Nowadays, the most effective way to get power...

Nowadays, the most effective way to get power comes from burning fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. They are less costly than other forms of energy. But burning fuels releases carbon dioxide, known as CO2 gas. Scientists agree that increasing amount of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere is partly to blame for the rising temperature. It's clear the change in the atmosphere can have a big effect on the weather condition around the world.

However, keeping extra CO2 from entering the atmosphere is a difficult process. It’s not enough to advise people to burn the fuels in a clean way. As a result, scientists are looking for the best method for capturing the gas and storing it away from the atmosphere. Some of this research is taking place in Norway. The Technology Center in Mongstad (TCM) is the largest facility in the world for major testing of the CO2-capturing technology.

Tore Amundsen is its chairman. He says TCM has produced important information since it opened. The center is connected to a nearby electric power plant. It treats the waste gas from the plant using the chemical solvent (溶剂) which attracts the CO2 molecules. Then researchers take the solvent with the CO2 molecules and boil it. In this way, they can separate CO2 from the solvent and use the solvent again to capture more CO2. TCM can help capture 90 percent of the CO2 from the waste gas. With the current state of technology, it will increase the cost of electricity between perhaps 30% to 40% when the technology is applied to a power plant.

Experts say the best way to store the captured CO2 gas is to place it below the surface of the ground. Scientists can use the pumping technology to put it into areas left empty after the removal of oil or natural gas. But TCM does not pump the CO2 it captures. Instead, it releases the gas into the atmosphere. Tore Amundsen says only highly developed industrial nations can afford the pumping technology. So far, only Canada has a power plant that pumps CO2 gas. In total, there are just a few similar power plants in the world.

1.What can we learn about the CO2 gas?

A.It is usually found in coal.

B.It leads to world climate change.

C.It is a new kind of energy.

D.It does good to the atmosphere.

2.Scientists want to deal with CO2 gas by_________.

A.sending it into the atmosphere

B.finding clean fuels to use

C.collecting it with technology

D.stopping people from burning fuels

3.Which of the following is TRUE about TCM?

A.It works well in treating the waste gas.

B.It’s the only center to study the CO2 gas.

C.It was set up by Tore Amundsen.

D.It helps the power plant save a lot of money.

4.According to experts, the captured CO2 gas________.

A.can be used with oil or natural gas

B.should be put underground

C.must be allowed to go into the air

D.should stay in the chemical solvent

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Crying and talking about emotional pain are the most effective ways to get rid of the heavy feeling that haunts you, so don't ________ your tears or zip your lips about your distress.

A.hold back B.set back C.laugh away D.burst into

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Most people in the world like to enjoy nature. Travel is one of the most popular ways. Nowadays modern transportation can take people everywhere. But people who lived before the 1880s probably would not travel very far. They would not have time to travel far from their work. Anyone who travelled 36  would usually walk or ride a horse. But in Germany a man named Karl Benz had an idea that 37  the world in a dramatic way. In 1885, he made 38  . His car had three wheels, 39  most cars today. The car could only go 40  16 kilometres an hour.

At around the same time, the man 41  his first car in Detroit, America is called Henry Ford. Detroit is now still famous all over the world as the centre of American car-making.

Cars were very few and only 42  people could buy them. 43  , in England cars were thought to be 44  at that time, so for a few years someone 45  walk in front of every car 46  a red flag! This was to make sure that the car did not go too fast and hurt  47  .

In the 1910s, Henry Ford had 48  a better kind of car called the Model T Ford and he built a  49  where the cars could be made 50  . In this way the car could be made 51  and the cost was less and more and more people could 52  them. But there was still a problem 53  all the cars were black. That was because it was 54  to produce cars that were all the same color. Now, of course, you can buy cars in all 55  .

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Just listen

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our36, and especially if it’s given from the37. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but38them. Just take them39. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than40it.

One of my patients told me that when she41to tell her story, people often42to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her. Subtly, her pain became a story about themselves. 43she stopped talking to most people. It was just too44. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the45of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.

I have ever learned to46to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾)47I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them48, to take them out of their49of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there50them.

This51thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been 52since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too53to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more54to connect than the most well-intentioned(善意的)55.

