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1. Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner,
and more economical than their predecessors, but the car in the future will be
more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile
engine have already developed that run on alternative source of power, such as
electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, hydrogen, and propane.
Electricity, however, is the zero-emission option recently available.
Although electric vehicles will
not be truly practical until a power, compact battery or other dependable
source of current is available, transportation experts foresee a new assortment
of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-rang commuter electric
cars, three-wheeled neighborhood car, electric delivery vans, bikes, and
trolleys.
As automakers work to develop
practical electric vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing
on infrastructure system to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public
charging facilities will need to as common as today’s gas stations. Public
parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with
device that allow driver to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend
a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient
parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric
shuttle buses, trains, and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers
that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to
rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one –person
three-wheelers, smaller cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer
trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling
five time the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today.
- The author’s purpose in the passing is to
______.
a)
narrate
a story about alternative energy vehicles.
b)
describe
the possibility for transportation in the future.
c)
criticize
conventional vehicles.
d)
support
the invention of the electric cars.
The
following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage except_______.
a)
planes
b)
bicycles
c)
vans
d)
trains
- The passage would most likely be followed by
details about_____.
a)
pollution
restrictions in the future
b)
the
neighborhood of the future
c)
electric
shuttle buses
d)
automated
freeways.
- In the second paragraph, the author implies
that __________.
a)
everyday
life will stay much the same in the future
b)
a
single electric vehicles will eventually replace several modes of
transportation
c)
electric
vehicles are not practical for the future
d)
a
dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed.
- According to the passage, public parking lots
for the future will be______.
a)
equipped
with charging devices
b)
much
larger that they are today
c)
as
common as today’s gas station
d)
more
convenient than they are today.
5.
This
passage would most likely be found in a ____________.
a)
popular
psychology periodical
b)
medical
journal
c)
textbook
on urban planning
d)
history
book.
2. Anthropologists used to believe that Romantic Love was invented by the
Europeans in the Middle Age. By romantic love, they mean an intense and longing
to be with the loved person. Some anthropologists believe that this kind of
love spread from the west to another culture recently. Others thought that it
may have existed in some other cultures, but only among rich and privileged.
Now, however, most anthropologists agree that romantic love has probably always
existed among humans. It is not surprising then, that story of romance, like
Romeo and Juliet _____________.
1) exist
only in the west
2) exist
only in the Italy
3) are
usually outside of the west
4) are
found in many cultures around the world.
3. The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the
communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse succeeded in making the
invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first telegraph line of
consequence was constructed. By 1860 more than 50000 mile of line connected
people east of the Rockires, the following year, San Francisco was added to the
network.The national telegraph
network fortified the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid
expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules
and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combined with the
invention of the steam-drive rotary printing press by Rechard M. Hoe in 1846,
revolutionized of the world journalism. Where the business of news gathering
had been dependent upon the mail and on-hand operated press, the telegraph
expanded the amount of information a newspaper could supply and allowed for more
timely reporting. The establishment of the Associated Press as center wire
service in 1846 marked the advent of a new era in journalism.
1. The
main topic of the passage is
a. the
history of journalism
b. the
origin of the national telegraph
c. how
the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads
d. the contributions and development the
telegraph network
2. According
to the passage, how did the telegraph enhance the business of news gathering?
a. By
adding San Francisco to the network
b. By
allowed for more timely reporting
c. By
expanding the railroads
d. By
monitoring schedules and routes for the railroads.
4. Course numbers are an indication of which courses are open to various
categories of students at the University. Undergraduate courses appropriate for
freshman or sophomores, whereas courses with the numbers 300 to 400 often have
prerequisites and are open to juniors and seniors only. Courses with the
numbers 800 or above are open only to graduate students. Certain graduate
courses, generally those devoted to introductory material, are numbered 400 for
undergraduate students who qualify to take them 600 for graduate students.
Courses designed for students seeking a professional degree a 500 number for
undergraduate students and a 700 number for graduate students. Courses numbered
99 or below are special interest courses that do not carry academic credit. If
students elect to take a special interest courses, it will not count toward the
number of hours needed to complete graduation requirements.
