题目内容
12.You have most likely heard of renewable energy or even used it in your home,or office to do your part for the environment.Renewable energy is energy from natural resources including the wind,sunlight,and water.This form of energy is always renewed and cannot be exhausted.The most popular modern day form of this energy can be seen in solar paneling(电池板).Renewable energy can produce electricity and plays a major role in reducing greenhouse emissions(排放) and fossil fuels (化石燃料).A study by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory predicts that renewable energy resources can soon provide up to 80 percent of the electricity in the United States.The study was conducted to decide how renewable energy can meet the needs of a rapidly increasing population.Using the current solar panels,wind turbines,geothermal(地热),and hydropower,this 80 percent increase is a promising possibility for our future.
Increasing this renewable energy will provide practical benefits for our economy,climate,and health.Not only will it greatly reduce global warming,but it will improve public health,and provide many economic benefits.In a future with 80 percent fewer renewables,our carbon emissions will also be reduced by 80percent,and water use will be cut in half.
This future is both possible and affordable,and we already have the tools in place to begin.However,we need to make improvements to our current electricity grid(电网) first.Additionally,the United States needs to carry out a clean energy policy for renewables.
32.The passage is mainly aboutB.
A.protecting the environment
B.the use of renewable energy
C.reducing global warming
D.the form of renewable energy
33.What is the closest meaning to the underlined word"exhausted"in the first paragraph?D
A.Tired.B.Removed.C.Created.D.Used up.
34.Which of the following is not renewable energy?D
A.Solar.
B.Geothermal.
C.Hydropower.
D.Fossil fuels.
35.What will the renewables bring us?A
A.Doing good to our economy,climate,and health.
B.Partly increasing global warming.
C.Increasing our cost.
D.Improving current electricity grid.
分析 文章主要讲述了可再生能源对我们生活的影响以及将会改变我们的环境.
解答 32.B 主旨题.文章主要讲述了可再生能源对我们生活的影响以及将会改变我们的环境,主要讲述了如何使用可再生能源.故选D.
33.D 词意猜测题.根据文章内容"This form of energy is always renewed and cannot be exhausted."这种能量总是不断更新,不能耗尽.可知该词在文章中的含义为用完,耗尽的意思.故选D.
34.D 细节题.根据文章内容"Renewable energy is energy from natural resources including the wind,sunlight,and water."可再生能源是来自自然资源的能源,包括风能、阳光和水.可知,化石燃料不属于可再生能源.故选D.
35.A 细节题.根据文章内容"Increasing this renewable energy will provide practical benefits for our economy,climate,and health.Not only will it greatly reduce global warming,but it will improve public health,and provide many economic benefits."增加这种可再生能源将为我们的经济、气候和健康带来切实的好处,不仅会大大减少全球变暖,而且会改善公共卫生,并提供许多经济利益.故选A.
点评 题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
A. | came up | B. | broke up | C. | took up | D. | sprang up |
One day while her husband was asleep,the woman (4)Cthe sparrow,took it far away from the house,and let it go,warning it never to(5)A.The old man missed his little friend and hoped it would come back,(6)Cit never did.Then one day,several weeks later,he was walking past an old house when he heard a (7)Dsound.He looked up and there was the (8)B,sitting on the gate.The sparrow gave the old man a gold (9)Ait had found in the house.
The old man did not (10)Cmuch about money,but his wife was(11)Dwhen she saw the coin,and made up her mind to get more from the sparrow.(12)B,early the next morning she slipped out of her house and made her (13)Ato the old house.When she saw the sparrow she(14)Cit to return.
"If you have found (15)B,bring it along and I'll spend it all on you."She promised.
The sparrow brought her an old(16)Dwith the help of its friends.The basket was(17)Abut the woman did not wait to find out what was in it.She grabbed it and ran at once because she was (18)Bthat the sparrow would follow and take up residence(住所)in her house again.
The moment she reached home,she (19)Dthe basket,expecting it to be filled with gold and silver.Instead,out (20)Ca lot of sparrows.
