What kind of car will we be driving in 2010? Rather different from the type we know today, with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 50．The people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car’s development. Today they are students on the transport design course at London’s Royal College of Art.
Their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along “intelligent” roads equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or store it in small quantities for travelling in the city.
Instead of today’s seating arrangements—two in front, two or three behind, all facing forward--- the 2010 car will have a versatile interior with adults and children in a family circle.
This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them, cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash into one another. The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile.
71．What kind of car will we be driving in 2010?
A．Three wheeled. B．Electrically powered.
C．With a versatile seating arrangement D．All of the above.
72．How long will a volunteer be required to spend?
A．A few hours every day. B．A couple of hours each day.
C．One or two hours every two weeks. D．A few days per week.
73．What does the word “versatile” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．having many different kinds of skill
B．easily able to change from one direction to another
C．easily able to change from one kind of activity to another
D．having many different uses
74．In paragraph 4 “with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them” means “there are many ____”.
A．traffic lights to control the speed of future cars
B．street posts to indicate directions for drivers
C．power sources along the street are able to supply power to automobiles
D．stop marks along the street to stop cars
75．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Future cars are completely different from the automobiles we know today.
B．The design of future cars will be more sophisticated.
C．Because of the new type of cars, our future environment will become cleaner.
D．The road system will become more sophisticated than it is today.
Li Shizhen was born in Hubei Province. His father was a doctor. He learned a lot about medical herbs（草药）from his father and read many medical books. At the age of 23 he became a doctor. He often treated（治疗）poor people’s illness, so many peasants and fishermen made friends with him.
The year he was 35 Li Shizhen began to write the COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA. He walked all over famous mountains which grew medical plants to learn their shapes（形状）, the conditions in which they grew and collected all sorts of specimens（标本）. He spent 27 years in writing the book.
THE COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA with over 1,000,000 words, describes（描述）1,800 kinds of medical plants. When the work had just been ready for printing and publishing（出版）, Li Shizhen passed away.
The COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA introduces not only medical herbs growing China but also many foreign medicines. After its publication the books reached foreign countries. It was translated into English, French, and Russian and became an important piece of literature in international medical research.
61. Why did many peasants and fishermen make friends with Li Shizhen? Because
he __________.
A. was much concerned（关心）for the poor B. had a sweet manner
C. was a famous doctor D. read many medical books
62. His Compendium of Materia Medica describes __________.
A. over 1,000,000 words B. 1,800 kinds of medical stories
C. a lot of medical work D. many foreign medical stories
63. Before his book could be____________he had died.
A. printed and published B. introduced abroad
C. translated into foreign languages D. completed finally
64. The word “literature” in the article means __________.
A. work of different science B. letters from foreign countries
C. hope for the better future D. books on a special subject
65. What’s the Chinese name of the COMPENDIUM OF MATERIA MEDICA?
A. 本草钢目 B. 四库全书 C. 天工开物 D. 齐民要术
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