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-John Lily
John Lily,
More and more automobile companies are taking measures to create cars that do less harm to the planet.
Here are some of the top green cars this year.
Tesla Roadster
This is an electric sports car. You can travel 220 miles before recharging the battery. The only problem?
It will cost you $ 100 000. So, until you win the lottery or happen to find a box of gold at the end of a
rainbow, let"s move on to the more reasonable choices.
Aptera 2e
This electric car is much more affordable than the Tesla Roadster, with a starting price of around $ 25000.
Its electric motor runs 100 miles per charge. Unfortunately, it is currently only available in California through
a complex booking process.
Toyota Prius
At 51 miles per gallon in the city and 48 0n the highway, the Toyota Prius is one of the most fuel-efficient
cars in the world. With an annual CO2 rating of 1968 kilograms, this car holds the first place on MSN"s list of
the Least Polluting Vehicles of 2009. It also has other eco-friendly features like a solar-powered ventilation (通
风) system.
Honda Civic Hybrid (混合动力车)
The Honda Civic Hybrid is competitive with the Toyota Prius when it comes to fuel efficiency. It gets 40
miles per gallon in the city and 45 on the highway. It also has the second- lowest annual CO2 figure, releasing
2160 kilograms in a year.
Honda Insight Hybrid
With a base price of just $20 000, the Honda Insight Hybrid is the least expensive Hybrid on the market
today. Coming just after the Honda Civic and Toyota Prius in terms of pollution, this fuel-efficient vehicle gets
40 miles per gallon in the city and 43 on the highway.
Besides all these, Toyota Camry Hybrid is also a good choice.
William
B. needs more time to be recharged
C. is harder to book
D. runs much further per charge
B. Toyota Prius.
C. Honda Insight Hybrid.
D. Toyota Camry Hybrid.
B. only people in California are allowed to buy Aptera 2e
C. Honda Insight Hybrid may be the third least polluting hybrid of 2009
D. the fuel efficiency of the Aptera 2e must be the highest of all the vehicles mentioned
B. A car expert giving advice to people online.
C. An eco-friendly car repairer.
D. An eco-friendly car designer.
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Earth. 2_____ The reason is that the air on Mars is mainly made up of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon,
all of which humans cannot breathe, and has only 0.13% oxygen, while the oxygen content of the air on
Earth adds up to 21%.
3_____ We now know there isn"t enough oxygen on Mars for humans to breathe, but there are signs
of water there. NASA scientists have found ice on Mars, and there is some water in the atmosphere. The
Phoenix Mars Lander landed on the planet on May 25, 2008, to find out if there was life there, and to explore
the planet"s climate and geology. 4_____ A physicist once said, "We agree that life can exist under different
conditions. We now believe that there might have been some form of life on Mars billions of years ago,
maybe deep underground. 5_____ On the question of humans going to live on Mars-well, first of all, we
have to sort out some problems. And then ... who knows?"
B. Whether life can exist on Mars has been a question in the minds of space experts for a long time.
C. Humans can"t breathe on Mars because there is too little air there.
D. As far as we know, for life to exist, two essentials are needed-air and water.
E. However, if people went to live on Mars tomorrow, they wouldn"t be able to breathe.
F. Personally, I think that if we knew where to look, we would find life on Mars today.
G. The information that it sends back will help us prepare for sending people to explore Mars in the future.
as well: starch (淀粉) changes to sugar; pectin (果胶) breaks down, losing its stiffness; and the flesh softens.
Is ripening fruit a self-contained system, or is the rate of these changes affected by the environment? We
designed the experiment below to see if different atmospheres, produced by different packaging, affected the
rate of ripening. You will vary the atmosphere surrounding unripe bananas and observe the effect on the ripening
process.
