1.(单选题)—Oh,bytheway,howwasyourreportofthenewbatteriescomingalong
—___________________________.
A.It's going pretty well
B.Just go ahead
C.Well, I'm afraid so
正确
2.(单选题)—Youknowagoodschedulebringsefficiencytothework.
—___________________________.
A.Not at all. I enjoyed it.
B.I see your point.
C.I think it's a bad idea.
正确
3.(单选题)—Jeff,I'dappreciateitifyoucouldhelpmewiththeopeningspeechI'mgivingnextweek.
—___________________________,butI'llhavesometimebetweenfiveandsixp.m.
A.Don’t mention it
B.Yes, it’s so quiet as we expected
C.Well, it's pretty busy this morning
正确
4.(单选题)It______methatIhadachoice.
A.bit
B.pick
C.hit
正确
5.(单选题)Itis_______aninterestingstorythatIwanttoreaditagain.
A.so
B.such
C.many
正确
二、阅读理解：阅读下面的短文，根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
（课外选材）
Whencomputerserversoperateacomplexprogram,theycangetveryhot.Coolingtheserverscanbecostly.Soresearchersaskedwhatwouldhappeniftheheatcreatedbytheserverscouldbecapturedandused
DatacentersoflargeInternetcompaniessuchasGoogleandMicrosofthavethousandsofcomputerservers.Astheseserversprocessinformation,theycreatelargeamountsofheat,sotheyneedhugecoolingsystems.Thesesystemssendtheheatintotheair.TheDutchcompanyNerdalizethinkspayingforelectricitytooperatetheserversandthenpayingagaintocoolthemisawasteofenergy.Soitdevelopedadevicecalledthee-Radiator.Itisacomputerserverthatalsoworksasaheatingsource.BoazLeupeisthechiefexecutiveofficerofNerdalize.Hesaysthee-Radiatorsavesmoneybecausecompaniesdon'thavetopaytocooltheirservers.
"Thekilowatt（千瓦）houryouareusingisusedtwice--oncetoheatthehomeandoncetocomputetheclient'staskwithoutthecoolingoverhead."HesaysfivehomeownersintheNetherlandsaretestingtheheatingdeviceintheirhomes."Wereimbursetheelectricitytheserveruses,andthatwecandobecauseofthecomputerclientsontheotherside,and,inthatway,homeownersactuallygetheatingforfree,andcomputerusersdon'thavetopayfortheoverheadofthedatacenter."
JanVisserisoneoftheparticipantsintheyear-longexperiment.Hesaystheamountofheatproducedbythee-Radiatordependsontheworkbeingdonebythecomputerserver.Hesaysitcannotbeusedastheprimarysourceofheat.Butheisreadytotryit.
Hesaysifitprovidesenoughwarmth,hewillbeabletousehishome'sheatingsystemless,whichwillsavehimmoney.Nerdalizesayse-Radiatorscreateheattemperaturesofupto55℃.Itsaysthedevicescouldsaveusersupto$440inheatingcostsayear.
Whydidresearchersaskwhatwouldhappeniftheheatcreatedbytheserverscouldbecapturedandused《在此填空1》
A.Becausecomputerscangetveryhot.
B.Computerserversisacomplexprogram.
C.Coolingcomputerserverscostsalotofmoney.
2.ThecomputerserversinlargeInternetcompaniessuchasGoogleandMicrosoftcan《在此填空2》.
A.createlargeamountsofinformation
B.createlargequantityofheat
C.managethehugecoolingsystems
3.Nerdalizedevelopedthee-Radiatorbecause《在此填空3》.
A.e-Radiatorcostlessenergy
B.e-Radiatorcancooltheserversforfree
C.e-Radiatorcancreatecoldairforfree
4.AccordingtoJanVisser,theamountofheatproducedbythee-Radiator《在此填空4》.
A.dependsontheworkbeingprocessedbyPC
B.cannotbeusedasthehome'sheatingsystem
C.cannotbeusedasthemainsourceofheat
5.Thebesttitleforthispassageis《在此填空5》
A.TheNewWaytoHeatHomes
B.TheNewWaytoCoolHomes
C.HotComputersCouldBeUsedforFree
1.
A.A
B.B
C.C
2.
A.A
B.B
C.C
3.
A.A
B.B
C.C
4.
A.A
B.B
C.C
5.
A.A
B.B
C.C
正确答案：1：C、2：B、3：B、4：C、5：A
