Question

【題目】In many big cities in the world， the overuse of cars is thought to be one of the main causes of air pollution.

What will cars be like in the future? Some experts(專家) think that today's cars are in trouble they use too much petrol (汽油). They say the cars of the future will be much， much smaller. They will be made engines (發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)) or air conditioning. They’ll have no radio or lights. Tomorrow's car will be an open air car with no doors or . It needn't have a pollution control system because it won’t use petrol. In fact， this new car will be pushed by the driver's feet. Very people will be killed in accidents， because the speed will be five miles per hour . However， we are also told not to beautiful colors， because the cars will come in grey only.

Other car experts do not hold the same idea. They are that the future will be happier. They think that all our will soon be solved by car companies with the production of the Supercar. Tomorrow's car will be ， faster， and more comfortable than before. The Supercar will have four rooms， TVs， running water， heat， air conditioning， and maybe a swimming pool. Large families will travel on long trips . If petrol is in short supply (供應(yīng))， the Supercar will run on water.

【1】A. but B. because C. although D. until

【2】A. from B. of C. with D. without

【3】A. windows B. walls C. boards D. seats

【4】A. few B. a few C. little D. a little

【5】A. at most B. at least C. in total D. in all

【6】A. care for B. ask for C. pick up D. leave for

【7】A. sure B. kind C. excited D. sad

【8】A. questions B. information C. problems D. situation

【9】A. shorter B. less C. smaller D. bigger

【10】A. quickly B. comfortably C. suddenly D. exactly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文介紹專家對(duì)于未來汽車的預(yù)測(cè)，一些專家認(rèn)為未來的汽車將會(huì)不燃汽油，較少對(duì)空氣的污染。而另一些專家認(rèn)為未來汽車的污染問題將會(huì)被解決，汽車將會(huì)變得更加舒適、寬敞。

【1】B考查連詞及語境理解。句意：一些專家認(rèn)為，現(xiàn)在的汽車遇到了麻煩，因?yàn)樗麄兝�用了太多的汽油�?/span>A. but但是；B. because因?yàn)�；C. although盡管；D. until直到。前后句表示因果關(guān)系，故答案為B。

【2】D考查介詞及語境理解。句意：它們將沒有發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)和空調(diào)。A. from從；B. of…的；C. with與…一起；D. without沒有。or用于否定句中表示并列關(guān)系，結(jié)合句意可知，答案為D。

【3】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：明天的汽車將是一個(gè)沒有門或窗戶的露天汽車。A. windows窗戶；B. walls墻；C. boards板子；D. seats座位。根據(jù)句中的an open air car可知，車子沒有門或窗戶，答案為A。

【4】A考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：幾乎不會(huì)有人死于交通事故，因?yàn)樽罡咚俣葘��?huì)是每小時(shí)5英里。A. few幾乎沒有；B. a few有一點(diǎn)；C. little很少的；D. a little少量的。few/ a few修飾可數(shù)名詞；little/ a little修飾不可數(shù)名詞，people為可數(shù)名詞，排除C，D；根據(jù)后一個(gè)句子的理解，答案為A。

【5】A考查詞組辨析及語境理解。句意：幾乎不會(huì)有人死于交通事故，因?yàn)樽罡咚俣葘��?huì)是每小時(shí)5英里。A. at most至多；B. at least至少；C. in total 總計(jì)；D. in all總共。根據(jù)句意，速度應(yīng)該比較小，所以根據(jù)語氣，應(yīng)該是至多，故答案為A。

【6】B考查動(dòng)詞詞組及語境理解。句意：然而，我們也被告知不要要求靚麗的顏色，因?yàn)槲磥淼能噷⒍紩?huì)是灰色的。A. care for關(guān)心，照顧；B. ask for請(qǐng)求，要；C. pick up撿起；D. leave for動(dòng)身去。根據(jù)語境理解，因?yàn)橹挥幸环N顏色，要?jiǎng)e的顏色也沒有，故答案為B。

【7】A考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：他們確信未來會(huì)更幸福，快樂。A. sure確信的；B. kind和藹的；C. excited興奮的；D. sad悲傷的。be sure確信，有把握。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為A。

【8】C考查名詞及語境理解。句意：他們認(rèn)為我們所有的問題將會(huì)很快被生產(chǎn)超級(jí)跑車的公司解決。A. questions問題；B. information信息；C. problems問題；D. situation情況，形勢(shì)。problem和question都有“問題”的意思，但用法卻不盡相同： problem指說話者認(rèn)為難以解決的問題，它與動(dòng)詞 solve或settle（解決）搭配。 而question指說話者需要尋找答案的問題，它常與動(dòng)詞ask或answer連用。結(jié)合語境理解，答案為C。

【9】D考查形容詞比較級(jí)及語境理解。句意：未來的汽車將會(huì)更大、更快、更舒適。A. shorter更矮的；B. less較少的；C. smaller更小的；D. bigger更大的。上文中曾出現(xiàn)“They say the cars of the future will be much， much smaller.”此處是截然相反的另外一種觀點(diǎn)，故答案為D。

【10】B考查副詞及語境理解。句意：一個(gè)大的家庭可以舒適的長途旅行。A. quickly迅速地；B. comfortably舒服地；C. suddenly突然地；D. exactly正確地。根據(jù)上面的句子Tomorrow's car will be bigger， faster， and more comfortable than before. 未來的汽車將會(huì)更大、更快、更舒適。故答案為B。