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Imagining what these cities would look like without their red buses,tuk-tuks or cable cars is difficult.They are symbols of these cities that make them different from anywhere else in the world.However,these city symbols,which are so 1oved by tourists,are not always so well loved by their city 1eaders. City 1eaders want what is best for their city, which often means the most modern transport.
In Thailand,Bangkok city authorities have forbidden new tuk-tuks because they consider them noisy and polluting.However, the ban has largely been unsuccessful,as it has not changed Thai people’s preference for the inexpensive tuk-tuks over taxis.
In London,the city’s first ever mayor got rid of the red double-decker buses. which he thought were old—fashioned, by selling them to other countries.His plan worked.but Londoners were upset to lose the charming old buses that they believed represented the best of their city. They made their upset felt, when the mayor came up for re-election 1ast year.Most Londoners voted for his competitor, who promised to bring the bus back.Now, an improved version(版本)of the double-decker bus will hit London’s streets in 2012.
AS for San Francisco, several cable cars remain in use but mainly as tourist attractions.They are too slow to be used for anything other than scenic trips.
City transport symbols may have palace in their city people’s hearts,but it seems they are increasingly out of step with the modern world.As Londoners have proved,their continued 1ife depends on people’s willingness to fight for their survival.
5.What’s the purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A.To show the cultural significance of several cities’unique transport systems.
B.To introduce some old-fashioned means of transport, which are symbols of three tourist cities.
C.To use the old transport symbols to attract more tourists to visit the cities.
D.To explain why those cities are popular with tourists around the world.
6.Bangkok’s ban on tuk-tuks is unsuccessful due to ________.
A.people’s unawareness of environmental protection
B.tourists’preference for tuk-tuks over taxis
C. the lack of severe punishment for violation
D.1ocals’willingness to take the tuk-tuks
7.The London double Decker bus is returning mainly because______.
A.it is an improved version B.The new mayor also loves it
C. it is popular with tourists D.Londoners fought for it
8.Which example can prove old city transport symbols are not loved by city leaders?
A.Bangkok city authorities tried to get rid of the cheap tuk-tuks.
B.The mayor who sold double-decker buses lost the re-election.
C.The new mayor will bring back improved double-decker buses.
D.Only a few cable cars remain in use by tourists in San Francisco.
9.We can conclude from reading the passage that_______.
A.Tourist cities will lose their charm if their old transport symbols disappear
B.A modern city should get rid of inefficient old transport
C.Old city transport symbols now face the problem of survival
D.The writer is in favor of keeping the old city transport symbols
答案
解析
6.考查事实细节。从第三段“the ban has largely been unsuccessful, as it has not changed Thai people"s preference for the inexpensive tuk-tuks over taxis.”可知答案是人们喜欢tuk-tuks导致禁令失败。
7.考查事实细节。伦敦双层巴士的回归,主要原因在于people"s willingness to fight for their survival,伦敦人在市长换届选举时,投票使卖掉双层巴士的原市长落选,新市长做出承诺,是伦敦人的抗争才使双层巴士能够回归。
8.考查事实细节。Bangkok city禁止tuk-tuks是因为其噪音大、污染环境,city leaders不喜欢这种交通工具,所以选A。B项伦敦市长的落选证明的是市民喜爱双层巴士;旧金山的cable cars只剩为数不多的几台供游客使用,原因是“They are too slow to be used for anything other than scenic trips.”,并不是city leaders的好恶决定它们的命运,而是它们太不实用了。
9.考查推理判断。从这三种城市标志的交通工具的遭遇,我们可以得出结论它们正面临生存问题,it seems they are increasingly out of step with the modern world,它们还能勉强生存下去靠的是人们对它们的喜爱和保护,但它们的确和现代社会的发展脱节了。作者是在客观地讲述,所以D项与原文的意思不符合;B项也和人们对老式交通工具的喜爱相抵触;A项推论太远,老式交通工具的退出会给游客带来一定得遗憾,但不可能因此城市对游客就失去了吸引力。
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试题【Think of London and you’re likely to think of the city’s famous bright red doubl】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Like many 42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 45 for me. In the end, my father won the 46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 47 through the country who could 48 shelter and help if I needed them.
Three years later, my younger brother decided to 49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 51 year working his way on trains and ships to 52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 53 . Most parents start 54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
36. A. taught B. allowed C. treated D. hired
37. A. anxious B. content C. proud D. hopeful
38. A. never B. ever C. always D. even
39. A. quickly B. foolishly C. seriously D. honestly
40. A. work B. mistakes C. others D. books
41. A. strict B. reasonable C. polite D. responsible
42. A. American B. Japanese C. Chinese D. British
43. A. helped B. supported C. shared D. worried
44. A. Asia B. Africa C. Europe D. Oceania
45. A. journey B. experience C. chance D. possibility
46. A. argument B. game C. discussion D. plan
47. A. send out B. give out C. carry out D. spread out
48. A. promise B. afford C. provide D. serve
49. A. leave B. make C. take D. prepare
50. A. angry B. eager C. sorry D. sad
51. A. unusual B. hard C. strange D. busy
52. A. accept B. earn C. find D. search
53. A. welcome B. fit C. necessary D. common
54. A. bringing B. forcing C. pushing D. protecting
55. A. selected B. admired C. afforded D. left
What caused this strange occurrence? This is a question that had long puzzled people who study fish. The answer turned out to be a combination of wind and storm.
When it is spring in the northern part of the world, it is fall in Australia. Throughout the autumn season, terrible storms arise and rains flood the land. The strong winds sweep over Australia like huge vacuum cleaners, collecting seaweed, pieces of wood, and even schools of fish. Strong winds may carry these bits of nature for many miles before dropping them on fields, houses, and astonished people.
