[单项选择]Jim Boon is a hybrid kind of guy. He drives a Toyota hybrid to work, a Honda hybrid on weekends and, as a manager for Seattle public transit he recently placed the world’s largest order for hybrid electric buses.
Now, with the biggest hybrid-bus fleet in the world, Seattle has become the main testing ground for a technology that claims it can drastically cut air pollution and fuel consumption. In the 1990s, demo fleets of 35 buses or fewer started cropping up in cities such as Tempe, Ariz. Sixteen of these early hybrids still service Genoa, Italy, where drivers switch from diesel to electric power when passing the city’s downtown architectural treasures. But no city has gone as far as Seattle, which last year bought 235 GM hybrid buses at $ 645,000 a pop. When the final one rolls out this December, the region’s bus system will be 15 percent hybrid.
But why Seattle, and why now The Pacific Northwest has long been a hotbed of both Green politics and cutting-edge technology. F
A. Cutting air pollution and fuel consumption.
B. Producing less smoke and noise.
C. Owning strong switching mechanism.
D. Producing less dangerous matter.

[单项选择]Jim Boon is a hybrid kind of guy. He drives a Toyota hybrid to work, a Honda hybrid on weekends and, as a manager for Seattle public transit he recently placed the world’s largest order for hybrid electric buses.
Now, with the biggest hybrid-bus fleet in the world, Seattle has become the main testing ground for a technology that claims it can drastically cut air pollution and fuel consumption. In the 1990s, demo fleets of 35 buses or fewer started cropping up in cities such as Tempe, Ariz. Sixteen of these early hybrids still service Genoa, Italy, where drivers switch from diesel to electric power when passing the city’s downtown architectural treasures. But no city has gone as far as Seattle, which last year bought 235 GM hybrid buses at $ 645,000 a pop. When the final one rolls out this December, the region’s bus system will be 15 percent hybrid.
But why Seattle, and why now The Pacific Northwest has long been a hotbed of both Green politics and cutting-edge technology. F
A. Following Seattle’s steps to reduce pollution.
B. Using electric power of the car.
C. Shifting the power of the hybrids to electric one when crossing.
D. Reducing the number of the buses crossing there.

[单项选择]Why did you ask him for help instead of Jim He is （　） helpful than Jim.
A. no more
B. any more
C. not more
D. some more

[单项选择]He is so kind and generous that he always casts his （）upon the waters.
A. stone
B. bread
C. sand
D. fish

[单项选择]I regret（）the novel to Jim because he made it very dirty.
A. to lend
B. having lent
C. to be lending
D. lent

[单项选择]What can you learn from the story
[A] Jim and he lost in touch since graduation from high school.
[B] Jim and he have known each other since high school days.
[C] Jim and he won’t keep in touch in the future.

[单项选择]What kind of work does he find most interesting
A. Making ad. plans.
B. Selling products successfully.
C. Developing new markets.
D. Making a new product.