科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:053
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阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。
Three Yale University professors agreed in a discussion that the automobile was what one of them called“Public Health Enemy No. 1 in this country.”Besides polluting the air and overcrowding the cities, cars are involved in more than half the disastrous accidents, and they contribute to heart disease“because we don't walk anywhere anymore”, said Dr. H. Richard Weinerman, professor of medicine and public health.
Speaking of many of these man-made dangers to the automobile, Arthur W. Galston, professor of biology, said it was possible to make a kerosene-burning turbine car that would“lessen smog by a very large factor.”But he expressed doubt whether Americans were willing to give up moving about the countryside at 90 miles an hour in a large vehicle.“America seems wedded to the motor car--every family has to have at least two, and one has to be a convertible (敞篷汽车) with 300 horsepower,”Professor Galston continued.“Is this the way of life that we choose because we treasure these values?”
For Professor Sears, part of the blame lies with“a society that regards profit (赢利) as a supreme value, under the illusion that anything that's technically possible is, therefore, morally justified”. Professor Sears also called the country's dependence on its modern automobiles“terrible economics”because of the large horsepower used simply“moving one individual to work.”But he admitted that Americans have painted themselves into a corner by allowing the national economy to become so dependent on the automobile industry.
“The solution”, Dr. Weinerman said,“is not to find a less dangerous fuel but a different system of inner-city transportation. Because of the increasing use of cars, public transportation has been allowed to wither (衰弱) and grow worse, so that if you can't walk to where you want to go, you have to have a car in most cities,”he declared. This, in turn, Dr. Weinerman contended, is responsible for the“arteriosclerosis”(动脉硬化) of public roads, for the pollution of the inner city and for the middle-class movement to the suburbs.
1.The main idea of the passage is that _____.
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A.Americans are fond of their cars
B.public transportation in America is well-developed
C.American cars are too fast
D.automobiles endanger health
2.It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
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A.people are more interested in fast automobiles than in their health
B.Americans feel more closely tied to their cars than to their wives
C.kerosene-burning engines would pollute the environment more than gasoline-burning engines do
D.kerosene-burning cars would go faster than gasoline-powered cars
3.In Paragraph 3,Professor Sears implies that _____.
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A.technology is always good for people
B.technology is not always good for people
C.financial profit is more important than technology advancement
D.American people care about both environment pollution and technological development
4.According to Dr. Weinerman, the solution is that _____.
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A.public transportation should be improved so that people can become less dependent upon their cars for inner-city transportation
B.people should get rid of their cars and take the bus to work
C.one family should own just one car
D.a fuel less dangerous than gasoline must be found
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科目:高中英语 来源:必修三全优指导北师英语 北师版 题型:050
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根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母,在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的正确的完全形式(每空限写一词)
1.He was d to hear that they were not coming because he missed them very much.
2.They got into a heated a about whether to go by sea or by air.
3.--- Why were you late for such an important concert?
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4.This is the best way I could think of to stop the students b the school rules.
5.Beautiful views over the countryside have often i people to write poems.
6.Our physics teacher is a h man who always makes us laugh happily.
7.Rice is grown in China, Japan and other A countries.
8.I can’t tell one from the other because they are only s different.
9.Your friendship is very p to me. I’ll treasure it forever.
10.The question is b my power. Would you please help me?
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