A battery-driven bus has been developed by a group of British companies. The bus, a fifty-passenger single-deck 1 , is to go into 2 in Manchester shortly, and discussions with the Department of the Environment are 3 to lead to a 4 batch (批)of twenty going into 5 passenger service in Manchester within two years. Unlike the small government-sponsored battery bus now 6 trials in provincial cities, 7 low speed and range effectively limits it to city-centre operation, the new Silent Rider, 8 a range of 40 miles between charges and a 9 of 40 m. P. h., will take 10 with diesel(柴油)buses fornormal urban and suburban 11 . Its capital 12 is higher 13 lower maintenance and fuel costs bring it 14 to a fully competitive cost with the diesel bus over a thirteen-year life, without 15 into account the environmental benefits. The Chloride battery group, which is developing 16 in partnership with SELNEC is confident 17 a market potential of 400vehicles a year. The bus weighs 16 tons, 18 which the batteries and passengers account for 4 19 . It has a single set of batteries, which take three and a half-hour to 20 , against the normal eight hours of passenger traffic.
1.A.motor B.vehicle C.transport D.carriage
2.A.existence B.process C.occurrence D.operation
3.A.expected B.estimated C.wished D.found
4.A.further B.farther C.more D.much
5.A.average B.common C.regular D.typical
6.A.undertaking B.underlining C.understanding D.undergoing
7.A.as B.which C.that D.whose
8.A.at B.with C.under D.for
9.A.time B.speed C.fuel D.performance
10.A.place B.its place C.a place D.the place
11.A.pollution B.trial C.service D.charge
12.A.fuel B.speed C.range D.cost
13.A.and B.or C.as D.but
14.A.down B.up C.about D.out
15.A.keeping B.putting C.taking D.bringing
16.A.them B.one C.it D.that
17.A.with B.of C.for D.from
18.A.of B.with C.in D.from
19.A.each B.every C.apart D.once
20.A.change B.check C.chase D.charge
答案与提示:
1.B
motor发动机或装有发动机的车辆;carriage马车;transport交通;vehicle泛指车辆等一切交通工具。文中所谈车辆是靠电池充电行进的,显然不属于motor。
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这种可装载五十人的单层公汽,不久以后将在曼彻斯特投入使用。与环境部协商后有望在两年内再将20辆这种公汽投入正常的乘客服务。
2.D
go into existence存在,若用在此处,则有这种公汽在曼彻斯特被发明之意;结合本句后半部分,另一批公汽将投入使用,所以这是首批投入使用的。go into operation实施,执行,例:The law is to go into operation next week. (go into operation 实施,执行)
3.A
有一类动词可接动词不定式作复合宾语,如本题中的expect和wish,但wish用于此结构表want(需要)之意。I wish him to go.我想让他走。文中本句实际上就是该结构的被动态,因此be expected to…“预料会”。estimate(估计)和find不能用于estimate /find sb. to do sth.这种结构。
4.A
more表“另外的”之意时,前面不能用不定冠词a,(因为有another代表此意)。give me two more apples(再给我两个苹果);much为副词,不能修饰batch, further和farther,同为far的比较级,一个意指抽象“进一步”,一个意指具体“更远”。
5.C
average平均的;common普遍的;average flower普通的花,强调不特别,随处可见,不与passenger service相搭配。regular定期的;typical典型的。
6.D
undertake承担(工作,责任),如:She undertook responsibility for the changes.她为这些改变承担责任。undergo接受(检查,核查),如:She’s undergoing treatment at the hospital.她在医院接受治疗。underline指“强调”,如:She underlined her disapproval by going out.她走了出去,以示她的反对。
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政府资助了一些小型的靠电池发动的汽车,他们目前正在省级城市试用,他们的慢速和范围限制了它们只能在城市运行。而新“静跑者”则与它们不同,充电后可跑40英里,将要和柴油机发动的汽车并驾齐驱,为普通城市和郊区服务。
7.D
先行词为the small government sponsored battery bus,在从句中作定语。
8.B
with引导短语,修饰名词,表示名词的属性,表伴随。
9.B
参照后面的of 40m .p.h,可知此处讲速度。
10.B
take one’s place找到某人位置。如:This new work will take its place among the most important paintings of this century.这幅作品是本世纪最重要的作品之一。
11.C
参照文章第四行going into regular passenger service。提示:这种汽车要服务于民。而且本句上半部分“那些政府资助的汽车正在试用”,与之对应。“我们这种与它们不同,马上要真正服务于民。”
12.D
从前面的capital(资本)一词能判断该空答案。
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它成本虽高,但维修费低,燃料价低。这种,在13年的使用寿命中,在费用方面就完全可以与柴油汽车竞争,而且不谈环境方面的受益。
13.D
空格的两边分别是higher和lower,意思相对,故选择but。
14.A
bring down 降低;bring up 抚养;bring about 导致;bring out 出版。
15.C
take…into account把……考虑进去。此处是不把环境受益考虑进去。
16.C
it代替前面某个提到的名词;而one代替前面提到的同一种类的名词。
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与SELNEC合作的克罗瑞德电池集团对每年400辆的汽车需求量很有信心。
17.B
be confident of…对……有信心,如;I am confident of your future.我对你的未来充满信心。
18.A
which指代前面的16 tons。of which=of the 16 tons,在16吨之中。
[难句译文] 汽车重16吨,其中电池和乘客各重4吨。
19.A
each和every的区别在于:every是形容词性的代词,如:every student;而each则是名词性的代词,还有each of结构。
20.D
参照前面的名词batteries, charge battery充电;此词语在文中多次出现。