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Summarizing the national feeling, British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, issued a statement saying “Britain is showing it has the talent to lead the world.” A spokesman for the UK Film Council agreed with Mr. Brown’s comments but added many of this year’s movie winners have benefited from national funding and that last night proved that government support for film can deliver success on a global range”.
Addressing the growing passion for British film, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has urged people to remain calm and to be realistic after his remarkable Oscar success. “You’ve got to be careful of claiming that this marks the renaissance of the British film industry. It is one film,” he said.
66. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Slumdog Millionaire won all the Oscars this year.
B. British film made a hit at the 81st Oscar.
C. Films in Britain get more national funding.
D. American films will no longer dominate Oscar.
67. According to the passage we can conclude that _______.
A. the British are proud of the success of the UK film at the 81st Oscar
B. the British actors and actresses have never expected to win Oscars
C. British films have never won any Oscars before
D. British films become better than American films.
68. Which may be a main reason for the success of British films?
A. They are produced at lower budget.
B. Many international film stars participate in the British films.
C. The directors made great efforts to modify the films.
D. British government is in favor of the film industry.
69. In which column can you most possibly read the passage in a newspaper?
A. Entertainment. B. Economy. C. Health. D. Politics.
70. We can learn from what Danny Boyle said that _______.
A. he will never win such a success in the future
B. he remain quite calm after such the great success
C. his film can represent the British film industry
D. Slumdog Millionaire is only one of his remarkable films
D
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Electric cars will not be dramatically cleaner than autos powered by fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from usual coal-fired power plants, scientists said on Monday.?
“For electric vehicles to become a major green alternative, the power fuel has to move away from coal, or cleaner coal technologies have to be developed,” said Jared Cohon, the chair of a National Research Council report released on Monday.?
About half of U.S. power is generated by burning coal, which gives off many times more of traditional pollutants(污染物) than natural gas, and about twice as much of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.?
Nuclear and renewable power would have to generate a larger part of U.S. power for electric cars to become much greener compared to gasoline-powered cars, Cohan, who is president of Carnegie Mellon University, said in an interview.?
Advances in coal burning could also help electric cars become a cleaner alternative to vehicles powered by fossil fuels, he said.?
Pollution from energy sources did $120 billion worth of damage to human health, agriculture and recreation in 2009, and electricity was responsible for more than half of the damage, said the NRC report.?
Electric cars have their benefits such as reducing imports of foreign oil. But they also have hidden costs.?
Materials in electric car batteries are hard to produce, which adds to the energy it takes to make them. In fact, the health and environmental costs of making electric cars can be 20 percent greater than usual cars, the report said.
The report estimated that electric cars could still cost more than gas-powered cars to operate and produce in 2030 unless U.S. power production becomes cleaner.?
(From: http://www.ebigear.com/news-207-63189.html)
71. Why are electric cars not clean enough at present? ?
A. Because they run too slowly. ?
B. Because they are too expensive. ?
C. Because they rely on coal-fired power. ?
D. Because they give off more carbon dioxide. ?
72. We can infer from the passage that ____________.?
A. electric cars will soon take the place of gas-powered cars?
B. no one holds hope for electric cars at present?
C. electric cars waste more energy than before?
D. some people hold the belief that electric cars are cleaner ?
73. The underlined word “them” refers to ____________??
A. electric cars B. batteries C. producers D. materials?