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telle, Paris. While like most music festivals, it boasted an impressive and diverse music, there was something extra special about this one. You see, this was a green festiva
l!
From the food to the stalls(货摊), everything was as environmentally friendly as possible. Not only was the majority of the furniture/stalls/toilet rooms hand-made from wood, the festival was powered by solar energy. Guests were invited to dispose of rubbish in specially labeled dustbins which, after the festival, were sorted so all of the waste could be recycled appropriately. Fresh water was made available freely to everyone so that attendants were not encouraged to buy drinks in plastic bottles which woul
d have created a lot of waste.
I found the experience incredibly fun but also really interesting. Having never been to a music festival before, I was unsure of what to expect. However, I was happy to find myself sitting in a field eating a healthy, home-made fruit cake while drinking organic fruit juice. There were many stalls, art installations, and different areas, meaning there was something there for everyone, from small children to the elderly! This seems like such a great idea, making something very fun and interesting, that does not cause great damage to the environment. I have since discovered that there are more events similar to this across the globe, which is great! I can’t imagine how muc
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h waste has been produced from such public events as festivals across the years before we realised just how bad they were for t
he environment!
26. Which of the following can be the titl
e of the passage?
A. We Love Green B. We Lo
ve Environment
C. Music Festivals D. A Un
ique Public Event
27. What is special about the music festiva
l?
A. It has a special band.
B. It has a unique program list. C. It is held every weekend.
D. It is environmentally friendly.
28. At the music festival, guests were encou
raged to ________.
A. make furniture from wood B. br
ing plastic-bottled drinks
C. recycle rubbish by themselves
D. drink free fresh water
29. According to Paragraph 3, the author ___
_____.
A. fully enjoyed the festival B. expected muh from the festival
C. found the event very funny D. l
iked listening to music at home
30. The purpose of this passage is to _____
___.
A. raise funds for environment protection B. highlight that being green can be fu
n
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C. encourage people to go to music festiva
ls
D. introduce the author's favourite musician
s
Passage Four
Chokwe Selassie is on a mission to help drivers avoid potholes(路面坑洞). The eighth-grader got his inspiration on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. “I decided I was going to do something about the pothole problem in my city,” said Chokwe. His solution: an app that warns drivers when there is a pothole ahead. Chokwe developed the app with his friends, “When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted in red,” Chokwe says. “And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you with a beep.” Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes they encounter, and to look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that hav
e them.
The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson. “It works by using the city’s 311 call system, so it uses information already stored in a database,” Chokwe says. Through the call system, citizens dial 311 to report non-emergency problems—which include potholes. As Chokwe and his friends worked on the app, the
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y also went street by street throughout the city. They determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to tes
t it.
Although the app isn’t yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve it. The app remains limited to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther. “I want to keep working on the app until it’s nationwide,” Chokwe say
s.
31. Chokwe Selassie got the idea to develo
p the app from ________.
A. his own experience B. a rec
ent news report
C. his friends D. his moth
er
32. When you are close to a pothole, your phone will warn you with ________. A. a voice report B. a re
d light
C. a beeping sound D. a map i
mage
33. Drivers can also use Chokwe’s app to __
______.
A. report emergency traffic problems B. look for information other than pothole
s
C. choose safer routes without potholes D. avoid traffic jam caused by potholes 34. To develop the app, Chokwe and his frie
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nds ________.
A. reported potholes to 311 call system B. conducted field trips on the streets C. built their own information database D. collected samples in their neighborhoo
d
35. We can learn from the last paragraph th
at Chokwe ________.
A. is quite successful B. is f
acing difficulties
C. has regained hope D. ha
s a great ambition
Part III Vocabulary and Structure (20 point
s)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentence in this part. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.
36. Experiments in the photography of moving objects ________ in both the United State
s and Europe well before 1990.
A. have been conducting
B. were conducting
C. had been conducte
d D. are con
ducted
37. Today, people live in a world ________ new technology is taking an increasing pro
portion in their lives.
A. when B. wher
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2016年广东成人学士学位英语考试试卷与答案
