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第四部分:书面表达(共两节,35分)

第一节:情景作文(20分)

假设你是红星中学高三(1)班的班长李华,你们全班同学在“五一节”放假期间开展了“体验一天低碳生活”的活动。请你根据以下四幅图的先后顺序,写一篇英文短文,介绍同学们这一天的体验活动,向学校“英语园地”投稿。短文的开头已为你写好。词数不少于60。

      提示词:disposable chopsticks一次性筷子

A Low-carbon Day

The students in our class took part in an activity of “Experience a Low-carbon Day” during the Labor Day vacation.…

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The students in our class took part in an activity of  "Experience a Low-carbon Day" during the Labor Day vacation.In the morning, we went to parks by bus instead of going by car.At noon, when we dined out in a restaurant, we refused to use the disposable chopsticks served there.Instead, we each took with us a lunch box in which there was a pair of chopsticks and a spoon.In the afternoon, we went shopping at a supermarket.To avoid the damage the free plastic bags caused to the environment, we put what we had bought into cloth bags.It was hot at night.We didn't turn on the air conditioners.We used electrical fans to cool ourselves down.

Although the activity lasted only one day, we have learned a lot from it.We realize that we should take actions for our earth from the small things around us.In this way, we are sure to live in a better world.

单项选择题

Current Group, a Germantown-based technology firm, has taken over an ordinary looking house in Bethesda and turned it into a laboratory for smart-grid technology, the system the company believes will bring the nation’s electricity grids into the digital age.
In the front yard stands a utility pole hooked up to a special transformer that connects the power lines to high-speed Internet. Hundreds of sensors attached to the lines monitor how power flows through the home. That information is then sent back to the utility company.
The process lets a utility more efficiently manage the distribution of electricity by allowing two-way communication between consumers and energy suppliers via the broadband network on the power lines. Based on data they receive from hundreds of homes, utilities can monitor usage and adjust output and pricing in response to demand. Consumers can be rewarded with reduced rates by cutting back on consumption during peak periods. And computerized substations can talk to each other so overloaded circuits hand off electricity to those that have not fully loaded, helping to prevent blackouts.
Some utility companies have launched initiatives to give consumers data about their energy consumption habits in an effort to lower energy bills. Smart-grid technology takes such programs further by automating electricity distribution, which would make grids more reliable and efficient.
By partnering with utilities, the company hopes to tap into $4.5 billion in stimulus grants intended to encourage smart-grid development. When he announced the funding, President Obama pointed to a project in Boulder, Colo. , as an example of a successful smart-grid experiment. Current is one of the companies working on the project.
Current’s chief executive Tom Casey believes the technology will help utility companies better distribute electricity produced by renewable resources, such as solar panels or wind farms. " A smart grid’s system can be paired up with the renewable resources so that when the renewable source is varying, the overall load can be varied as well, " Casey told the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. " This will reduce or eliminate the need for backup coal or gas-based power generation plants. \

For smart-grid technology to work, which of the following is a must

A.The front yard of a house with a tall wooden pole.

B.A huge hook that can connect power lines together.

C.High-speed Internet access and Internet services.

D.Many monitors through which power flowing can be seen.

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