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问题 New Ideas
Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson is trying to drive carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) underground to (1)A. reduceB. narrowC. interruptD. interfere its release into the air.
Over the next two years, a team of scientists will try to (2)A. spreadB. splashC. injectD. flow carbon dioxide-charged water into the rock underground. Scientists say this should work. The #[CO_2]# will react with the rock to form a stable mineral that remains inthe (3)A.airB. rockC. waterD. soil for millions of years.
If the experiment succeeds, Iceland could give the world a new (4)A. eraB. periodC. pageD. way to reduce emissions.
Sigurdur Gislason, a university professor in Iceland, says his country has an (5)A. meritB. benefitC. profitD. advantage over other countries: "We have enormous amounts of clean (6)A. oilB. energyC. gasD. solar-power and a small society. You can do experiments here that you can't do anywhere else."
In an attempt to cut back on the use of air conditioners during summer, the Japanese government in 2005 (7)A. mountedB. calledC. openedD. broke a campaign to keep office temperatures at 28 ℃ in summer. Men were also encouraged to change business suits for (8)A. decentB. formalC. casualD. fashionable wear. In other words, no more ties.
" The (9)A. pledgeB. moveC. promiseD. statement is meant to show the government' s resolve to achieve Japan' s target of reducing greenhouse (温室) gas emissions by 6 percent," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda. The (10)A. campaignB. warC. activityD. assault (袭击) has cut an estimated 79,000 tons of carbon dioxide gas emissions each year.
As the country's 2005 Energy Policy Act (11)A. makesB. takesC. bringD. comes into force this year, more Americans will be encouraged to use (12)A. fastB. cheapC. expensiveD. environment-friendly cars and energy sources.
According to the new law, those who buy hybrid (混合) cars such as the Toyota Prius can earn tax credits, or rebates (退款), of (13)A. underB. upC. onD. from to $2,600 a year. Homemakers (主妇) ,can also save when they renovate, claiming tax rebates (14)A. puttingB. worthC. buildingD. buying around $500 simply by fitting their homes with energy-saving insulation (绝缘). If they (15)A. spendB. giveC. investD. donate in solar water heating, the payoff at tax time is equal to 30 percent of the appliance's cost or a maximum of $2,000.
选项
答案【A. reduce】|【C. inject】|【B. rock】|【D. way】|【D. advantage】|【B. energy】|【A. mounted】|【C. casual】|【B. move】|【A. campaign】|【D. comes】|【D. environment-friendly】|【B. up】|【B. worth】|【C. invest】|
解析根据全文主旨和语义搭配选词(减排). (2) 解析: 语义上的搭配选词. (3) 解析: 指代(复指). (4) 解析: 根据语义衔接和动宾搭配选词. (5) 解析:语法和搭配题. (6) 解析:语义衔接选词.energy是能源,属于概括性说法. (7) 解析: 语义搭配 mount=launch. (8) 解析:篇章中语义衔接选词. (9) 解析: 指代关系(前指campaign). (10) 解析:指代 (复指). (11) 解析:搭配. (12) 解析:文章主旨和语义衔接. (14) 解析:语义衔接选词. (15) 解析: 语义衔接和搭配.
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