13.A new power plant in Nakoso,Japan,might someday change everything for coal plants.Since the new power plant fired up in September,the designer,Mistubishi,is expecting to prove it's possible to burn coal without polluting.This technology is known as integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC).Proving IGCC works should give Mitsubishi's US partner,NRG Energy,the jump other hurdles to building new clean plants.
The project promised to solve the problem of the ages for power plants:how to produce cheap,clean,reliable electricity.No existing technology can do all three perfectly.
The problem is IGCC isn't there yet.It costs about 20 percent more than traditional plants.And even though it's easier to collect the resulting carbon dioxide from an IGCC plant than a traditional plant,there's no proven way to get rid of the greenhouse gas.One plan is to drill a shaft(通道) to pump the carbon dioxide underground,into saltwater formations.But there's no guarantee it will remain underground forever.
NRG administrators think solving the IGCC riddles is worth the trouble because they expect the U.S.will soon limit the amount of carbon dioxide that power generators may give out.
"With the additional cost of IGCC,to just voluntarily build something that's 20 percent more expensive,that's commercial suicide,"NRG chief administrator,David Crane said.
NRG administrators expect the cost to decline after six or seven plants are built.But other industry experts think it will take about a dozen plants for the price to be competitive with traditional coal plants.
Takaya Watanabe,a vice general manager of Mitsubishi,admits that the cost challenges are difficult."It's good for a company to say we want to be green,but unless someone is willing to pay,it's a dream.It won't keep our family eating rice,"he said.
64.What is expected of the new technology?A
A.To make electricity without polluting the air.
B.To produce energy without burning coal.
C.To keep the use of electricity cheaper.
D.To pump carbon dioxide more easily.
65.What's the biggest problem the companies are faced with?B
A.How to pump greenhouse gases.
B.How to deal with the high cost.
C.How to get along with other partners.
D.How to improve the new technology.
66.What can be inferred from the passage?D
A.New technologies are unacceptable to people.
B.It's unlikely to build more new power plants.
C.The companies are run on a tight budget.
D.Going green is easier said than done.

分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,主要介紹了日本的一家不同于傳統(tǒng)煤電工廠的新動(dòng)力工廠及其所面臨的一些問題.

解答 64-66 ABD
64題答案:A考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)原文Mistubishi,is expecting to prove it's possible to burn coal without polluting.可知本題答案為A選項(xiàng).
65題答案:B考查細(xì)節(jié)推理與概括,文章最后兩段都是在講該項(xiàng)目高成本的現(xiàn)實(shí)及處理高成本的困難;故本題答案為B選項(xiàng).
66題答案:D考查細(xì)節(jié)推理,根據(jù)文章最后一段的"It's good for a company to say we want to be green,but unless someone is willing to pay,it's a dream.It won't keep our family eating rice,"可知"沒人愿意為‘綠色(環(huán)保)'的高成本買單";故本題答案為D選項(xiàng).

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì) 性找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案.

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3.Living near the beach may come with an extra perk (利益):better health.A new study analyzed information from more than 48million people in England and found that the nearer they lived to the coast,the more likely people were to report good health within the past year.
Living near the coast may be associated with better health because the seaside environment reduces stress,the researchers said.They pointed to another British study that found that people who took trips to the coast experienced more feelings of calmness and relaxation than those who visited urban parks or the countryside.
The difference from living near the coast was relatively small.But a small effect,when applied to an entire population can have a substantial impact on public health,said study researcher Ben Wheeler of Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in Exeter,England.
However,it's too soon to advise people to hit the beach to improve health,Wheeler said.The study only found an association,not a cause-effect link,and it's possible that other factors could explain the results.For instance,it could be that people who are wealthier,and therefore healthier,are more able to move to desired locations such as the coast,Wheeler said,a phenomenon known as the migrant effect.But the study did find that the association between coastal living and better health was strongest for those living in the poorest areas,which perhaps indicates that wealth cannot explain the results,Wheeler said.
Because the study looked at only England-an island country in which everyone lives within 72miles of the coast-it's not clear whether the findings would apply to other populations.Far from England,a health expert not involved in the study said that while the British research certainly doesn't prove that people's health and the place they live are linked,it's possible that proximity to the seas does something for our bodies.
If future studies confirm the results,the next step would be to find out it is what coastal environments that can benefit health.Wheeler said it may then be possible to bring those benefits to people living in other areas,through virtual environments,for instance.

28.We can conclude from the passage thatB.
A.people are encouraged to move to the coast
B.people living near the sea may be healthier
C.people pay increasingly attention to health
D.people are worried about residential environment
29.According to the researchers,living near the seaC.
A.doesn't nearly affect the British population
B.can cure some difficult diseases in a way
C.can help get over one's stress
D.means freeing from sadness or troubles
30.What Ben Wheeler said meansD.
A.the British public health is decreasing
B.concrete evidence favors life near the sea
C.wealthier people are likely to be healthier
D.exact reasons are proposed for further research
31.What does the underlined word"proximity"in the passage mean?A.
A.being close
B.being distant
C.being similar
D.being opposite.

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