Although they seem unusual, fish-falls occur quite frequently in Australia. When Bill Tapp was asked to describe the scene of fish, he remarked, “They look like millions of dead birds falling down.” His statement is not surprising. The wonders of the natural world are as common as rain. Nature, with its infinite wonders, can create waterfalls that flow upward and fish that fall out of the sky.
56. What is this passage about?
A. A sad story. B. A rain of fish.
C. Australia’s northern part. D. The damage done by floods.
57. Fish-falls occur in Australia_________ .
A. quite often B. on large farms
C. only in winter D. when the air is calm
58. It is a known fact that ________.
A. one should watch where one steps
B. Bill Tapp is a scientist who studies farming
C. the natural world can never create waterfalls that fall upward
D. the seasons in the southern part are different from those in the northern part
59. The word “infinite” is closest in meaning to _________.
A. easy B. difficult C. countless D. dangerous
Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfaces. One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. But why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt (柏油) roads?
Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineer. He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside.
The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. Most of them ran from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt road. Some, however, dive deep into the ground.
When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. At a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer (蓄水层) into which several heat exchangers (交换器) have been built. The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warning the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. The aquifer is thus used as a heat store.
In winter, the working system is changed slightly. Water is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?
A.Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss. |
B.Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities. |
C.The Dutch engineer’s system has been widely used. |
D.Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads. |
A.To absorb heat from the sun. | B.To store heat for future use. |
C.To turn solar energy into heat energy. | D.To carry heat down below the surface. |
A.some pipes have to be re-arranged in winter |
B.the system can do more than warming up the building |
C.the exchangers will pick up heat from the street surface |
D.less heat may be collected in winter than in summer |
A.What we shall do if the system goes wrong. |
B.What we shall do if there are no asphalt roads. |
C.How the system cools the building in summer. |
D.How the system collects heat in spring and autumn |
A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃.Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate.Without the forest cover,these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere,warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns,potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.
In the past hundred years,humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources(资源): land for crops,wood for paper and other products,land for raising farm animals.This action affects the environment as a whole.For example,a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) in the air comes from burning the rainforests.People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.
There are two main reasons for this.Firstly,when people cut down trees,generally they can only use the land for a year or two.Secondly,cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now,but in the long run it actually reduces the world’s wood supply.
Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store.More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests.However,fewer than l%of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value.It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking rainforests.
小题1:Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they .
A.reflect more heat into the atmosphere |
B.bring about high rainfall throughout the world |
C.rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃ |
D.reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth |
A.We will lose much more than we can gain. |
B.Humans have begun destroying rainforests. |
C.People have a strong desire for resources. |
D.Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests. |
A.we can get enough resources without rainforests |
B.there is great medicine potential in rainforests |
C.we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land |
D.the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns |
A.How to Save Rainforests | B.How to Protect Nature |
C.Rainforests and the Environment | D.Rainforests and Medical Development |
According to a weather expert" s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3℃ warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere (北半球), possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth"s chief food growing zones.
In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of warming, in other words, by a warming on the scale that will possibly take place in the next fifty years from the burning of fuels.
Satellite pictures show that large areas of Antarctic ice are already disappearing. The evidence available suggests that a warming has taken place. This fits the theory that carbon dioxide warms the earth.
However, most of the fuel is burnt in the northern hemisphere, where temperatures seem to be falling. Scientists conclude , therefore, that up to now natural influences on the weather have gone beyond those caused by man. The question is: Which natural cause has most effect on the weather?
One possibility is the variable behavior of the sun. Astronomers at one research station have studied the hot spots and "cold" spots (that is, the relatively less hot spots) on the sun. As the sun rotates (使旋转), every 27. 5 days, it presents hotter or "colder" faces to the earth, and different aspects to different parts of the earth. This seems to have a considerable effect on the distribution of the earth"s atmospheric pressure, and consequently on wind circulation. The sun is also changeable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.
Scientists are now finding shared relations between models of solar weather interactions and the actual climate over many thousands of years, including the last Ice Age. The problem is that the models are predicting that the world should be entering a new Ice Age and it is not. One way of solving this theoretical difficulty is to assume a delay of thousands of years while the solar effects overcome the inertia (惯性) of the earth"s climate. If this is right, the warming effect of carbon dioxide might thus be serving as a useful opposed balance to the sun"s fading heat .
66. It can be concluded that a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would_________.
A. mean a warming-up in the Antarctic
B. raise the temperature of the earth" s surface
C. prevent the sun"s rays from reaching the earth"s surface
D. explain the cause of great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere
67.The article was written to explain ___________.
A. the greenhouse effect
B. the solar effects on the earth
C. the causes affecting weather
D. the models of solar-weather interactions
68. Although the fuel consumption is greater in the northern hemisphere, temperatures there seem to be falling. This is__________.
A. mainly because the levels of carbon dioxide are rising
B. partly due to changes in the output of solar energy
C. possibly because the ice caps in the poles are melting
D. only due to the effect of the inertia of the earth" s climate
69. On the basis of their models, scientists believe the opinion that__________.
A. the climate of the world should be becoming cooler
B. the new Ice Age will be delayed by the greenhouse effect
C. the man-made warming effect helps to increase the solar effects
D. it will take thousands of years for the inertia of the earth"s climate to take effect
70. If the assumption about the delay of a new Ice age is correct, ____________.
A. ice would soon cover the northern hemisphere
B. the greenhouse effect could work in favor of the earth
C. the best way to overcome the cooling effect would be to burn more fuels
D. the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could warm up the earth even more quickly
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