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A、of little importance
B、of critical importance
C、necessary
D、unnecessary
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Real competition can happen only when ______.
A．academic standard is improved
B．there are comparable schools with different educational qualities
C．students have different interests
D．schools of all areas have sufficient budget for their development
What does the author say about consumer education？
A．It might be the best investment you could ever make.
B．It deals with public relation in the public interest.
C．It would train the customers to be responsible citizens.
D．It is a really thought-provoking practice.
【B1】
听力原文： As the car industry develops, traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common code. Yet, their cause and control remain a serious problem that is difficult to solve. Experts have long recognized that this discouraging problem has multiple causes. At the very least, it is a problem that involves three factors: the driver, the vehicle, and the roadway, ff all drivers exercise good judgment at all times, there would be few accidents. But that is rather like saying that ff all people were honest, there would be no crime. Improved design has helped make highways much safer. But file type of accidents continued to rise because of human failure and an enormous increase in the numbers of automobiles on the road. Attention is now turning increasingly to the third factor of the accident, the car itself. Since people assume that the accidents are bound to occur, they want to know how cars can be built better to protect the drivers.
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A．The causes are obvious.
B．The causes are very complicated.
C．Tile causes are familiar.
D．The causes are not well understood.
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A
The Birmingham Alliance will provide Birmingham with one of Europe"s largest regional shopping centres， right in the heart of the city．The Alliance， an initiative between three of the largest developers in the country， all with extensive experience of urban regeneration schemes， will facilitate an 800m investment in Birmingham．This will regenerate 40 acres of the city centre within the next decade．Planning permission is in place for the new scheme， which will be a short distance from existing prime retail areas．The development will be well serviced by all forms of public transport， as well as providing parking space forε 3，200 cars.
B
The private-public partnership between Legal & General and Bracknell Town Council will manage the ~ 500m regeneration of the town"s centre．The proposals， which are awaiting the outcome of consultation with local residents， provide for approximately 102，000 m2 of retail and leisure facilities， ε200 residential units and office accommodation．This development is expected to set the standard for town centre regeneration schemes to come because of the way it integrates the business and community sectors．It will also facilitate great improvements in the region"s transport infrastructure.
C
Bluewater is a symbol of retail excellence， achieved through a unique combination of design， retail mix， leisure， catering and hospitality．The centre， surrounded by parkland， is situated in the country"s most affluent region．Eleven million people， with a combined spending power predicted to exceed a record 5.5bn， live within 60 minutes of the centre．The developers set a precedent in the industry by gating the country"s three best-known department stores to open very large branches within the centre， as well as over 300 leading fashion and lifestyle. stores.
D
Following its recent stock market success， Lend Lease is now developing Overgate shopping centre in Dundee．Construction is well under way， and with several of the country"s best-known retailers already secured， Lend Lease is promoting the centre as the unrivalled shopping destination of the region．The economic base of the area has improved continuously over the past decade， due to the fast expansion of the biomedical and service sectors．With an estimated potential market of 500，000 people， Overgate is proving attractive to leading UK retailers.
This development is in an area where the potential for consumer spending is the highest in the country.
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Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
The IEA’s World Energy Outlook report says increasing demand and use of energy is unsustainable and has to be curbed (控制).
The switch to more low-carbon energy will require an extra investment of ￡2.7 trillion — equivalent to 0.2 per cent of GDP — the IEA report said, with an average ￡11 spent per head worldwide on more efficient cars, appliances and buildings. The improved energy efficiency would deliver fuel-cost savings of almost ￡4.5 trillion.
Three-quarters of the projected rise in energy-related CO2 emissions will be accounted for by some developing countries.
IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka said, “Current trends in energy supply and consumption are apparently unsustainable.”
The report says that, assuming no new government policies, the world energy demand will grow by 1.6 per cent per year on average between 2006 and 2030. This figure is lower than projected last year because the economic slowdown has reduced demand.
Demand for oil will rise from the current 85m barrels per day to 106m barrels by 2030. Demand for coal will rise more than any other fuel — despite the environmental damage it causes — accounting for more than a third of the increase in energy use.
The report claims oil will remain the world’s main source of energy for many years to come even with the rapid development of alternative renewable energy technology but the amount of oil remaining, production costs and consumer price will remain unpredictable.
Mr. Tanaka said big international oil and gas companies would in the future have limited scope to increase reserves and production while in contrast national companies are projected to account for about 80 per cent of the increase of both oil and gas production to 2030.
The report says measures to curb CO2 emissions will improve energy security by reducing global fossil-fuel energy use but this would not alarm the world’s major oil producers.
“OPEC production will need to be 12m barrels higher per day in 2030 than today. It is clear that the energy sectors will have to play the central role in tackling climate change,” said Mr. Tanaka.
第27题：The switch to more low-carbon energy will ________.
A) need an additional $2.7 trillion investment
B) consume 2 per cent of the U.K.’s GDP
C) cost each person in the U.K. $11 on average
D) save about ￡4.5 trillion in fuel costs
Despite the road improvements of the turnpike era(1790—1830), Americans continued as in colonial times to depend wherever possible on water routes for travel and transportation. The larger rivers, especially the Mississippi and the Ohio, became increasingly useful as steamboats grew in number and improved in design.
River boats carried to New Orleans the corn and other crops of northwestern farmers, the cotton and tobacco of southwestern planters. From New Orleans, ships took the cargoes on to eastern sea ports. Neither the farmers of the west nor the merchants of the east were completely satisfied with this pattern of trade. Farmers could get better prices for their crops if the alternative existed of sending them directly eastward to market, and merchants could sell larger quantities of their manufactured goods if these could be transported more directly and more economically to the west.
New waterways were needed. Sectional jealousies and constitutional scruples stood in the way of action by the federal government, and necessary expenditures were too great for private enterprise. If extensive canals were to be dug, the job would be up to the various states.
New York was the first to act. It had the natural advantage of a comparatively level route between the Hudson River and Lake Erie, through the only break in the Appalachian Mountain chain. Yet the engineering tasks were imposing. The distance was more than 350 miles, and there were ridges to cross and a wilderness of woods and swamps to penetrate. The Erie Canal, begun in 1817 and completed in 1825, was by far the greatest construction job that Americans had ever undertaken. It quickly proved a financial success as well. The prosperity of the Erie encouraged the state to enlarge its canal system by building several branches.
The range of the New York canal system was still further extended then the states of Ohio and Indiana, inspired by the success of the Erie Canal, provided water connections between Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
What does the passage suggest was the principal route for transporting crops to the east prior to 12？
A．River to road
B．Canal to river
C．River o ocean
D．Road to canal
What has improved the situation？
A．Tighter bags
B．Stricter laws
C．Businesses
D．Individuals
A.healed
B.recovered
C.improved
D.cured
