【正文】 s the first popular automobile， the Model T showed the world just how creative Ford was at bining technology and market． 2 The pany’s assembly line alone threw America’s Industrial Revolution into overdrive(高速運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn) )． Instead of having workers put together the entire car, Ford’s friends ， who were great toolmakers from Scotland， anized teams that added parts to each Model T as it moved down a line． By the time Ford’s Highland Park plant was humming(嗡嗡作響 )along in 1914， the world’s first automatic conveyor belt could turn out a car every 93 minutes． 3 The same year Henry Ford shocked the world with t11e$5a． day minimum Wage scheme． the greatest contribution he had ever made． The average Wage in the auto industry then was$ for a 9hour shift． Ford not only doubled that． he also took an hour off the workday． In those years it was unthinkable that a man could be paid that much for doing something that didn’t involve an awful lot of training or education． The Wall Street Journal called the plan“an economic crime’ ． and critics everywhere laughed at F0rd． 4 But as the wage increased later to daily$10， it proved a critical ponent of Ford’s dream to make the automobile accessible( 可及的 )to a11 The critics were too stupid to understand that because Ford had lowered his costs per car， the higher wages didn’t matter except for making it possible for more people to buy cars． 23 paragraph 1 __________ . 24 paragraph 2__________ . 25 paragraph 3 __________ . 26 paragraph 4 __________ . A Ford’s Followers B The Assembly Line C Ford’s Great Dream D The Establishment of the Company E Ford’s Biggest Contribution F Ford’s Great Talent 27 The assembly line made it possible to __________ . 28 Ford was the first to adopt __________ . 29 Higher wages enabled many people to __________ . 30 Ford’s higher wage and lowercost strategy was strongly __________ . A criticized by the media B the low wage in the auto industry C own a car D Produce cars in large numbers E the 8hourshift practice F bined technology and market 答案解析 23 正確答案為 F。當(dāng)是汽車工業(yè)實(shí)行的是 9 小時(shí)工作制，平均每小時(shí)2,34 美元。s coffee house。 Davis 是一個(gè)大學(xué)城，很小的城市， Davis 校園基本 就構(gòu)成了這個(gè)城市。 練習(xí)： 1. What is the mystery that researchers find hard to explain? A Honeybeesare flying all across the country. B 2540 percent of the honeybees inthe US have died. C Honeybees are leaving their hives and do not return. D Honeybee hives are in disorder. 2. Why are researchersseriously concerned with the phenomenon of colonycollapsedisorder? A Because honeybees produce onethird of the foods we eat. B Becausehoneybees feed on flowers. C Because honeybees eat seeds of flowers. D Both B and C. 3. What are the possible causes of colonycollapsedisorder given by the scientists? A Worsening environment. B Diseaseand chemicals. C Dwindlingnumber of flowers around. D Changes ingenes? structures. 4. According to the fifth paragraph， which of thefollowing about bees? genes istrue? A Bees? genes allow them toexpand their colonies. B Bees?genes help keep them in their hives. C Bees?genes make them fly from flower to flower. D Bees?genes couldexplain the collapse of some colonies. 5. What explanation is given byJerry Hayes to the phenomenon? A Farmers apply certain chemicals to killunwanted bees. B The insecticide destroys the honeybee?s nervous system. C The insecticide affects the honeybee?s memory. D All of theabove. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案： C,A,B,D,D A Sunshade for the Pla Even with the best will1 in the world， reducing our carbon emissions is not going to prevent global has bee clear that even if we take the most strong measures to control emissions， the uncertainties in our climate models still lea39。 UC 是 University of California(加利福尼亞大學(xué) )的縮寫，該校有多個(gè)分校， UC Davis 是其中一個(gè)。s undergraduate school of engineering and its graduate schools of business, law, and medicine are especially wellregarded. What is student life like on The Farm? Culturally, the campus is a mag for both students and citizens of nearby munities. Plays, concerts, and operas are performed in the university39。 28 正確答案為 E。 概括大意與完成句子 (第 23~30 題，每題 1 分，共 8 分 )閱讀下面這篇 短文，短文后有 2 項(xiàng)測(cè)試任務(wù)： (1)第 23~26 題要求從所給的 6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第 1— 4 段每段選擇1 個(gè)正確的小標(biāo)題； (2)第 27~30 題要求從所給的 6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇 4 個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個(gè)句子。 an anizer of the exhibition． “Sharks have been around for 400 million years and play 1til important role in the ocean’s foodchain ． We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect andprotection． ” ______ (48)A study ,published in January in the US magazine， Science， found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past eight to 15 years． Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for special foods， such as shark fin(魚翅 )soup． Andmany others get caught in s， while fishermen are hunting other fish． ______ (49) “Some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean for sharks ， ”said Dave Schofield， the manager of the aquarium’s ocean health program me ． ______ (50) A They Call watch them develop inside their eggs and fee! the skin of the older swimmers B A shocking 1 00 million sharks are killed every year around the world by humans． C In fact,94 per cent of the world’s 400 species are harmless to humans D It is a worrying situation and some areas have put measures in place to protect these specialfish． E And to make this point clear, the museum has set up a special touching pool for children． F More than half of the sharks caught are smaller than 1 metra long. 答案解析 46 正確答案為 C。接著應(yīng)該是說明。 59 正確答案為 A。 “role” 是 “ 作用 ” ， “dif ficulty” 是 “ 困難 ” ， “event” 是 “ 事件 ” 。文章的