题目内容
1. Need a room close to the US
Embassy for a week in early January
I need a room close to the US embassy for a week in early January. My parents are going to the US embassy for visa interview on January 7th. I am looking for a place for them to stay around this date. Hotels are too expensive for them since they have been retired long ago. They speak Chinese only. Rent can be made through Paypal in USD or cash in CNY, if the price is right.
Reply to: house-510574487@craigslist.org
2. House wanted May 17-24
Looking for 5 bedrooms from May 17-24. Can be one large apartment or 2 smaller ones, but they must be close to each other. Please email me at jcshap@sina.com if you have a nice place with air conditioning, high speed Internet.
3. Home swap or share
I have a beautiful 3-bedroom home with pool and spa (桑拿浴池) in Las Vegas, the USA, 10 minutes from the strip (商业街). I am willing to share or swap (交换) my house for yours (home or apartment) during the holiday. I need a place for 2 or 3 people in Shanghai from May 19-25. in exchange, you can have my house for any week either during the holiday, or any other time as long as I have a one-month advance notice to set up for you so you can have my house all to yourselves. If interested, please email me at sdiem@cox.net and I will send photos for my home.
4. Apartment or house wanted May 8-28, 2013
My daughter is working in Shanghai and my family wants to be there to stay with her for some time. We are looking for a 2-3 room apartment or house to rent from May 28 in the Pudong District. Need air conditioning.
Thanks
Reply to: wcondon7@msn.com
1.Which advertisement pays special attention to housing location and price?
A. Advertisement One. B. Advertisement Two.
C. Advertisement Three. D. Advertisement Four.
2.The four advertisements all need a place _________.
A. with access to the Internet B. for at least seven days
C. for at least three people D. with air conditioning
3.If your family leave Shanghai for America for a seven-day trip next month, you will probably contact __________.
A. house-510574487@craigslist.org B. jcshap@sina.com
C. sdiem@cox.net D. wcondon7@msn.com
4.Which advertisement is looking for a place in a way different from the other three?
A. Advertisement One. B. Advertisement Two.
C. Advertisement Three. D. Advertisement Four.
1.A
2.B
3.C
4.C
【解析】
试题分析:文章是四则广告的信息,登广告的人想找时候短期居住的房子,里面有需要的房子的信息,还有联系方式等信息。
1.细节题:从第一个广告的句子:I need a room close to the US embassy for a week in early January. 和if the price is right.说明这个广告说明了房子的位置和价格,选A
2.细节题:第一个广告的时间是:for a week 第二个是May 17-24 ,第四个是:May 8-28, 2013 第三个是I need a place for 2 or 3 people in Shanghai from May 19-25. in exchange,可知这四个广告都需要至少7天的房子,选B
3.细节题:从第三个广告的:I have a beautiful 3-bedroom home with pool and spa (桑拿浴池) in Las Vegas, the USA, ….. I need a place for 2 or 3 people in Shanghai from May 19-25. in exchange, 可知登广告的人在洛杉矶有房子,想和上海的人互相交换,供假期使用,选C
4.细节题:其他三个广告都是单纯的找房子,但是第三个广告却是想找可以交换的房子,选C
考点:考查广告布告类短文
If California were not already so famous for Sillicon Valley(硅谷) and Hollywood, it might be well-known for the groups of water-technology firms in its San Diego County. The reverse-osmosis (RO) spiral module, the technique that supports turning seawater and waste-water into drinkable stuff, began in San Diego in 1964. Today dozens of firms in the area supply many of the world's approximately 13,000 RO plants in places from the Persian Gulf and Israel to Australia and China.
Southern California itself, however, has not so far been a big user of its own technology. This is surprising, given that the whole American south-west faces a water problem. But now as the climate gets warmer and the population increases, there is more agreement that the existing infrastructure, consisting of vast pipes that carry water from the Sacramento Delta in the north and the Colorado River in the east, will not be enough. In places such as San Diego, which has inadequate and salty groundwater and currently imports 90% or its water, the answers must be greater conservation, reusing as much water as possible, and getting most of the rest from the sea.
The first part, conservation, has been widely accepted by the public. San Diego today uses less water with a larger population than it did in 1989, the year water consumption peaked. The second part, water recycling has been a hard sell, because of an unpleasant factor. Americans still use the term “toilet-to-tap” for recycling, even though properly treated waste-water is nowadays completely clean. Singapore made its programme acceptable in part by renaming it as NEWater.
This is where desalination comes in, which means taking the salt out of salt water. A firm called Poseidon Resources is now close to building the biggest desalination plant in America behind a power station by the beach in Carlsbad. The power plant sucks in 304m gallons of seawater a day for cooling, so Poseidon plans to change 104m gallons a day by using the RO spiral module.
Lots of people like the idea. Once fully running in 2015, the plant could produce 10% of the region's water. And there are plans for more desalination plants. Many places would need to take much less water from the endangered Colorado River. But a few people hate it a lot. Joe Geever, an expert in biology, says desalination uses too much energy and that Poseidon plant would kill too much sea life. He understands that there is a role for desalination, he says, but would rather not have it right there, right now, and on this scale.
【小题1】Which of the following is WRONG about the RO spiral module according to the passage?
A.This technology is not widely used in its birthplace. |
B.Today there are about 13,000 RO plants in the Persian Gulf, Israel, Australia and China. |
C.This technology can be used in desalination plants to make sea water drinkable. |
D.It is a promising water treatment technology welcomed by a lot of people. |
A.2. | B.3. | C.4. | D.5. |
A.The Colorado River is the main water source for California. |
B.Americans still use the term “toilet-to-tap” for recycling water. |
C.NEWater serves as a brand for recycled clean water in Singapore. |
D.Poseidon Resources stands for the power station by the beach in Carlsbad. |
A.Supportive. | B.Negative. | C.Optimistic. | D.Vague. |