| Now set up the bananas in their environments as follows: 1. Put two green bananas in a paper bag and fold the top over to seal out the air. 2. Put one green banana and the very ripe banana in the other paper bag and fold over the top. 3. Put two green bananas in a plastic bag and seal it. 4. Wrap (包) one green banana tightly in a plastic bag. 5. Leave one green banana exposed to the air. |  |
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| On the outside Betsy Lueth"s school looks like any other in Minneapolis. Yet inside, it is Yinghua Academy, a public school where elementary (小学) students study subjects ranging from math to American history in Chinese. Yinghua, the first such immersion (沉浸式) program in the Midwest is on the leading edge of a movement that in recent years has seen Chinese language programs spread rapidly throughout the U.S. The idea behind Yinghua is to introduce kids to the language and culture as early as possible-ideally, before age 12. Kindergarteners and first graders are taught in Chinese and a single period of English is introduced in second grade. By sixth grade, kids are learning half in English and half in Chinese, with the expectation of fluency in both. In Yinghua"s classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters. There are many challenges at Yinghua. Most teachers come from Taiwan or mainland China, and cultural misunderstandings are very common. Lueth"s teachers are learning to be tolerant of local customs-as well as a lot more parental input than they are used to. "In China, teachers are respected. They are not questioned," says Luyi Lien, Yinghua"s Taiwan-born director. "In America, parents are more expressive of their opinions." Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though students from the programs fall behind for a few years in English, by fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual (单语言) peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological help can also be important. Lueth, a former teacher, co-founded the school as a way to expose her adopted Chinese daughter Lucy to her native culture. Lucy used to be annoyed when cousins asked why her skin color was different from theirs; before she started at Yinghua, she resisted exploring anything related to China Now, Lueth says, Lucy proudly answers her cousins, "Yeah, I was born in China." | |
| 1. Yinghua is different from other schools in Minneapolis in the way that _____. | |
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| A. it offers subjects to students mostly in Chinese B. its language program is popular in the U.S.A. C. kids there begin to learn Chinese at the age of 12 D. its students learn subjects half in English and half in Chinese | |
| 2. One of the challenges at Yinghua is that _____. | |
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| A. most parents do not respect its teachers B. teachers need to get used to the local culture C. its students are mostly from nontraditional families D. there is misunderstanding between teachers and students | |
| 3. We can learn from the last paragraph that immersion program _____. | |
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| A. enables students pass tests more easily B. benefits students in learning psychology C. helps some students accept the local customs D. contributes to the better development of students | |
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | |
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| A. Teachers in Yinghua have difficulty in understanding the local culture. B. Parents are discouraged to speak out their opinions of the school in Yinghua. C. The students in Yinghua are expected to speak English and Chinese fluently. D. Yinghua is the first school in the U.S.A. to introduce Chinese culture to students. | |
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| Though "nanometer" (纳米) is now a fashionable term all over the world, few people know exactly what it is. It has become a new favorite of producers and sellers in recent years. Many "high-tech" products bearing the name "nano" have entered the market, bringing more mysterious feeling to surprised consumers. Nanometer is a very small length unit of measure, and is very small. One millimeter is 1000 micrometers, and one micrometer is 1 000 nanometers. That is, one nanometer is one billionth of a meter. Nano materials are solid materials made up of particles (粒子) or crystallites (晶体) of less than 100 nanometers in size. Then, is a cup made of nano material really any different from an ordinary cup in function as far as how it works? Are nano cups really so wonderful? A reporter went to the Institute of Nanomedicine, which is the first such institute of such a sort in the world and the only one in China, specializing in researching the investigation of the application of nano technology into medicine. A water molecule (分子) is made up of 2 hydrogen atoms and l oxygen atom. It can be changed only by a special way of controlling of the atoms. The material made into the cup can have nanometer particles. But it cannot change the chemical and physical properties of the water contained in the cup. The water in it is still water. When people drink it, it will produce no special effect on human body. Professor Ji who worked in the Institute of Nanomedicine told the reporter, so far, the investigation of nano materials is still limited in the laboratory. No commercial micro products can be produced yet. With the present level of science and technology, the time of everyday goods made of nanometer materials is still years away. The products labeled with nano marks in the market now are only traditional products coated with a thin layer of nanometer material, which makes them more abrasion resistant (耐磨), much easier to be cleaned, or oil resisting or moth proof (防蛀). Professor Ji explained that nano cup is a real cup. It can also be included in the list of nano products in a certain sense. But the nano cup has not changed its property and function as a cup. It is not a magical medicine for curing and health care. | |
| 1. Which of the following shows the right relationship? | |
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| A. nanometer<millimeter<micrometer<meter B. micrometer<millimeter<nanometer<meter C. nanometer<micrometer<millimeter<meter D. millimeter<micrometer<nanometer<meter | |
| 2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____. | |
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| A. nano materials have been put into use in daily goods B. real nano products haven"t become available for people C. the nano cup is very effective in curing and health care D. real nano products are being produced by some companies | |
| 3. The underlined word "properties" in the fourth paragraph probably means _____. | |
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| A. possessions B. qualities C. reactions D. symbols | |
| 4. What would be the best title for the passage? | |
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| A. High-tech Products B. Nano Cups C. Nano Materials D. High-tech Research | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Research shows that humans switch from selfish to unselfish behaviour when they are watched. Do you? |