A full time undergraduate student is expected to courses that total
twelve to eighteen credit hours. A full time graduate student is expected to
take courses that total ten to sixteen credit hours. Students holding
assistantship are expected to enroll for proportionately fewer hours. A part
time graduate may register for maximum number of hours, may be taken with the
approval of an academic advisor. To register for an overload, student s must be
submitted the appropriate approval from when registering. Overload above 24
hours will not be approval under any circumstances.
- Where this passage most likely be found?
1) In
a syllabus
2) In
a college catalog
3) In
an understanding course
4) In
a graduate course
- What is the purpose of the passage?
1)
To inform
2)
To persuade
3)
To criticize
4)
To apologize
8.
If an undergraduate uses the number 520
to register for an account courses. What number would a graduate student
probably use to register for the same course?
1)
Accounting 620
2)
Account 520
3)
Account 720
4)
Account 820
9.
How is a student who registers for 8
credit hours classified?
1)
Full-time student
2)
Graduate student
3)
Part time student
4)
No-degree student.
5. How can today’s law student best be educated to serve society in the 21st century? To answer these questions, the Standford faculty, together with a diverse group of lawyers, policy makers and business leaders, recently concluded a three-day seminar on the changing role of legal of profession. Their finding suggested that, despite the public’s overwhelming demands for a deregulated society, for every codicil s and revisions are regulation being struck from law books. Hundreds of codicils and revisions are being added. Furthermore, they concluded, while American rightful continues to be considered the most internally litigious nations, the rest of the world erecting complex trade regulations to base internal suits. They found widespread agreement that new technologies, the increasing global nature of legal transections, and the proliferation of regulatory regime will require lawyers to master of array of new skills. It is to answer this call that Standford have institute a number of changed to its curriculum.Building on strong foundation in legal analysis. Researching and writing in the first year, the advanced curriculum help students to acquire skills in area such as policy making, problem-solving, institutional design and dispute resolution. Legal analysis is integrated with knowledge for other disciplines to prepare Standford graduates for the multifaceted challenges they are certain to encounter. Most instruction takes in small classes and through individual research. It also takes innovative forms: Standford was a pioneer in the development of clinical teaching through simulation and individualized feedback. Offering opportunities for the students to work with members of the pupils serving on of the Bay Area’s most advantaged communities. The faculty is considered another technique to complement the curricular innovation mentioned above. The technique involves case studies, similar to those business schools, to challenge students to consider the interaction of legal and non-legal factors involved. Resolving a complex environment problem structuring a business deal, for example, requires more than just lawyers, so interdisciplinary research projects will be pursued to allow faculty and law students, joined by practical and policy makers, to work together.
1)
What was the
surprising conclusion of the seminar?
a.
Hundreds of
codicils and revisions were being added to the law
b.
A prediction of
a changing role in the legal profession
c.
A member of the
pupil was hit in the face
d.
Law was becoming
more complex than simplified
2)
What would be
the best title for the passage?
a.
Law and politics
b.
Standford’s
curriculum
c.
The lawyer of
the 21st century
d.
The changing
role of the legal profession
3)
What was agreed
at the seminar?
a.
New leader with
the new skills would be needed
b.
There would be
more authoritarian countries
c.
The training of
lawyer would have to change
d.
New technologies
would require new global transaction
4)
What comparison
is made between American and the rest of the world?
a.
Americans are
more literate those from the rest of the world
b.
They both have
built trade barriers
c.
They both
frequently go to courts to resolve dispute
d.
American’s trade
is more internal than the rest of world
5)
What has Standford
done as result of the seminar?
a.
They have joined
other colleges
b.
Built a new
institute
c.
Opened a one year course in legal analysis,
researching and writing
d.
Changing its
educational program
6)
What kind of
people did students help?
a.
Underprivileged
citizens
b.
Innovators
c.
Wealthy clients
d.
Clinic patients
7)
What curriculum
change is being studied?
a. To structure solutions to environmental problems
a. To structure solutions to environmental problems
b.
The addition of handicrafts
c.
To combine the practice of law with other subjects to solve cases
d. To include business studies.
d. To include business studies.
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