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Would you like to have an electric(电动的) car? Do you know this kind of quiet and clean cars run on electricity(电)?

In the future, more and more people will have cars, so the cars will be in great need. But the oil won’t keep up with the number of cars on the road. So the price of oil will go up.

Electric cars aren’t perfect just yet. It can take eight hours to charge(充电) a car for only 100 miles of driving. How far that car travels depends on the weather and traffic.

Price is a problem, too. Electric cars cost much more than cars using oil. The good news is that electric-car technology(技术) is getting better. As it does, the prices of this kind of cars are going down.

To charge the car, the US Department of Energy is paying for at least 10,000 charging stations around the country. And it will cost about three dollars for each charge.

Now carmakers are looking for other ways to make the car cheaper. Then more people will use electric cars, and we’ll have a clean and nice world in the future.

【1】Why will the cars be in great need in the future?

【2】How long does it take to charge an electric car for only 100 miles of driving?

【3】Are electric cars cheaper than cars using oil at present?

【4】How much should people pay for each charge?

【5】What will the world be like if most people use electric cars?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Because more and more people will have cars.

【2】Eight hours.

【3】No, (they aren’t.)

【4】Three dollars.

【5】We’ll have a clean and nice world./It’ll be a clean and nice world/Clean and nice.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲的是伴随着科技发展，越来越多的人会使用电动轿车，我们在将来也会拥有一个清洁和美丽的世界。

【1】根据文中原句In the future, more and more people will have cars, so the cars will be in great need. （在将来，越来越多的人会拥有汽车，因此汽车会被大量需要）可知答案是Because more and more people will have cars.

【2】根据文中原句It can take eight hours to charge(充电) a car for only 100 miles of driving. （给仅能行驶100里的电动轿车充电需8小时）可知答案是Eight hours.

【3】根据文中原句Electric cars cost much more than cars using oil.（电动轿车比使用油的汽车花费多）可知答案是No, (they aren’t.)

【4】根据文中原句And it will cost about three dollars for each charge.（充一次电将会花费三美元）可知答案是Three dollars.

【5】根据文中原句Then more people will use electric cars, and we’ll have a clean and nice world in the future.（那么越来越多的人会使用电动轿车，我们在将来也会拥有一个清洁和美好的世界）可知答案是We’ll have a clean and nice world./It’ll be a clean and nice world/Clean and nice.