2016年12月3日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：Environmentally-friendly! vehicles

2016年12月3日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：Environmentally-friendly! vehicles

A

In the early 1990s, the California Air Resources Board(CARB), the government of California's "clean air agency", began a push for more fuel-efficient, lower-emissions vehicles, with the ultimate goal being a move to zero-emissions vehicles such as electric vehicles. IN response, automakers developed electric models, including the Chryaler TEVan, Ford Ranger EV pickup truck, GM EV1 and S10EV miniwagon and Toyota RAV4 EV, Ford Fusion is manufactured at Ford's Hennosillo Stamping plant. Located in Sonora Mexico. I thought going green was supposed to provide the US with more jobs.

B

The automakers were accused of pandering to the wishes of CARB in order to continue to be allowed to sell cars in the lucrative Californian market, while failing to adequately promote their electric vehicles in order to create the impression that the consumers were not interested in the cars, all the while joining oil industry lobbyists in vigorously protesting CARB's mandate. GM’s program came under particular scrutiny; in an unusual move，consumers were not allowed to purchase EV1s, but were instead asked to sign closed-end leases, meaning that the cars had to be returned to GM at the end of the lease period, with no option to purchase, despite lesser interest in continuing to own the cars. Chiysler, Toyota, and a group of GM dealers sued CARB in Federal court, leading to the eventual neutering of CARB's ZEV Mandate.

C

After public protests by EV drivers’ groups unpset by the repossession of their cars, Toyota offered the last 328 RAV4-Evs for sale to the public during six months, up until November 22,2002.Almost all other production electric cars were withdrawn from the market and were in some cases seen to have been destroyed by their manufacturers. Toyota continues to support the several hundred Toyota RAV4-EV in the hands of the general public and in fleet usage. GM famously de-activated the few EV1s that were donated to engineering schools and museums.

D

Throughout the 1990s, appeal of fuel-efficient or environmentally friendly cars declined among Americans, who instead favored sport utility vehicles, which were affordable to operate despite their poor fuel efficiency thanks to lower gasoline prices. American automakers chose to focus their product lines around the truck-based vehicles, which enjoyed larger profit margins than the smaller cars which were preferred in places like Europe or Japan. In 1999, the Honda Insight hybrid car became the first hybrid to be sold in North America since the little-known Woods hybrid of 1917.

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雅思阅读真题题目：

Questions 27-30 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. 27.

27.What does the author think of the factory in Sonora in Mexico where the ford fusion is manufactured?

A. the factory should be helpful in the US soil business

B. Employment of US will be created as consumers change their awareness

C. More competitive cars will be introduced into the market

D. this issue is hard to give a predict

28. In 1990s, what dropped in America for the environmentally friendly vehicles?

A. production

B. Attractiveness

C. Announcement

D. Expectation

29. What did GM notably send to engineering schools and museums?

A. EV1

B. CARB

C. RAV4

D. MINIE

30. Nissan and GM high level leaders declared the real reason for the popularity of Roadster is its

A. legendary concept

B. huge population in market

C. bursting demand

D. artistic design

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