【正文】 hear a really good reason for the change, I‘m sticking to my plan. A few hours of technologyfree dialogue is just too sweet to give up. 63. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with A. the course material B. others‘ misuse of technology C. discussion topics D. the author‘s class regulations 64. The underlined word ―engage‖ in probably means . A. explore B. accept C. change D. reject 65. According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may . A. keep students from doing independent thinking B. encourage students to have indepth conversations C. help students to better understand plex themes D. affect students‘ concentration on course evaluation 66. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author. A. is quite stubborn B. will give up teaching history C. will change his teaching plan soon D. values technologyfree dialogues in his class D As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating(發(fā)電 )and transmission (輸送 ) system for the 21th century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding munity. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around. The 19 th century saw land grants(政府撥地 ) offered to railroad panies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the West, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the pletion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died. Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now. So tradeoffs will have to be made. Some scenic spots will be sacrificed. Some species(物種 ) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special acmodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects. The lasting effects of these tradeoffs are another matter. The 21th century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways. The money set aside in negotiated tradeoffs and the institutions that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let‘s remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West. 67. What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways? A. Small towns along the railways became abandoned. B. Some railroad stops remained underused. C. Land in the West was hard to manage. D. Land grants went into private hands. 68. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs? A. The transmission of power. B. The use of money and power. C. The conservation of solar energy. D. The selection of an ideal place. 69. What is the author‘s attitude towards building solar plants? A. Cautious B. Approving C. Doubtful D. Disapproving 70. Which is the best title for the passage? A. How the Railways Have Affected the West B. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West C. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled 第二節(jié) (共 5 小題：每小題 2 分，共 10 分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 21. Experiments of this kind ______________in both the U. S and Europe well before the Second World War. A. have conducted B. have been conducted C. had conducted D. had been conducted 22. ______________ Barbara Jones offers to her fans is honesty and happiness. A. Which B. What C. That D. Whom 23. Tom ______________ in the library every night over the last three months. A. works B. worked C. has been working D. had been working 24. — I don‘t really like Jams. Why did you invite him? — Don‘t worry. He _____ e. He said he wasn‘t certain what his plans were. A. must not B. need not C. would not D. might not 25. It‘s important for the figures ______________ regularly. A. to be undated B. to have been updated C. to update D. to have updated 26. Mary was much kinder to Jack than she was to the others. ______________, of course, made all the others upset. A. who B. which C. what D. that 27. That must have been a long trip. Yeah, it ______ us a whole week yet there. A. takes B. had taken C. took D. was taking 28. Where are the children? The dinner‘s going to be pletely ruined. — I wish they ______________ always late. A. weren‘t B. hadn‘t been C. wouldn‘t he D. wouldn‘t have been 29. _______ volleyball is her main focus, she‘s also great at basketball. A. Since B. Once C. Unless D. While 30. May be if I ______________ science, and not literature then. I would be abl