To be sure, the battery still has a long way to go before the nightly recharge completely replaces the weekly trip to the gas station. A battery-powered world comes with its own risks, too. What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become ―prosumers,‖ who produce and consume their own energy on site?
No one knows which—if any—battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear. The future of energy is in how we store it. 1. What does Dr. Sadoway think of energystorage?
A. It involves the application of sophisticatedtechnology.
B. It is the direction energy development shouldfollow.
C. It will prove to be a profitablebusiness.
D. It is a technology benefitingeveryone.
2. What is most likely to happen when advanced batteries become widelyused?
A. Mobile-first lifestyles will becomepopular.
B. The globalization process will beaccelerated.
C. Communications will take more diverseforms.
D. The world will undergo revolutionarychanges.
3. In some rural communities of emerging economies, people havebegunto
. A. find digital devices simplyindispensable
B. communicate primarily by mobilephone
C. light their homes with stored solarenergy
D. distribute power with wires and woodenpoles
4. What does the author imply about the centralized electricgrid?
A. It might become a thing of thepast. B. Itmightturnouttobea ―prosumer‖。
C. It will be easier to operate andmaintain.
D. It will have to be completelytransformed.
B D C A
Section B (8’)
Direction: In the following article, 4 sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable ones from the
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list A-F to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are TWO which do not fit in any of the gaps.
A. However, Uber deny this was theintention.
B. Uber was criticized of deliberately ordering rides of rivalcompanies.
C. Silicon Valley's culture seems hostile to humane and democraticvalues.
D. Uber wants to know as much as possible about the people Who use its service , and those whodon't.
E. Uber is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, operating in 570 cities worldwide. F. In fact, it makes people wonder what would happen to someone carrying a knife who promised
never to stab a policeman withit.
Time to Tame Silicon Valley
The company Uber brings into very sharp focus the question Of whether corporations can be said to have a moral character. If any human being were to behave with the single-minded and greed of the company, we would consider them anti-social,
1 Therefore,ithasanarrangementwithUnroll.me,acompanywhichofferedafreeservicefor
unsubscribing from junk mail, to buy the contacts Unroll.me customers had had with rival taxi companies. Beyond that, it keeps track of the phones that have been used to book its services even after the original owner has sold them, but attempts this with Apple's phones is forbidden by the company.
Uber has also adjusted its software so that regulatory agencies that the company regarded as hostile (敌 意的)would, when they tried to hire a driver, be given false reports about the location of its cars, Uber management booked and then cancelled rides with a rival company which took their vehicles out of circulation 2 The punishment for this behaviour was so small that it was not worth worrying about. Uberpromisednottousethissoftwareagainstlawenforcement.3
Travis Kalanick of Uber got a
personal criticism from Tim Cook, who runs apple, but the company did not prohibit the use of the app. Too much money was invested in that.
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The \profit of a tiny group ofbillionaires. 4 outgoing CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer; who is widelyjudged
political
tohavebeenafailure,islikelytogeta$186mpayout.Thismaynotbeacauseforpanic.Yetthere'sanurgent
task to tame these companies, to ensure they are punished when they break the law, that they pay their taxes fairly and that they behaveresponsibly.
VI. Translation (15’ 3+3+4+5)
1. 这家公司规定每个职工有权每年享有带薪假期。（it,entitle）
2. 直到被送入手术室，他才明白遵守交通规则的重要性。（It）
3. 他们正期待在将科研成果运用于教育实践方面取得重大突破。（expect）
4.我认为人类很可能进入外太空，这一点已证明是真的。（possibility, accessible）
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keys :
1.isbeingpaid 2.lessvisible
十一选十
8.that
3.As 9.its
4.willbenetted 5.ratherthan 6.may 7.Totake
10.why
答案D F I B K G A H C E
Cloze
1-5 BACDA 6-10 CBCDA 11-15CBABC A 篇阅读
1. A 2. C 3.B 4. D B 篇阅读
D C A C 篇阅读
B D C A 六选四部分
D A F C 翻译：
1. The company makes it a rule that every employee is entitled to annual paidleave.
2. Itwasnotuntilhewassentintotheoperatingroomthatherealizedtheimportanceofobservingthetraffic
regulations
3. They are expecting to make a significant breakthrough in applying the result of the scientific research to
educationalpractice.
4.I think there is much possibility that outer space is accessible to man, which has proved to be true.
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