16.Suppose you don't need your car today.And suppose,as it happens,that a stranger in your area does need a car.Would you be willing to rent yours out?
Several car-sharing start-ups,including Getaround,RelayRides and JustShareIt,are eager to connect car owners with renters this way.The companies have different rules,but participating
owners receive,generally speaking,about two-thirds of the rental earnings.RelayRides says an owner of a midsize,late-model sedan who rents out a car for 10 hours a week could expect to clear about$3,000 a year.
Peer-to-peer car sharing remains in the trial stage; it can be found in San Francisco and a few other places.It has a long way to go before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peer-to-peer sharing of space in apartments and houses.
Shelby Clark,founder of RelayRides,says potential investors in his company have been concerned that owners will be afraid to hand their car over to strangers.To address that,he points to Airbnb,saying,"Letting people sleep in your living room is much more of a disturbance into your personal space than letting someone use your car."
 All of these companies offer their own insurance coverage for their renters,which are supposed to put owners'minds at ease.But only two states-California and Oregon-have passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a car-sharing renter have an accident.
"In all the other states,legal ambiguity remains,"Shelby Clark says."If a renter should be involved in a serious accident in those states,the victim can be expected to go after every party possible,including the car's owner."
Also to remove the worries of car owners,the driving records of renters are checked for recent serious violations.
 
36.What does the underlined word"sedan"in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?A
A.A kind of car
B.An owner of a car.
C.A renting company.
D.A car-sharing renter.
37.Which of the following is true of Airbnb?B
A.It cares little about personal privacy
B.It deals with house-sharing successfully.
C.It is a very popular car-sharing company
D.Its ideas are being tried out in some states.
38.If a car-sharing renter should have an accident in California,the car's ownerB.
A.has to take legal responsibility    
B.will not suffer the consequence
C.is not covered by health insurance  
D.must pay the insurance for the renter
39.According to the text,more car-owners will participate in the service,ifA
A.legal ambiguity is clarified in all the states
B.renters are warned not to violate traffic rules
C.more money is given to participating owners
D.people are aware of the importance of sharing
40.It can be learned from the text that car-sharingD
A.makes no profit                     
B.remains in popularity
C.is against the state law            
D.is a new business model.

分析 本文主要介紹了現(xiàn)在美國興起的一個共同使用小汽車的新興行業(yè).

解答 36-40 ABBAD
36題答案是A.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)畫線詞前面的"an owner of a midsize,latemodel"及畫線詞后面的"who rents out a car"可推知,這里指的是"一種中型、新型的小汽車",故選A.
37題答案是B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第三段中的"before it becomes the auto equivalent of Airbnb,the surprise success story for peertopeer sharing of space in apartments and houses"可知,Airbnb是一家成功進(jìn)行房屋共享的公司,故答案為B.
38題答案是B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第五段中的"But only two states-California and Oregon-have passed laws to clarify that an owner will not suffer any consequences should a carsharing renter have an accident."可知,在California和Oregon兩個州,如果租用者出了事故,車主是不會受到任何影響的,故答案為B.
39題答案是A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第六段的內(nèi)容可知,現(xiàn)在在美國的許多州,法律在關(guān)于共同使用小汽車這一點(diǎn)的規(guī)定上還是很模糊的,所以影響了這個行業(yè)的發(fā)展,如果把這些法律上模糊的情況明晰化的話,越來越多的車主將會參加這個活動.故選A.
40題答案是D.推理判斷題.通讀全文可知,共同使用小汽車是一個新興的行業(yè).故選D.

點(diǎn)評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟(jì)類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).

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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:選擇題

6.---Mum,can I go out to play with Tom for a while?
---______ and do what you like.( 。
A.No way.B.Go ahead.C.It depends.D.Don't worry.

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