第22天日常生活、科普环保类阅读-2014年全国重点中学高考英语考前赢分30

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17、s have ruled out a um age for driving but will instead rely on tightening up checksonmotoristsof75.The mostlikelyoptionwouldbe teststoensure motoristswerefittoThey wouldincludeaneyesighttestandacognitive（认知）twouldproveadriversabilitytoreacttosigns,drivingconditions,pedestriansandHowever,checksarelik

18、elytobetightenedatallages.Thestrictestcontrolsareexpectedtobeon motorists of any age who have had a tack or stroke. They could have to produce a doctors approval resume（重新得到）driving.Anyonemakingafalsedeclarationwouldbeguiltyofacriminal9WhichofthefollowingementsisTRUEaccordingtotheA.Thenewmotoringlaw

19、willoeffectbythe B.Driversof75mustrenewtheirlicenseseverythreeC.DoctorswilldecidewhetheronecangettheirdrivingD.Driversatallageswillbeexpectedtoprovidetheirmedical10WhatisthebiggestchallengetothetrafficsafetyinBritainaccordingtotheA.AgeingB.IncreasingnumberofC.IncreasingnumberofelderlyD.Driving11Theu

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21、例4、stime to remind myself what Ilove about life herein California,USA,torememberwhat Imisswhen Igo RealheUSAthereare somanyradiotthoseiPodtunerthingsdontworkatall. Thereis,simply,dead air. It took me a while to discover the USAs many public radio ions, which dont broadcast advertisements. KCRW ismy

22、favorites ion,for its blend of indie music and currentirs. But Ialso listen KJAZZandKPCC.Butbefore youfeeljealous itsallonline.Myfavorites:AmericanlifeSnapJudgementHenry Rollins live every Saturday night. Take listen online for free News? Well, theres not a lot of news frica, and when it is, its bad

23、 and full of fear, so I ignore it. But I care about any place I live in, tincludes the USA. And on public radio, the USA is covered in depth, from of individual nTheIm jealously eets boastsandreviews from SXSW seems like half the people usedtoworkwithinfricaarethere,meetingGrumpyCatandwatchingbandst

24、heyvealwayswantedtolive. Its great to t these 1000s of festivals are so close, t one day,if chool schedule allowsme toleave usfor nafew days,Icangotoone or twoof them.Ihave alreadyexchangedmuchlovedFordMustangfora bigger,lesssexycaracar spaciousenoughton tnextyear Ibe there,notjustdreamof ThefamousW

25、hen Igo back to SA, Im often asked if Ive spotted any famous people. Its awkward for me. Ifeel the same way about it asThefamousWhen Igo back to SA, Im often asked if Ive spotted any famous people. Its awkward for me. Ifeel the same way about it as I feel when an American asks me if there are he str

26、eets. Except yes, I have. lions.Ihave met some famous people. Ichatted to RJMitte from Breaking Badoutside a dubinWestMany of my professors are famous directors. The problem is, once you meet these famous people, theyre people, FFS. This feels ing , like youre missing a Jesus moment of some sort. Bu

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30、ttheydonotliveinjungleTheyare the but the animals are friendly to one another. The young and the infirm（体弱的）are given lprivilegesheAfricanwilddogsuse theirsense ofsight,notsmell,tofindtheirprey.Theycanrunupto55km/hfor kilometers. In eastern Africa, they t Thomsons gazelles, but they will also attack

31、 calves, zebras,impalas,andtheyoungoflargechasthe Growing human populations have decreased or degraded the African wild dogs and also ）havealsohadanegativeimpactonAfricanwildpopulations. This species is also susceptible to a variety of ch as distemper, which is controlled domestic.dogs.Conservationo

32、ftheAfricanwilddogsnaturalvethehighestpriority,asthesesufferinsmodifiedby（干扰17WhatdoestheunderlinedwordsusceptibleA.easilyaffectedorB.badlyC.seriouslyD.highly18Whatfactorsaffectthepopulationofthewilda.thedistributionoftheb.lc.highlyincreasinghumand.humanskillingthee.manyf.thechangesoftheira.thedistr

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34、wilddogsusetheirnosestofindtheirost20WhatcanweknowaboutAfricanwildA.Ina packtheremaybeabout90wilddogsandnoB.There arenosuchwildtareC.Africanwilddogscanrunata speedofabout15m/sfor alongD.AllAfricanwild dogskillzebras,impalas,andopesastheir21Whatcanwe inferfromtheA.Africanwilddogsarenotindanger,becaus

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44、er wherepeopletendedtoIn a blog she t more senior men seemed to direct themselves towards the back of the elevator said：“Infrontofthemwereyoungermen，andinfrontofthemwerewomenofaIIages.”Shealsonoticewas a difference in where people directed their gaze(注视)half way through the ride“Men watched he side

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47、tsat MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyheUS，itmightbeleavesbutl人造的Natural leaves are able to change sunlight and o energy. It is known as photosynthesis用)NowresearchershavefoundawaytoethisseeminglysimpleThe l leaf developedbyDanielNocera andhiscolleaguesat MITcan be seenasa lsiliconwith catalysts (催

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50、basedon this technology,” said onference The l leaf is not a new idea. l leaf was invented in 1997 but was too expensive unstableforpracticaluse.Thenewleaf，bycontrast，ismadeofcheapmaterials，easytouseandhighlystable. tanlleafprototype原型couldoperatecontinuouslyeasthourswithouta dropinThewonderfulimpro

51、vementscomefromNocerasrecentdiscoveryoferful，newandcatalysts. These catalysts make the energy transformation inside the leaf more efficient with water and Rightnow，thenewleafisabout10timesmorecarryingoutnanaturalone.the device can run in whatever water is t is，it doesnt need pure water. This is impo

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54、ehottesttopicsatpresentbecausepoorairqualityisanimportantfactorinbothincidenceandcauseofrespiratory(呼吸道Zhong Nanshan, a deputy to and a member of the CAE, said recently when the concentration PM2.5 rises by 10 micrograms per cubic meter, hospitalization may rise by as much as 3.1 percent. whenthecon

55、centrationofPM2.5risesfrom25mgspercubicmeterto200,theaveragedailydeathratemayrise11Zhi Xiuyi, a leading expert g cancer treatment and also of the CATS, said authoritiesusedtofocusontobaccocontrolasaprimarymeansofgcancer.Butinfact,airis no less n smoking and our research team released a report r this

56、 year t the rateinBeijingiscloselyrelatedtoindustrialization,heThereport,conductedbytheBeijingInstituteofCancerResearch,tthenumberofatientsChinahasincreasedmarkedlyduringthepasttenyears.District,thecitysmainareaofhasthe highest incidence ofcancer,almostt ofYanqing,anarea on the outskirts of the city

57、. Aboutoutof1000residentshavesomeformofthedisease,gcanceratthetopofthe The risk of having cancer largely depends on the outof1000residentshavesomeformofthedisease,gcanceratthetopofthe The risk of having cancer largely depends on the length of ure and the concentration of 气体的浓度),said Zhi. Inresponse

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