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Cities of Tomorrow
Middle school students combine science and imagination as they celebrate National Engineers
Week in a Future City Competition．
In the African city of Mwinda，floating farms are quite common．The city’s residents zip around in hydrogen-powered hover（盘旋的）vehicles，and renewable energy resources provide the city’s power．That’s how Jake Bowers，12，Emily Ponti，14，and Krisha Sherburne，12，imagined their future city．
The students，who attend St．Thomas More School in Baton Rouge，Louisiana，took first place
for their design last week in the 2007 National Engineer Week Future City Competition held in
Washington，D．C．The students won a trip to the U．S Space Camp in Huntsville，Alabam．
Kids from 35 middle schools across the country made it to Washington．They had teamed up
with teachers and volunteer engineer mentors（顾问，导师）to develop cities．Each team began by
creating a fictional city on SimCity 3000，a computer game that allows players to construct towns．
The students then built a tabletop model of the city，wrote an essay and presented their creation to a
panel（专门小组） of judges．This year’s theme asked students to design fuel cell powered
communities．Fuel cell technology works by using hydrogen and oxygen to produce power．The
process is environmentally friendly．
Organizers hope the competition provides a fun and educational way to spark young people’s
interest in engineering．“As the number of graduates in engineering（decreases），it’s ever more
important to encourage students to build these skills at an early age，”says John Hofmeister，
President of Shell Oill Company．Shell is a sponsor of the annual Future City contest．Judging by
this year’s competition，plenty of kids are getting the message．Some 30，000 students from more
than 1，000 schools participated in the 2006 －2007 Future City Competition．
64．What is not imagined in the three teenagers’ mind for their future city？
A．Hydrogen-powered hover vehicles．
B．The city’s power provided by renewable energy resources．
C．Floating farms．
D．Oxygen-powered floating factories．
65．Which statement is True according to the passage？
A．St．Thomas More School in Baton Rouge is in Alabama．
B．The 2007 National Engineer Week Future City Competition was held in Lounisiana．
C．The students who took first place for their design won a trip to U．S．Space Camp in
Huntsville．
D．The U．S Space Camp lies in Washington，D，C．．
66．Kids from 35 middle schools_________．
A．could use computers to help them construct their future cities
B．created a real city on Simcity 3000
C．teamed up on their own to develop cities
D．built a tabletop model of the city and presented it to their teachers for judgment
67．It can be inferred that the 2006 －07 Future City Competition_________．
A．will spark young people’s interest in living in Space Camp
B．will decrease the number of graduates in engineering
C．will encourage college students to build engineering skills after their graduation
D．was participated in by 30 students on average in each school

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。　　

    In the western world's largest 1 plant, which pours 1,000 tons of steel every hour, thirty-four-year-old Ray Bagrosky, works as an electrical helper. Bagrosky is one of a team which repairs motors for the Bethichen Steel Plant in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been there about a year, and he 　　 2 the work. "I get dirty," he admitted. "but I enjoy 3 things and making them 4 right."　　

    Ray left high school a year 　　 5 graduation and joined the Navy (海军)  Seven months at Navy schools for electricians 6 and then more than three years sea duty, which took him into the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean as well as the Pacific. Eighteen months before his tour of duty was completed, he 　　 7 Margaret Lamr, a pretty girl, from his neighbourhood whom he had　　 8 ten years. They 9 have two small sons.　　

    Ray's day begins at 5:30 A.M. When he gets up, dresses himself, and ten minutes 　　 10 he jumps into his car and begins his daily 11 to the　　 factory. "Traffic's heavy", he once said, "so Margrate 12 my breakfast　　 in my lunchbox and I 13 it when I get to work. "　　 14 seven he is at work on whatever job is to be 15 with a half an hour for 　　 16, he works until 3:30 P.M.　　 Soon after four 17, Ray gets home 　　 18 to a two-story red brick house on a quiet street 19 with trees and grass. He showers and puts on 20 clothes.　　

    The neighbors exchange conversation on their front porches (门廊), dogs play and children ride their bicycles and call 21 to each other at their games. The Bagroskys live quietly. They take pleasure from an outing on her father's small powerboat, a swim, a movie, or a football　　 game. Ray keeps a 22 eye on newspaper headlines (新闻提要)  Because he　　 works for a huge company and owns possessions, he watches what 　　 23 in the nation and in his own 24. And because he still has friends in the Navy, he is interested in 25 is happening in the world.　　

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案．

　In the western world's largest 　1　plant ,which pours 1,000 tons of steel every hour , thirty-four-year-old Ray Bagrosky,works as an electrical helper．Bagrosky is one of a team which repairs motors for the Bethlchen Steel Plant in Baltimore, Maryland．He has been there about a year, and he 　2 　the work ．“I get dirty, ”he admitted, “but I enjoy 　3 　things and making them 　4 　right．”

　Ray left high school a year 　5　graduation and joined the Navy (海军)．Seven months at Navy schools for electricians 　6　and then more than three years sea duty, which took him into the South China Sea and the Indin Ocean as well as the Pacific．Eighteen months before his tour of duty was completed．He 　7 　Margaret Lamr, a pretty girl, from his neighbourhood whom he had 　8　ten years．They 　9　have two small sons．

　Ray's day begins at 5:30 A．M．when he gets up, dresses ,and ten minutes 　10　 he jumps into his car and begins his daily 　11 　to the factory ．“Traffic's heavy”, he once said ,“so Margrate 　12　 my breakfast in my lunchbox and I 　13 　it when I get to work．”　 14　 seven he is at work on whatever job is to be 　15 　with a half an hour for 　16 　, he works until 3:30 P．M．

　Soon after four 　17 　, Ray gets home 　18 　to a two story-red brick house on a quiet street 　19 　with trees and grass．He showers and puts on 　20 　clothes．

　The neighbors exchange conversation on their front porches(门廊),dogs play and children ride their bicycles and call 　21 　to each other at their games ．The Bagroskys live quietly．They take pleasure from an outing on her father's small powerboat , a swim, a movie, or a football game ．Ray keeps a 　22 　eye on newspaper headlines(新闻提要)．Because he works for a huge company and owns possessions, he watches what　23　 in the nation and in his own 　24 　．And because he still has friends in the Navy, he is interested in 　25 　is happening in the world．

Although I had left school against the advice of my teachers, I had, without telling anyone, tried to  36  my studies in literature at evening classes. It was a tiresome  37  from one end of the city to another and to  38  among adults was uninteresting. I was the youngest in the  39 , so the friendship I knew at school was  40 . I put up with it for a short period. It was  41  long a walk on cold winter’s nights and it was hard to put my  42  into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I continued writing poetry at home.

By chance, I  43  some prizes and awards for literature. A young woman from a  44  company came to the college one day. She told me that I won a national poetry award. I  45  at her in astonishment and disbelief. She wanted to make a short  46  about me, to which I said, “ No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real  47 . I was just frightened. In the end she  48     me that I should do it the following day.

So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my  49  and I became  50  interested in literature than ever. I  51  what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not  52  myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly told my parents that I wanted to _53  to school. They were greatly surprised and a little afraid, but they did not try to persuade me not to. They wanted to know if I was  54 , and if I knew what it meant and  55   I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter no further.

36．A．stop                  B．go on                  C．continue         D．walk

37．A．talk                    B．journey               C．job               D．walk

38．A．do               B．sit              C．talk           D．work

39．A．family         B．class            C．city             D．country