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A

We were moving to a new state after my husband had been out of work for many months and we had no money. In fact, we had to borrow money to reach our destination town. Anyway, it was my husband, two boys aged four and two, and myself, seven months pregnant (怀孕), in an old Volvo station wagon. We had been driving for two days in the middle of winter (that car’s heater didn’t work), and we had taken a route that was very desolate. There was nothing around for miles-no cars, buildings or signs of civilization. Suddenly, our car started losing power and the gauges(汽油表) went all out of order. We saw a light in the distance and managed to roll to a stop in front of this property that looked like a small simple house. Our cell phones had not gotten reception for many miles, and it was freezing outside, so I didn’t know if we were going to make it out of this situation alive. My husband got out of the car to see if there was something he could do to get us rolling again, but it was not looking good. A short while later, a man came out of the house and spoke with my husband a bit before inviting us all into his home. He and his wife took us in, fed us, and made us feel at home as we struggled to find some way to get to our destination, which was still a few hours’ drive away. We were able to call a friend and get a ride, leaving our broken car behind, but not before the couple gave us food and water for our journey. One week later, this dear sweet couple pulled our car all the way to our place and refused to take anything in return, except for us to pay it forward-and we have, and will continue to do it forever.

1. We can learn from the text that the family________.

A. had a hopeless future B. was in financial difficulty

C. suffered from a company crash D. wanted to turn to their relatives for help

2. The underlined word “ desolate” probably mean________.

A. deserted B. advanced C. smooth D. muddy

3. Knowing that the wagon had broken down, the author________.

A. called her friend several miles away for help

B. stopped the car in front of a simple service station

C. was afraid that they couldn’t overcome the difficulty

D. encouraged her husband and children to be confident

4. We can learn from the text that the family___________.

A. got out of their financial difficulty

B. met with more troubles after that

C. came back to thank the couple who had helped them

D. followed the couple’s example in return for their help

1-4 BACD

B

Electric cars are dirty.In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.

People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions(排放)vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from.Power plants mostly use fire to make it.Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators(发电机).Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants.There are a few wind farms and geothermal(地热的)plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.

In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars.It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else , so it looks clean.It is not.It’s as if the California greens are covering their eyes—“If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an unbelievably efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it.But when you take that gas(or another fuel)and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.

A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles.But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones.If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean.But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.

In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill(垃圾)and finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads.When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place.Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Electric cars are not clean at all

B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones

C. People have doubts about electric cars’ batteries

D. Gasoline is an effective way to power a vehicle

6. The underlined words “ be clueless” mean___________

A. know nothing B. have confidence C. feel excited D. be pleased

7. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run ________

A. not less than 25 miles B. as far as 50 miles

C. as far as 25 miles D. not more than 25 miles

8. According to the passage, electric cars__________

A. are more environmentally friendly

B. burn more fuel than gas-powered ones

C. are very good at cleaning up

D. are poisonous for a long time

参考答案5-8 AADB