山西省太原市 2016-2017 学年高二英语 3 月阶段性测试试题第 I 卷 选择题 ( 共 50 分) I. 阅读理解。（共 15 小题，计 30 分）第一节阅读短文，四个选项（A、B、C、D）从中选出最佳选项。 （共 10 小题，计 20 分）A The number of buses, taxis and other vehicles on Kenya’s roads is growing every day.Now, the country ’s first electric-powered motorbikes are coming onto the market. The bike is designed to cut down on pollution and aimed at low-income communities. Most motorbikes used in Kenya depend on gasoline, but not this new motorbike. Three university students developed the new ecotran bike. It catches th e sun’s energy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge the electric motor. Robert Achoge is one of the student inventors. “Our hope is that by the fifth year, we will be able t o cover the whole of Kenya with the electric motorcycle so as to protect the environment and provide affordable transport.”The students have set up a charging station for the motorbikes in Nairobi. The small battery can run for 70 kilometers when fully charged. Once the power is used up, the motorbike has to return to the station while another charged battery is connected to the bike. The U.S. African Development Foundation(ADF) is helping set up two solar-powered charging stations in the port of Kisumu. Each ecotran bike costs about $700. One taxi operator says the new motorbike costs less to operate than that running on traditional gasoline. “When it comes to buying gasoline, there ’s no need.It ’s basically good for various things.As long as you won’t take quite a heavy load, you can go with it anywhere. Otherwise, it may break down halfway. But now people still have a preference to the gas- powered bikes ”A...
