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to conceive or fashion in the mind; invent－

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A．design

B．style

答案：A
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　　Detroit(底特律)might have a hard time hearing any more bad news after the week it just had．Toyota will soon be the world's No．1 automaker, while the Big Three-nowadays known as the“Detroit Three,”posted ＄7.4 billion combined loss for the three months ended Sept．30．Even Detroit's best performer, General Motors, couldn't win over Wall Street by cutting its losses to only ＄115 million, which is an improvement over last year's third-quarter loss of ＄1.7 billion．The problem：despite all the factory closings and job cuts, GM, Ford and Chrysler are still losing money on every car and truck they sell in America．

　　What's the matter with Motown? It all comes down to the models it sells．Car buyers simply don't find them as appealing as foreign wheels, which explains why Japanese models fetch an average price of ＄24,289, while American cars go for just ＄21,597, according to a new study by car consultant Harbour Felax．Increasingly, car buyers see Detroit's products as too big, too gas-thirsty or too bland．

　　In other words, fixing Detroit's product problems requires a serious check．For now, Detroit has only a quarter of the fast-growing small-car market, while nearly two thirds of its models are slow-selling ones, SUVs and minivans．“No automaker can suddenly make a transfer and double its number of small cars,”says GM car president Bob Lutz．But sellers want Detroit to move faster．The Japanese make over their new models every five years, while American automakers take seven or eight．Detroit has been slow to vary because it became addicted to the big profits it once made off SUVs．Only now are they making fuel-efficient cars like the Ford Edge and GMC Acadia, while the Japanese have an eight-year lead in that hot market．

　　“Detroit needs a complete reinvention(change)of how they do business,”says Mike Jackson, CEO of Auto Nation, America's top car dealer．That reinvention will require Detroit to rethink how it conceives, designs and executes cars．Like the Japanese, Detroit needs to engineer multiple models．They need to simplify how they engineer them, so that they are easier to build, have better quality and make more money．

(1)

Which of the following is not among the Detriot Three members?

[　　]

A．

Chrysler

B．

General Motors

C．

Ford

D．

Toyota

(2)

Despite closing some factories and cutting jobs, the Detroit Three ______．

[　　]

A．

will make profits this year

B．

have stopped the loss

C．

are still losing money

D．

get a large improvement over last year's loss

(3)

From the passage, we know that American automakers ________．

[　　]

A．

have made a sudden transfer to make small cars

B．

have made big profits off SUVs

C．

have been making hot styles for years

D．

take up most of the fast-growing small-car market

(4)

According to the passage, which statement about Detriot's cars is NOT true?

[　　]

A．

They are cheaper than Japanese ones now on average．

B．

They are too big, or too bland．

C．

They are as appealing as foreign wheels．

D．

They need more fuel than foreign cars．

(5)

Which of the following is not included in the reinvention activities?

[　　]

A．

Rethinking how to conceive, design, and execute cars．

B．

Engineering multiple models．

C．

Simplifying the products．

D．

Building complicated and expensive models．

Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to _____ a scientific theory.

   A. confirm    B. confine    C. conform    D. conceive

Scientists made a great break through this year in England when the first "test tube" baby was born．The birth was the result of many years of research by doctors．The doctors did the research in groups to help the women who cannot conceive a baby in the normal way．
What happened when the baby was born "from a test tube"? Well, the baby did not literally grow in a test tube．The first stage of the process was that the egg from the woman and the sperm from the man were put together in the test tube．After all, the embryo was put into the womb of a woman．This process was difficult．But it was successful, so the baby was eventually born, like any other, from a woman, only the woman wasn't the baby's real mother, but a sort of "carrier" of a baby produced by another couple．
Obviously, this method is to help to couples who can't have children because of physical problems in the woman．But very difficult moral problems arise in the kind of situation．Take it for instance, a case that happened this year．A couple who wanted a baby advertised for a woman to have a child by the father of the couple．They offered the woman a lot of money．The woman was made pregnant by artificial insemination; in this case, the woman "employed" to bear the child was its real mother．When the baby was born, the woman refused to give it back to the couple．But, in the eyes of the law, the woman had a right to keep the children because she was its biological mother．
You could argue that we should change the law to deal with this kind of situation．In earlier times, there were always healthy babies needing adoption, because family planning methods were not so effective as they are now．These days, however, most of the children who can be adopted are over six years old, often handicapped in some way．So a couple who want a young healthy baby cannot always adopt one, this is why the "test tube" baby is in demand．But is it normally right to use this method? Should we temper with nature in this way? Even if we change the law, would this be the right step to take ?
【小题1】The birth of the first "test-tube" baby is a great advance _____．

