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Frankfurt: Renault SA Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said the future of electric cars depends on a rebound (反弹) in oil prices that may boost sales of the battery –powered vehicles he’s spending 4 billion euros ($ 5.9 billion) to develop.

“If oil is less than $ 70, we are going to have a problem,” Ghosn said in an interview at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Renault pledged to sell 100,000 electric cars by 2016 in Israel and Denmark, the first two countries to hire the Paris-based company’s US partner Better Place to roll out nationwide networks of battery-charging swapping stations.

Ghosn is pitting (绞尽脑汁)electric cars from Renault and Japanese affiliate Nissan Motor Co against a new generation of smaller, cheaper gasoline electric hybrids from rivals including Toyota Motor Corp. The French company’s Fluence sedan, on show for the first time in Frankfurt, will become the world’s first mass-market electric car if the agreement with Better Place pays off.

“The outlook for investors in electric cars is extremely dangerous, but if oil prices take off again, there may be a significant commercial opportunity and big rewards,” said Peter Schmidt, managing director of Warwick, England-based consulting firm Automotive Industry Data.

The price of oil, which stood at $70.75 a barrel(桶) by this morning in Europe, will rise to $75 tomorrow, based on the median(中间数)of 35 estimates ranging from $40 to $110. It’s likely to fluctuate (波动)between $80 and $92 through 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. The higher oil prices are, the better it will be for electric cars.

   B. Sales of electric cars depend on the new design.

   C. The agreement with Better Place pays off.

   D. The quality of battery-powered autos can not be guaranteed.

60. The sentence “But if it’s at $ 200, the economic equation’s very easy, and if it’s more than $ 200, even easier.” can be put at the end of _________.

   A. paragraph one              B. paragraph two           

C. paragraph three             D. paragraph four

61. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

  A. Fluctuation of oil prices              B. Bad future for electric cars

C. Oil price holds key for electric autos    D. A promising CEO

62. The estimated oil price in 2013 might be between________________.

  A.$35—$75           B.$40—$110    C. $70.75—$75    D.$80—$92

第二节 完形填空(共20小题:每小题1分,满分20分)

   阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I‘ve seen so many of them.One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old.“There’s a   36   in my upper jaw ,”she said.“I told my own dentist it’s nothing,but he   37   I come to see you”

   Her eight-year-old son accompanied her.He would   38   to add something .but she stopped him.She wanted to tell everything herself.I found a large cancer that spread over much of the  39  of her mouth.A careful examination later   40   that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.

   During her next appointment,I explained to her the   41   of the problem.She clasped my hand in hers and said,“I know you’re worried about me,but I’m just   42   .”

   I thought otherwise.After considerable   43   on my part,and kindness on her part because she wanted to   44   me ,she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon.She saw him,but as I expected,  45  treatment.

   About six months later she returned to my office,still energetic and   46  .

   “How are you?”I asked.

“I’m just fine ,honey,”she responded   47   high spirits.“When can I get stared on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”

Surprised to see her at all,Ianswered   48  ,“Let me take a look at your mouth and we’ll see about it.”

I couldn’t believe my eyes.The cancer that had  49  nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone-only one small area of redness  50  .

I had read of such things happening.but had  51  seen them with my own eyes.That was my first miracle.Since then I’ve seen many others,because they keep getting  52  to see.In fact,miracles are daily events for me now.And people are miracles, 53  through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to  54  the miracles of one another.

Since my first miracle,I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is  55  we choose to find it. 

36.A.cut                  B.pain                C.wound           D.cancer

37. A.declared              B.suspected           C.promised         D.insisted

38. A.refuse               B.continue            C.attempt          D.manage

39. A.roof                 B.coiner              C.bottom          D.surface

40. A.confirmed            B.convinced           C.considered       D.concluded

41. A.possibility            B.importance          C.seriousness       D.resolution

42.A.old                  B.sick                C.fine             D.glad

43.A.permission            B.support             C.approval         D.effort

44.A.persuade              B.please              C.encourage        D.astonish

45.A.declined              B.provided            C.received          D.required

46.A.healthy               B.elegant             C.optimistic        D.humorous

47.A.to                   B.in                  C.with             D.by

48.A.worriedly             B.confusedly           C.patiently         D.confidently

49.A.covered              B.reached              C.spread           D.grown

50.A.cured                B.faded                C.expanded        D.remained

51.A.ever                 B.also                 C.never           D.already

52.A.easier                B.rarer                 C.happier         D.closer

53.A.or                   B.so                   C.yet             D.for

54.A.read                 B.make                 C.keep           D.see

55.A.whatever             B.wherever              C.whoever        D.whichever

Healthy Habits, Healthy Body

Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.

Then, consider this:you might be in a state of sub-health(亚健康).

Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease.

According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly.The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam-week.

Symptoms(征兆)include a lack of energy, depression(压抑),slow reactions, insomnia(失眠),agitation, and poor memory.Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.

The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities.

As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar.They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements…vitamins and trace elements …vitamins and trace elements…that are important to the body.

Nutrition(营养)experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract(消化系统).They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health.

63.According to this passage, which of the following is right?

A.When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay home and keep silent.

B.When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine.

C.When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries.

D.When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself.

64.Middle-aged people may be easy to get sub-health because ___.

A.they have used up their energy      

B.they have lost their living hopes

C.they have more pressure in life and work

D.they begin to get older

65.The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should ___.

A.work hard                           B.sleep more

C.form good living habits               D.take more medicine

66.As for food, experts suggested that ___.

A.we should never eat meat       B.we should have variety of food

C.we should eat less than usual   D.we should have meals without salt to sugar

67.The bold-faced word “alternate” in this passage is closest in meaning to ___.

A.arrange by turns         B.cause to take place        

C.keep up                 D.take up

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