1.                A．introduction     B．instruction      C．attention  D．relaxation

2.                A．head           B．memory        C．mind D．heart

3.                A．talk to          B．listen to         C．object to(反对) D．stick to(坚持)

4.                A．in             B．up             C．off  D．away

5.                A．denying(否认)   B．remembering    C．questioning    D．understanding

6.                A．managed       B．tried           C．hoped    D．expected

7.                A．encouraged     B．interrupted      C．discouraged   D．urged

8.                A．Eventually       B．Immediately     C．Completely    D．Especially

9.                A．impolite        B．meaningless     C．lonely    D．selfish

10.               A．middle         B．focus          C．center    D．choice

11.               A．respond        B．compare        C．link   D．regret

12.               A．unless         B．if             C．until  D．when

13.               A．down          B．away           C．in    D．off

14.               A．experiment     B．mixture        C．judgment  D．experience

15.               A．with           B．against         C．for   D．among

16.               A．complex(费解的) B．simple         C．single D．complicated(复杂的)

17.               A．mentioned      B．published       C．taught D．proved

18.               A．shy            B．greedy         C．active D．proud

19.               A．strength        B．energy         C．power D．force

20.               A．gestures        B．praise          C．criticism   D．words

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I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry,” when someone is in pain.

One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about them. Eventually, she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.

This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.

1.What does the author value most in the communication with each other?

A．Deep understanding                     B．Saying “I’m Sorry”.

C．Attention from heart.                    D．Doing nothing.

2.The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because ______.

A．She didn’t get enough respect from others

B．she was discouraged by being often interrupted

C．people often told her their own opinions

D．people couldn’t understand her sad situation

3. If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may ______.

A．hurt his feelings                        B．make him embarrassed

C．encourage him to continue to cry           D．stop him from letting out his sorrow

4. It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, ______.

A．listening is a perfect way to respond to others

B．people keep silent because they don’t know the answer

C．keeping silent means being too shy to speak

D．it is easy to form the habit of listening silently

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I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our36 , and especially if it’s given from the 37. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but 38them. Just take them 39. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than40it.

One of my patients told me that when she 41  to tell her story, people often42  to tell her that they had once had something just like that happen to her. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves. 43  she stopped talking to most people. It was just too 44. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the 45  of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.

I have ever learned to 46  to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾)47 I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them48, to take them out of their49 of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there 50  them.

This 51  thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been  52  since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too  53  to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more  54  to connect than the most well-intentioned  55  .

高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention and especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Just take them in. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.

When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾), until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.

This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too timid to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power to connect and to heal than the most well-intentioned(善意的)words.

1.When we communicate with others we had better ________________.

A. listen more　　 B. understand more

C. speak more　　 D. look here and there

2. If we interrupt what someone is saying,________________.

A. they may think we are too rude to them

B. they must be very angry with us

C. they may know we don’t care about them

D. they must stop and listen to us

3.Passing a person who is crying a tissue perhaps means_______________

A. stopping them from crying any more

B. Stopping them from saying anything

C. advising them to have a rest

D. helping them to accept the sadness

4.It is very difficult for us to learn to listen because _______________

A. we may know the answer

B. we have an interesting topic

C. parents teach us to speak

D. it goes against what we have been taught

5. What is probably the best title for this article?

A. Listening and talking

B. Listen, just listen

C. Listening is not easy to learn

D. How to comfort others

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To develop one’s taste in English，the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books，especially as a beginner.I would like to share some of my experience.

My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice，recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel，let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me，but rather the way Austen constructs sentences，and her way of thinking，which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is，as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.

However，reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you，entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.

Never follow other’s opinions blindly，however famous or influential the person might be. As a saying goes，one man’s meat is another man’s poison. With that in mind，we are sure to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.

1.What made the author’s first English novel hard to understand?

A. Complex conversations.　

B. Not knowing the social background.

C. The old-fashioned vocabulary.

D. Sentences and Austen’s thinking pattern.

2.Which can best replace the underlined word“ indispensable”?

A. necessary　 　　　　 B. challenging　

C. related 　　　　　　 D. inspired

3.What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?

A. Choose books that challenging us most.

B. Read books that are instructive.

C. Don’t be affected by other’s choices.

D. Compare books before buying.

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. Give comments on literature works.

