【正确答案】The remote, wind-blasted desert of north-western Gansu could be the most unloved, environmentally abused corner of China. It is home to the country's first oil field and several of the coal mines and steel factories.
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问答题7.【T2】
【正确答案】Government plans to tackle these problems including increasingly ambitious pollution controls, afforestation targets and hydrogen engineering projects etc. But the focus of its efforts is the attempted switch from coal to renewable energy.
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问答题8.【T3】
【正确答案】"This was the cradle of the Chinese oil industry," said Wu Shengxue, director of Jiuquan's reform and development department. "But we realize that fossil-fuel supplies are limited. They will run out one day. So we need to find other forms of energy. Jiuquan is leading the move to renewable energy in China. "
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问答题9.【T4】
【正确答案】It is part of a long-term plan to supply 15% of the country's energy from alternative and renewable sources by 2020. Most of that will come from nuclear power and hydropow-er, but the government is also tapping the wind energy and solar energy potential of the deserts, mountain plateaus and coastlines.