A. The comparison between renewable energy and nuclear energy
B. The benefits and risks of using nuclear energy
C. The reason for keeping nuclear power
D. The panic caused by the leak of radiation
E. The main energy source and its problems
F. An ideal energy and the proportion it accounts for
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One of the consequences of the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March was, of course, a leak of radiation at the Fukushima nuclear power station on the country’s east coast. Soon afterwards, all the people living within twenty kilometers of the plant were told to leave because of the danger from the radiation.
57. |
The pros and cons of nuclear power always come up in debates about how the world should produce the energy it needs. Those who think the risks are too great can obviously use Chernobyl – and now Fukushima – in their argument, while also pointing out that nuclear waste stays radioactive for hundreds of years, and asking what might happen if terrorists ever chose to attack a nuclear power plant. Those who support nuclear power point out that a very small amount of nuclear fuel can create a huge amount of energy, and that unlike the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas, nuclear power stations don’t contribute to global warming by pushing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
58. |
Most of the world’s energy currently comes from fossil fuels, but this can’t go on forever. As well as the problem of global warming there is the simple fact that the Earth has a limited amount of these resources. They will eventually run out – although there is a lot of disagreement about when that might be.
59. |
Apart from nuclear power, which currently provides less than 10% of the world’s energy, the other alternative is energy from renewable sources. These include hydropower, biofuels (made mostly from crops), wind power and solar power, and together they currently provide around 15% of the world’s energy. Some scientists think renewable energy is the great hope for the future – not only because it won’t run out but also because it is less risky than nuclear power and produces far fewer greenhouse gases than burning fossil fuels.
60. |
Other scientists, however, believe we will never produce enough renewable energy to fill the gap when fossil fuels begin to run out. That is why, even while watching the very worrying events in Japan, they argue that nuclear power will always have to be part of the solution to the world’s energy problems.
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
ARIZONA
Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly
A one-night stay at the historic lodge starts at $59 for a single room and the lodge offers half-day tours of Canyon de Chelly ($41 for adults and $32 for children aged 12 and under)
Time: May. 31, 2009 ~ Nov. 1, 2009
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 17.1 percent
Contact: 800/679-2473, tbirdlodge.com
CALIFORNIA
Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe
A three-night stay in a lakeside cabin(小木屋) for two people, an Emerald Bay sightseeing for two, free breakfast and lunch. Rates are $299 per couple --- saving of up to $400.
Details: Hotel taxes are included
Time: Through Dec.15, 2009
Contact: 800/234-8946, zephyrcove.com
NEVADA
Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas
A one-night stay at the Mediterranean-stlye MontelLago Village, 17 miles from Las Vegas. Rates start at $65 per person including ice-skating fees and skate rentals.
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 12 percent
Time: Nov. 17, 2009 ~ Jan. 15, 2010
Contact: 866/399-2753, monteLagovillage.com
YELLOWSTONE
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
A two-night stay, breakfast daily, full-day ski rental, unlimited ice-skating and skates and a book of Yellowstone photos. Rates start at $119 per person. A one-night stay at the hotel starts at $65.
Time: Jan.1, 2010 ~ May.2, 2010
Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 8 percent
Contact: 866/439-2473, travelyellowstone.com
56. If a couple and their 14-year-old son want to have a half-day tour of Canyon de Chelly on Oct.13, 2009, they should pay _______.
A. $114 B. $123 C. $177 D. $189
57. If you are interested in ice-skating, you may find more information in _______.
A. tbirdlodge.com and zephyrcove. com
B. monteLagovillage.com and tbirdlodge.com
C. zephyrcove.com and travelyellowstone.com
D. travelyellowstone.com and monteLagovillage.com
58. If you have a holiday in December, and intend to stay in a European-stlye hotel, you may go to _______.
A. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
B. Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe
C. Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas
D. Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly
59. You needn’t pay extra fees as hotel taxes if you stay in _______.
A. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
B. Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe
C. Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas
D. Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The website YouTube was created in 2005 and became an overnight success.Google bought YouTube for more than $1,600,000 the following year.In May,YouTube announced that two billion videos were watched each day.
In June,the Guggenheim Museum in New York City announced it would hold a competition among YouTube videos.Now,the judges have chosen the top 125 videos.
The Guggenheim and YouTube launched the competition called“YouTube Play.A Biennial(两年一度)of Creative Video.”The information technology companies HP and Intel are supporting the event.23,000 videos entered the competition.They represented 91 countries and every possible style of movie making.
