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(2020·苏、锡、常、镇模拟)Changzhou government just announced new policies for eBikes, especially for those who have not registered their vehicles. It's the last chance for you to register before 15 April, 2020.
1．standardize the production and sales of eBikes
※ Since April 15, 2020, electric bicycle products that do not meet the new national standard and have not obtained the China Compulsory Certification (CCC certification) are not allowed to be shipped or sold.
2．standardize the registration of electric bicycles
※ Before April 15, 2020, everyone with their valid ID card can go to the nearest electric bic
ycle license sales point to register their unlicensed electric bicycles and be issued the unified electric bicycle number plate for free.
※ Encourage electric bike owners to take out thirdparty liability (责任) insurance for electric bicycles.
3．standardize the safety management of eBikes
※ The transition (过渡) period management is carried out for electric bicycles that receive temporary permit cards (those may not agree with new national standard). The transition period starts from April 15, 2020 and is due on April 14, 2024. It is not allowed to ride on the road after the transition period.
※ Investigate the illegal traffic behaviors such as unlicensed roads, red lights, crossline parking, reverse driving, driving on motor vehicle lane, speeding, and other traffic violations according to the law, and take pictures of illegal behavior by using the electronic camera, face recognition and other technical means to carry out on­site law enforcement.
※ Perfect the transportation credit management system, and ensure on­site law enforcement.
Announced by：
Changzhou Public Security Bureau
Changzhou Industrial and Information Technology Bureau
Changzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration
15 March, 2020
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了常州市政府刚刚宣布的针对电动自行车的新政策。提醒广大市民在2020年4月15日之前一定要完成注册。
1．What must you do if you want to drive an eBike legally in Changzhou after April 15, 2020?
A．Buy a new eBike meeting the new national standard before April 15, 2020.
B．Pay to register your unlicensed eBike before April 15, 2020.
C．Take out thirdparty liability insurance for your eBike before April 15, 2020.
D．Obtain an eBike number plate or a temporary permit card before April 15, 2020.
解析：选D　细节理解题。根据开头“last chance for you to register before 15 April, 2020”和第2点中的“Before April 15, 2020 ... unified electric bicycle number plate”还有第3点中的“temporary permit cards”可知D项正确。
2．From the announcement we know that ________.
A．the transition period for registration is five years long
register for
B．six illegal traffic behaviors will be specially investigated
C．high technology will be used for law enforcement on the spot
D．the announcement is made for the sake of economic development
解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第3点中的“technical means to carry out on­site law enforcement”可知，许多技术被运用于当场执法。
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(2020·扬、泰、南、淮、徐、宿、连模拟)We are obsessed (迷恋) with ourselves. We study our history, our psychology, our philosophy. Much of our knowledge revolves (使旋转) around humankind itself, as if we were the most important thing in the universe.
But in the course of the centuries we have come to realize just how many wrong ideas we've had. We have learned of the existence of black holes, waves of space, and of the extraordinary molecular structures in every cell of our bodies.
The more we discover, the more we understand that what we don't yet know is greater than what we know. The more powerful our telescopes, the stranger and more unexpected are the heavens we see. The closer we look at the minute detail of matter, the more we discover of its profound structure.
In a famous story told by Plato in the seventh book of The Republic, some men are chained at the bottom of a dark cave and see only shadows cast upon a wall by a fire behind them. They think that this is reality. One of them frees himself, leaves the cave and discovers the light of the sun and the wider world. At first the light, to which his eyes are unaccustomed, stuns and confuses him. But eventually he can see and returns excitedly to his companions to tell them what he has seen. They find it hard to believe.