单选题
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true of nuclear plants in Britain?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。
根据题干要求,找寻到原文有关英国的部分,发现第一段第三句可满足解题需要“In Britain, where managerial incompetence and negligence over safety have fuelled a crisis of confidence in two big nuclear operators…”即“在英国,管理漏洞和对安全的忽视加剧了大众对两大核电站的信任危机……”,由此可见,只有选项A的说法与原文不符,因此该项是正确答案。
[解题关键] 正确理解关键词组的含义是解题的关键。如上句话中的managerial incompetence, negligence over safety和crisis of confidence分别与选项C、D和B的说法相呼应。
单选题 Which of the following countries is negative about nuclear plants?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[分析] 推理判断题。
根据原文第一段最后一句话,可知赞成核电站建设的国家有中国、南非和(美国的)布什政府,由此可推断,正确的选项只能是日本,因为该国未包括在上述国家中。
[解题关键] 正确识别文中表观点意见的表达法有助于迅速对选项作出判断,如本句中使用了…have given their blessing to the new nuclear plants及 supports the idea来表示赞同。
单选题 Which of the following is mentioned as a fossil fuel?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[分析] 特定信息的找寻和判断。
根据题干中关键词fossil fuel,迅速在原文中找寻有关信息,发现原文最后一句提到“…more fossil fuels, notably coal…”即“更多的化石燃料,主要是煤……”,由此可见,选项D的说法是正确的。
[解题关键] 凭借关键词能够迅速找到其有关信息,并凭借其上下文作出判断。
单选题 Which of the following sounds like an implied solution to the energy dilemma?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[分析] 观点态度的推断。
根据原文第二段,核问题涉及能源安全和气候变化的问题。前者反对关闭核电站,并且支持开新型核电站,因为废除核能将会使富国更加依赖进口化石燃料;后者也要求以新型核电站取代传统的核电站,否则更多化石燃料的使用会导致全球变暖。由此可推测,作者的态度是赞成建立新型的核电站。因此选项C的说法是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握判断文中观点态度的词语是解答本题的关键,如正确理解第二段“argues…for opening new ones;unless nuclear plants are replaced with new ones…”这两种表达均表明作者是赞成建立新型核电站的。
单选题 Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]No nuclear or new nuclear? It is a big question for energy policy these days. In Britain, where managerial incompetence and negligence over safety have fuelled a crisis of confidence in two big nuclear operators, an anti-nuclear lobby is calling for all nuclear plants to be shut. In Japan, similar problems have led to a contemporary shutdown of most nuclear plants that could trigger a wave of blackouts this summer. But in China and South Africa, governments have given their blessing to new nuclear plants; and the Bush administration"s energy plan also supports the idea.
The case for nuclear today has two main components: energy security and climate change. The first-argues against shutting nuclear plants, and for opening new ones, on the ground that getting rid of nuclear would make the rich world even more dependent on imported fossil fuels. The second argues that, unless nuclear plants are replaced with new ones when they go out of service, more fossil fuels, notably coal, will be burnt, making it impossible for governments to tackle global warming.
[分析] 主旨题。
本题要求恰当地概括全文的主要思想。本文首先举例说明英国和日本对建立核电站持不赞成的态度,而接下来文中也谈到中国和南非赞成建立核电站的立场。由此可知,全文主要说明各国政府在能源政策上是有分歧的。因此选项D的说法符合原文,是正确答案。
[解题关键] 正确概括文章各部分大意,而后将其综合便能够得到全文的主要思想。