15．Car makers have long told this story to Americans："We don't have the technology to build good electric cars．Customers don't want electrics because they are so unattractive，slow and hard to charge．We would build them if only people wanted them．"Chris Paine casts serious doubt on that story in his hard-hitting documentary film，Who Killed the Electric Car？The title suggests a murder mystery，and that's what Paine provides．Well，some of it is a mystery．We know the victim from the start-an electric car called the EV1．Also，we can see that Paine will largely blame the General Motors Corporation （GM）．
GM built the EV1 because the California Air Resources Board （CARB） ruled that cars in the state had to stop adding pollution to the air．The EV1，being electric，did not bum gasoline or put out any pollution．With technology available in 1990，GM had no trouble producing a car that could go 100 miles on a single charge and could recharge from an ordinary household electrical outlet．Remember the auto companies'claim that they don't have good electric-car technology？If that were true，the EV1 would never have been born．The company made 1000 EV1s and leased them to customers in Southern California．（In a lease，a customer does not own a car but pays to use it for a certain time．）
Because of its anti-pollution rule，CARB was sued （起訴） by oil companies，car companies，and the federal government．Under such pressure，CARB dropped its rule．No longer needing the EV1 to obey California's rules，GM responded by attacking its own child．The company ran advertisements saying how bad the EV1 was．Company representatives went on TV and radio shows to say it was unreliable．The company wanted to get the cars back and destroy them．The fact that EV1 were leased，not sold，is an important part of Paine's tale．GM still owned every car and could legally take them back．A few of them went to museums，but GM crushed most of them flat．If EV1s had been owned by their drivers，they would probably still be on the road．Many people who drove them loved them．In fact a group of EV1 drivers offered GM $1.8 million to buy a large number of cars and keep them going．GM refused．The company wanted the car to disappear．
Paine's criticism of the car industry，Washington's close relationships with the oil industry，and California's state government are harsh．Each，he says，played a role in the murder of the EV1．Each has also defended itself in the wake of the film，but Paine's excellent documentary will be hard for them to dismiss．

74．What's Paine's attitude towards car makers'story？C
A．Supportive．  B．Indifferent．  C．Doubtful．  D．Neutral．
75．The E VI is invented toB．
A．show the advanced technology of GM          
B．obey California's rules about air pollution
C．help those who can't afford to buy a car        
D．get rid of the cars burning gasoline
76．Which of the following statements is TRUE about EV1s？D
A．They are not popular because their users don't like them．
B．They are not reliable because of technical problems．
C．They need special equipment to get them charged．
D．They are owned by GM rather than customers．
77．What can be inferred from Paine's documentary？B
A．CARB is to blame for the murder of the EV1．
B．The drive of profits leads to the disappearance of the EV1．
C．People can no longer see EV1s because they have been destroyed．
D．Pressures from car-related companies forced CARB to stick to its rules．

分析 本文講述了Chris Paine的一個紀錄片．記錄片中寫到了潘恩對汽車行業(yè)的批評，而華盛頓的石油工業(yè)的密切關(guān)系，以及加利福尼亞政府對汽車行業(yè)的苛刻，或許導(dǎo)致無污染的EV1汽車會的消失．

解答 74．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"Chris Paine casts serious doubt on that story in his hard-hitting documentary film"可知，Chris Paine 對他的汽車紀錄片充滿了疑惑．故選C．
75．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段"ruled that cars in the state had to stop adding pollution to the air．The EV1，being electric，did not bum gasoline or put out any pollution"可知，國家規(guī)定汽車不可再向空氣中排放污染物．而EV1是不燒汽油且不污染的汽車，可見它符合加利福尼亞對汽車的規(guī)定．故選B．
76．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段"The fact that EV1 were leased，not sold，is an important part of Paine's tale"可知，EV1只出租，不出售，可見，是屬于公司而不是個人．故選D．
77．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段"In fact a group of EV1 drivers offered GM $1.8 million to buy a large number of cars and keep them going．GM refused．The company wanted the car to disappear"可知，由于一些利益問題，公司想讓EV1汽車消失．可見，利益驅(qū)動導(dǎo)致了EV1的毀滅．故選B．

點評 本文為政治經(jīng)濟類閱讀．要做好這類閱讀，平時就要注意了解國內(nèi)外發(fā)生的政治經(jīng)濟大事，掌握一定背景知識，對這類文章的敘述特點及內(nèi)容安排有一定了解，還要擴展這方面的詞匯．閱讀這類文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整體和各段主要在說什么，也要注意段落之間的邏輯關(guān)系．

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