12.With fears of a possible nuclear meltdown(核反應(yīng)堆堆芯的熔毀) in Japan building up,evidence has come to light that the nation received warnings over the stability of its power plants from an international watchdog more than two years ago.
As the Telegraph is reporting,an official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in December 2008that safety rules were out of date,and strong earthquakes would cause a"serious problem"for the power stations.
A U.S.embassy document,by quoting(引用)an unnamed expert,states:"He (the IAEA official) explained that safety guides for earthquakes have only been updated three times in the last 35years and that the IAEA is now re-examining them.Also,the presenter noted recent earthquakes in some cases have gone beyond the design basis for some nuclear plants,and that this is a serious problem that is now driving earthquake safety work."
The Telegraph also reports that the government responded to the warnings by building an emergency response center at the Fukushima Daiichi plant designed to resist magnitude-7.0earthquakes.Friday's earthquake,originally named a magnitude-8.9shock,has since been upgraded to magnitude-9.0.
Other nuclear experts state IAEA officials had willingly ignored lessons from the Chernobyl disaster to protect the nuclear industry's expansion,reports Bloomberg."After Chernobyl,all the force of the nuclear industry was directed to hide this event,for not creating damage to their reputation,"Russian nuclear accident specialist Iouli Andreyev tells Reuters,before noting that radiation from spent fuel rods(棒)stored close to reactors at Fukushima looked like an example of putting profit before safety."The Japanese were very greedy,and they used every square inch of the space.But when you have a dense(密集的) placing of spent fuel in the basin,you have a high possibility of fire if the water is removed from the basin."
68.From the passage,we know thatB.
A.people fear that the nuclear meltdown will possibly become more and more serious in Japan
B.people are becoming more and more afraid of a possible nuclear meltdown in Japan
C.Japan made no response to the warnings over the safety of its power plants
D.Iouli Andreyev warned Japan not to store spent fuel rods close to reactors
69.Which of the following is true according to the passage?C
A.Japan was warned of the stability of its power plants when they were built over 2years ago.
B.Safety guides for earthquakes should be updated three times in 35years.
C.The emergency response centre at the Fukushima Daiichi plant can not resist Friday's
earthquake.
D.IAEA officials advised Japan to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster.
70.IAEA officials were willing to ignore lessons from the Chernobyl disaster because they wantB.
A.to put profit before safety.
B.the nuclear industry to develop
C.to protect the reputation of Japan
D.every inch of land to be made good use of
71.The writer develops this passage mainly byB.
A.making comments B.providing facts
C.quoting what experts say D.a(chǎn)nalysing what happened.
分析 本文主要講述由于核反應(yīng)堆堆芯的熔毀導(dǎo)致日本人民感到恐慌,聯(lián)合國(guó)在地震安全方面對(duì)日本要求極其嚴(yán)格.
解答 BCBB
68 B 細(xì)節(jié)題. 根據(jù)文章第一 段 With fears of a possible nuclear meltdown(核反應(yīng)堆堆芯的熔毀) in Japan building up,evidence has come to light that the nation received warnings over the stability of its power plants from an international watchdog more than two years ago.可知日本人民對(duì)核反應(yīng)堆堆芯的熔毀造成的影響而感到恐慌,故選B.
69 C 細(xì)節(jié)題. 根據(jù)文章第四 段The Telegraph also reports that the government responded to the warnings by building an emergency response center at the Fukushima Daiichi plant designed to resist magnitude-7.0earthquakes. 可知 Fukushima Daiichi plant 被設(shè)計(jì)出來抵抗7級(jí)地震,而發(fā)生的地址是8級(jí),所以不能抵抗,故選C.
70 B 細(xì)節(jié)題. 根據(jù)文章最后一段Other nuclear experts state IAEA officials had willingly ignored lessons from the Chernobyl disaster to protect the nuclear industry's expansion,可知IAEA 官員不理會(huì)Chernobyl的原因是想保護(hù)核產(chǎn)業(yè)的發(fā)展,故選B.
71 B 細(xì)節(jié)題. 通讀全文可知本文主要是通過列舉事例來寫這篇文章的,故選B.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.