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U. S. senators serve for______years after they are elected.
A．four
B．six
C．three
D．two
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第1题
In the Senate of the U. S., the terms of______of the senators expire every two years.
A．one second
B．one third
C．one fourth
D．one fifth
第2题
______lie(s)between the boundary of Canada and the U. S. and serve(s)as the boundary between the two countries.
A．The Mississippi River
B．The Great Lakes
C．The Rocky Mountains
D．The Grand Canyon
第3题
The examples of people moving at fast pace serve to______.
A．prove that the writer is speaking the truth
B．show how the Americans are moving at fast pace
C．warn visitors not to waste American people's time
D．tell you what kind of people are living a quick life in the U. S.
第4题
Yet when Hughes heard last year about an environmental startup called TerraPass Inc. , he was intrigued. The Menlo Park (Calif.) company sells "green tags," which cost up to $80 a year and which are designed to offset the emissions a car spews into the air during that period. After taking a small cut of each sale, TerraPass pools its members' fees and invests them in clean energy production, including wind power. Hughes checked out the service online last August and then forked over $129 for two TerraPass windshield decals. "I was impressed," he says. "It's a for-profit product that allows you to exercise your conscience."
TerraPass is channeling the good intentions of individual consumers concerned about carbon emissions, which are linked with global warming. U. S. companies are also adopting the certificates, in part because they wish to cater to this growing, green constituency. But the tags, which are now America's fastest-growing alternative-energy product, aren't simply a marketing vehicle. U. S. businesses have watched Europe and Japan adopt tough regulations on carbon emissions and say the tags could help them prepare for similar developments in the U. S.
Starbucks Corp. has been a leader in the green-tag movement, mainly because renewable power is still hard to come by. Last year, Starbucks made a pledge to buy 20% of the annual electric power for its North American stores—about 150 million kilowatt hours—from renewable sources. But no single wind farm can service all 8,400 of its U. S. coffee shops. In fact, many Starbucks have no means of hooking up to any renewable power producer.
So Starbucks stores continue to consume power as usual, but the company passes an extra payment of less than half a cent per kwh to a middleman called 3 Phases Energy Services in San Francisco. 3 Phases redistributes funds to 40 wind farms across the country, then issues a certificate. With this subsidy, the farms cut the price of their power and boost sales to local customers. The net effect: Nationwide, an amount of power equal to Starbucks' purchase is shifted to wind and away from conventional "dirty" sources.
A host of companies is now using this clever type of transaction to meet renewable energy targets, slash emissions, and make their brands stand out. Whole Foods Market Inc. , based in Austin, Tex. , turned to certificates in January, when it decided to offset 100% of its energy consumption with renewables. Whole Foods quickly became the biggest corporate buyer of such tags in the U. S. Safeway, Liz Claiborne, and HSBC have also made major pledges in the past year. "We'll see more and more reliance on (tags)" in coming months, says Blair Swezey, a policy adviser at the U. S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.
Green tags come with a cost. For big purchases, the certificates can tack an extra 0.5% to 8% onto an energy bill. "It's not a financial hardship, but it is an incremental amount of money that's not required," says Steve McDougal, senior manager of business development at 3 Phases, which also supplies green tags to Johnson & Johnson and IBM. Still, the premium that most companies pay for green tags works out to far less than they would pay to buy renewable power directly from a patchwork of suppliers, McDougal says.
Now utilities are snapping up green tags as they scramble to meet new renewable energy regulations. To date, 23 states have adopted requirements that power companies replace a portion of the energy they sell with renewable power. California is committed to a goal of 20% by 2017, and New York has to hit 25% by 2013. In many cases, green tags offer the easiest path to meet the new minimums.A．to show he and his wife are both environmentally conscious
B．m serve as the background of his life story
C．to introduce the topic of "green tag"
D．to encourage the readers m follow suit
第5题
According to the passage, what is the role of the U.S. in regard to protectionism？
A．The U. S. is an advocate of protectionism
B．The U. S. is a victim of protectionism
C．The U. S. resists protectionism
D．The U. S. opposes but also practices protectionism
第6题
The survey was focused on
A．the living conditions of older physicians in the U. S.
B．the career plans of older physicians in the U. S.
C．the retirement plans of older physicians in the U. S.
D．the achievements of older physicians in the U. S.
第7题
听力原文： The first postal service in North America began in New England (33)in the 17th century. All mail arriving in Massachusetts colony was sent to the home of appointed official in Boston. In turn, he would deliver the mail from Boston on horseback to its destination, receiving one penny for each good article of mail. Later in the century postal services were established between Philadelphia and Delaware. (34) In 1691, the British crown appointed the first postmaster general to have charge of the mail for all the colonies in North America. Later, Benjamin Franklin served as the postmaster general for the British government and then was made postmaster by the newly formed United States govern ment. (35)Franklin was responsible for establishing the United States'postal systems on a permanent basis. He in creased the number of post office, introduced the use of stagecoaches to carry mail, and started a package service system. They were used to carry mail into the towns. Some communities, especially those out west, were far from the services of transportation. To serve them, the post office developed a system called "star routes". Private contractors paid to deliver mail to the communities from railways by horse and wagon. The postal service, which was (32) started over 3 centuries ago, has developed into an extensive government service with post offices in every city, town, and village in the United States.
(33)
A．The history of Benjamin Franklin.
B．The history of the U.S. mail.
C．The Changes of writing letters.
D．The history of U. S.
第8题
Chinese is one of five official languages in ______ .
A．the U. N.
B．the U. S. A.
C．China.
第9题
44 Which of the following statements is NOT true？
A The U. S. Life expectancy is at an all-time high.
B The U. S. death rate was at an all. time low in 2005.
C Chronic disease appears to be at an all. time high in the U. S.
D The annual death rate in the U. S. is over 800 deaths per l00. 000.
第10题
34 Which of the following statements is NOT true？
A The U. S. 1ife expectancy is at an all—time high.
B The U. S. death rate was at an all-time low in 2005.
C Chronic disease appears to be at an all-time high in the U. S.
D The annual death rate in the U. S. is over 800 deaths per l00, 000.
