山西省太原市2017学年高二英语3月阶段性测试试题.docVIP

山西省太原市2016-2017学年高二英语3月阶段性测试试题 第I卷 选择题 (共0分) I. 阅读理解。（共1小题，计30分） 第一节 阅读短文，四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。（共10题，计20分）A The number of buses, taxis and other vehicles on Kenya’s roads is growing every day. Now, the country’s first electric-powered motorbikes are coming onto the market.?The?bike is designed to cut down on pollution and aimed at low-income communities.?Most motorbikes used in Kenya depend on gasoline, but not this new motorbike. Three university students developed the new ecotran bike.?It catches the sun’s energy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge the electric motor. Robert Achoge is one of?the student inventors.?“Our hope is that by the fifth year, we will be able to cover the whole of Kenya with the electric motorcycle so as to protect the environment and provide affordable transport.” The students have set up a charging station for?the?motorbikes in Nairobi.?The?small battery can run for 70 kilometers when?fully charged.?Once the power is used up, the motorbike has to return to the station while another charged battery is connected to the bike.?The U.S. African Development Foundation(ADF) is helping set up two solar-powered charging stations in?the?port of Kisumu. Each ecotran bike costs about $700. One taxi operator says the new motorbike costs less to operate than that running on traditional gasoline.?“When it comes to buying gasoline, there’s no need.?It’s basically good for various things.?As long as you won’t take quite a heavy load, you can go with it anywhere.?Otherwise, it may break down halfway.?But now people still have a preference to?the?gas-powered bikes” A?Nairobi businessman Kennedy Kusimba is selling the ecotran bikes.?He hopes they will become popular.?“We also know they are more reliable compared to the gas-powered bikes.?They?are more efficient and they will last longer.” 1. What has happened to the vehicles in Kenya? A. Motorbikes are not allowed on the road.??? B. A new kind of motorbike is hitting the road. C. There are fewer bu