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2022—2023学年度第二学期毕业学科阶段性学业水平检测
初四英语
本试卷共10页,满分90分,考试时间100分钟。考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项:
1.答题前,考生务必用0.5毫米黑色签字笔将区县、学校、姓名、考试号、座号填写在答题卡和试卷规定位置。
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一、完形填空(共10小题,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,从各题A、B、C、D中选出能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。
Electric vehicles (电动汽车) have been around for more than a hundred years. But they have really been liked by a large number of people ____1____ the past ten years. More than three million all-electric cars and trucks are now on the road worldwide.
Helping the Environment
Most cars run on petrol (汽油). Burning petrol and other fossil fuels (化石燃料) produces greenhouse gases (气体). Electric vehicles don’t burn petrol. ____2____, strong batteries (电池) run their electric engines (引擎). So, electric vehicles ____3____ produce greenhouse gases.
Poop Power
Electric vehicles are better for the environment. But they are not perfect. Their batteries often use electricity ____4____ was made by burning fossil fuels. But an electric vehicle uses ____5____ energy than a vehicle that runs on petrol. Besides, some of the electricity comes from “greener” sources (来源), ____6____ wind power. And some may soon come from a new source-cow poop (牛粪)! An electric car company has worked together with a large farm. They plan to make ____7____ from cow poop.
Always Improving
One of the problems for electric vehicles is their limited range (有限的范围). This is ____8____ they can travel before their batteries need another charge (充电). But now their range is improving. Some new electric vehicles can travel almost three times ____9____ as older ones did. Another problem is finding a place to recharge the batteries. But the number of charging stations ____10____ also going up. In Sweden, engineers have even designed (设计) a road that will charge electric vehicles as they drive along.
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