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1、大学英语六级模拟试卷 61(无答案)一、Part I Writing (30 minutes)1 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Books and Electronic Products. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:1. 如今有大量的电子产品替代了书2. 不同的人有不同的看法3. 我的观点Books and Electronic Products二、Part II
2、Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions attached to the passage. For questions 1-4, mark:Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for N
3、O) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.2 Engines of ChangeThe Holy Grail(圣杯) for AutomakersI am driving through downtown Washington, D.C., in a white GM minivan with friendly blue-bubble paper decorating
4、the sides. Its emitting no toxic chemicals and the engine seems to purr(发出隆隆声) rather than growl. I am driving a hydrogen-powered automobileso clean, you can drink from the exhaust pipeand its a smooth, energetic ride.Its also the Holy Grail for automakers, environmentalists, political leadersand, m
5、ost important, drivers everywhere, whether or not we realize it yet. Whats not to like about a vehicle that combats global warming, offers hope of weaning(使戒掉) the world off Mideast oil, and could save on fuel costs? More than anything, though, the development of the hydrogen car, along with other a
6、lternatives, is a response to one unsettling fact: The world will one day run out of oil. And that day may arrive sooner than most of us would think.Industry experts at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) predict that by 2008, we may have extracted half the available global supp
7、ly of oil. While it took us the better part of the last century to reach this halfway point, it will take significantly less time to consume the rest. With more industrialized countries, more cars, trucks and buses, and more demand than ever for home heating and appliancesjust think Chinaoil could r
8、each depletion more quickly than we once assumed. So the race is underway to find affordable fuel alternatives, as well as new ways to conserve our remaining oil.For car manufacturers and a growing number of consumers, the future is now-in the form of the latest generation of hybrid vehicles. Toyota
9、, Honda and Ford have led the charge with technology that pairs a small gasoline engine with an electric motor that actually powers the car without high levels of pollution. The electric motor and gasoline engine is more efficient than a combustion(燃烧) engine. According to the Alliance to Save Energ
10、y, in 2004, SUV drivers spent about $1,225 on fuel, while passenger cars cost $976 to run. Hybrid drivers only spent between $350 and $450.Also, hybrids have solved a big drawback of energy-efficient electric cars, which need to be recharged regularly literally plugged into a power source. Hybrids l
11、ike Hondas Insight, Civic and Accord, and Toyotas Prius, charge the battery as you drive. Plus, some can travel more than 600 miles on a tank of gas.To lure people to buy these cleaner, more efficient carshybrids, the federal government is offering owners a one-time tax deduction. Local governments
12、are offering incentives too. Hybrid owners in Los Angeles receive parking exemptions; in Connecticut, residents whose energy-efficient cars get at least 40 miles per gallon are exempt from the sales tax on the car; Pennsylvania owners are eligible for a $500 discount at purchase; and in Virginia, hy
13、brid drivers can take advantage of the HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) laneno matter how many passengers are on board.According to Bradley Berman, editor of HybridC, 88,000 of these automobiles were sold in the United States last yearthats nearly double the previous year and about ten times as many sol
14、d in 2000. This year alone, the chic(时尚的) Prius is on track to sell some 45,000, despite six-month waiting lists.Reducing U.S. Oil ConsumptionEven as more hybrid cars hit the road, the technology is a key element in an exciting new project, one that could hasten our transition to a hydrogen-fuel eco
15、nomy. The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to energy policy, has launched a research center with the sole purpose of creating the “Hypercar.“ This vehicles design is what sets it apart. Hypercars are formulated to make the most of an ultra-light construction, low-dr
16、ag aero-dynamics and hybrid-electric drive trains to achieve much greater fuel economy than todays hybrids, while maintaining or improving performance, safety and affordability.According to the head of RMI, Amory Lovins, the Hypercar will also be designed to “reach its full potential“ with an eventu
17、al conversion to hydrogen fuel cells. Its a goal RMI shares with the federal governments Freedom CAR(Cooperative Automotive Research) program The Department of Energy and automakers Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler created a joint project to develop hydrogen-powered fuel-call vehicles that r
18、equire no oil and emit no toxic chemicals.A few numbers explain the urgency behind this initiative. The International Energy Association reports that North Americas oil consumption now accounts for 31 percent of the worlds total. If current trends hold, by 2030 about half of all U.S. oil imports wil
19、l come from Middle Eastern suppliers. In the meantime, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, vehicles account for 40 percent of all oil use in America, and carbon emissions from the tailpipes of cars and trucks are responsible for almost one-third of the air pollution in this country. Re
20、cognizing these long-term threats to the environment and national security, President Bush proposed in 2003 to spend $1.2 billion on hydrogen fuel-cell technology. “The first car driven by a child born today could be powered by made-in-the-U.S. hydrogen gas,“ Bush said.This past spring, Iowa senator
21、 Tom Harkin introduced a bill that authorizes $5 million over three years to look into the possibility of producing hydrogen for fuel; the bill is still being debated in the Senate. But critics say it will take much more spending, well beyond even the Presidents $112 billion proposal, to seriously p
22、ursue our quest for hydrogen fuel. The very nature of hydrogen ensures that it will require a lot of money, as well as brainpower, to turn it into a practicable solution to our energy crisis.General Motors is pushing this effort forward by teaming with Toyota to collaborate on hydrogen fuel-cell goa
23、ls. Meanwhile, GM has produced a hydrogen-fueled car called the Hy-Wire, which has no internal combustion engine, no instrument panel, and no brake or accelerator pedals; the car is controlled through wires. For its part, Honda has developed its FCX fuel-cell vehicle, five of which already are being
24、 used by city officials in Los Angeles.In the future, would children say “zee, zee“ while playing with toy cars instead of “vroom, vroom“? Maybe, if theyre lucky. For the coming of hydrogen cars will bring huge side-benefits to those children: cleaner air, less reliance on OPEC oil, and in time less
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