Today’s drivers may feel shocked by the high ...

Today’s drivers may feel shocked by the high price of petrol when they drive to the gas station. However, the car industry has the technology to solve the problem. It’s the hybrid car（混合动力汽车）.

What is a hybrid car? Any car that uses two or more sources of power is a hybrid car. Most hybrid cars on the road right now are petrol-electric hybrids. The petrol-electric hybrid car is just what it sounds like — a cross between a petrol-powered car and an electric car.

A gas-powered car has a fuel tank（油箱）, which supplies petrol to the engine. An electric car, on the other hand, has a set of batteries that provides electricity for the car.

To be useful to you or me, a car should be able to run at least 300 miles (483 km) before refueling, be capable of(能够) being refueled quickly and easily and fast enough to keep up with the other traffic on the road.

A petrol car meets these requirements（要求）but produces a large amount of pollution. An electric car, however, produces almost no pollution, but can only go 50 to 100 miles (80 to 161 km) between recharging(充电). And the problem has been that the electric car is very slow and inconvenient to recharge.

A petrol-electric car combines the advantages of the two power sources into one system that uses both gas power and electric power. Some experts believe that the hybrid car is “the next generation of smart cars”. A hybrid car can go up to 50% further than a traditional car can on the same amount of gas! It saves driver’s money on gas and cuts air pollution!

1.What do the underlined words “the problem” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

2.How many sources of power do most hybrid cars use?

3.The author thinks that electric cars _____.

4.Some experts believe that the hybrid car will have a large market in future because _____.

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In 1974, the price of petrol in Britain rose by 120 percent; cars became expensive to run and train and bus fares increased. People who hadn't used a bicycle since they were children decided that they would buy bicycles.They discovered that cycling could be enjoyable and cheap．

Bicycle sales had been falling for many years but suddenly everything changed．In 1975, British people spent more than one million on bicycles. Bicycle traffic increased by 11 percent．

Bicycle fans compare the cost of running a car with the cost of running a bicycle．They also say bicycle-riding is a good form of exercise.In towns bicycles can often be faster than cars or buses．The bicyclists can ride through traffic jams and at the end of his journey he doesn't have to look for a parking space．Cycling through the countryside is a real pleasure; the cyclist has time to see things that the motorist, driving at over 100 kilometers an hour, never sees．

But in the cities, cycling can be dangerous.You need good concentration(专心)and strong nerves, especially when a truck or a bus is trying to pass you．Since cycling became popular again, there has been an increase in the number of accidents．

Cyclists say the answer to the problem is to separate bicycles from other traffic．Stevenage, a new town near London, has a system of “bikeways”, where only bicycles are allowed to travel.However, in most towns, cyclists say, the needs of the bicycle riders are overlooked．Cyclists have formed into “action groups” in many towns in Britain．They want to persuade local councils－who are in charge of the roads and traffic in their areas－to make sure there are safe facilities(设施)for cyclists．Or, they say, interest in cycling will die．

1.Today the Britain want to ride bikes because _________.

A.trains and buses are too crowded

B.the cost of riding bikes is much cheaper than that of taking trains or buses

C.there are a lot of thieves on the trains or in the buses

D.the traffic accidents easily happen while people go to work by train or by bus

2.What is special about traffic in Britain today?

A. More and more people ride bikes.

B. More and more people like to take trains.

C. Taking trains is much safer than taking buses.

D. No people like to take buses.

3.The main reason for so many people’s riding bikes in England is that _______.

A. bike-riding does good to people

B. a bike is easy to take care of

C. a bike is much cheaper than a car

D. there is no need of a parking place for a bike

4.Riding bikes has many strong points, but when it becomes popular _______.

A. a lot of bikes will be crowded in the public places

B. a lot of bus-drivers and trainmen are out of work

C. fewer and fewer people will take a train

D. there will easily be more and more traffic accidents

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Prices are always rising these days. Up to now, the petrol price _______ 20%.

A．increased by                           B．increased to

C．has increased to                        D．has increased by

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--- What is the price of petrol these days?

--- Oh, it _______ sharply since last month.

A. is raised        B. has risen          C. has raised             D. is increased

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----What is the price of petrol these days?

----Oh, it _____ sharply since last month.

A. is raised   B. has risen   C. has arisen    D. is increased

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-- What is the price of petrol these days?

--- Oh, it ______ sharply since last month.

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Culture shock refers to the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, uncertainty, confusion, etc.) people feel when they have to operate within a different and unknown cultural or social environment, such as a foreign country.

Generally speaking, we could say that there are four stages of culture shock. The first stage is called “the honeymoon”. In this stage, you are excited about living in a different place.1.

The next stage is “the hostility(敌意)stage”. In this stage, you begin to notice not everything is as good as you originally thought it was. 2.Moreover, people don’t treat you like a guest anymore.

Then you come to the third stage called “recovery”. In this stage, you start to feel more positive. 3.The whole situation starts to become more favorable and you begin to learn to adapt yourself to it.

The last stage of culture shock is called “adjustment”. In this stage, you have reached a point where you actually feel good.　 You have learned enough to understand the new culture. The things that originally(起初) made you feel uncomfortable or strange are now things that you understand. 4.

Not all individuals visiting another country will experience all these four stages. 5.It also occurs within cultures as individuals move from place to place or from one setting to another (e.g., from high school to college).

A. You feel that friends should help each other to deal with culture shock.

B. And you come to understand everything you don’t understand.

C. In addition, culture shock is not limited to the overseas visitor.

D. You become tired of many things about the new culture.

E. Now you have adjusted to the new culture and you feel comfortable.

F. You begin to understand you need to travel a lot.

G. And everything seems to be wonderful and everybody seems to be so nice to you.

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Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.

A．give away         B．give out           C．give up           D．give off

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Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.

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Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may ______ the shocking ending.

A．give out           B．give away          C．give up           D．give off

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