题目内容
Home Laundry Automatic Dryer Product
Full Two Year Warranty(保修)
Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet(机箱)
Warranty Provides for:
FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.
THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust(生锈)
Warranty Limitations:
• Warranty begins at date of original purchase.
• Applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory.
• Products used on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty.
• Service must be performed by an Amana servicer.
• Adjustments covered during first year only.
Owner’s Responsibilities:
• Provide sales receipt.
• Normal care and maintenance.
• Having the product reasonably accessible for service.
• Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions.
• Pay for extra service costs, over normal service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer’s normal business hours.
Warranty Docs Not Cover It If:
• Product has damage due to product alteration, connection to an improper electrical supply, shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana.
• Product is improperly installed or applied.
In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages. ★
★ This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state. For example, some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.
69. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if ______ .
A. shipped from a Canadian factor B. rented for home use
C. repaired by the user himself D. used in the U.S.A.
70. According to Owner’s Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for ______ .
A. the loss of the sales receipt B. a servicer’s overtime work
C. the product installation D. a mechanic's transportation
71. Which of the following is true according to the warranty?
A. Consequential damages are excluded across America.
B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.
C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year.
D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.
【语篇解析】这是一张保修单，属于说明文，文章对家用自动干洗机的保修时限、保修服务范围、购买者所负的责任、不属于保修服务内容以及对结果性损失不负任何责任诸方面进行了详尽说明。
| 段落 | 关键词、句 | 大意推测 |
| 第一部分（Para. 1） | FIRST TWO YEARS;repair or replace;free of charge;THIRD THUR FIFTH YEARS;provide a free replacement;due to rust | 保修期限：前两年；维修或更换；免费；三到五年；免费更换；由于生锈 |
| 第二部分（Para. 2） | begins at date of orginal purchase;product used within;on a commercial or rental basis;performed by Amama service;during first year only | 保修服务范围：原购买日期起；在……内使用的产品；基于商业或租用目的；由Amama服务人员完成；仅仅在第一年内 |
| 第三部分（Para. 3） | are different from;complex;doesn’t involve defective hearing;is finally diagnosed;makes it easier for her to explain | 症状终于得以诊断：与……不同；复杂；与听力障碍无关;终于确诊；对她来说解释起来容易多了 |
| 第四部分（Para. 4） | provide sales receipt;normal care and maintenance;accessible for service;service calls;extra service costs; | 购买者的责任：提供销售收据;正常的维护与保养；便于服务；服务电话；额外服务费用 |
| 第五部分（Para. 5） | due to product alternation;an improper electrical supply;shipping and handling;accident;fire;floods;lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amama;improperly installed or applied | 不属于保修范围：由于产品更换；不当的电源；运输与装修；事故；火灾；水灾；闪电或其他非Amama控制的其他状况；不当安装或使用 |
| 第六部分（Para. 6） | vary from state to state | 对间接性损坏不承担任何责任；州与州是不同的 |
69. 答案：B
解析：细节判断题。根据关键词Warranty Limitations，找到相应段落，根据Products used
on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty（基于商业或者租用目的的产品，不在保修范围）排除B项“租给家庭使用”；根据Service must be performed by an Amama servicer.（服务工作必须由Amama工作人员完成）排除C项“由使用者本人修理”；根据句子Applies only to product used in the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory（此项服务仅适用于这些产品：当从厂家海运时由加拿大标准协会批准的在美国或者加拿大使用的产品），由此排除A项“从加拿大工厂海运来”；锁定答案B项“在美国使用”。
70. 答案：B
解析：细节判断题。根据关键词Owner’s Responsibilities，锁定相应段落。根据Provide sales receipt（提供购买收据）排除A项“收据丢失”，文中只是说购买者有提供收据的责任，并没有提及丢失后需要承担的责任；根据Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions（为与产品安装或使用说明相关的电话付款），排除C项“产品安装”付款；最后根据Pay for extra service cost、over normal service charges, if servicer is requested to perform service outside servicer’s normal business hours（如果要求售后服务人员超出正常工作时间完成服务，需要付额外服务费用、超过正常服务费用）锁定答案B项“为售后服务人员的超时工作付费”，而D项“机械的运输”在文中并未提及，因此排除。
71. 答案：C
解析：细节推理题。根据Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.可以知道是一些州，而并非A项中“在整个美国后果性损害不包括在内”；根据Product has damage due to ……fire, floods, ightning……beyond the control of Amama（超出Amama所能控制范围的、由于火灾、洪灾、闪电……等造成的产品损坏，不予保修），排除B项“在自然灾害中产品损坏的在保修范围内”；再根据Product is improperly installed or applied（产品不当安装或使用不予维修）排除D项“在第一年中免费维修不当使用的产品”；最后根据 THIRD THRU FIFTH YEARS Amama will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust（在三到五年内Amama将免费更换由生锈导致的任何一个不合格的机箱零件）锁定答案C项“在第二年内，因为生锈导致的不合格机箱进行免费更换”。
For most of us, the rain that falls on our roof runs off into the ground or the sewer(下水道) system. But if you want to save a little water and reuse it on your lawns or plants --- or even use it for laundry, dishes, or other needs --- collecting rainwater from your gutter’s downspouts(檐槽的水落管) is a no-brainer.
According to John C. Davis, writing in E / The Environmental Magazine, just about any homeowner can collect rainwater, given that the roof and gutters do most of the work. And since an inch of rain falling on a 2,000-square-foot roof produces some 1,200 gallons of water, you can harvest enough to water your lawn or garden.
Plants and grass actually do better when fed rainwater instead of tap water, which is usually treated with substances that can hold back plant growth. Using rainwater can also extend the life of pipes, since the salts added to tap water may gradually damage the pipes. However, homeowners should set up a water purification system if they do plan to use rainwater for inside needs.
Rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding, and pollution associated with heavy rainfall, and reduces dependence on public water supplies. So some states fund rainwater collection systems in their local communities.
Many varieties of rain barrel(桶) systems, starting at just $100, are available for home use. A typical setup is simply a rain barrel positioned under a gutter’s downspout. Skillful homeowners can make their own water harvesting systems, but buying one is a lot easier. Most garden centres offer a range of choices as well as tips.
【小题1】The underlined word “no-brainer” in Para. 1 probably means something that ______.
| A．is hard to deal with | B．is very easy |
| C．is of no real value | D．deserves more attention |
| A．how to set up a water harvesting system | B．how a rain barrel system works |
| C．some advice on saving tap water | D．the benefits of using rainwater |
| A．Basic gardening skills. | B．Water-saving techniques. |
| C．Wastewater treatment systems. | D．Roof rainwater collection. |
Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.
The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.
So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.
Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.
The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.
The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.
Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.
【小题1】Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.
| A．they are forgetful |
| B．the owners of some luggage can’t be identified |
| C．they are in a hurry |
| D．there is no lost and found office in many airports |
| A．they have to find the owners |
| B．they have to keep the bags as long as possible |
| C．some bags are expensive |
| D．they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose |
| A．visitors may purchase something undervalued. |
| B．all thethings there are very cheap. |
| C．there's a large variety of goods. |
| D．visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there. |
| A．A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. |
| B．The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. |
| C．The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. |
| D．People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store. |
| A．To introduce an attractive place to tourists. |
| B．To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage. |
| C．To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage. |
| D．To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America. |