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1、1. Hilversum is different from most of the Netherlands in that _.A. it has a large population B. it is cut off from big citiesC. it has many beautiful gardens D. it is in a hilly area with sandy soil2. What was the greatest contribution of the Brenninkmeijers to Hilversum?A. Building a railway link

2、to Amsterdam. B. Helping its textile industry to develop.C. Constructing large villas for the poor. D. Assisting its agricultural industry.3. The beginning of the media industry in Hilversum was marked by the establishment of _.A. a radio factory B. the medial capitalC. a radio station D. a TV stati

3、on4. What is known about W. M. Dudoks Hilversum Town Hall?A. It consists of approximately 75 buildings. B. It looks like an open air museum in the city.C. It is a classic example in architecture textbooks. D. It has shaped most of 20th century Hilversum.Passage 2“Two centuries ago, Lewis and Clark l

4、eft St. Louis to explore the new lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase,” George W. Bush said, announcing his desire for a program to send men and women to Mars. “They made that journey in the spirit of discovery. America has ventured forth into space for the same reasons.”Yet there are vital diff

5、erences between Lewis and Clarks expedition and a Mars mission. First, they were headed to a place where hundreds of thousands of people were already living. Second, they were certain to discover places and things of immediate value to the new nation. Third, their venture cost next to nothing by tod

6、ays standards. A Mars mission may be the single most expensive non-wartime undertaking in U.S. history.Appealing as the thought of travel to Mars is, it does not mean the journey makes sense, even considering the human calling to explore. And Mars as a destination for people makes absolutely no sens

7、e with current technology.Present system for getting from Earths surface to low-Earth orbit are so fantastically expensive that merely launching the 1,000 tons or so of spacecraft and equipment a Mars mission would require could be accomplished only by cutting health-care benefits, education spendin

8、g, or other important programs - or by raising taxes. Absent some remarkable discovery, astronauts, geologists, and biologists once on Mars could do little more than analyze rocks and feel awestruck（敬畏的）staring into the sky of another world. Yet rocks can be analyzed by automated probes without risk

9、 to human life, and at a tiny fraction of the cost of sending people.It is interesting to note that when President Bush unveiled his proposal, he listed these recent major achievements of space exploration pictures of evidence of water on Mars, discovery of more than 100 planets outside our solar sy

10、stem, and study of the soil of Mars. All these accomplishments came from automated probes or automated space telescopes. Bushs proposal, which calls for “reprogramming” some of NASAs present budget into the Mars effort, might actually lead to a reduction in such unmanned sciencethe one aspect of spa

11、ce exploration thats working really well.Rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars to hurl tons toward Mars using current technology, why not take a decade or two or however much time is required researching new launch systems and advanced propulsion（推进力）? If new launch systems could put wei

12、ght into orbit affordably, and advanced propulsion could speed up that long, slow transit to Mars, the dream of stepping onto the red planet might become reality. Mars will still be there when the technology is ready.1. What do Lewis and Clarks expedition and a Mars mission have in common?A. Instant

13、 value. B. Human inhabitance.C. Venture cost. D. Exploring spirit.2. Bushs proposal is challenged for the following reasons except that.A. its expenditure is too huge for the government to afford.B. American peoples well-being will suffer a lot if it is implementedC. great achievements have already

14、been made in Mars exploration in America.D. unmanned Mars exploration sounds more practical and economical for the moment.3. Which cannot be concluded from the passage?A. Going to Mars using current technology is quite unrealistic.B. A Mars mission will in turn promote the development of unmanned pr

15、ogram.C. Bushs proposal is based on three recent great achievements of space exploration.D. The achievements in place exploration show how well unmanned science has developed.4. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Risky as it is, a Mars mission helps to retain Americas position as a technologica

16、l leader.B. A Mars mission is so costly that it may lead to an economic disaster in America.C. Someday people may go to Mars but not until it makes technological sense.D. A Mars mission is unnecessary since the scientists once there wont make great discoveries.Passage 3I never soon the night nor see

17、n a star; Ive seen neither spring nor fall nor winter. I was born at the end of the Reining Age （刹车时代）, just as the Earths rotation （旋转） was coming to a final stop.The Reining lasted for 42 years, three years longer than the Unity Government had planned. My mother once told me about the time our fam

18、ily witnessed the last sunset. The Sun had ever so slowly crept toward the horizon, almost as if it had stopped moving altogether. In the end, it took three days and three nights to finally set. Naturally, that was the end of all days and all nights. The Eastern Hemisphere （半球） was covered in weak l

19、ight for a long time then, perhaps for a dozen years or sowith the Sun hiding just beyond the horizonits rays reflected by half of the sky. It was during that long sunset that I was born.Dusk did not mean darkness. The Northern Hemisphere was lit up by the Earth Engines. These giant engines had been

20、 raised all across Asia and North America; only the solid plates beneath those two continents could resist the great pushing forces they exerted. There were about 12,000 Earth Engines built and distributed across the Asian and American plains.From my home 1 could see the bright plasma plumes （等离子气柱）

21、 of several hundred Earth Engines. Just imagine a titanic palace, one as large as the Parthenon on the Acropolis. Now imagine countless titanic pillars rising from that palace, reaching to the heavens, each releasing brilliant, bluish-white light like a titanic shining tube. And then there is you; y

22、ou are a microbe on the palaces floor. This only begins to paint the picture of the world we lived in.This picture, however, is not yet complete. In order to survive the melting temperature of the expanding sun, we have to push the Earth away from it. First, the Earth must be stopped from rotating.

23、Only the forces acting tangentially （正切地） to the Earths rotation could slow it, so the Earth Engines had to be built to a specific angle. Those gigantic pillars of light were leaning to that angle. Now imagine what that meant for our palace, with its pillars all leaning on the point of falling down!

24、 Many who came from the Southern Hemisphere went mad when suddenly seeing this awesome view.Worse than the view was the burning heat released by the Earth Engines. Outdoors the temperature was stuck at around 160 to 180 degrees, forcing us to wear special suits just to leave the house. The extremely

25、 high temperatures often brought pouring rains. It was always a terrifying scene when the beam of an Earth Engine cut through dark clouds. The clouds scattered the brilliant, bluish-white light of the beam, erupting it into endless rainbow light that covered the entire sky like white-hot magma （岩浆）.To my generation