题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:困难
浙江省台州临海市2023-2024学年九年级上学期英语期末测试卷
①An energy company in Sweden has started a project to heat up the city of Västeras using large underground caves(洞穴) full of warm water — like a huge hot water bottle under the streets.
②The energy company, Mälarenergi, will use large caves that already been there and can hold almost the same amount of water as 120 Olympic- sized swimming pools. Around 40 years ago the caves were used to hold large amounts of oil, in case it was needed for fuel(燃料). However, the caves were emptied in 1985 and they haven't been used to store anything since then.
③Mälarenergi is cleaning the caves before it fills them with water, which will be heated up to 95℃ using heat from Mälarenergi's nearby power station. The thick rock holds the heat and will keep the water warm even in winter. An instrument called a heat exchange r will warm the water and will turn the heat into another liquid(液体) when it is ready to be used. This liquid will then travel into people's heater through the local heating network, which supplies warmth for 98% of the households in Västeras. The town is home to 130,000 people.
④The system should help the company to carry on providing heat for customers, even on really cold days when lots of people turn on the heating. The company hopes it will be a useful way to warm homes, with less waste, because it will be difficult for the heat to run away from underground.
⑤ In Finland, a system like this is already in use, providing 25,000 homes with heat from underground caves. Some scientists think it could be used in the UK. About a quarter of the British population live above coal mines(煤矿) that are no longer used. Over the years, lots of these man- made caves have been covered in water and the natural warmth underground has kept the water at a temperature of around 15℃. The water could be warmed up even more by using a heat machine and sent to nearby houses to heat them. This method has already been used before in England.
①Clean the caves.
②Heat the water up to 95℃.
③Fill the caves with water.
④Send the liquid to people's house.
⑤Turn the heat into another liquid.
Don't be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Last month, Baidu began to test its self-driving cars on open roads in Beijing.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self—driving cars.
Self-driving cars are safer than regular cars. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer (激光棒) at the car's sensors (传感器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction.
The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}When we use our computers or smartphones, they sometimes crash (崩溃) without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the result could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.
A. At times, it may break down. B. Self-driving cars began to develop in 2010. C. It might be one of Baidu's self-driving cars. D. But self-driving cars have their own problems as well. E. And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars. |
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Candy is a fan of Beijing Opera. She wants to know more about its beginning and development. She wants to take a class about Beijing Opera. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Julie is interested in paper cutting. She wants to know how to use the scissors to cut beautiful animals. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Tom loves Chinese clay art. He thinks the clay pieces are so small but they look very real. He wants to know how to make them. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has learned a lot about sky lanterns, now he wants to learn how to use bamboo and paper to make beautiful sky lanterns. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Jenny wants to know more about Chinese knots. She thinks it is a kind of elegant and colorful arts and crafts. People can either give them as gifts to friends or hang them in their houses. | A.Sky lanterns are used at festivals and other celebrations. They are seen as bright symbols of happiness and good wishes. It is a course to learn how to use bamboo and paper to make sky lanterns. B.Cantonese Opera is a traditional art in China. In this course, you can learn basic Cantonese Opera language so that you can learn to speak Cantonese well. You can also learn the beginning and development of Cantonese Opera. C.This course is a study of how to use scissors to cut beautiful things. Paper cutting has been around for over 1,500 years. It sounds easy but it can be difficult to do, but through this course, you will be able to cut different kinds of things. D.It is a course about Chinese clay art. You can learn how to use a special kind of clay to make cute children or lively characters from Chinese fairy tales or historical stories. E. It is a course that gives you a complete introduction of the development of Beijing Opera. You will know when it began and how it was developed through centuries. F. Chinese knots mean love, marriage and reunion in Chinese culture. They are often used for praying for good luck and warding off evil spirits. People make them with red silk threads(线), cloth and other materials. If you want to know more about Chinese knots, you can choose our course. G. According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used by Zhuge Kongming. He sent them to ask for help when in trouble. In this course, you can learn about the history and the development of sky lanterns. |
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