安徽省示范高中2012-2013学年度第一学期高二年级三校联考英语试题
The savings that you will see on your monthly bills makes going “green” good for your wallet as well as the environment.
56. At present most people know it is important to ______.
A. discover more and more fossil fuels B. save solar energy as much as possible
C. use other energy to replace fossil fuels D. use solar energy instead of using any fossil fuel
57. What does the underlined phrase “up to speed” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. To reach the fastest speed. B. To realized the planned goals.
C. To help finish the new task. D. To learn about something new.
58. What is one of the main reasons why people use solar energy?
A. Making money. B. Saving money
C. Preventing power failure. D. Providing enough electricity.
59. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. some poor people are helped to fix the solar system financially
B. the cost of energy will go down sometime in the future
C. fixing a solar system is affordable for most people
D. the energy a solar system produces is too much to be used up
B
Traffic jam and cities, it seems, go hand in hand. Everyone complains about being stuck in traffic; but, like the weather, no one seems to do anything about it. In particular, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and public officials responsible for transportation systems in large cities are frequently criticized for failing to solve traffic jam.
But is traffic jam a sign of failure? Long queues at restaurants or theater box offices are seen as signs of success. Should transportation systems be viewed any differently? I think we should recognize that traffic jam is an unpreventable by-product of successful cities, and view the “traffic problem” in a different light.
Cities exist because they promote social interactions and economic transactions. Traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces. Culturally and economically successful cities have the worst traffic problems, while decaying (衰退) cities don't have much traffic. New York and Los Angeles are America's most crowded cities. But if you want access to major brokerage houses (经纪行)，you will find them easier to reach m crowded New York than in any other large cities. And if your firm needs access to post-production film editors or satellite-guidance (卫星导航) engineers, you will reach than more quickly through the crowded freeways of LA than through less crowded roads elsewhere.
Despite traffic jam, a larger number and wider variety of social interactions and economic transactions can be made perfect in large, crowded cities than elsewhere. Seen in this light, traffic jam is an unfortunate result of prosperity (繁荣), not a cause of economic decline (下降) and urban decay.
So while we can consider traffic jam as increasing costs on the areas of big cities, the costs of inaccessibility (交通不便）in uncrowded places are almost certainly greater.
There is no doubt that traffic jam brings the terrible economic and environmental damage in places like Bangkok, Jakarta, and Lagos. But mobility is far higher and traffic jam levels are far lower here in the US, even in our most crowded cities. That's why, for now, we don、see people and capital streaming out of San Francisco and Chicago, heading for cities like California, and Illinois.
60. We can conclude from the first paragraph that ______.
A. traffic jam and weather are the two factors preventing the development of die big city
B. traffic jam seems to be very difficult to deal with
C. if traffic engineers try their best, traffic jam can be solved
D. public officials are always criticized for misusing their power
61. According to the passage, what's the author's opinion towards traffic jam?
A. In cities, traffic jam is unavoidable.
B. Traffic jam is both a sign of failure and a sign of success.
C. Traffic jam is the result of successful cities.
D. For a successful city, traffic jam is not unpreventable.
62. According to this article, which statement about “New York” and “Los Angeles” is true?
A. The traffic jam in the two cities has been worsened.
B. New York and Los Angeles are the least successful cities in the US.
C. It is easier to reach major brokerage houses in the two cities than in other cities.
D. Despite the traffic jam in LA, you’ll find a satellite-guidance engineer more quickly there.
63. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
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