The rules of the competition were few.Video makers had to be eighteen years or older.They could enter only one video.It had to be no more than ten minutes long.Any language,subject,sound,and style were considered.
Eleven people are judging the videos.They include artists,musicians,and filmmakers.Laurie Anderson is all three.She says all her art starts with a story,so she looks for a story as she judges the videos.
Other judges include the filmmaker Darren Aronofsky,the band Animal Collective,and artist and filmmaker,Shirin Neshat.
New Jersey artist Dahlia Elsayed’s video is one of the finalists.She used the camera in her computer to record herself describing her daily food desires for one month.The video is simple,short,and interesting.
A frightening,but beautiful video came from Chile.The video by Niles Atallah,Joaquin Cocina Varas.and Cristobal Leon is called“Luis”.It is an animated ghostly story of a tense,angry boy.It is very dark,but impossible to stop watching.
“Mars to Jupiter”is a video from Canada by Sterling Pache.It is about a survivor of the 1994 genocide(种族屠杀)in Rwanda.The video explores how her past still haunts(萦绕) her.
Other chosen videos are from France,Spain,Taiwan,Australia,and Israel.Almost thirty countries are represented.You can see them if you link to YouTube Play from our website at voaspecialenglish.com.
People can also see the 125 videos at the Guggenheim museums in New York;Bilbao,Spain;Berlin,Germany;and Venice,Italy.
On October 21,the YouTube Play judges will announce the final twenty winning videos at a special event at the Guggenheim in New York.The Videos will be on View there until October 24.
Accoding to the text,YouTube might be .
A.a video sharing website
B.a supporting company of the event
C.a museum in New York City
D.a frightening,but beautiful video
Who were supposed to enter the contest according to the text?
A.Video makers in English—speaking countries.
B.Video makers from New York City.
C.Video makers all over the world.
D.Video makers under the age of 18.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A.The rules of the competition were quite complicated.
B.Twenty videos will finally be picked out as the best.
C.The style of video was strictly limited.
D.Only artists can judge the competitio.
is a simple and relaxing story about daily life.
A.“Mars to Jupiter” B.Niles Atallah’s video
C.“Luis” D.Dahlia Elsayed’s video
The text is mainly about .
A.a famous wetsite B.a famous museum
C.some interesting videos D.a video competition
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Was the London Olympics a success? Many people hold different opinions. However one thing is certain, London could win a gold medal for hosting the “greenest” Games ever, BBC News reported.
Previous Olympic hosts have been criticized for the environmental damage they have caused through construction, waste. and transport. But things had to be different in London because seven years ago it bid for the Olympics through the concept of “a One Planet Olympics”.
What is most impressive is that London used the construction of the Olympic Park as an opportunity to clean up polluted areas — 2 million tons of contaminated (被污染的) soil were removed and 200 old factory buildings, were torn down, according to sustainablebusiness.com. But that’s not all —. 99 percent of the debris (废瓦砾) were reused to build the Olympic Park. For example, part of the Olympic Stadium’s roof is made from 2,500 tons of steel tubes recycled from old gas pipelines.
As well as using recycled materials, all venues were built with green building techniques. The Olympic Stadium is the lightest one ever built, which minimized the amount of steel and concrete needed. Also, the handball field has lighting pipes on the roof that reduce electricity use by 40 percent, according to sustainablebusiness.com.
The effort that London made to deal with waste also deserves praise. Water used for drinking and watering plants was from collected rainwater or recycled wastewater. In this way. about 30-40 percent less water was used in total. Waste food packages were either recycled or processed and turned into renewable energy.
As one of the best connected places in Europe, London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport. For example, it had trains deliver half of the building materials, instead of cars, which greatly reduced carbon emissions.
The clean anti-doping (反兴奋剂) result also added to the greenness of the Games. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) said that the devices used this time were the most accurate and advanced. Only one athlete tested positive for a banned drug on the day of competing, which is why the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, has praised anti-doping efforts at the London Games.
1.To make the Olympic Park green, London _______.
A. recycled 2 million tons of contaminated soil
B. removed 99 percent of the debris from the city
C. built the Olympic Stadium mostly with recycled materials
D. applied green building techniques to the construction work
2.The underlined word “minimized” in the fourth paragraph probably means
A. increased as much as possible
B. reduced as much as possible
C. made good use of
D. took little notice
3.What can we conclude from the article?
