问答题 《复合题被拆开情况》 Thanks in no small part to Al Gore and his film producers, the American public is waking up to the seriousness of global warming.That is not so widely appreciated is that unless the US government【S1】________acted urgently and decisively, this problem could very quickly get very【S2】________much worse. For reasons both economic or political coal is poised to be the fuel【S3】________of choice in the coming decades as the US weans itself off foreign oil.Coal combustion generates half the US’s electricity and release about【S4】________1. 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. If present trends continue,these figures will be more than double by 2050, much on to the【S5】________detriment of the world’s climate. Without an alternative fuel, the only solution is to capture and store carbon dioxide from burning coal.Overcome the engineering obstacles in the way of large-scale【S6】________sequestration of carbon dioxide will be hard enough, and the bigger【S7】________challenge is one of political will. US companies as yet have no incentiveto capture carbon emissions. While movements at state and congressional【S8】________levels are pushing in the right direction, the ambiguity in the administration’s policy is counterproductive. It is time for the US government to put price on carbon emissions so【S9】________utilities that invest in technologies to reduce carbon emissions will seetheir efforts rewarding. Such a move would not only reduce the risks【S10】________associated with global warming, but also go a long way towards restoring America’s green credentials.《问题》:【S8】
【正确答案】movements—moves
【答案解析】词义混淆。movement表示“运动;转动,活动”,而move表示“举措,为达到某个目的而采取的行动”,此处指州政府和国会正采取积极的举措。