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Passage 10
Admittedly,minor accidents and slipups continue to shake public confidence in nuclear power.Given the unquantifiable risks that nuclear power carries, it is only right that the industry be subjected to the test of public opinion and due political process.However,this argues for exceptional vigilance,regulatory scrutiny and accountability—and not for bans or shutdowns.Those nuclea operators with a good safety record deserve to have their licenses renewed,so that existing plants may run to the end of their useful lives. The Bush administrations enthusiastic support goes a lot further than this,however.It also wants to see new plants.Proponents of new nuclearpowerst ations make three arguments in their favor.They will enhance energy security by lessening dependence on fossil fuels; far from being environmentally harmful,they will be beneficial because they will reduce the output of greenhouse gases;
and,most crucially,the economics of nuclear power has improved from the days when it was wholly dependent on bail out and subsidy.
Yet these arguments do not stand up to scrutiny.The claim that governments should support nuclear power to reduce their vulnerability to the OPEC oil cartel is doubly absurd.Little oil is used in power generation: what nuclear power displaces is mostly natural gas and coal,which are not only more plentiful than oil but also geographically better distributed.Security is enhanced not by seeking energy selfsufficiency but through diversification of supplies.Creating lots of fissile material that might be pinched by terrorists is an odd way to look for securityanyway. What about the argument that climate change might be the great savior of nuclear power? Global warming is indeed a risk that should be taken more seriously than the Bush administration has so far done.Nuclear plants do not produce any carbon dioxide,which is the principal greenhouse gas.However,rushing in response to build dozens of new nuclear plants would be both needlessly expensive and environmentally unsound. It would make far more sense to adopt a carbon tax,which would put clean energy sources such as solar and wind on an equal footing with nuclear,whose waste poses an undeniable (if remote) environmental threat of its own for aeons to come.Governments should also dismantle all subsidies on fossil fuels—especially for coal,the dirtiest of all.They should adopt reforms that send proper price signals to those who use power,and so reduce emissions.Global warming certainly provides one argument in favor of nuclear power: but it is not sufficient on its own to justify a nuclear renaissance.

1.What‘s the publics opinion about nuclear industry?
A) People have little confidence in nuclear power for the potential disaster of nuclear accidents.
B) People think it important to exercise strict monitoring and effective management of the existing plants.

C) People believe the best way to avoid nuclear disaster is to shut down all the nuclear power stations.
D) People agree to prohibit the existing nuclear plants from running to the end of their useful lives.
2.The most important reason why the Bush administration support more new nuclearpower plants is that　　 .
A) they will increase energy security
B) they help lessen dependence on fossil fuels
C) they are environmentally friendly
D) they need little government financial support
3.According to the author energy security can only be achieved by .
A) using less oil in power generation
B) replacing fossil fuels with more nuclear power
C) seeking energy selfsufficiency
D) expanding the sources of power supply
4.According to the passage,which of the following measures is the least helpful in protecting the environment?
A) Encouraging the use of clean energy sources.
B) Cutting off subsidies on all fossil fuels.
C) Adopting price reform to reduce emission.
D) Promoting the resurgence of nuclear power.
5.It’s implied that .
A) nuclear power stations may become the targets of terrorist attack
B) the Bush administration doesn’t give due weight to environment protection
C) carbon dioxide is the principal source of greenhouse gas
D) nuclear waste will turn to be an environmental threat in the longrun term
答案：

Passage 10
1.B
本题是主旨题。文章第一段着重描述了大众对核电技术的种种忧虑和看法。然而这一段
的理解重点应该在转折连词however之后。群众所要求的并非禁止或关闭所有核电站，而强
调“高度警惕” “定期检查评估”，对于运行安全的核反应堆可以续发执照，以便充分利
用现有的核电资源。故正确答案为B。

2.D
本题是细节题。文章第二段列举了布什政府支持建设更多核电站的三个主要原因。在这
里考生需分别主次、轻重。文中在提到第三个原因的时候，用了most crucially(最关键的
是)这样的字句，表明现任政府支持核电发展的最主要的原因是核电站的建设和运营已不再
完全依赖政府的财政援助。

3.D
本题要求考生理解作者的意图和观点。文章第三段探讨了核电的发展是否有助于实现能
源安全的问题。在这里作者提出异议。段中有这样几处关键信息：Yet these arguments do
not stand up to scrutiny…doubly absurd…Security is enhanced not by seeking en
ergy selfsufficiency but through diversification of supplies.Creating lots of
fissile material …an odd way to look for security anyway。由此可以判断正确答案
为D。

4.D
本题是细节题。文章最后一段中作者提出了几点有助于环保的建议——推广使用干净能
源、取消政府对化石燃料的补贴以及通过价格改革控制废气排放。并且在文章的最后作者再
次重申全球气候变暖不足以成为大规模发展核电的理由。

5.B
本题是推断题，要求考生认真理解细节，并区别作者明确陈述的观点和间接含蓄的观点
。在文章中作者都直截了当地阐述了选项A、C、D中所涉及的内容。但在第三段中作者只是
含蓄地批评了布什政府的环境政策(Global warming is indeed a risk that should be t
aken more seriously than the Bush administration has so far done.)

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