VI. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question
Many people still believe that natural resources will never be used up. Actually, the world's
energy resources are limited. Nobody knows exactly how much fuel is left. However, we also should
use them economically and try to find out alternative sources of power. According to Professor
Marvin Burnham of the New England Institute of Technology, we have to start saving coal, oil and
gas before it is too late; and solar power is the only alternative.
However, many people do not approve of using nuclear power because it's very dangerous.
What would happen if there was a serious nuclear accident? Radioactivity causes cancer and may
badly affect the future generations. The most effective thing is that we should use natural resources
as economical as possible.
1. How much fuel left?
A. there is a lot of fuel
C. No one knows exactly
B. It will never be used up
2. According to professor Mavin Burnham,
A. solar power is the only alternative
C. A and B are incorrect
3. Radioactivity from nuclear power
A. alters a new kind of energy
B. is necessary to cure diseases
D. It is the only alternative.
B. we have to save coal, oil, and gas
D. A and B are correct
C. can have good effects on the future generations
D. causes cancer and has bad effects on the future generations
4. We should use coal, oil, and gas
A. as much as possible
C. as economically as possible
5. According to the passage, using
A. interesting
B. dangerous
B. carelessly
C. safe
D. all are incorrect
D. cheap
nuclear power is
VII. Find out the mistake in each of the following sentence. (0,6 points)
1. The best part of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the perform of lion dances.
A
B
2. He got up early. Although he went to work late.
A
B
C
D
C
D
VIII Rewrite these sentences in such other ways that their meanings are unchanged.