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It's not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can't: nm on solar energy - energy from the sun's light and heat!

    Joshua Bechtold, 14, and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked many months to get Helios ready for the 1999  American Tour de Sol ( "Sol" is the Latin word for "sun"). They named their car after Helios, the sun god in Greek mythology(神话).

    The 4-year-old Tour de Sol encourages the use of "green", or environmentally friendly, cars to help reduce pollution and save energy. It' s not a race. Cars are  judged on fuel efficiency(耗油量) rather than speed. In the week-long event, 44 cars took the 350-mile tour from Waterbury, Connecticut, to Lake George, New York. Of the 23 student cars, Helios was the only one built by middle school students.

    A teacher drove Helios, but the children talked with people wherever they stopped along the mad. "That was my favorite part," says Anna Browne, 15. "We explained how the car runs.”

    Due in part to old, inefficient batteries(电池), Helios finished fourth - out of four - in its kind, the sun-powered class. "We were there for the fun of it," Anna says. "We're proud of Helios," says Ariel Gleicher, 14. "It's a car that's good for the environment."

64. What is special about the car Helios in the text?       

              A. It was built by middle school students.

              B. It has an' attractive design.

              C. It was made in 1971.

             D. It won the fourth prize.

65. How many sun-powered cars took part in the race?      

              A. 1.                  B. 4.                      C. 23.                       D. 44.

66. What would be the best title for the text.'?       

             A. The Making of Helios

             B. 1999 American Tour de Sol

             C. Sun-powered Cars on the Road

             D. Use of Green Cars in Connecticut

67. The students felt proud of Helios because______.

             A. it could run as far as 350 miles          B. it was favored by many children

            C. it had high-quality batteries                 D. it was driven by clean energy

Answer 1

介绍靠solar energy驱动的汽车的科技文。

64．A

解析：考生根据细节进行推理判断的能力

文中在第一段最后提到的是“run on solar energy”，在第三段中开头提到了“green”or“environmentally friendly”以及文中最后“It’s a car that's good for the environment”都说明它是环保的，但并未说它的设计吸引人，所以排除B。文中所有信息都没有提及C、D，故排除C、D，而在文中第三段最后有“Helios was the only one built by middle school students”，因此正确答案为A。

65．B

解析：考生据具体细节对文中特定信息的具体理解

据文中倒数第一段中的fourth-out of four-in its kind，the sun-powered class可知，B为正确答案。

66．C

解析：考生对于全文主旨大意的把握并据此选择最佳标题

综合全文，可知全文都在描述sun-powered cars，sun-powered是此车的重要特征，最能说明其主要特点。而干扰性最大的选项为A，本文说明了Helios是由middle school students制造的，但后文并未提及此点，所以应选C为正确答案。

67．D

解析：考生对文中特定短语的理解 

据文中最后一句“It’s a car that’s good for the environment．”可知D为正确答案。