Part B: Reading Comprehension 20%

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Backpacks are convenient. They can hold your books, your lunch, and a change of clothes, leaving your hands free to do other things. Someday, if you don’t mind carrying a heavy load, your backpack might also power your MP3 player, keep your cell phone running, and maybe even light your way home.

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., have invented a backpack that makes electricity from energy produced while its wearer walks.

The backpack’s electricity-creating powers depend on springs used to hang a cloth pack from its metal frame. The frame sits against the wearer’s back, and the whole pack moves up and down as the person walks. A mechanism with gears(傳動(dòng)裝置) collects energy from this motion and transfers it to an electrical generator.

Surprisingly, the researchers found, people walk differently when they wear the springy packs. As a result, wearers use less energy than when carrying regular backpacks. Also, the way the new packs ride on wearers’ backs makes them more comfortable than standard packs.

The backpack could be especially useful for soldiers, scientists, mountaineers, and emergency workers who typically carry heavy backpacks. These people often rely on global positioning system(GPS) receivers, night-vision goggles(夜視鏡), and other battery-powered devices to get around and do their work. Because the pack can make its own electricity, users don’t need to give up space in their packs to lots of extra batteries.

For the rest of us, power-generating backpacks could make it possible to walk, play video games, watch TV, and listen to music, all at the same time. Electricity-generating packs aren’t on the market yet, but if you do get one eventually, just make sure to look both ways before crossing the street!

65. The passage introduces a new kind of ______ backpack.

66. The new backpack makes use of ______ to produce power.

batteries placed at the bottom of the frame

the motion of the pack while the wearer walks

energy the wearer consumes for carrying the pack

the collective motion of a mechanism and some gears

67. From the passage, we can infer that ______.

the backpacks of mountaineers may become smaller in the future

the new backpack can hardly be produced due to its potential danger

the new backpack will someday replace MP3 players and cell phones

the backpack will also provide electricity for lighting our houses

68. An enormous disadvantage of power-generating backpacks might be that ______.

they may stop working at any time

it takes quite a while to have the energy transferred

they may distract the wearer’s attention from road safety

they will be extremely heavy with the mechanism

       At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.

       Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England ,but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour .In order to have no trouble with the police ,he had a talk with some of the police officers ,who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country ,but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.

       One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp , but he walked as fast as he could .The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car ,and not one of them saw it .

       They reached a hill ;but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car; but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.

       “Good evening,” said the policeman ,looking at the car.

       “Good evening,” said Rolls ,holding the lamp.

       “One of these horseless things,” said the policeman ,looking at it with interest.

       “Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.

       “I’ve often wanted a ride in one ; but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.

       “Jump in ,” said Rolls.

       “Thanks ,” said the policeman ,and did so . “Now ,”he said ,sitting down, “you can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”

60．The policemen were told “to look the other way” (the underlined part in Paragraph 2) so that

           .

       A．they could watch the car coming from the other direction

       B．the car could go faster than four miles an hour

       C．they could make sure no one was in the way

       D．the car would not hit them on the road

61．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?

       A．They greeted Rolls when the car came along.

       B．They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.

       C．They pretended to be attracted by something else.

       D．They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.

62．The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to        .

       A．teach Rolls a lesson                              B．take a free ride home

       C．have a talk with Rolls                           D．have a car ride experience

63．After the policeman jumped into the car ,Rolls       .

       A．dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to

       B．could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance

       C．could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey

       D．drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge

At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.

Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.

One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.

They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.

“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.

“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.

“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.

“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.

“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.

“Jump in,” said Rolls.

“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”

1．The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.

A．they could watch the car coming from the other direction

B．Rolls’s car could go faster than four miles an hour

C．they could make sure no one was in the way

D．the car would not hit them on the road

2．In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?

A．They greeted Rolls when the car came along.

B．They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.

C．They pretended to be attracted by something else.

D．They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.

3．The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.

A．teach Rolls a lesson                       B．take a free ride home

C．have a talk with Rolls                    D．have a car ride experience

4．After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.

A．dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed to

B．could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distance

C．could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journey

D．drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge

Flying first class was a new experience for us. We were happy to join the other few passengers who  36 fly in such luxury（奢侈）. It was almost as if we had a sense of  37  to be sitting with the group of people that  38 us.
As we chatted away about our travel, I could hear people around us talked about  39 business meetings. It wasn’t long before I __40  that these people were used to flying in luxury. They are 41 people I thought.
We noticed that the stewardess（女乘務(wù)員）was working non-stop to ensure the  42 of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving a(n)  43 . I thought how much she must love her job,  44  she smiled kindly at each person while  45 to their needs.
As the stewardess walked by our seats near the  46  of the flight, I looked at her and said, “Thank you and I hope you’ll have a great night.”She stopped at our seats with a look of  47 , bent down, looked at me and said, “Excuse me?” I  48  my words and she smiled in a rather 49 way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer. After a few moments she said, “I can  50 you work with the public.”“Why do you think so?” I asked. She answered very quietly, “Because you are the _51  passenger here to say thank you and I really 52  your kindess.
The sense of belonging to the elite（精英）group of people in first class  53  as we heard her words. Our seats in luxury offered us  54  a comfortable ride. We were reminded that without 55  we would be flying in no class.

第二節(jié) ：完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36-55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng).

I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law.

Let us take a  36 , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a(an)  37  were accepted; families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might   38  together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our  39  —everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of  40  illness —are caused at least in part by  41  to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to  42  our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.

On evenings when such talk is  43 , families could discover more active pastimes（消遣，娛樂(lè). Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a   44  together to watch the sunset  45  they might take a walk together.  46  free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in  47  than in a TV program.  48  report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence,  49  at the college level.  50  is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.

A different  51  of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the  52  ends, the TV net works might be forced to  53  with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.

At first glance, this idea seems radical（激進(jìn)的. How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years  54  television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can  55  childhoods without television. It wasn’t that difficult.

36．A．valuable        B．pleasant        C．quick      D．serious

37．A．a(chǎn)dvice             B．suggestion             C．opinion       D．offer

38．A．get around             B．stand still      C．meet     D．sit around

39．A．problems       B．trouble           C．a(chǎn)ffairs         D．misfortune

40．A．physical          B．common        C．mental       D．familiar

41．A．a(chǎn)ttempt         B．failure             C．a(chǎn)bility         D．permission

42．A．discuss           B．talk            C．make sure D．see to

43．A．impossible B．unnecessary      C．funny D．unpleasant

44．A．walk           B．look            C．ride        D．rest

45．A．a(chǎn)nd            B．or               C．but         D．while

46．A．At              B．In                C．For         D．With

47．A．a(chǎn) fine poem        B．a(chǎn) good book       C．a(chǎn) quiet hour       D．a(chǎn) composition

48．A．Professors     B．Scientists       C．Parents      D．Educators

49．A．yet             B．still             C．even      D．just

50．A．Writing           B．Skill            C．Speaking    D．Listening

51．A．form          B．kind            C．method      D．step

52．A．reading          B．quiet hour     C．a(chǎn)ctivity       D．programme

53．A．come across      B．come about        C．come up     D．broadcast

54．A．before            B．since          C．until       D．a(chǎn)fter

55．A．remind           B．remember     C．recognize  D．know