单选题
In addition to the established energy sources such as gas, coal, oil and nuclear, there are a number of other sources that we ought to consider. Two of these are hydroelectric and tidal power. These two sources are (21) in that they are both renewable. (22) , hydropower is more widely used than tidal. In (23) , a substantial amount of electricity is already produced in HEP (hydroelectric power) stations worldwide, (24) tidal stations are still in the very early (25) of development. As far as geographical (26) is concerned, HEP projects are to be found on lakes and rivers, while tidal (27) are constructed only at river mouths where tidal (28) is great. Unfortunately these are (29) in number. At present HEP stations are found mainly in Norway, Canada, Sweden and Brazil, whereas tidal plants are in (30) in France, Russia and China. As regards capital (31) , both require very high investment. On the other hand, generating (32) are quite low in both cases. In fact, a large scale HEP plant is capable of producing power more (33) than conventional sources, such as coal, oil and nuclear plants. Tidal power also compares (34) with nuclear and oil-generated electricity, (35) the amount of money on production. (36) HEP stations, tidal constructions have a long life (37) . It is estimated that they can operate for over 100 years. With respect to (38) of supply, tidal stations (39) from HEP ones in that they often can only supply power (40) HEP stations, however, provide a constant supply of electricity.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】考查形容词辨义和上下文理解。由上下文不难看出,这里指的是 hydroelectric power 和 tidal power 两种能源的“相同”或“相似”之处。只有similar一词指“相似(而不同)”,故是本题正确答案。其余三项中,compatible 指“一致的,兼容的”,parallel指“平行的,相同的”,identical指“同一的,(完全)一样的”,显然都不适合填入本题。
【答案解析】考查连词辨义和上下文逻辑。本题与第22题异曲同工,空格前说明的是。hydroelectric power 已经得到发展,空格后则说tidal power尚处在发展初期,两者之间为转折关系,故选whereas(然而,反之)。其余三项也都是连词,但它们所表达的逻辑关系都不能用在此处:provided指“倘若”,表假设;since指“由于”,表原因;though指“尽管,虽然”,表让步。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】考查名词辨义和习惯表达。in the early stage(s) of是个习惯搭配,指“在…的早期或初期”。其余三项虽然都含有“时期”义,但都不用于这一表达。period 指“时期,周期”;year 指“年,岁”,它用于复数形式时多指“年龄段”;session指“一段时间,会议期”。
【答案解析】考查名词辨义和上下文理解。由空格后表解释和说明功能的require very high investment(需要巨大的投资)可知,此处应填入一个表示“费用,支出”的词。四个选项都是动名词:expending 指“支出,花费”;planning指“计划编制,计划”;financing指“融资,财务,资金”;saving指“存款,节约”。其中只有[A]项可用capital(资本的,资金的)修饰,因此该项就是正确答案。