题目内容
2. It doesn't matter it turns out to be a good idea or a bad idea.
2. whether/if
2. What can we do to (防止这种疾病蔓延) ？
C
Your next car could have two seats,three wheels 一 two in front and one in the back and a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour. Elio Motors plans to make such a tiny car named the Elio. Its two seats sit front and back instead of side by side. The driver is positioned in the center with the passenger directly behind.
The starting price for the car is just $6,800. l,t has only one door,on the left side,which cuts a few hundred dollars off the manufacturing costs. Having three wheels also makes it cheaper. It has air conditioning,power windows and door locks and an AM/FM radio. More features can be ordered through Elio's long list of suppliers. Elio will also sell the cars directly through its own stores and not through franchised dealers (特约经销商) .
Paul Elio dreamed as a kid that he would one day own a car company called Elio Motors. In 2008,tired of high gas prices,he started working on a car that burns gas in a more effective way. quany imponam to mm was creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and making the car inexpensive enough to attract buyers who might otherwise be stuck in their old,unreliable cars. “Whatever matters to you,this can move the needle (针) on it,” he said.
Already,more than 27,000 people have (预订) one. Paul hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016. So far,reservation holders are those who will use the Elio as a second or third car for work. Finally,though,he believes the car will interest high school and college students as well as used-car drivers who want something newer and more reliable.
29. Which of the following shows the design of the Elio?
30. Paragraph 2 shd\ys that the Elio .
A. is sold at affordable prices
B. will be available in most stores
C. has a fixed temperature
D. does no harm to the environment
31. The underlined words “ move the needle ” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “ ”
A. take a chance
B. stand in the way.
C. break into pieces
D. make a difference
32. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The history of Elio Motors
B. Cool car or stupid vehicle?
C. Paul Elio: a kid with big dreams
D. What car to choose: new or used?
用适当的连接词填空。
The following are comments by a resident （居民) ,a fire officer and a climate expert about a recent flood.
Resident：Nobody thought 1. flooding this bad would happen again,but as the river level rose,we had to face the fact 2. , we,d have to leave our homes. Personally,I think fire officers should be held wholly responsible. 3. it has been raining heavily here for five days should have warned them that a flood was coming. They should have been better prepared to help us.
Fire officer: I don't think 4. many residents said is fair. Today is a public holiday. This is 5. many of our staff weren’ t here to help with the rescue. However,we warned residents yesterday 6. they might have to leave their houses with little notice. However,7.made the evacuation(疏散) difficult was that they wanted to take large amounts of personal belongings with them. I have no idea 8. residents just think it's all our fire officers’ fault.
Climate expert: We hold the belief 9.climate change is going to increase the risk of flooding,and a number of studies have suggested10. winter river levels throughout
the country will be much higher than in the past. Unfortunately,the situation in this area is worsened by the fact 11. so many trees have been cut down on the hills around here and rainwater flows more quickly into the rivers. So there's a real possibility 12. serious flooding could now happen here every winter.
4. My boss will (证实我是准时封达那儿的)
5. Paul rose from his chair, (鞠躬) ，and left the room.
3. We got to the hospital just to see the
newborn baby.
3. Anything that is dropped falls towards the centre of the earth because of the pull of g .
2. 砟晚这家旅馆发生了火灾。
in this hotel last night.
