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Sales of electric bicycles, or e-bikes, a hot item in consumer green tech, are expected to grow by more than 50% in North America during 2013. Actor William Shatner, who is no stranger to futuristic tech, recently purchased two e-bikes for him and his wife.
I’ve been shopping for an e-bike now for a few weeks, and I’ve had my eye on the folding electric bike. I’ve had folding bikes in the past and love the convenience of being able to throw my bike into my car.
The e –bike market is ready to go mainstream in the U.S. The price for e-bikes has come down greatly in rcccnt months. At one time. Most e-bikes with good components and proper weight were in the ＄3，000range. Now you can find reasonable quality c-bikes in the ＄1，000range. With gas prices at all-time highs, e-bikes are an attractive, low-cost option to gas efficient vehicles.
E-bike owners are finding that they arc great for commuting(每犬往返)to work, as traditional bikes can be a problem with office dress and sweat．
People who use e-bikes range from commuters to casual cyclers who like a little help with hills and wind，to those who decided to save money on．buying a motor bike．These are not for the serious road cycler or professional mountain biker．
If you’re considering all e—bike, it pays to do some research first．Cheaper e-bikes are going to be heavier and have less battery．power．Higher priced bikes will be made from lighter materials and have better batteries．
Another consideration is local motor vehicle laws．For example，according to US federal law，as long as your electric bike is under 750 watts and does not go over 20 MPH then it is a bicycle and not a motor vehicle．Most consumer e—bikes in the ＄1，000 range don’t fit the motorized vehicle description．
66．The writer introduces William Shatner as an example in order to_______________．
A．show that he is wild about the future technology
B．tell us that he is an agent for the e—bike market
C．tell us that actors care only convenience no the price
D．show that c-bikes are really becoming popular now
67．Which of the following may not contribute to the e-bike’s going mainstream?
A．The price for e-bikes has. come down greatly．
B．E-bikes are much cheaper to use than gas vehicles．
C．The local motor vehicle laws ale not strict enough．
D．Some folding e-bikes are convenient to put into a car．
68．According to the text，e—bikes are practical for_______________．
A．serious road cyclers B．couples spending a holiday
C．people commuting to work D．professional mountain bikers
69．Which of the following about e—bikes is true?
A．The cheaper e-bikes are usually made of lighter materials．
B．Most c-bikes in the ＄l，000 range are a bicycle, not a motor vehicle．
C．Local motor vehicle law doesn’t have any limit to e-bikes．
D．E-bikes in the ＄l，000 range are too cheap to have better batteries．
70．What is the best title for this passage?
A．E—bike sales to shift into mainstream in 20l3
B．E-bikes，the future way of transportation
C．E—bikes Vs gas vehicles
D．E—bikes，actors’first choice
DACBA
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小学生10分钟应用题系列答案Two Christmas traditions have come under attack in recent years from environmentalists: Christmas cards and Christmas trees.
Paper cards are seen as wasteful and, for some people, going card-free is another way of going green. They also argue that in a world of e-mail, Skype, Facebook and Twitter, people are in touch all the time anyway; they no longer need the yearly card that connects them with long lost friends. If you want to send Christmas greetings, there are free e-cards, which get the job done with no postage or wasted paper.
However, especially for people who didn’t grow up with e-mail, there is something missing from a Christmas e-mail. The first Christmas cards appeared in London in 1843 and were designed by the same man who had introduced the world’s first postage stamp three years earlier. His name was Sir Henry Cole.
They rose in popularity throughout the 20th century. Many people sent cards that were sold for charity. The most famous of these are the ones sold for UNICEF. In the UK this year, in the three weeks before Christmas, the post office expects to handle 100 million cards every day. Environmental awareness also means that nowadays many people recycle their cards; this helps raise money to plant more trees, as well as recreating more paper.
When we think of trees at Christmas, there is one that immediately springs(跃入)mind---the evergreen tree that people decorate with ornaments and place their presents under. The custom dates back almost a thousand years to Germany. Nowadays 33 to 36 million Christmas trees are produced in America and 50 to 60 million in Europe each year. Some trees are sold live with roots and soil so people can plant them later and reuse them next year.
Some people prefer artificial trees as they are reusable and much cheaper than their natural alternative. However, environmentalists point out that they are made from petroleum (石油) products and so have many pollution issues.
