Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four
choices marked A, B. C. and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on
ANSWER SHEET 1. (15 points)
The statement that: We must balance our energy and environmental needs is
almost a clichéby now. But the more our appetite for energy expands, _21__
impossible that balance becomes to __22__.
Each one of the energy supply options __23__ today to meet the nation‘s
increased consumption of energy
comes attached with an environmental price __24__. But the problem is that we
live in a high-energy civilization. __25__the unenviable task for us is to decide
which energy __26__ is least bad.
Underground coal mining __27_ a terrible human price-explosions and
black__28__disease-and it also
results in the__29_of the surface above. The most potent environmental issue
__30__ with coal is the air pollution that occurs in trying to bum it. Air
pollution is really a public health __31__.
In contrast to the very immediate environmental_32_of coal, the risks linked
to nuclear power plants seem _33__ but more terrifying. To weigh and compare the
environmental __34_ and benefits of nuclear versus fossil fuels is almost _35_on
the basis of present knowledge.
21. A. much more B. the more C. it is more D. more and more
22. A. attain B. extract C. impose D. strive
23. A. is promoted B. are promoted C. to be promoted D. being promoted
24. A. log B. strap C. tag D. tablet
25. A. Thus B. Otherwise C. Thereafter D. Nevertheless
26. A. source B. consumption C. exploration D. merchandise
27. A. decides B. develops C. demands D. delivers
28. A. limb B. liver C. lung D. tongue
29. A. rising B. sinking C. moving D. losing
30. A. disregarded B. submerged C. intervened D. associated
31. A. issue B. topic C. project D. discussion
32. A. dispute B. hazards C. impurity D. uncertainty
33. A. hostile B. remote C. turbulent D. threatening
34. A. issues B. costs C. harm D. advantages
35. A. impossible B. important C. imposing D. imperfect
SectionⅡCloze (15 points)
21. B 22. A 2 3. D 24. C 25. A 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. B 30. D
31. A 32. B 33. B 34. B 35. A