（2011·安徽卷）B

Think about the different ways that people use the wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources（来源）, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills（风车）began to be used in ancient Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.

For many centuries, people used windmills to grind（磨碎）wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity was discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s, when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.

During the 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.

60. From the text we know that windmills              .

A. were invented by European armies

B. have a history of more than 2800 years

C. used to supply power to radio in remote areas

D. have rarely been used since electricity was discovered

61. What was a new use for wind power in the late l9th century?

A. Sailing a boat. 

B. Producing electricity.

C. Grinding wheat into flour.

D. Pumping water from underground.

62. One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that             .

A. wind power is cleaner

B. it is one of the oldest power sources

C. it was cheaper to create energy from wind

D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs

63. What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

A. The advantage of wind power.

B. The design of wind power plants.

C. The worldwide movement to save energy.

D. The global trend towards producing power from wind.

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据末段句子Today, there is a global movement to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind可知，接下来作者应该谈论利用风能发电的情况，因此选择D项。

With his attention________on the shops along the roadside，he knocked an old man down while riding to school.

A  concentrating     B．concentrated     C．to concentrate      D．concentrates

答案　B

解析　考查词组，故选B项。

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2.Carrie is sixteen years old and loves spending time listening to pop music and lying on her bed reading. She is always interested in finding out more about some of the stars in the world of pop and fashion.

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语篇理解

　　Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes．To some extent（从某种程度上说） our intelligence（智力） is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius（天才） out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring（乏味的） environment（环境） will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether of not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways．

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random（随意地） from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different．If on the other hand we take two identical twins（双胞胎） they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar（相同的） intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates（表明） that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other（联系）, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence．

1．The writer is in favor of the view that man's intelligence is given to him ______．

[　　]

A．at birth

B．through education

C．both at birth and through education

D．neither at birth nor through education

2．If a child is born with low intelligence, he can ______．

[　　]

A．never become a genius

B．still become a genius if he should be given special education

C．exceed（超过） his intelligence limits in rich surroundings

D．not reach his intelligence in his life

3．In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population…” means if we ______．

[　　]

A．pick up any two persons

B．choose two persons who are relatives

C．take out two different persons

D．choose two persons with different intelligence

4．The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately is to show ______．

[　　]

A．the importance of their intelligence

B．the role of environment on intelligence

C．the importance of their positions

D．the part that birth plays

5．The best title of this passage can be ______．

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A．Surroundings

B．Intelligence

C．Dependence on Environment

D．Effect of Education