【小题1】What is the main idea of the article?
| A．To introduce the history of two typical Christmas traditions. |
| B．To explain the debate about some Christmas traditions. |
| C．To analyze how two Christmas traditions grew in popularity. |
| D．To point out the problems caused by celebrating Christmas. |
| A．Many people | B．Christmas e-mails | C．Postage stamps | D．Christmas cards |
a. they cannot be recycled b. they are not environmentally friendly
c. they are mostly sold for charity d. the e-cards have many advantages over them
e. they are not as necessary as they used to be for people
| A．a, b, d | B．a, c, d | C．b, d, e | D．b, c, e |
| A．The first Christmas cards were designed earlier than the world’s first stamps. |
| B．This year has seen a dramatic drop in Christmas card sales. |
| C．Environmentalists advise people to buy cards that are sold for charity. |
| D．Growing environmental awareness is encouraging people to recycle their cards. |
| A．There is always a wider Christmas tree market in America than in Europe. |
| B．The custom of decorating Christmas trees first appeared in Britain. |
| C．Some people prefer to buy live trees that can be reused next year. |
| D．Artificial trees are better than natural ones in all aspects. |
校创业俱乐部成员Bob、Olga、Scott、Ann和David正筹划在同学中开展“青少年创业”的宣传活动。请根据他们各自的兴趣（61~65），阅读下面某杂志上6位青少年企业家的简介（A、B、C、D、E和F），为他们选定最佳的宣传案例，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
【小题1】Bob: How to make use of part-time job experience to secure a position in a big company?
【小题2】Olga: How to take advantage of family tradition and build a new brand?
【小题3】Scott: How to discover market needs and build an online business?
【小题4】Ann: How to run a business based on creativity and inventions?
【小题5】David: How to start a small business based on special skills?
| A | B |
| James Murray Wells founded Glasses Direct, which is now the biggest online seller of eyeglasses in the world. It sells a pair of frames every few minutes and employs 70 people in its two offices. This English entrepreneur was still in college when he saw a great business opportunity. He saw that there was no UK online shop selling eyeglasses. He used his college loan money to start just such a business and it was successful enough to earn over $1 million during its first year in operation. | Richie Stachowski, 11, of Moraga, Calif., went diving with his dad during a vacation in Hawaii. Richie was disappointed he could not talk underwater about the many colorful and amazing things he saw. When Richie got home, he started work on the equipment that would allow him to talk underwater. His invention — the Water Talkies — is basically a phone that allows sound wave to travel about 15 feet underwater. Water Talkies are now offered at toy stores around the country. |
| C | D |
| Fraser Doherty is an example of a young man with a more old-fashioned approach to business. At the age of 14, Fraser Doherty began making jams from his grandmother’s recipes (制作法) and selling them door-to-door in Edinburgh, Scotland. Developing the recipes and coming up with a name for his product, Doherty quit school at age 16 to work on Superjam full time. Now Superjam has an estimated worth of over $2 million based on current sales of $1 million annually. | Richard is an example of developing and using his skills to earn money. At the age of 15 he learned leather craft at a summer camp. He then made small items he could sell at the only shop in his village. Because he was determined to produce the highest-quality work, his fame and his profit grew. Soon Richard could buy larger quantities of leather, which he made into handbags and purses. These he sold in a larger shop in the neighboring village. |
| E | F |
| Dorothy started her business at the age of 14, selling stick-insect eggs by mail order. Less than 20 years later, she is Great Britain’s biggest breeder (繁殖者) of stick insects. Because she had experience with insects and knew she wanted to make a career in the insect business, Dorothy studied applied biology at a university, designing the right kind of insect houses and researching proper feeding facilities for her insects. This greatly increased her ability to supply the whole package to her customers. | Ben’s family helped him turn an after-school job — cleaning swimming pools and mowing lawns — into a successful and valuable service. Because of the skills he developed through hard work, he landed a position with a large company, which paid his college fees, provided him training in a career and guaranteed him a job after graduation. The company was not looking for a high-powered businessman; it wanted someone who had learned financial knowledge and the value of customer satisfaction — all very important entrepreneurial skills. |
When I first got an email account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisement and other correspondence that do not interest the at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need special laws that make spamming(发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to spend hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam emails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail on for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passed on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
1.What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean?
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A．messages |
B．ideas |
C．connections |
D．programs |
2.According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam?
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A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications. |
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B．More people in the world communicate by e-mail. |
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C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail. |
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D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam. |
3.According to Paragraph 3,who is the final victim of spam?
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A．The business |
B．The advertiser |
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C．The employee |
D．The consumer |
4.What is the purpose of the text?
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A．To inform |
B．To educate |
C．To persuade |
D．To instruct |