New cars will be taken to other parts of the country _______ railway.
A. along B. by C. on D. with
科目:高中英語 來源:2013屆廣東省廣寧縣廣寧中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷(帶解析) 題型:閱讀理解
Not long ago the movie 2012 came into screen. The people were threatened by those scenes of destroying flood, severe earthquake, terrifying hurricane and constructions representing human civilization being destroyed and even swallowed by disaster. Luckily, they are just the director’s imagination, but the present situation is not heading a positive direction, either.
Take my own experience in Alaska as an example. Once I took a trip to the glacier. Along the way there stood signposts marking the snow lines of different years. They started from the foot of the mountain, but it was at the top when I finally saw melting glaciers(融化的冰川). My heart ached seeing the beautiful blue ice melting at every second.
Sad but true, they are the effects of global warming and the result of our human impact. Furthermore, each year the rising sea level will kill 56 million people, and that's about the population of the en tire Italy. According to studies, if the temperature keeps on rising like this, by the year 2050, some islands and coastal cities including New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney will be drowned in water.
Our fortune is in our own hands. It depends on us to shape our future, to reduce future human impact and find ways to form a peaceful relationship with our environment. Therefore, it's time for actions to be taken right now. Contribute a little to energy saving by using more efficient light bulbs and less hot water. Let recycle become our habit by thinking twice before throwing something away. Let us take public transportation as our first choice when going to a certain place. It might cost more time for now, but it' s to the benefit of a permanent future. Take care of every tree and grass around us by watering them or simply just avoid destroying them.
In a word, small drops of water make a big ocean. The earth does not belong to us. On the contrary, we belong to the earth. Please bear in mind that the earth is our home. It is our responsibility to build a brighter and better future of our planet and prevent what happened in the movie 2012 from becoming reality.
【小題1】Why does the author talk about the movie 2012 in the passage ?
A.To give example. | B.To lead into the topic. |
C.To make prediction. | D.To provide the evidence. |
A.Worried. | B.Puzzled. | C.Scared. | D.Bored. |
A.56 million people in Italy have been killed owing to the rising sea level |
B.Some islands and coastal cities will be drowned in water by the year of 2050 |
C.Human being w訂l be in danger if we don't take actions to prevent the global warming |
D.It is certain that what happened in the movie 2012 will come into reality |
A.drive our own private cars instead of taking buses to some place |
B.recycle everything that is used |
C.go to see the movie 2012 at once |
D.work together to take good care of our planet |
A.Think twice before taking action, |
B.It's our duty to protect the ocean. |
C.Everyone together can make a difference. |
D.It's important to save every drop of water. |
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One evening in February 2007 . a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales . She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train.Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later,she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.
Ceely's near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(導(dǎo)航儀).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily . Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing ."I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train ,"she told the BBC.
W ho is to blame here ? Rick Stevenson ,who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says,
but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.
The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s not clear why he only focuses digital technology,while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.
It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an accout of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors .
The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be way a wiser use of technology.
If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long .
【小題1】
What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?
A.Shewasnotfamiliarwiththeroad. |
B.Itwasdarkandrainingheavilythen. |
C.The railway works failed to give the signal. |
D.Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing |
A.closebit | B.heavyloss | C.narrow escape | D.bigmistake |
A.Moderntechnologyiswhatwe can’tlivewithout. |
B.Digitaltechnologyoftenfalls shortofoutexpectation. |
C.Digitaldevicesaremore reliablethantheyusedtobe. |
D.GPSerrorisnottheonly causeforCelery’saccident. |
A.one-sided | B.reasonable | C.puzzling | D.well-based |
A.The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts. |
B.The relationship between humans and technology |
C.Theshortcomingsofdigital devicesweuse. |
D.Thehuman unawarenessoftechnicalproblems. |
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第四節(jié):寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)
第一節(jié):對話填空(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
Lin Hai:I can't wait to get my driving license!Then I can buy my own car. There are so many cars (76) a______ now that prices have really fallen. It's great!
