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【題目】A hybrid electric vehicle (混合動(dòng)力車(chē)) or HEV is a vehicle driven by the combination of petrol engine and electric motor. Terrence has been driving a HEV for five years. He really doesn’t understand why more people aren’t accepting them. “I probably spend about $ 7 a day on petrol,” the taxi driver told news. com. au. In his previous conventional vehicle Terrence said he was spending up to $ 30 a day on petrol, meaning he saves almost $ 6000 every year.

The Toyota spokesman said this was quite a high saving and official tests estimate (估計(jì)) an average driver would only save about 33 percent off their current bill. This means a driver paying $ 30 a day on petrol would see their bill drop to about $ 20 using the hybrid. “A taxi driver that drives in built-up areas and spends little time on highways will notice a higher fuel saving,” he said. “Low speeds allow the electric motors to be used more and the petrol engine used less.”

While some people are skeptical about how reliable hybrids are, Terrence said he had never run out of power. His Camry cost about $ 34,000 and so after five years, it’s nearly paid for itself. “For cab drivers, it’s a real advantage because of the cost-effectiveness,” he said. Terrence has no complaints about the car. “I love it, the calm and quietness of it, the simplicity of it—you just jump in and go. The maintenance（保養(yǎng)）is really low. But the only difficulty is finding someone to service the car as there are not many experienced mechanics（機(jī)修工）.”

Terrence said it’s “extraordinary” that more drivers aren’t buying more hybrid electric vehicles and that governments are not encouraging this more. “I think people have a view that you have to plug it in, which is not true. A lack of information about the cars may be stopping people from taking the plunge. It’s not promoted at all for the public to understand—it’s simplifying the actual owning of a car—you don’t have to do so many things to own it and run it, it’s just so much simpler. Why wouldn’t the government promote such a thing?”

【1】How much does an average driver save each day by driving a hybrid, according to the Toyota spokesman?

A. $ 30 B. $ 20

C. $ 10 D. $ 7

【2】Terrence’s problem with his HEV at the moment is about the ________.

A. speed B. power

C. price D. service

【3】When saying “extraordinary”, Terrence thinks it is ________.

A. understandable B. wonderful

C. doubtful D. unbelievable

【4】What does Terrence think prevent the popularity of hybrid cars?

A. The difficulty in servicing the car.

B. The restriction of the government.

C. The lack of information about HEV.

D. The inconvenience with charging the car.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 D

【4】 C

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹混合動(dòng)力汽車(chē)(HEV)。它是一種由汽油發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)和電動(dòng)機(jī)結(jié)合驅(qū)動(dòng)的汽車(chē)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中This means a driver paying $ 30 a day on petrol would see their bill drop to about $ 20 using the hybrid.可知，豐田發(fā)言人說(shuō)，一名普通司機(jī)每天駕駛混合動(dòng)力車(chē)能節(jié)省 $ 10。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句But the only difficulty is finding someone to service the car as there are not many experienced mechanics（機(jī)修工）.可知，Terrence目前的HEV問(wèn)題在于服務(wù)。故選D。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)最后一段中Terrence said it’s “extraordinary” that more drivers aren’t buying more hybrid electric vehicles and that governments are not encouraging this more. Terrence說(shuō)，越來(lái)越多的司機(jī)沒(méi)有購(gòu)買(mǎi)更多混合動(dòng)力電動(dòng)汽車(chē)，政府也沒(méi)有更多地鼓勵(lì)這種做法，這是“非同尋常”的。由此推知?jiǎng)澗�詞的意思是“不可思議的”，故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中A lack of information about the cars may be stopping people from taking the plunge.可知，特倫斯認(rèn)為關(guān)于HEV的信息缺乏阻礙了混合動(dòng)力汽車(chē)的流行。故選C。

做詞義猜測(cè)題時(shí)，切不可脫離語(yǔ)境想當(dāng)然。在句子或段落中，我們可以利用熟悉的詞語(yǔ)，根據(jù)語(yǔ)言環(huán)境所表示的關(guān)系推斷生詞詞義。尤其注意劃線詞前后的內(nèi)容。本題第3小題，根據(jù)最后一段中Terrence said it’s “extraordinary” that more drivers aren’t buying more hybrid electric vehicles and that governments are not encouraging this more. Terrence說(shuō)，越來(lái)越多的司機(jī)沒(méi)有購(gòu)買(mǎi)更多混合動(dòng)力電動(dòng)汽車(chē)，政府也沒(méi)有更多地鼓勵(lì)這種做法，這是“非同尋常”的。由此推知?jiǎng)澗�詞的意思是“不可思議的”，故選D。