The woman spent the rest of her life trying to drive the sparrows out.
1.A.danger | B.life | C.health | D.help |
2.A.refused | B.decided | C.managed | D.failed |
3.A.cleaning | B.sweeping | C.building | D.dirtying |
4.A.fed | B.noticed | C.caught | D.killed |
5.A.return | B.fly | C.stay | D.cry |
6.A.and | B.if | C.but | D.until |
7.A.strange | B.sweet | C.loud | D.familiar |
8.A.cat | B.sparrow | C.basket | D.stick |
9.A.coin | B.watch | C.ring | D.cup |
10.A.bring | B.take | C.care | D.put |
11.A.afraid | B.sad | C.nervous | D.excited |
12.A.However | B.Therefore | C.Instead | D.Luckily |
13.A.way | B.mark | C.picture | D.sign |
14.A.forbade | B.forced | C.begged | D.helped |
15.A.food | B.treasure | C.rooms | D.plant |
16.A.bowl | B.box | C.chair | D.basket |
17.A.covered | B.empty | C.big | D.small |
18.A.pleased | B.afraid | C.anxious | D.hopeful |
19.A.laid | B.broke | C.hid | D.opened |
20.A.walked | B.ran | C.flew | D.jumped |
Plan for financial aid.Most parents don't save nearly enough for children's education.They assume that investing in a 529 plan is the best place for your savings.While a 529 plan offers taxfree growth and withdrawals for college costs,colleges look at these savings when evaluating their qualification and how much they will hand over.Do save aggressively for college in a taxable account in your name if your household income is below﹩100,000.In this case,your child will likely qualify for some financial aid.Do invest in a 529 plan if your income is higher than﹩100,000 and will likely remain at or above that level when your child enters college.In this case,the 529 plan is great because you probably won't qualify for financial aid anyway.
Expect ups and downs.Annoyed by three straight years of stock market dlines,many people have been shifting to lowerrisk investments.But just astaking too much risk can hurt your portfolio's(投资组合) growth rate,so can hiding out in excessive safe investments.Do consider investing in funds that you'll hold on to for more than a year.Under the new tax law,longterm capital gains are taxed at a maximum of 15%,down from 20%.Do look at stock funds that pay dividends(红利).Dividends on stocks used to be taxed at your personal income tax rate.Under the new law,they are now taxed at no more than 15%.Investing in these funds will not only hold down taxes but also sustain your portfolio's value in tough times.
Forget high fees.Over the next ten years,achieving the kind of doubledigit returns we experienced over the past 20years will be much harder.In the 1990s,the average rate of returns for aportfolio allocated 60% to stocks and 40% to bonds was 13.2% after taxes and transaction expenses.Over the coming decade,this rate is expected to be closer to 5.5%.Don't pay unnecessarily high investment costs and fees.For example,if you can save half a percentage point on your fund expense ratio(the fee that funds charge you each year to manage your money),your average investment return could be 6% instead of 5%.
Title:How to Manage Your Money
Introduction to the topic | ●Many people become passive investors for (71)fearthat they make mistakes and suffer a loss of more money ●In face of the trouble,doing something smart makes (72)sense | |
(73) Tips/Suggestions/Adviceon managing your money | Plan for financial aid | ●(74)Assumptionsare made that a 529 plan is the best choice for everyone's savings ●If your family earns less than $100,000,save aggressively for college in a taxable account in your name and chances are that your child will have (75)accessto some financial aid ●If your family earns more than $100,000 and will possibly remain at or above that level when your child enters college,a 529 plan (76)suitsyou best because you probably won't have the qualif ication for aid anyway |
Expect ups and downs | ●Excessive safe investments as well as (77)riskyones hurt your portfolio's growth rate ●Invest in funds that you will hold on to for more than a year,for under the new tax law longterm capital gains are (78)less Taxed ●Invest in stock funds that pay dividends,which can not only hold down the taxes but also make your portfolio's value (79)sustainablein tough times | |
Forget high fees | (80)Avoidingpaying unnecessarily high investment costs and fees,you will increase your average investment return |