【题目】China is going green.In order to reduce air pollution and oil-shortages, car makers have announced their plans to develop hybrid(混合燃料)cars for the Chinese market.Toyota’s hybrid car Prius will be ready to drive in China this week.Let’s have a look at the new car.

Any vehicle is a hybrid car when it combines two or more sources of power.Hybrid cars have special engines, which are smaller than traditional gasoline engine.They run at 99 percent of their power when the car is going at a steady speed A specially designed battery motor provides extra power for running up hills or when extra speed-up is needed

Step into a Prius, and turn on the engine.The first thing you notice is how much quieter it is than a traditional car.At this point, the car’s gasoline engine is at rest.The electric motor will provide power until the car reaches about 24 kilometers per hour.If you stay at a low speed, you are effectively driving an electric car, with no gasoline being used, and no waste gas gives off.

The computer makes the decision about when to use a gas engine, when to go electric, and when to use a combination of the two.If you go over 24 kilometers per hour, when you step on the gas, you are actually telling the computer how fast you want to go.

The electronic motor recharges automatically using a set of batteries.When driving at a high speed, the gasoline engine not only powers the car, but also charges the batteries.

Any time you use the brake, the electric motor will work like a generator(发电机)and produce electricity to recharge the batteries.As a result, the car’s batteries will last for around 200,000 miles.

【1】Which of the following pictures can show how the power system of Prius works correctly?(W—Wheel of the car, E.M—electric motor, G.E—gasoline engine, C—computer, B—batteries)

A.

B.

C.

D.

【2】What is the most important characteristic of hybrid cars?

A. They are powered by both a rechargeable battery and gasoline.

B. They have smaller engines than traditional gasoline ones.

C. They use only 99 percent of their power to run up hills.

D. They are much quieter than traditional cars.

【3】We can know from the report that ___________.

A. the batteries can be recharged at any time you want

B. using the brake suggests that the gasoline engine should work

C. the gasoline engine charges the batteries as well as powering the car

D. the car’s batteries will last for around 200,000 miles without being recharged

【4】The author writes this passage mainly to ___________.

A. announce plans to develop hybrid cars for the Chinese market

B. let people know how to save their gasoline when driving a car

C. teach people how to drive a hybrid car

D. introduce a new kind of “green” car

【题目】Martha Payne is 9 years old. She lives in a small community in Scotland. Martha is interested in the food at her school. She is interested in how good it tastes, and how healthy it is, and whether it contains any hairs. A few months ago, she started to write a blog about her school dinners. She photographed her school dinners, and then posted the pictures on her blog and told us what she thought about the food. Most days, she thought the food was OK, and on some days she thought it was really good.

Children in other schools, and other countries, started to read Martha's blog. Some of them left comments on Martha's school dinners. And some sent Martha pictures of their own school dinners, and Martha published these on her blog. Then Martha started to use her blog to raise money for a charity called Mary's Meals, which provides school meals for children in poor communities in developing countries.

And at this point, the officials who run the education system in the part of Scotland where Martha lives became aware of her blog. They didn't want publicity for the food in their schools. Perhaps they were afraid that people would start to criticize (批评) their school dinners and say that they were unhealthy. They said that Martha's blog had to stop.

Martha's head teacher told Martha the bad news, and Martha was sad and wrote a final blog post to say goodbye to her readers. The newspapers, the radio and the television all carried stories about Martha's blog. This was not at all what the officials wanted. A day later, they decided that Martha could continue writing her blog about her school dinners, and taking pictures of them.

1Why does Martha write a blog about her school dinners?

A. She wants to learn to cook.

B. She is interested in the school food.

C. She wants the school food improved.

D. She is worried about the school food.

2What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A. Martha's blog didn't reach far.

B. Martha's blog wasn't quite successful.

C. Martha's blog received wide attention.

D. Martha's blog helped to raise a lot of money.

3Why did the officials want to stop Martha's blog?

A. The school food was unhealthy.

B. Martha gave bad comments on her blog.

C. The public thought poorly of the school food.

D. They were afraid the school food would be criticized.

4What made the officials give in finally?

A. Martha's great fame.

B. Support from the press.

C. The popularity of Martha's blog.

D. Support from Martha's head teacher.

【题目】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Great fathers in the animal world
Hardhead catfish
Although the father hardhead catfish doesn't get pregnant(怀孕的) himself,he does put up to 48 of his fertilized eggs(受精卵) in his mouth and carries them with him for 60 days.This means he can't eat until the eggs hatch(孵化).It can take two months or longer,meaning that the dads have to live off their own body fat for that long.

Emperor penguin
The emperor penguin lives in the coldest place on Earth.After the mother penguin lays her egg,it's the father's job to keep it warm.The father balances the egg on his feet and often stays close to other fathers for warmth until their chicks hatch.He stays like this for months without a meal.Only after the mother returns does the father get to head to sea for a good meal.

Namaqua sandgrouse
Namaqua sandgrouse live in Africa's southern deserts (沙漠).Since the young chicks cannot make it to water,the dad has to bring it to them,flying up to 50 miles a day to the nearest watering hole.He puts his b o dy in water every morning and his feathers (羽毛) take in the water.He then returns and the chicks can drink the water straight from his feathers.

Greater hornbill owl
Most mother birds are smaller than the fathers.Well,for greater hornbill owls,this isn't true.Mothers are the ones who guard their “houses” after they're built.This leaves the father to spend all his time feeding three to five hungry mouths,one of which may be larger than him.He can sometimes spend the entire night catching small animals to feed his family without eating something himself.

(1)What do father hardhead catfish and father emperor penguins have in common?
A.They hatch the eggs.
B.They stay close to other fathers.
C.They put the eggs in their mouths.
D.They feed their babies with their body fat.
(2)Father Namaqua sandgrouse are special in the way ______.
A.they build their “houses”
B.they feed their chicks
C.they seek water
D.they fly
(3)What's the duty of father greater hornbill owls according to the text?
A.They clean their houses.
B.They build their houses.
C.They feed their families.
D.They protect their families.
(4)All the following fathers spend a period of time without meals EXCEPT ______.
A.hardhead catfish
B.emperor penguins
C.Namaqua sandgrouse
D.greater hornbill owls

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