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1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_-密-封 -线- _理工类单选集考试卷模拟考试题考试时间：120分钟 考试总分：100分题号一二三四五总分分数遵守考场纪律，维护知识尊严，杜绝违纪行为，确保考试结果公正。1、第一篇renewable energy sourcestoday petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energy

2、 needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either.most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 yea

3、rs.less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is now the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electri

4、city.chinas three gorges dam is the largest ever.at five times the size of the uss hoover dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations.it will satisfy 3% of chinas entire electricity demand.in 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)cur

5、rents in the open sea opened in norway.it is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.as prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)worldwide between 1999 and 2005.modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate ele

6、ctricity.though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs.wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.they can often end up at spots of natural beauty,and are often unpopular with residents.and turbines are not totally harmless-they can inte

7、rfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.scotland is building europes largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.the uks goal is to generate one-fifth of power from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 2020.but this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.according to the passage,wh

8、ich of the following is the most polluting energy resource? （ ）a.petroleumb.coalc.natural gasd.water2、第一篇renewable energy sourcestoday petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energ

9、y needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century either.most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 ye

10、ars.less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is now the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electr

11、icity.chinas three gorges dam is the largest ever.at five times the size of the uss hoover dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations.it will satisfy 3% of chinas entire electricity demand.in 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)cu

12、rrents in the open sea opened in norway.it is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.as prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)worldwide between 1999 and 2005.modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate el

13、ectricity.though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs.wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.they can often end up at spots of natural beauty,and are often unpopular with residents.and turbines are not totally harmless-they can int

14、erfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.scotland is building europes largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.the uks goal is to generate one-fifth of power from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 2020.but this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.chinas three gorges dam（ ）

15、a.is the first hydroelectric dam in the world.b.is of the same size as the uss hoover dam.c.can generate around 3% of world electricity.d.is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world.3、第一篇renewable energy sourcestoday petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs,mostly fuelling autom

16、obiles.coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energy needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century

17、 either.most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years.less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.hydroelectric(水力发电的)power

18、is now the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electricity.chinas three gorges dam is the largest ever.at five times the size of the uss hoover dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations.it will satisfy 3% of chinas enti

19、re electricity demand.in 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)currents in the open sea opened in norway.it is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.as prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)wo

20、rldwide between 1999 and 2005.modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate electricity.though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs.wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.they can often end up at spots of natural beauty,and a

21、re often unpopular with residents.and turbines are not totally harmless-they can interfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.scotland is building europes largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.the uks goal is to generate one-fifth of power from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 20

22、20.but this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.which country took the lead in making use of tidal currents to produce power in 2003?（ ）a.the ukb.china.c.norwayd.the us.4、第一篇renewable energy sourcestoday petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the worlds energy needs,mostly fuelling automobile

23、s.coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energy needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves of that will not last into the 22nd century eith

24、er.most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years.less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they can be replaced.hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is no

25、w the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electricity.chinas three gorges dam is the largest ever.at five times the size of the uss hoover dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power stations.it will satisfy 3% of chinas entire el

26、ectricity demand.in 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)currents in the open sea opened in norway.it is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.as prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)worldwi

27、de between 1999 and 2005.modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate electricity.though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs.wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.they can often end up at spots of natural beauty,and are of

28、ten unpopular with residents.and turbines are not totally harmless-they can interfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.scotland is building europes largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.the uks goal is to generate one-fifth of power from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 2020.bu

29、t this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.one of the problems with wind farms is that（ ）a.there is not enough wind.b.wind is not reliable.c.they can only be built on the sea.d.they might influence the world economy.5、第一篇renewable energy sourcestoday petroleum(石油)provides around 40% of the

30、 worlds energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one-quarter of our energy needs,but it is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel(矿物燃料).natural gas reserves could fill some of the gap from oil,but reserves o

31、f that will not last into the 22nd century either.most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years.less-polluting renewable energy sources offer a more practical long-term energy solution.“renewable”refers to the fact that these resources are not used faster than they

32、can be replaced.hydroelectric(水力发电的)power is now the most common form of renewable energy,supplying around 20% of world electricity.chinas three gorges dam is the largest ever.at five times the size of the uss hoover dam,its 26 turbines(涡轮机)will generate the equivalent energy of 18 coal-fired power

33、stations.it will satisfy 3% of chinas entire electricity demand.in 2003,the first commercial power station to use tidal(潮汐的)currents in the open sea opened in norway.it is designed like windmill(风车),but others take the form of turbines.as prices fall,wind power has become the fastest growing type of

34、 electricity generation-quadrupling(翻两番)worldwide between 1999 and 2005.modern wind farms consist of turbines that generate electricity.though it will be more expensive,there is more than enough wind to provide the worlds entire energy needs.wind farms come in onshore and offshore forms.they can oft

35、en end up at spots of natural beauty,and are often unpopular with residents.and turbines are not totally harmless-they can interfere with radar,alter climate and kill sea birds.scotland is building europes largest wind farm,which will power 200,000 homes.the uks goal is to generate one-fifth of powe

36、r from renewable sources,mainly wind,by 2020.but this may cause problems,because wind is unreliable.according to the passage,resources like wind are （ ）a.renewableb.recyclablec.damagingd.scarce.6、第二篇hurricane(飓风)katrinaa hurricane is a fiercely powerful,rotating(旋转的)form of tropical storm that can b

