江苏省扬州市扬州中学2021届高三上学期十月月考英语试题
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    “Changing the world” might seem like an unrealistic goal. When faced with huge problems such as air pollution or energy shortages, where do you start? Taoyuan-based Gogoro believes you start with a scooter.
Proof of concept
In 2015, Gogoro broke onto the scene by releasing an electric scooter called the Smart-scooter. Unlike most electric scooters. This one wouldn't need to plugged in to recharge. Instead, users would stop by GoStations to exchange drained batteries for fully charged ones.
Gogoro was taking a risk. If people were not happy with the system of changing batteries, the whole project could fail. They didn't need to worry, though. Only one year later Gogoro sold their 10,000th Smart-scooter!
Setting the bar
Fast forward to 2019 and the release of the Series 3 Smart-scooter. Gogoro scooters are as popular and revolutionary as ever. Their bright colors are chosen by Beatrice Santiccioli, a famous color designer who helped shape major brands like Apple, Nike and Swatch. In addition to the scooters' bright colors, plenty of cool accessories are available so you can make your scooter your own. But most important of all, Gogoro continues to pave the way toward a future of responsible energy consumption.
Looking forward
Multiple cities and countries have committed to making their transportation all-electric in the coming years, and Gogoro is helping make it possible. Ordered a package? Companies like DHL and Taiwan Post now have fleets of Smart-scooters to make deliveries. Need a ride? Unlock a Gogoro in Beilin, Paris or Madrid, thanks to scooter sharing services.
The Smart-scooters is definitely creative, but there's more. "At Gogoro, I think the essential thing is that we want to change how people use energy. And the Smart-scooters is only the beginning." says Horace Luke, Gogoro co-founder and CEO. This is where the GoStation comes in.
1．Compared with other electric scooters, the Smart-scooter___________.
A．can recharge itself in Gostations in mega-cities    B．only needs to change batteries in Gostations
C．wouldn't need to be recharged at all in life    D．can be recharged by its users in Gostations
2．Gogoro scooters are popular and revolutionary mainly because__________.
A．their colors are chosen by a famous color designer    B．their colors are different from those of others
C．it is a good way for people to consume energy    D．it can help us solve the problem of energy short
3．What can we conclude from the passage?
A．More GoStations may appear in more and more cities.
sorting out
B．GoStations will soon entirely take the place of traditional stations.
C．People need not go to GoStations especially during peak hours.
D．More big cities will appear throughout the world in the future.
    Last year, the bushfires in Australia burned more than 12.35 million acres of land. At least 25 people were killed and 2000 homes destroyed. According to the BBC, that was the most casualties(伤亡) from wildfires in the country since 2009. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have died in South Wales alone.
Zeke Hausfather, an energy systems analyst and climate researcher at Berkeley Earth, said warmer temperatures and extreme weather made Australia more susceptible to fires and increased the length of the fire season. "The drier conditions combined with record high temperatures in 2019 created main conditions for the disastrous fires. Australia's fires were worsened by the combination of those two. 2019 was the perfect storm for being the warmest year on record for Australia and the driest year on record for Australia," Hausfather added on Friday.
Kevin Trenberth, a senior scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research, said warmer ocean temperatures are also contributed to more variable weather around the world. Trenberth believes that global warming contributed to energy imbalances and hot spots in the oceans, which can create a wave in the atmosphere that locks weather patterns in places, causing longer rain events in Indonesia, for example, and at the same time contributing to drought in Australia. He said that once an area experiences drought conditions for two months or more, it increases the risk of fires catching and spreading. Those changing weather patterns due to global warming make drought events longer.
Climate experts stress that climate change is not the only factor in the severity(严重) of wildfires. How land is managed can also impact the amount of fuel available for fires. Practices like controlled bums and other factors can impact the risk to people and property, such as warning systems and the type of development in a given area. Changing those policies has great potential to limit future damage from wildfires along with changes to how fire management resources are dispatched(派遣).
4．What are the numbers about in paragraph 1?
A．The causes of Australian fires.    B．The results of Australian fires.
C．The damaged areas of Australian fires.    D．The property destruction of Australian fires.
5．Which of the following best explains ''susceptible to" in the second paragraph?
A．Very quickly to adapt to.
B．Very seriously to focus on.
C．Very likely to be influenced by.
D．Very easily to be protected against.
6．What can we infer from Trenberth’s research?
A．Longer dry weather contributes to global warming.
B．Global wanning is also a main cause of the bushfires.
C．Warmer ocean temperatures leads to the fires directly.
D．The imbalanced energy leads to the temperature rising.
7．What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A．To stress the effects of Australia fires.
B．To show the methods for land management.