单选题
A break through in the provision of energy from the
sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to
two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EEC's research effort
in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in
solar energy at EEC's scientific laboratories at Lspra, near Milan.
The senior West German scientist in charge of the Community's solar
energy programme, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of
research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much
as three per cent of the Community's energy requirements even after the year
2000. But he said that with a modest increase in the present sums devoted by the
EEC to this work it was possible that the breakthrough could be achieved by the
end of the next decade. Mr. Gretz calculates that if solar
energy only provided three percent of the EEC's needs, this could still produce
a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each
year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced
technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of
the Community's future energy needs. At present the EEC spends
about $2.6 millions a year on solar research at Lspra, one of the EEC's official
joint research centres, and another $3 million a year in indirect research with
universities and other independent bodies.
单选题
The phrase "be brought forward" in Para. 1 most probably means ______.
A. be expected
B. be completed
C. be advanced
D. be introduced
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy
depends on ______.
A. sufficient funding
B. further experiments
C. advanced technology
D. well equipped laboratories
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】
单选题
According to Mr. Gretz, the present sum of money will enable the
scientists to provide ______.
A. a little more than 3% of the EEC's needs after the year 2000
B. 3% of the EEC's needs before the year 2000
C. less than 3% of the EEC's needs before the year 2000
D. only 3% of the EEC's needs even after the year 2000
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The EEC spends one billion pounds on imported energy.
B. At the present level of research spending, it is difficult to make any
significant progress in the prevision of energy from the sun.
C. The desired breakthrough could be obtained by the end of the next decade
if investment were increased.
D. The total yearly spending of the EEC on solar energy research amounted to
almost 6 million dollars.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】
单选题
The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy
would ______.
A. lead to a big increase in research funding
B. make it unnecessary to import oil
C. make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EEC
D. provide a much greater proportion of the Community's future energy
needs