A. The London Olympics cost less than the other Olympics ever held.
B. London has possessed the most advanced techniques to deal with waste.
C. Public transport is made good use of in London during the Olympic games.
D. The anti-doping result in the London Olympics turned out to be dissatisfactory.
4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the text?
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. How to deal with the anti-doping
B. How to use recycled materials
C. London’s green games
D. London’s public transport
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年天津河西模拟二英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Was the London Olympics a success? Many people hold different opinions. However one thing is certain, London could win a gold medal for hosting the “greenest” Games ever, BBC News reported.
Previous Olympic hosts have been criticized for the environmental damage they have caused through construction, waste. and transport. But things had to be different in London because seven years ago it bid for the Olympics through the concept of “a One Planet Olympics”.
What is most impressive is that London used the construction of the Olympic Park as an opportunity to clean up polluted areas — 2 million tons of contaminated (被污染的) soil were removed and 200 old factory buildings, were torn down, according to sustainablebusiness.com. But that’s not all —. 99 percent of the debris (废瓦砾) were reused to build the Olympic Park. For example, part of the Olympic Stadium’s roof is made from 2,500 tons of steel tubes recycled from old gas pipelines.
As well as using recycled materials, all venues were built with green building techniques. The Olympic Stadium is the lightest one ever built, which minimized the amount of steel and concrete needed. Also, the handball field has lighting pipes on the roof that reduce electricity use by 40 percent, according to sustainablebusiness.com.
The effort that London made to deal with waste also deserves praise. Water used for drinking and watering plants was from collected rainwater or recycled wastewater. In this way. about 30-40 percent less water was used in total. Waste food packages were either recycled or processed and turned into renewable energy.
As one of the best connected places in Europe, London tried to solve traffic jams by encouraging the use of public transport. For example, it had trains deliver half of the building materials, instead of cars, which greatly reduced carbon emissions.
The clean anti-doping (反兴奋剂) result also added to the greenness of the Games. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) said that the devices used this time were the most accurate and advanced. Only one athlete tested positive for a banned drug on the day of competing, which is why the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, has praised anti-doping efforts at the London Games.
1.To make the Olympic Park green, London _______.
A. recycled 2 million tons of contaminated soil
B. removed 99 percent of the debris from the city
C. built the Olympic Stadium mostly with recycled materials
D. applied green building techniques to the construction work
2.The underlined word “minimized” in the fourth paragraph probably means
A. increased as much as possible
B. reduced as much as possible
C. made good use of
D. took little notice
3.What can we conclude from the article?
A. The London Olympics cost less than the other Olympics ever held.
B. London has possessed the most advanced techniques to deal with waste.
C. Public transport is made good use of in London during the Olympic games.
D. The anti-doping result in the London Olympics turned out to be dissatisfactory.
4.Which of the following best shows the structure of the text?
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A. How to deal with the anti-doping
B. How to use recycled materials
C. London’s green games
D. London’s public transport
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科目:高中英语 来源:2007年高考试题(安徽卷)解析版 题型:阅读理解
King’s College Summer School
King’s College Summer School is an annual(每年的)training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English.Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York.Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized.This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.More information is as follows:
Application(申请)date ●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18,2007. ●Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16,2007. ●Foreign students should send their applications before July 10,2007. |
Courses ●English LanguageSpoken English:22 hoursReading and Writing:10 hours ●American History:16 hours ●American Culture:16 hours |
Steps ●A letter of self-introduction ●A letter of recommendation(推荐) *The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. |
Cost ●Daily lessons:$200 ●Sports and activities:$100 ●Travels:$200 ●Hotel service:$400 *You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city. |
Please write to: Thompson,Sanders1026 King’s StreetNew York,NY 10016,USAE-mail: KC-Summer-School@yahoo.com |
1.You can most probably read the text in________.
A.a newspaper B.a travel guide
C.a textbook D.a telephone book
2.Which of the following is true about King’s College Summer School?
A.Only top students can take part in the program.
B.King’s College Summer School is run every other year.
C.Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
D.Only the teachers of King’s College give courses.
3.If you are to live with your relatives in New York,you will have to pay the school ________.
A.$200 B.$400
C.$500 D.$900
4.What information can you get from the text?
A.The program will last two months.
B.You can write to Thompson only in English.
C.As a Chinese student,you can send your application on July 14,2007.
D.You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.
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