old so it can’ t help you”.
I was ___58___ that the battery is like the love in our hearts. We get ___59___ more if we give it away to others! And it doesn’t ___60___ our hearts to give. I’m happy that I charged his battery and he charged my “battery” with love. I got much more than he offered to me.
41__________
A.hurry
B.problem
C.fun
D.way
42A.common
B.command
C.particular
D.need
43A.low
B.lost
C.broken
D.strong
44A.said
B.taught
C.asked
D.comforted
45A.minutes
B.months
C.days
D.hours
46A.started
B.ran
C.returned
D.died
47A.thank
B.know
C.lend
D.owe
48A.detail
B.time
C.disbelief
D.pride
49A.so
B.but
C.and
D.for
50A.notice
B.help
C.encouraged
D.impress
51A.curious
B.sad
C.grateful
D.reliable
52A.works
B.sleeps
C.looks
D.stresses
53A.passengers
B.visitors
C.reporters
D.passers-by
54A.sympathy
B.support
C.money
D.trouble
55A.realizing
B.permitting
C.memorizing
D.regretting
56A.selflessly
B.exactly
C.properly
D.easily
57A.warned
B.told
C.reminded
D.blamed
58A.fearing
B.observing
C.thinking
D.ignoring
59A.charged
B.surprised
C.lost
D.frightened
60A.go through
B.cut across
C.add up
D.use up
This time, the Greater London Council is looking into the possibility of building a Channel link straight to London. (79) A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel, but you would be able to go by rail or by car on a bridge, whereas a tunnel would provide a rail link only.
Why is this idea being discussed again? Is Britain becoming more conscious of the need for links with Europe as a result of joining the EEC(欧共体) ? Well, perhaps. The main reason, though, is that a tunnel or bridge would reach the twenty square kilometers of London' s disused dockland(船坞地). A link from London to the continent would stimulate trade and re-vitalize(使…各新有活力) the port, and would make London a main trading center in Europe. (80)With a link over the Channel, you could buy your fish and chips in England, and be able to eat them in France while they were still warm!
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Swimming across the Channel takes less than four hours.
B.The idea of a Channel tunnel or bridge is a very new one.
C.It is considered to be more difficult to swim across the channel than any other means.
D.A tunnel or bridge would only reach as far as the coast.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughters went to look at the house. Sure enough, there was a For Rent sign in the window. A woman next door told them that the owner was Antonio Pompei, who owned a bakery farther up the street.
Mrs. Wilson has great difficulty walking for she is almost blind, so she waited in the car while her daughters went along to the bakery. The daughters met Mr. Pompei, who agreed to rent the house. However, the daughters wanted to see the inside of the house before they agreed to rent it. One of the bakery employees went with them to the house, where he met Mrs. Wilson.
All three women liked the house and returned to the bakery to tell Mr. Pompei that they would rent it.
When Mr. Pompei saw Mrs. Wilson, he quickly walked out of the bakery. He had not realized Mrs. Wilson was Indian. Her daughters look more like their father, who is of a different ethnic(种族) origin. The next day, Mrs. Wilson and her daughters returned to the bakery in an attempt to rent the house. Because of her blindness, Mr. Wilson was helped out of the car and guided into the bakery by one of her daughters. Mr. Pompei told the women that the house was already rented.
The Wilsons suspected discrimination. As soon as they got home, Mrs. Wilson phoned Mr. Pompei, without identifying herself, Mr. Pompei lost his temper.
Mrs. Wilson complained to the Human Rights Commission. Their examination discovered that the tenants who did rent the house had not even seen it at the time when Mrs. Wilson visited it. They applied to rent it a full week after Mrs. Wilson had applied.
(1)According to the passage, Mrs. Wilson was _____________.
A、to rent the house for her daughters
B、to rent the house for someone else
C、to rent the house for her family
D、to sublet (转租) the house
(2)According to the passage, we are certain that Mr. Wilson was _____________.
A、an Indian
B、not an Indian
C、an Asian
D、from India
(3)Mrs. Wilson found Mr. Pompei’s discrimination by _____________.
A、complaining to the Human Rights Commission
B、making the bakery owner angry
C、making an unidentifiable phone call
D、pretending to be a woman of wealth
(4)In the end Mrs. Wilson couldn’t rent the house simply because _____________.
A、she was of Indian origin
B、she needed assistance while walking
C、the owner of the house asked for more money
D、she was almost blind
(5)Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
A、Mr. Wilson had at least two daughters.
B、The house had been rented to someone else a week before.
C、Mrs. Wilson was almost blind.
D、Mr. Pompei was practicing racial discrimination.
But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isn't it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergency--illness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity.
I think perhaps I had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in different circumstances--if I were a tycoon(实业界巨头) , for instance, or bed-ridden I might find a telephone essential. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car essential. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular aptitude: one is mechanical invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them. For have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never knows, it may be something important.
What does the work "pest" in the second sentence of the first paragraph mean? ()
A.Harmful thing.
B.Insignificant thing.
C.Troublesome thing
D.Trivial thing
The accident was caused by ______.
A. the driver of the first car
B. the driver of the second car
C. the driver of the third car
D. both B and C