37、e 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter.the term hurricane is derived from hurican,the name of a native american storm god.hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter,known as the eye.they occur in tropical regions.over its lifetime,one of these can re

38、lease as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs.the seed for hurricane formation is a cluster(聚集)of thunderstoms over warm tropical waters.hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 and the surrounding atmosphere is calm.these requirements are met between june and n

39、ovember in the northern part of the world.under these conditions,large quantities of water evaporate(蒸发)and condense(冷凝)into clouds and rain-releasing heat in the process.it is this heat energy,combined with the rotation of the earth,that drives a hurricane.when the warm column of air from the sea s

40、urface first begins to rise,it causes an area of low pressure.this in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area.this spinning wind drags up more moist air from the sea surface in a process that strengthens the storm.cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of

41、 the storm.initially,when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour,these mild,wet and grey weather systems are known as depressions,or low air pressure.hurricane katrina formed in this way over the south-eastern bahamas on 23 august 2005.katrina has had a devastating impact on the gulf coast of the us,le

42、aving a disaster zone of 90,000 square miles in its wake(尾迹)-almost the size of the uk.thousands have been killed or injured and more than half a million people have become homeless in a humanitarian(人道主义的)crisis of a scale not seen in the us since the great depression.the cost of the damage may top

43、 $100 billion.the eye of a hurricane refers to its（ ）a.lower part.b.rotating part.c.calm central part.d.most violent part.7、第二篇hurricane(飓风)katrinaa hurricane is a fiercely powerful,rotating(旋转的)form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter.the term hurricane is derived from huri

44、can,the name of a native american storm god.hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter,known as the eye.they occur in tropical regions.over its lifetime,one of these can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs.the seed for hurricane form

45、ation is a cluster(聚集)of thunderstoms over warm tropical waters.hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 and the surrounding atmosphere is calm.these requirements are met between june and november in the northern part of the world.under these conditions,large q

46、uantities of water evaporate(蒸发)and condense(冷凝)into clouds and rain-releasing heat in the process.it is this heat energy,combined with the rotation of the earth,that drives a hurricane.when the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise,it causes an area of low pressure.this in tu

47、rn creates wind as air is drawn into the area.this spinning wind drags up more moist air from the sea surface in a process that strengthens the storm.cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of the storm.initially,when wind speeds reach 23 miles per hour,these mild

48、,wet and grey weather systems are known as depressions,or low air pressure.hurricane katrina formed in this way over the south-eastern bahamas on 23 august 2005.katrina has had a devastating impact on the gulf coast of the us,leaving a disaster zone of 90,000 square miles in its wake(尾迹)-almost the

49、size of the uk.thousands have been killed or injured and more than half a million people have become homeless in a humanitarian(人道主义的)crisis of a scale not seen in the us since the great depression.the cost of the damage may top $100 billion.which of the following is not a “requirement”for the forma

50、tion of a hurricane?（ ）a.calm surrounding atmosphere.b.high air pressure.c.warm sea-surface temperature.d.a group of thunderstorms over warm tropical waters.8、第二篇hurricane(飓风)katrinaa hurricane is a fiercely powerful,rotating(旋转的)form of tropical storm that can be 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter.the

51、term hurricane is derived from hurican,the name of a native american storm god.hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter,known as the eye.they occur in tropical regions.over its lifetime,one of these can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclea

52、r bombs.the seed for hurricane formation is a cluster(聚集)of thunderstoms over warm tropical waters.hurricanes can only form and be fed when the sea-surface temperature exceeds 27 and the surrounding atmosphere is calm.these requirements are met between june and november in the northern part of the w

53、orld.under these conditions,large quantities of water evaporate(蒸发)and condense(冷凝)into clouds and rain-releasing heat in the process.it is this heat energy,combined with the rotation of the earth,that drives a hurricane.when the warm column of air from the sea surface first begins to rise,it causes

54、 an area of low pressure.this in turn creates wind as air is drawn into the area.this spinning wind drags up more moist air from the sea surface in a process that strengthens the storm.cold air falls back to the ocean surface through the eye and on the outside of the storm.initially,when wind speeds

55、 reach 23 miles per hour,these mild,wet and grey weather systems are known as depressions,or low air pressure.hurricane katrina formed in this way over the south-eastern bahamas on 23 august 2005.katrina has had a devastating impact on the gulf coast of the us,leaving a disaster zone of 90,000 squar

56、e miles in its wake(尾迹)-almost the size of the uk.thousands have been killed or injured and more than half a million people have become homeless in a humanitarian(人道主义的)crisis of a scale not seen in the us since the great depression.the cost of the damage may top $100 billion.when the warm air from

57、the sea surface begins to rise,it（ ）a.creates an area of low pressure.b.supplies cold air to the eye of a hurricane.c.increases the sea-surface temperature.d.strengthens the rotation of the earth.9、第二篇hurricane(飓风)katrinaa hurricane is a fiercely powerful,rotating(旋转的)form of tropical storm that can

58、 be 124 to 1,240 miles in diameter.the term hurricane is derived from hurican,the name of a native american storm god.hurricanes are typical of a calm central region of low pressure between 12 to 60 miles in diameter,known as the eye.they occur in tropical regions.over its lifetime,one of these can release as much en