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     Harry liked driving (开) his car very fast, and one day he hit (撞) another car. Harry jumped out

and ran to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very angry and said to Harry. "What are you

doing?" "You nearly killed (撞死) me!"

     "Yes," Harry answered, "I'm very sorry." He took a bottle out of his car and said, "Drink some of

this. Then you'll feel better." He gave the old man some whisky (威士忌), and the man drank it, but

then he shouted again, "You nearly killed me!" Harry gave him the bottle again. "I feel much better now.

But why aren't you drinking?"

     "Oh, well," said Harry, "I don't want any whisky now. I'm going to sit here to wait for the police."

1. Harry _____ drove his car very fast.                         

A. always

B. sometimes

C. never

D. hardly

2. One day he hit a car because _____.

A. he wanted to kill the old man

B. he drank a lot of whisky

C. he drove his car too fast

D. he had many bottles of whisky in his car

3.The old man was very angry (生气)because _____.

A. he wanted some whisky

B. Harry hit his car

C. he was Harry's father

D. he drove his car too fast

4. After drinking the bottle of whisky, the old man _____.

A. felt much better

B. was still (还) angry

C. was very happy

D. felt much worse

5. What would probably (可能) happen to the old man?

A. He would be hit again.

B. He would be sent (被送)to the hospital.

C. He would lose his way.

D. He would be fined (被处罚) by the police.

答案

1-5: ACBBD

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A deal is a deal—except, apparently, when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the state’s strict nuclear regulations.

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running. It’s a stunning move.

The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.

Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management—especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.

Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a public trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep in mind what promises from Entergy are worth.

According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its()

A. managerial practices

B. technical innovativeness

C. financial goals

D. business vision