江苏省常州市武进高级中学高三英语综合测试卷3

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There are so many different plastic cards that adults have to carry around—library cards, savings cards for different banks, credit cards, just to name a few... So why not have one to replace them all?
Scott Barnhill, an 1l-year-old fifth-grade student in the US, has come up with an idea for a "Security One Card".
Sound smart? The US Patent(专利) Office thought so, and it approved a patent for his idea in April.
Here’s an example of how Barnhill’s idea would work.
Let’s say you have the three cards mentioned above. Instead of carrying them all, you could have just one by having additional magnetic strips(磁条) added to it.
The magnetic strips can be added to any plastic card, even a blank one.
Companies could add their information to one of the strips. For example, you could ask a library to add a strip to your bankcard.
Barnhill has a lot of hobbies, including designing websites. He got the idea at the age of 9 when he saw his father using a keycard to enter their hotel room. He thought, "The hotels are wasting money with the key cards." So, instead of using a hotel-issued key card, guests could use their credit cards--if the hotel added a special magnetic strip. At check-out, the strip would simply be removed.
Now that he has his patent, his next step is a letter-writing campaign to get support from major credit card companies.
"I’m going to be writing letters to credit card companies to ask if they can co-operate. I hope they’ll give me money every time someone puts a strip on the back of another card, or every time the idea is used, " Barnhill said. "I’ll write the letters and see what they say. If they say no, I’ll ask someone else, another credit card company."
He is hoping to make money from his patent and has decided it would be better to collect royalties(专利使用费)if the idea takes off rather than sell his patent.
"The ATM person who invented that sold it totally, and if he’d chosen royalties he’d get like 2 cents for every transaction (交易) and he’d be a billionaire now," Scott said.
67. the advantage of “Security One Card” is that it ___________.
A. could remove the burden of taking all kinds of plastics cards
B. would be very safe
C. could save your money
D. could have a lot of magnetic strips on it
68. The immediate cause of Scott’s invention was that _________.
A. he found that adults have to carry around so many plastic cards
B. he realized it’s big waste to make so many plastic cards instead of only one
C. he found even a hotel issued its own cards--keycards
D. he realized it would be a good chance to make big money
69. To use a "Security One Card", ___________.
A. one has to add additional magnetic strips to it oneself
B. one has to pay Scott Barnhill each time a magnetic strip is added
C. all the companies need to add their information to a magnetic strip by themselves
D. one has to get the permission of the credit card company first
70. The underlined phrase "takes off" in the last but one paragraph probably means ___________.
A. makes money B. wins a lot of support C. is worth a lot D. is practical
71. From the story, we can see Scott is ___________.
A. more magic than smart B. clever but lazy
C. creative, determined and wise D. far-sighted
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United States President George W. Bush is expected to issue a directive in the next few weeks. It will give the US Air force a green light for the development of space weapons, US media reported last week.
This would potentially trigger a new global arms race, some experts have warned.
To keep that from happening, last Wednesday the White House explained that it was not considering putting weapons in space. It said it was making a shift in US space policy to allow for protection of satellites.
But some defense analysts and arms control advocates argue that the policy will pave the way for the US to put both defensive and offensive weapons in space.
"No one should be fooled," said Theresa Hitches, an American weapons expert.
The US is now restricted by a 1996 directive signed by President Bill Clinton. Plans for space weapons were vetoed by the Clinton cabinet. The directive emphasized the peaceful use of space, in agreement with almost unanimous(一致的) global opinion.
The US military has placed importance on space and has sent up numerous satellites for troop communications and to provide intelligence and data to guide bombs to their targets.
The US Air force wants to develop space-based weapons that could strike targets any where in the world within 90 minutes of receiving the order to open fire.
These new weapons under development cover a wide range. They include hunter-killer satellites(杀手卫星) and orbiting weapons(沿轨道运行的武器系统). And they use lasers, radio waves, or even dense metal tubes, known as "Rods from God", dropped from space to do the damage.
There are many barriers to the setting up of this kind of program, experts say.
First is the cost. It is estimated that the budget may be US $ 220 billion to US $1 trillion. The technical difficulties of developing reliable space weapons are also a problem. And, the move will draw strong criticism from around the world. Experts worry about triggering a space arms race.
72. The news report mainly deals with ______.
A. US Military Plans.
B. The Global Arms Race
C. A Comparison between Two presidents.
D. President George W. Bush and the World Peace
73. Which of the following statements are mentioned in the passage above?
a. President George W. Bush supports space weapon development.
b. The US space weapon project is very costly.
c. The American space-based weapons to be developed will be able to target any place on the earth.
d. The US military has few difficulties with the development of space weapons.
e. The space weapon program will threaten world peace.
f. Clinton government was poorer than Bush government.
A. b,d,e,f B. a,c,d,f C. b,c,d,e D. a,b,c,e
74. After reading this passage, it can be inferred that _________.
A. George W. Bush’s directive to be issued will be against global opinions.
B. The White House is right in explaining that US new space policy aims to protect satellites.
C. US government has little difficulty in developing new weapons.
D. President George W. Bush and Bill Clinton share a lot in common.
75. The author’s attitude towards the upcoming space weapon development is ________.
A. supportive and optimistic B. critical and worried
C. excited and content D. indifferent but a little encouraged