广东汕头潮师高级中学2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题及答案(2)

A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won’t get you nearly as far—so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, When cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
26. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?
   A. People are seeing the California Greens everywhere.
   B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles.
  C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells.
  D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc. .
27. What is the main idea of the passage?
  A. Electric cars are not clean at all.     B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones.
  C. People cast doubts on electric cars’ batteries.    D. Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle.
28. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _______.
  A. not less than 25 miles      B. more than 25 miles
  C. no more than 25 miles     D. not more than 25 miles
29. According to the passage, electric cars _______.
A. do not burn fuel and are more environment-friendly
B. are poisonous because it is difficult for nature to clean the garbage up when their batteries are buried in one spot
C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated
D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill
30. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
   A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communication
   B. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning  something
   C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment
   D. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered  cousins
（B）
LONDON (Reuters)—Quiet please—Britain’ s Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted. 

Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual Swan Upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the River Thames, will be conducted by the Queen’ s official Swan Marker from July 2024.
“With the assistance of the Queen’ s Swan Warden, Professor Christopher Perrins of the University of Oxford, the swans and young cygnets (小天鹅) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease，” Buckingham Palace said in announcing the count.
The process involves the Swan Marker, David Barber, rowing up the Thames for five days with the Swan Warden in traditional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting, weighing and measuring swans and cygnets.
It may seem eccentric, but it is very important to the Queen. According to custom, Britain’ s sovereign owns all unmarked, mute swans in open water, but the Queen now exercises the right only on stretches of the Thames and its nearby tributaries.
In medieval times, the Swan Marker would not only travel up the river counting the swans, but would catch as many as possible as they were sought after for banquets and feasts.
This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle (渔具)．
It is also an important year because Queen Elizabeth has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census. She will follow them up the river and visit a local school project on the whole subject of swans, cygnets and the Thames.
“Education and conservation are essential to the role of Swan Upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience，” Buckingham Palace said.
31. In medieval times，_______.
  A. swans were better protected than now    B. a lot of swans were killed by dogs
  C. swans were a delicious dish on royal banquets    D. common people could catch the swans
32．We can infer from the passage that the process of counting the swans _______.
   A. remains almost unchanged in the past years     B. involves a lot of royal memberssj.fjjy.org
   C. sometimes lasts longer than before         D. is always guarded by special soldiers
33．This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden mainly want to find out _______.
   A. the exact number of swans and cygnets
   B. how a local school project is going on
   C. how much damage the swans and cygnets suffer
   D. how education and conservation are carried out along the Thames
34．Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
  A. Britain’ s Queen is concerned about swans.     B. Britain’ s Queen orders a count of swans.