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It s illegal for the police to attach a GI〕S unit to your car without your permission,as the US Supreme Court settled in 2012,But if the po?lice are in hot pursuit of a bank robber or other escaping criminals that threaten public safety* a GPS tracker is acceptable. But exactly how can the police GPS track a car that is moving fast?
The answer to that question comes from StarChase* a new police technology being used by a small but growing number of law enforcement agencies. It allows the police to fire 4. 5-inch gluecovered GPS bulletlike projectiles (發(fā)射體) from an air gun fixed in their police cars. If the GPS tracker makes contact with the escaping robber's car,it'll stick no matter how fast the vehicle is going. That way,the police will have a constant read on the car's location and heading. Aside from simply ap?prehending (逮捕) criminals,it's believed that this new technology could help save lives. If the police successfully fire a GPS unit at a speeding criminal,they can pull back from a highrisk chase. Chases can be incredibly dangerous to all involved,in?cluding innocent bystanders and other drivers. Once the GPS bullet connects* there's no need for the chase any longer.
Now,predictably,a GPS-loaded gun isn't cheap. Police departments need to pay about $ 5,000 per vehicle for the technology,and individual GPS bullets cost as much as $ 250 each. That may sound expensive,but remember: the alternative is often thousands of dollars in property damage,and great human cost in injury and lost life. According to StarCha.se,their GPS bullet system has an apprehension rate of 80% without any report of injury or property damage. If you'd like to learn more about the StarChase system,Popular Mechanics has just published a good article about it. There's also plenty more information available at the company's website.
5. When the GPS bullet sticks to the escaping robber's car,the police can .
A. know the car's condition
B. ensure the robbers safety
C. play a fair game with the robber
D. know the car's position and direction
6. The GPS bullets could help save lives mainly because .
A. the bullets won't hurt people
B. they can make the robber's car stop
C. the police can stop the dangerous chasing
D. they have more advantages than normal bullets
7. From the text we can learn that GPS bullets .
A. are useful for the police
B. are widely used in America
C. can control the rising crime rate
D. can replace the police in the future
8. In which part of a newspaper can we read the text?
A. Life. B. Nature. C. Fashion. D. Technology.
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Plans to expand wind energy into the most scenic parts of Ger?many are meeting increasing opposition across the country.
Antiwind campaigners are angry that areas including the forests made famous by the tales of the brothers Grimm are among the targets for new turbines (渦輪機) .For the first time they have formed a national opposition group to thwart the expansion. They say the expansion will damage forests and tourism across the country.
Germany has started a massive expansion of renewable energy since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 in Japan. The government decided to reduce atomic plants and instead increase the opportunities for green power. As a result,solar farms,biogas plants and wind parks are booming. In 2013,22% of Germany's electricity was generated by renewable energy. Wind has played a major part in this change,making up half of the renewable energy in 2013,and the public has been generally supportive. To date,a majority of the 23,000 wind turbines in the coun?try have been built in the flat northern and eastern parts of the country. But now the focus of expansion is on the areas of dark forests in the central and southern ar?eas of Germany.
One such region is the Rheinhessen in the northern part of the state of Hesse. This is the home of the magical tales of Sleeping Beauty? Rapunzel and others,made famous in the books of the brothers Grimm. This scenic place is a magnet,attracting hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world. But now there are also plans to build up to 200 turbines in this scenic place!
Ann-Kathrin Blankenberg is a PhD student and an opponent of the plans. "It is not because thus is the area of Sleeping Beauty she says. "I want the green movement,I want green technology,and I don't want nuclear power—but they should be made in the right way and not by destroying the forests."
The campaigners argue that putting wind turbines in this area makes no sense. The wind speeds are low and the area is home to some extremely rare birds inclu?ding the endangered black stork. Campaigners say building turbines here would be disastrous for the birds.
5. The underlined word "thwart" can be replaced by " ”.
A. support B. prevent C. increase D. promote
6. What percentage of Germany's electricity was generated by wind in 2013?
A. 11%. B. 22%. C. 50%. D. 60%.
7. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author is against building more wind turbines.
B. The public prefers wind energy to nuclear energy.
C. Most Germans object to building wind turbines all over Germany.
D. The central and southern areas of Germany are rich in wind energy.
8. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Wind parks are increasing rapidly all over Germany.
B. The Rheinhessen is famous for the tales of Sleeping Beauty.
C. Expanding wind energy into the land of Sleeping Beauty causes controversy.
D. Building wind turbines in the land of Sleeping Beauty area makes no sense.
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根據(jù)中文意思及括號內(nèi)的提示完成句子
1. 明天上午給我打電話,我會讓你知道實驗結(jié)果。
Call me tomorrow morning the lab result.(祈使句+ and +陳述句)
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仔細(xì)閱讀,盡可能使用本單元學(xué)過的詞匯補全下面的短文
On a Friday night,I 1. (打電話) my mother,but I couldn't 2. (接通) .I dialled 3. (不時地) the whole night,but no one answered it. It suddenly occurred to me that I should contact her through the cellphone. This time she answered it,and told me that the phone was 4. (發(fā)生故障) because of the heavy rain,which brought lots of rainfall. I was about to ask her something else when she 5. (掛斷) .I didn't know what happened. Several minutes later,she 6. (回復(fù)電話) asking whether it was 7. (方便的) for mc to return home to get rid of snakes tomorrow. Recently the snakes 8. (突然) appeared in our courtyard. Mother was afraid of them. She couldn't 9. (忍受) seeing them.
I 10. (著手) to find something about the snakes on the Internet. I found that the snakes like drinking milk. If I put some sleeping pills in the milk,the snakes would be sleepy. I would 11. (抓住) them easily.
That Saturday I tried my idea. Everything was within my 12. (期望) and I caught the snakes 13. (高興地) .
My mother was very 14. (仁慈的) and asked me to release the 15. (無辜的) snakes all back into the wild.
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閱讀下面材料,在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1個單詞) 或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。
I was on my way to my parents' on my motorcycle. On the way I saw a middleaged man 44. (pull)a heavy sack (麻袋) on the road and walking with strug?gles. Seeing this,I decided to help. I passed him,then paused,and turned around to stop near him and offer him a ride.
He was quite 45. (please) and grateful and lifted the heavy sack 46. had a lot of waste iron and sat on the back seat. 47. (immediate) he asked me my name and after I told him,he blessed me aloud. We rode on.
He lived in a 48. ( distance) village. An hour later,we reached his destination. He got off and thanked me again. After reaching home,while parking my motorcycle I 49. (see) that the iron pieces in the sack that he had placed on 50. back seat had made deep marks and almost torn the seat in a couple of 51. (place) .
I smiled 52. took it as a reminder he had left behind so that I do not forget 53. the back seat is for. I am always ready to help others.
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8. These concerns may (associate) with strong feelings such as anger or shame.
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7. 我經(jīng)常把湯姆當(dāng)成他弟弟,因為他們長得太像了。
I often Tom his younger brother,because they are so alike, (mistake A for B)
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