Wang Jun:Are you serious? The increase in new cars has (77) b______ our roads and has made pollution even worse here.
Lin Hai:More cars mean lower prices. I like that!
Wang Jun:What about the environment?(78) W______ more cars on the road, traffic problems, accidents and pollution will get much worse.
Lin Hai:Hmmm, you (79) e______ don't like cars or you don't know much about them.
Wang Jun:Yes,I do. I know cars can be useful, but they can cause a lot of (80)d .
Lin Hai:People need cars, and if cars do so much damage, they wouldn't be (81) a______ on the roads.
Wang Jun:Hmmm,I don't think you have read much about this problem.
Lin Hai:No,and I don't need to,(82) b______ I don't think there is a problem.
Wang Jun:Yes, there is. It's reported in the newspaper that there are more cars on our roads now (83) t______ at any time in history. There are millions of possible car buyers,and car makers are busy making cars for them.
Lin Hai:So what?
Wang Jun: By 2020, there will be seven times the(84) n______of cars on our roads, and the effect of these cars will be pollution,(85) e______ in big cities.
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第四部分:寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)
第一節(jié):對話填空(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)
閱讀下面對話,掌握其大意,并根據(jù)所給首字母的提示,在標(biāo)有題號的右邊橫線上寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式,使對話通順。
Lin Hai--L; Wang Jun—W
L: I can’t wait to get my driving licence! Then I can buy my own car.There are so many cars available now that prices have really (76)f_____.It’s great! W: Are you serious? The increase in new cars has (77)b_____ our roads and has made pollution even worse here. L: More cars mean (78)l_____ prices.I like that! W: What about the (79)e________? With more cars on the road, traffic problems, accidents and pollution will get much worse. L: Oh, you either don’t like cars or you don’t know much about them. W: Yes, I do.I know cars can be useful, but they can (80)c_____ a lot of damage. L: People need cars, and if cars do so much damage, they wouldn’t be (81)a_____ on the roads. W: Hum, I don’t think you have read much about this problem. L: No, and I don’t need to, because I don’t think there is a problem. W: Yes, there is.It’s (82)r_____ in the newspaper that there are more cars on our roads now than before.There are millions of (83)p_____ car buyers, and car makers are busy making cars for them. L: So what? W: By 2020, there will be seven times the (84)n_____ of cars on our roads, and the effect of these cars will be pollution, (85)e_______ in big cities. | 76.__________ 77.__________ 78.__________ 79.__________ 80.__________ 81.__________ 82.__________ 83.__________ 84.__________ 85.__________ |
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科目:高中英語 來源:江西省于都縣教研室2010屆4月高考模擬卷 題型:填空題
閱讀下面對話,掌握其大意,并根據(jù)所給首字母的提示,在標(biāo)有題號的右邊橫線上寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式,使對話通順。
Lin Hai--L; Wang Jun—W
L: I can’t wait to get my driving licence! Then I can buy my own car.There are so many cars available now that prices have really (1.)f_____.It’s great!
W: Are you serious? The increase in new cars has (2.)b_____ our roads and has made pollution even worse here.
L: More cars mean (3.)l_____ prices.I like that!
W: What about the (4.)e________? With more cars on the road, traffic problems, accidents and pollution will get much worse.
L: Oh, you either don’t like cars or you don’t know much about them.
W: Yes, I do.I know cars can be useful, but they can (5.)c_____ a lot of damage.
L: People need cars, and if cars do so much damage, they wouldn’t be (6.)a_____ on the roads.
W: Hum, I don’t think you have read much about this problem.
L: No, and I don’t need to, because I don’t think there is a problem.
W: Yes, there is.It’s (7.)r_____ in the newspaper that there are more cars on our roads now than before.There are millions of (8.)p_____ car buyers, and car makers are busy making cars for them.
L: So what?
W: By 2020, there will be seven times the (9.)n_____ of cars on our roads, and the effect of these cars will be pollution, (10.)e_______ in big cities.
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