第三篇 Saving Gas There are more than 100 million cars in the U.S. An ordinary car gets less than 15 miles from each gallon of gas. It travels about 10,000 miles each year. In that time, it uses about 650 gallons of gas. In all, automobiles use up some 70 billion gallons of gas a year. That comes out be four-and-half million barrels a day. The importance of saving gas, then cannot be stressed too much. Let’s say, the fuel used by each car could be cut back just 15 percent. This could be done by making fewer trips each day. It could be done by keeping the automobiles in good shape. It could be done through better driving habits. If these were done, the nation’s use of fuel would fall by close to two thirds of million barrels per day. Everyone can help to save gas. One way is to ride buses. Some could walk to work. Others could ride their bikes. Another way is to share a ride. About one-third of all cars are used for going to and from work. You can go shopping with a friend from time to time. If two people use a car instead of one, they all save. Driving stress would be less, too, with fewer cars on the road. The savings on gas around the nation would come to one-half million barrels a day. Still another way to save is by cutting out trips one does not need to take. Can you find one car trip per week that could be done by telephone? Can you combine trips? If each car traveled 10 miles less each week, they could save three-and-a-half billion gallons of gas a year. This come to nearly 5 percent of the total passenger car demand for gas. The way people drive decides how much fuel they save. Careful drivers may get 20 percent more miles per gallon than ordinary drivers. They obey the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit. If just one gallon of gas were saved each week for each car in the country, a total of five-and-a-half billion gallons could be saved a year. 41.Which of the following statements is true about an average car according to the passage? A.An ordinary car can run a lot more than 10,000 millions with 650 gallons of gas. B.An ordinary car can run no more than 15 miles with one gallon of gas. C.An ordinary car with ten gallons of gas can run no more than 150 miles. D.An ordinary car can run 10,000 miles each year with 70 billion gallons of fuel. 42.he passage mentions all of the following facts EXCEPT A.keeping one’s car in good shape helps one save gas B.riding buses instead of driving is helpful to gas saving C.sharing a ride or walking to work is another way to save gas D.driving stress can be greatly relieved by using less gas. 43.The author thinks that if more people share a ride, there would be A.fewer cars on the road B.a higher speed limit C.more highway accidents D.fewer cars to be sold 44.According to the passage, it is possible to save five percent of the total passenger car demand for gas each year, if A.people all share car-riding instead of owning their own cars B.all the cars cut off one trip on 10 miles each week C.two people go shopping from time to time D.people use telephones instead of riding cars 45.Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the text? A.Drivers could change their driving habits and keep their cars in good shape. B.The importance of saving fuel is severely ignored. C.Saving gas is important and could be done in several ways. D.People should use fewer automobiles and make good use of telephone.
    第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文（第46～50題，每題2分，共10分） 下面的短文有5處空白，短文后有6個句子，其中5個取自短文，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容將其分別放回原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。 Fire-fighting Fabric Each year thousands of people worldwide are killed or seriously injured by fires started in mattresses. ____(46). To help prevent fires in crowded public spaces, E.I.Du Pont de Nemours & Co. recently invented a fire-resistant fabric. The company claims that this fabric significantly reduces the combustibility of mattresses and upholstered furniture. In tests conducted by a Boston-based hotel chain, the material has proved very efficient in preventing or delaying the combustion of mattresses and furniture after fires have been started. ____(47). California and several other states are considering new regulations that would require the use of fire-resistant furniture in public places (defined as area where 10 or more people gather). ____(48). American laws require hotels to buy fire-resistant mattress covers, though covers made of fiber glass and cotton do exist and are used by some companies. ____(49). The Du-Pont fabric will well for less than $ 5 a yard and it is believed that the market will develop over the next two years. ______(50). A. The development of the material is timely. B. And last year, England passed a law requiring that all furniture contain fine-resistant material. C. The company expects that the competition will be very strong in the market because right now, its product is just one option. D. And there are some expects. E. Often the fires occur in hotels and are caused by people smoking in bed. F. However, the cotton covers wash out over time and the fiber glass is not very comfortable. 第6部分：完形填空（第51～65題，每題1分，共15分） 下面的短文有15處空白，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容為每處空白確定一個選項。 On the Net Friends Come and Go, Talking of... The young woman was visibly 　　 51　　 and clearly wanted to get something off her chest. "Whats up?" I 　　52　　. "Ive just been defriended," she said. Now "defriended" is a word 　　53　　 I am not familiar. I have been befriended　 54　　 - and befriended - many people since arriving in Beijing. But defriended? It turns 　　55　　 this is a new word created by the Interact-savvy younger generation specifically in relation to the worldwide social networking phenomenon, Facebook. Those who join can invite friends to become members of the site, 　　56　　. They can then share photographs, "chat", swap messages and observations and perform a host of other mutually accessible applications. Ive seen some peoples sites 　　57　　 hundreds of friends, all moments away down a fiber optic cable, providing they are logged on to their computers or hooked up to a high-spec cell phone. It creates the possibility of "befriending" anyone in the world who has online access. Currently, Facebook has 150 million users. That means theres a lot of "friends" out there. The 　　58　　 is that you can be "defriended" - you can be denied access to the Face, book site someone who had previously invited to be his or her friend. And you can do it without the potential for instant recrimination. Where once, in the school playground on child might have petulantly shouted 59　　 another, "Im not going to be your fried any more" the same hurt and loss of face can be performed remotely with the chick of a button. A 　　60　　 aspect of "defriending" is that, un like With other applications such as the "what are you thinking about?" posting a digital depository of the often dire, 　　61　　 , dull and desperate, no message is sent out alerting you or your contacts about the change m status. You only find out you have 　　62　　 when you try to visit a "friends" site, and you find you can no longer get in. the delay of the discovery is all too often doubly hurtful. Just as bombs are dispatched impersonally 　　63　　 an unseen enemy in modem warfare, 　　64　　 relationships are blown out of the window with the same callous disregard, without the risk of any face-to-face comeback. One second you arc there, 　　65　　 you are deleted. 51. A.satisfied B.friendly C.moved D.upset 52. A.complained B.explained C.inquired D.argued 53. A.with which B.in which C.which D.that 54. A.on B.by C.with D.in 55. A.about B.out C.around D.in 56. A.too B.either C.yet D.neither 57. A.exaggerating B.overstating C.boasting D.showing off 58. A.benefit B.advantage C.downside D.merit 59. A.at B.in C.on D.forward 60. A.neutral B.controversial C.astonishing D.remarkable 61. A.exciting B.dreary C.cheerful D.bright 62. A.been dumped B.dumped C.being dumped D.dumping 63. A.forward B.for C.into D.against 64. A.and B.since C.so D.but 65. A.the next B.the first C.the first D.a next ADDAA DAAAD DAAAA BABAABC BCFDEDCA BAADB CBBCD CDABC EABFC DCABB ACCAB BADCA