每日一練閱讀理解21

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Solar energy for your home is coming. It can help you as a single home owner. It can help the whole country as well. Whether or not solar energy can save your money depen ds on many things. Where you live is one factor. The type of home you have is another. Things like insulation present energy coasts, and the type of system you buy are added factors.
Using solar energy can help save our precious fuel. As you know, our supplies of oil and gas are very limited. There is just not enough on hand to meet all our future energy needs. And when Mother Nature says that's all. The only way we can delay hearing those words is by starting to save energy now and by using other sources, like the sun.
We wont have to worry about the suns running out of energy for another several billion years or so. Besides begin an endless source of energy, the use of the sun has other advantages as well. The sun doesn't offer as many problems as other energy sources. For example, fossil fuel plants add to already high pollution levels. With solar energy, we will still need sources of energy, but we wont need as much. That means we can cut down on our pollution problems.
With all these good points, why don't we use more solar power? There are many reasons for this. The biggest reason is money. Until now, it was just not practical for a home owner to put in a solar unit. There were cheaper sources of energy. All that is changing now. Solar coats are starting to equal the costs of oil and electricity. Experts say that gas, oil and electricity prices will continue to rise. The demand for electricity is increasing rapidly. But new power plants will use more gas, oil or coal. Already in some places the supply of electricity is being rationed. Solar energy is now in its infancy. It could soon grow to become a major part of our nations energy supply.
21. Which statement best expresses the main idea?
A) Something about Solar Energy and Pollution.
B) Solar Energy.
C) Energy and Pollution
D) Energy and Money.

22. Solar energy can help us save ____. ��
A) the earth and natural resources
B) mother nature
C) the sun
D) our precious fuel

23. The sun is an endless source of energy, it will not run out of it fo r ____.
A) several million years
B) several hundred years
C) several billion years
D) several thousand years

24. Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Energy from coal would not pollute our living environment.
B) Energy from natural gas would not pollute our living environment.
C) Energy from the sun would not pollute our living environment.
D) Energy from oil would not pollute our living environment.

25. Solar energy is now in its infancy, ____.
A) but it will be considered as an important part of our nation s energy supply
B) yet we will build more power plants
C) and the supply of electricity will be rationed
D) but we don t need practice energy rationing now

短文大意
太陽能不久將成為我國的主要能源，因為太陽能可以節省能源。不象傳統的能源 —— 石油，天然氣那樣既儲量有限，又帶來污染，太陽能可以說是取之不盡用之不竭的能源，因為太陽的壽命是幾十億年。盡管太陽能有這么多優點，但我們依然使用得不多，大的原因是錢的問題。不過現在情況正在變化，專家認為別的能源價格將繼續上漲，目前太陽能處于嬰兒時期，但不久會成為我們的主要能源。
21. 答案 B 。
【試題分析】 此題考查文章的主題。
【詳細解答】 本文講解太陽能，其余的答案都不符合題意。
22. 答案 D 。
【試題分析】 此題為直接尋找信息題。
【詳細解答】 “ 太陽能可以節省能源 ” 與題意最貼切。見文章第二段第一句。
23. 答案 C 。
【參考譯文】 太陽能是一種永恒的能源，幾十億年不會枯竭。
【試題分析】 此題為尋找具體信息題。
【詳細解答】 文中所說的太陽的壽命是幾十億年。見文章第三段第一句。
24. 答案 C 。
【試題分析】 此題為判斷題。
【詳細解答】 只有太陽能無污染。
25. 答案 A 。
【參考譯文】 現在太陽能處于嬰兒期，但不久將會成為我國能源的重要組成部分。
【試題分析】 此題考查對文章主旨的理解。
【詳細解答】 太陽能將是今后的主要能源。見文章最后兩句話。