复徙居学宫之旁。其嬉游乃设俎豆，揖让进退。孟母曰：真可以处居子矣。遂居。及孟子长，学六艺，卒成大儒之名。君子谓孟母善以渐化。
completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle-named the Transition–has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. But don’t expect it to show up in too many driveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000. And it won’t help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needs a runway.
Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality. The government has already
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复徙居学宫之旁。其嬉游乃设俎豆，揖让进退。孟母曰：真可以处居子矣。遂居。及孟子长，学六艺，卒成大儒之名。君子谓孟母善以渐化。
permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards.
Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, which are lower than those pilots of larger planes Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition, a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet. 28．What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A．The basic data of the Transition B．The advantages of flying cars
C．The potential market for flying cars D．The designers of the Transition
29．Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways?
A．It causes traffic jams. B．It is difficult to operate.
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复徙居学宫之旁。其嬉游乃设俎豆，揖让进退。孟母曰：真可以处居子矣。遂居。及孟子长，学六艺，卒成大儒之名。君子谓孟母善以渐化。
C．It is very expensive. D．It bums too much fuel.
30．What is the government’s attitude to the development of the flying car?
A．Cautious B．FavorableC．Ambiguous D．Disapproving
31．What is the best title for the text?
A．Flying Car at Auto ShowB．The Transition’s Fist Flight C．Pilots’ Dream Coming TrueD．Flying Car Closer to Reality
D
Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 years its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one
邹孟轲母，号孟母。其舍近墓。孟子之少时，嬉游为墓间之事。孟母曰：此非吾所以居处子。乃去，舍市旁。其嬉游为贾人炫卖之事。孟母又曰：此非吾所以处吾子也。8 / 21
复徙居学宫之旁。其嬉游乃设俎豆，揖让进退。孟母曰：真可以处居子矣。遂居。及孟子长，学六艺，卒成大儒之名。君子谓孟母善以渐化。
of the largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.
Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.
But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard there were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go— to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now
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the chief industry of Dawson City — its present population is 762.
32．What attracted the early settlers to New York City?
A．Its business culture B．Its small population C．Its geographical position D．Its favourable climate
33．What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?
A．Two-thirds of them stayed there.B．One out of five people got rich.
C．Almost everyone gave up.D．Half of them died.
34．What was the main reason for many people to leave Dawson?
A．They found the city too crowded.B．They wanted to try their luck elsewhere.
C．They were unable to stand the winter.D．They were short of food.
35．What is the text mainly about?
A．The rise and fall of a cityB．The gold rush in Canada C．Journeys into the wildernessD．Tourism in Dawson 第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
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2018-2019学年高二英语上学期第一次教学质量检测试题
