中考英语阅读练习：阅读理解训练第二节

中考英语阅读练习阅读理解训练第二节

　　There is not enough oil in the orld no. As ti goes by, it bees less and less, so hat are e going to do hen it runs out? Perhaps e ill go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.

　　In the Send World War, so people didn't use gas made from petroleum (石油) in their cars. They made gas from ood and plants instead. The car didn't go fast, but they ran, so this as better than nothing. Hoever, in the future, e can't cut don all our trees to make gas; e need our trees for other things, too.

　　Besides different types of gas, e can also use electricity (电) to run our cars, but first e must make the electricity! So untries have al and they make electricity ith that, but e might not alays have al, either. Other untries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the poer of ater to turn turbines (涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.

　　We are also able to get poer from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide es in, the ater turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.

　　Which of these ays ill be used to run our cars in the future?

　　51. When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?

　　A. When they are poor.                B. When they run out of oil.

　　C. When they need more exercise.D. When there aren't any big trees in the orld.