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（一）Ford abandons electric vehicles（福特放弃电动汽车） 1.What have the Ford motor company, General Motors and Honda done concerning electric cars? C They have given up producing electric cars. 2. According to Tim Holmes of Ford Europe, battery-powered cars B will not be the main transportation vehicles in the future. 3.Which auto `manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles? A Toyota and Nissan. 4.According to the eighth paragraph, hybrid cars C run more miles than petrol driven cars. 5.Which of the following is true about the hope of car manufacturers according to the last paragraph?D The legislation will allow more low-emission to be produced. （二）World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict（世界原油产量可能提前十年达到峰值） 1. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “Sparked” Appearing in paragraph 2?” B stimulated 2.The term “a bell shaped curve” appearing in paragraph 2 indicates that global oil production will D start to decline after global oil production peaks. 3.Which of the following is NOT true of the Hubbert model? D It provides a very realistic and accurate oil production. 4.What is the major achievement of the new study mentioned in the last paragraph? A It predicts global oil production will peak in 2014. 5.Who develop the new version of the Hubbert model? B Kuwaiti scientists. （三）Citizen scientists（公民科学家） 1. Ecologists turn to non-scientist citizens for help because they need them C to collect data of the life cycle of living things. 2.What are citizen scientists asked to do? B To send their research observations to a professional database. 3.In 揂ll thats needed to become one ... (paragraph2)?, what does the word 搊ne?stands for B a citizen scientist. 4.What is NOT true of Project BudBurst? A Only experts can participate in it. 5 .What is the final purpose of Project BudBurst? D To investigate how plants and animals will respond as the climate changes. （四）Motoring technology（汽车技术） 1.What are researchers interested in doing