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
Let us suppose it is now about A. D. 2063. Let’s make believe it is about fifty years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of the young and the old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians. You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2063.
1.When was the passage written?
A.In about A. D. 2060.
B.In about 1960.
C.In about 2013.
D.In about 2004.
2.According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2063?
A.Many tourists.
B.Many other animals.
C.Many plants.
D.A sea.
3.What will people eat then according to the passage?
A.Biscuits in pill form.
B.Foods in pill form.
C.Foods in water form.
D.Foods in gas form.
4.The passage tells us that in 2063, _________ on the earth than now.
A.there are fewer population
B.there are more pests
C.there is less water
D.the crops are getting better
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney started working with puppets when he was eight years old. In 1969 he started working on Sesame Street, an American television series for children. Today, the series is shown on television in more than eighty countries and Spinney is still the man inside the eight-foot yellow chicken called Big Bird.
Spinney loves his work and knows that he has a responsibility for children watching the programme. He doesn’t want children to know that Big Bird is really a man, so he tries to notice every detail.
Caitlin Moran
When Caitlin Moran was eleven, her parents asked her if she wanted to leave school and study at home. She refused at first, but changed her mind and left school two years later. Her experiences provided the story for her first book, The Chronicles of Narmo.
It is a wonderful story about a year in the life of a family who educate their children at home. She started writing it at thirteen and finished it soon after her sixteenth birthday. Now she enjoys writing and is writing a play and her second book.
Rick Allen
Rick Allen, the well-known drummer of the Irish rock band Def Leppard, joined the band on his fifteenth birthday. A year later, in 1979, the band became famous. Then, in 1984, Rick had a very bad car accident and lost his left arm. A friend developed an electronic drum kit so that he could play the drums with an arm and two feet. He returned to the band with great happiness and he still performs with them now. The first time he played in a big concert everybody was so kind that he cried.
Now Rick is married and has a home life. Life with one arm is still a problem, but if he can 't chop vegetables with one hand he simply uses his feet.
1.Which of the following can describe Caroll Spinney?
A.Creative and hopeful.
B.Brave but proud.
C.Responsible and careful.
D.Hopeful but lazy.
2.What was the inspiration for Caitlin Moran’s first book?
A.Her school life.
B.Her birthday party.
C.Her parents’ career.
D.Her home-study experience.
3.What can we infer about the people mentioned in the text?
A.They enjoy their jobs.
B.They are highly talented.
C.They are good at performing.
D.They became famous late in life.
为了使同学们更加健康地成长,学校决定向同学们征求建议。假如你是张华,请用英语向校长写一封80词左右的建议信。所写内容必须包括表格中你对学校和老师的建议,并适当说明理由。开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
| our school | our teachers |
Suggestions for a Better School Life | 1. open the library more often 2. organize more after-class activities 3. give us longer vacations | 1.… 2.… 3.… |
要求：
(1)表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯；
(2)必须包括表格中的所有信息，并按要求适当发挥；
(3)词数：100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；
(4)不得使用真实姓名、校名和地名等。
Dear Headmaster,
I’m very glad to write a letter to you. These days we are talking about how to have a better school life. Here are some of my suggestions.
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Hope my suggestions will be helpful. Thanks for reading my letter.
Yours sincerely,
Zhang Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Learning English is of great valuable. English is widely used all over the world. It was often used in the international meetings. Most business letters are writing in English. With a help of English we can learn modern science and technology from developed country. We can also introduce our achievement and experience to other countries. Because its importance, English is a requiring subject in high schools and colleges. Now many people are working hardly at English. It’s very important to learn English well. Unless we learn English well, we can not serve for our country better. So I suggest most Chinese learned it well.
根据课文内容填写相应的单词或短语
I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be 1. for so long 2. I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time 3. a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed a lot since I came here.
English now is also4. as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of 5. English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for6. and education. English is now also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa 7. South Africa.
I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really 8.. Although she didn’t know the best way9.getting to places, she insisted that she 10. the trip properly.