A．on medical science
B．in birth control
C．on the research for babies
D．in the lives of married women
【小题2】When we say a baby was born "from a test-tube", we mean_____ ．
A．the baby didn't develop in the womb of a woman
B．the baby has no biological parents
C．the embryo was formed in the test tube
D．the baby grew in the test-tube before it was born
【小题3】According to the law, who has right to keep the baby produced by the artificial method?
A．The couple who want a baby．
B．The biological mother of the child．
C．The person who pays the money to the real mother．
D．The father who advertises for a biological mother．
【小题4】According to the passage, people need "test-tube baby" because_____ ．
A．family planning methods are not effective．
B．they can't always adopt a young healthy baby
C．they are unwilling to adopt a child．
D．there are so many babies needing adoption．

（湖南省长沙市一中2010届高三上学期第二次月考）

Detroit（底特律）might have a hard time hearing any more bad news after the week it just had. Toyota will soon be the world’s No. 1 automaker, while the Big Three-nowadays known as the "Detroit Three," posted $7. 4 billion combined loss for the three months ended Sept. 30. Even Detroit’s best performer, General Motors, couldn’t win over Wall Street by cutting its losses to only $115 million, which is an improvement over last year’s third-quarter loss of $1. 7 billion. The problem: despite all the factory closings and job cuts, GM, Ford and Chrysler are still losing money on every car and truck they sell in America.

What’s the matter with Motown? It all comes down to the models it sells. Car buyers simply don’t find them as appealing as foreign wheels, which explains why Japanese models fetch an average price of $24,289, while American cars go for just $21,597, according to a new study by car consultant Harbour Felax. Increasingly, car buyers see Detroit’s products as too big, too gas-thirsty or too bland.

In other words, fixing Detroit’s product problems requires a serious check. For now, Detroit has only a quarter of the fast-growing small-car market, while nearly two thirds of its models are slow-selling ones, SUVs and minivans. "No automaker can suddenly make a transfer and double its number of small cars," says GM car president Bob Lutz. But sellers want Detroit to move faster. The Japanese make over their new models every five years, while American automakers take seven or eight. Detroit has been slow to vary because it became addicted to the big profits it once made off SUVs. Only now are they making fuel-efficient cars like the Ford Edge and GMC Acadia, while the Japanese have an eight-year lead in that hot market.

 “Detroit needs a complete reinvention（change）of how they do business,” says Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, America’s top car dealer. That reinvention will require Detroit to rethink how it conceives, designs and executes cars. Like the Japanese, Detroit needs to engineer multiple models. They need to simplify how they engineer them, so that they are easier to build, have better quality and make more money.

56. Which of the following is not among the Detriot Three members?

A. Chrysler          B. General Motors                C. Ford                 D. Toyota

57. Despite closing some factories and cutting jobs, the Detroit Three ______.

A. will make profits this year                    B. have stopped the loss

C. are still losing money                           D. get a large improvement over last year’s loss

58. From the passage, we know that American automakers ______.

A. have made a sudden transfer to make small cars

B. have made big profits off SUVs

C. have been making hot styles for years

D. take up most of the fast-growing small-car market

59. According to the passage, which statement about Detriot’s cars is NOT true?

A. They are cheaper than Japanese ones now on average.

B. They are too big, or too bland.

C. They are as appealing as foreign wheels.

D. They need more fuel than foreign cars.

60. Which of the following is not included in the reinvention activities?

A. Rethinking how to conceive, design, and execute cars.

B. Engineering multiple models.

C. Simplifying the products.

D. Building complicated and expensive models.

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