单选题 If you made a list of all the jobs performed by the different kinds of energy, you would fill many pages.
Nuclear energy is used in some areas of the United States. But there are dangers. Waste materials from nuclear (51) would destroy life if they leaked (52) the land. When nuclear energy is produced, a lot of (53) is produced, too, so a flow of lake or ocean water is used to cool the operations. Then the water (54) to its source. If the returning water were too hot, it would destroy fish and other (55) .
Cow manure is being used to produce a kind of (56) . The manure from farms is put into a machine to convert it to a liquid. Then the gas is formed (57) a natural process. If the converter were not so (58) at the present time, it would be used in many places to provide (59) .
Garbage has become an energy source. It (60) to oil, steam, or electricity, or it is used on the land.
But recent (61) about power supplies has led to increased interest in the use of wind (62) a source of electrical power. Windmills are clean and they (63) no waste. And they use a (64) resource. Some scientists consider that wind energy systems can fulfill a valuable (65) in meeting the energy needs of industrialized nations and of the developing world.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] station站；factory工厂；works工厂；firm公司。根据下文内容，这里应该是“核电站”，因此选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] into进入……；onto在……表面；on在……上；to去……。根据下文内容，这里应该是“从核电站里排放的废气物质如果遗漏在地面上……”，因此选B。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] high temperature高温；hot air热气；heat热量；warmth温暖。“产生核能的同时会产生大量热能”。因此选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] get得到；come来；fall落下；return返回，最符合题意。选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据常识，海洋里有生命的不止是动物或者植物，而是所有有生命的生物，选C。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] gas天然气；liquid液体；solid固体；air空气。根据下文，选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] by被……；through通过……方式；with与……一起；from从……。用by会引起be formed by构成的被动式的歧义，因此选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] expensive昂贵的；complicated复杂的；rare稀少的；troublesome麻烦的。选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] oil油；liquid液体；power电力；fuel能源。此处需要的内容是指能源总称，而不是具体的一类能源，因此选D。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的意思是“被转换成……”，正确的形式是be converted to…。选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] consideration考虑；thought想法；concern关心的事；interest兴趣。根据上下文此处应指对能源的关注，因此选C。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] like像……；as作为……；for为……；from从……。根据本句意思答案选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] give给；deposit存放；make制作；leave留下。选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] measureless不可测量的；limitless无限的；boundless无边无际的；endless没完没了的。选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] role角色；duty职责；service服务；function功能，选A。