The motor car

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题目与答案

1. a comparison of past and present transportation methods.
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   答案：C

   原文定位：Until a hundred years ago, most journeys were in the 20 km range, the distance conveniently accessible by horse. Heavy freight could only be carried by water or rail. The invention of the motor vehicle brought personal mobility to the masses and made rapid freight delivery possible over a much wider area. Today about 90 per cent of inland freight in the United Kingdom is carried by road

2. 10 Most European cities were not designed for motor vehicles.
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   答案：YES

   原文定位：In Europe most cities are still designed for the old modes of transport

3. 11 Technology alone cannot solve the problem of vehicle pollution.
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   答案：YES

   原文定位：But fuel consumption and exhaust emissions depend on which cars are preferred by customers and how they are driven

4. 12 People's choice of car and attitude to driving is a factor in the pollution problem.
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   答案：YES

   原文定位：But fuel consumption and exhaust emissions depend on which cars are preferred by customers and how they are driven. Many people buy larger cars than they need for daily purposes or waste fuel by driving aggressively

5. 13 Redesigning cities would be a short-term solution.
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   答案：NO

   原文定位：One solution that has been put forward is the long-term solution of designing cities and neighbourhoods so that car journeys are not necessary - all essential services being located within walking distance or easily accessible by public transport

6. how driving habits contribute to road problems.
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   答案：F

   原文定位：But fuel consumption and exhaust emissions depend on which cars are preferred by customers and how they are driven. Many people buy larger cars than they need for daily purposes or waste fuel by driving aggressively

7. the relative merits of cars and public transport.
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   答案：E

   原文定位：car transport is seven times as costly as rail travel in terms of the external social costs it entails such as congestion, accidents, pollution;Yet cars easily surpass trains or buses as a flexible and convenient mode of personal transport

8. the writer's own prediction of future solutions.
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   答案：H

   原文定位：A more likely scenario seems to be a combination of mass transit systems for travel into and around cities, with small 'low emission' cars for urban use and larger hybrid or lean burn cars for use elsewhere. Electronically tolled highways might be used to ensure that drivers pay charges geared to actual road use. Better integration of transport systems is also highly desirable - and made more feasible by modern computers

9. the increasing use of motor vehicles.
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   答案：A

   原文定位：There are now over 700 million motor vehicles in the world - and the number is rising by more than 40 million each year. The average distance driven by car users is growing too - from 8 km a day per person in western Europe in 1965 to 25 km a day in 1995

10. the impact of the car on city development.
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    答案：D

    原文定位：In Europe most cities are still designed for the old modes of transport. Adaptation to the motor car has involved adding ring roads, one-way systems and parking lots. In the United States, more land is assigned to car use than to housing. Urban sprawl means that life without a car is next to impossible

11. 7 Vehicle pollution is worse in European cities than anywhere else.
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    答案：NOT GIVEN

12. 8 Transport by horse would be a useful alternative to motor vehicles.
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    答案：NO

    原文定位：Clearly the world cannot revert to the horse-drawn wagon

13. 9 Nowadays freight is not carried by water in the United Kingdom.
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    答案：NO

    原文定位：Today about 90 per cent of inland freight in the United Kingdom is carried by road