B. Tell beginners how to choose English books.

C. Encourage people to read more English books.

D. Recommend first-class books to English learners.

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There is a growing debate about the most effective way for students to study． Traditionally studying alone was thought to be the best way to ensure good exam results．When studying alone you can focus your mind better than when you are with others．You also have the freedom to choose what topic to study and when, as you don't need file agreement of others．Students that prefer to study alone often say that when they study with their classmates they waste a lot of time because the discussion is often about non-study topics such as television or holidays．

In the last few years, however, more and more students have started studying in groups．There are several reasons many students prefer this method．First, they find that studying is more fun as they can share the experience with others rather than staying in their rooms． In groups, they can discuss the subject together and when something is not understood they can ask each other questions．They can use the knowledge of their classmates to help improve their own knowledge． Finally by discussing the topic they are able to both understand and remember it better．

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What is the single most effective way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? Go vegetarian (素食)？ Replant the Amazon? Cycle to work? None of the above. The answer is: make air-conditioners better. On one calculation， replacing refrigerants (制冷剂) damaging the atmosphere would reduce total greenhouse gases equaling 90bn tonnes of CO2 by 2050. Making the units more energy-efficient could double that. By contrast, if half the world’s population gave up meat, it would save 66bn tonnes. Replanting two-thirds of tropical forests would save 61 bn tonnes. A one-third increase in global bicycle journeys, just 2.3bn tonnes.

Air-conditioning is one of the world's great overlooked industries. Automobiles and air-conditioners were invented at roughly the same time, and both have had a huge impact on where people live and Work. Unlike cars, though， air-conditioners have drawn little criticism for their social impact, emissions or energy efficiency. Most hot countries do not have rules to govern their energy use. There is not even a common English word for “coolth” (the opposite of warmth).

Yet air-conditioning has done more than most things to benefit humankind. Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, called it “perhaps one of the signal inventions of history”. It has transformed productivity in the tropics(热带地区)and helped turn southern China into the workshop of the World. In Europe, its spread has pushed down heat-related deaths to 10% since 2003, Men 70,000 people than usual, most of them elderly, died in a heatwave. For children, air-conditioned classrooms are associated with better grades at school.

Environmentalists who call air-conditioning“a luxury we cannot afford” have half a point, however. In the next ten years, as many air-conditioners will be installed(安装)around the world as were put in between 1902(invention time)and 2005.Unless energy can be produced without carbon emissions, these extra machines will warm the world. At the moment, therefore, air-conditioners create a vicious cycle. The more the Earth warms, the more people need them. But the more there are, the warmer the world will be.

Cutting the impact of cooling requires three things. First, air-conditioners must become much more efficient. The most energy-efficient models on the market today consume only about one-third as much electricity as average ones, Minimum energy-performance standards need to be raised raised, orintroduced in countries that lack them altogether, to push the average unit's performance closer to the standard of the best.

Next, manufacturers should stop using damaging refrigerants. One type called hydrofluoro-carbons, is over 1,000 times worse than carbon dioxide when it comes to trapping heat in the atmosphere. An international agreement to knock out these pollutants will come into force in 2019.

Last, more could. be done to design offices, malls and even cities so they do not need as many air-conditioners in the first place. More buildings should be built with overhanging roofs orbalconies for shade, or with natural ventilation (自然通风).Simply painting roofs white can help keep temperatures down. Providing indoor air-conditioned comfort need not come at the expense of an overheating world.

1.What’s the most effective way to reduce carbon gases?

A. Planting more trees.　　 B. Leading green lifestyles.

C. Improving cooling systems.　　 D. Buying new air-conditioners.

2.What can we learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3?

A. Air-conditioning enables factories to produce more in hot areas.

B. The heat-related deaths have dropped by 10% since 2003 in Europe.

C. There are many factories producing air-conditioners in southern China.

D. Air-conditioners have received little criticism for they have no negative impact.

3.Why do environmentalists call air-conditioning “a luxury we cannot afford” in Paragraph 4?

A. Because the price of air-conditioning is too high.

B. Because you can’t afford the time for installation.

C. Because the cost of energy consumption is too high.

D. Because the earth will suffer from its carbon emissions.

4.Which of the following measures can reduce the impact of cooling?

a.design natural cooling buildings

b.raise standards for energy-performance

c.make laws for international cooperation

d.stop applying harmful refrigerants to production

A. abc　　 B. abd　　 C. acd　　 D. bed

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