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第42篇：太阳能的研发

Abreakthrough(突破)intheprovisionofenergyfromthesunfortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)couldbebroughtfrowardbyuptotwodecades,ifamodestincreasecouldbeprovidedintheEEC’sresearcheffortinthisfield,accordingtotheseniorEECscientistsengagedinexperimentsinsolarenergyatEEC’sscientificlaboratoriesatIspra,nearMilan.TheseniorWestGermanscientistinchargeoftheCommunity’ssolarenergyprogramme,Mr.JoachimGretz,toldjournaliststhatatpresentlevelsofresearchspendingitwasmostunlikelythatsolarenergywouldprovideasmuchasthreepercentoftheCommunity’senergyrequirementsevenaftertheyear2000.Buthesaidthatwithamodestincreaseinthepresentsums,devotedbytheEECtothisworkitwaspossiblethatthebreakthroughcouldbeachievedbytheendofthenextdecade.

Mr.GretzcalculatesthatifsolarenergyonlyprovidedthreepercentoftheEEC’sneeds,thiscouldstillproduceasavingofaboutabillionpoundsinthepresentbillforimportedenergyeachyear.AndhebelievesthatwiththepossibilityofutilizingmoreadvancedtechnologyinthisfielditmightbepossibletosatisfyamuchbiggershareoftheCommunity’sfutureenergyneeds.AtpresenttheEECspendsabout$2.6millionsayearonsolarresearchatIspra,oneoftheEEC’sofficialjointresearchcentres,andanother$3millionsayearinindirectresearchwithuniversitiesandotherindependentbodies.

练习题：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Thephrase"bebroughtforward"(Line2,Para.1)mostprobablymeans"______".A.beexpectedB.becompletedC.beadvancedD.beintroduced

2.Somescientistsbelievethatabreakthroughintheuseofsolarenergydependson______.A.sufficientfundingB.furtherexperimentsC.advancedtechnologyD.well-equippedlaboratories

3.AccordingtoMr.Gretz,thepresentsumofmoneywillenablethescientiststoprovide_____.A.morethan3%oftheEEC’sneedsaftertheyear2000B.only3%oftheEEC’sneedsbeforetheyear2000C.lessthan3%oftheEEC’sneedsbeforetheyear2000D.3%oftheEEC’sneedsaftertheyear20004.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.TheEECspendsonebillionpoundsonimportedenergyeachyear.B.Atthepresentlevelofresearchspending,itisdifficulttomakeanysignificantprogressintheprovisionofenergyfromthesun.C.Thedesiredbreakthroughcouldbeobtainedbytheendofthenextdecadeifinvestmentwereincreased.D.ThetotalyearlyspendingoftheEEConsolarenergyresearchamountedtoalmost