TPO29:THE HISTORY OF WATERPOWER
(2014-02-22 08:42:15)The History of Waterpower
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解析:harness作动词,利用;答案选D
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解析:段落第一句“Moving water was one of the earliest energy sources to be harnessed to reduce the workload of people and animals.”流水是最早被人类使用来减轻人和动物劳力的资源。所以答案选C。
题干的uncertainty和except,双重否定变肯定。
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解析:段落第二句“In the following centuries, increasingly sophisticated waterpower mills…”罗马帝国建造的水利磨坊更复杂。所以答案选D。
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解析:application 是运用的意思,答案选A。
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解析:段落第三句“……for maximum efficiency, the water should pass across the blades as smoothly as possible and fall away with minimum speed……”最大效率,水需要用最小的速度。自然慢速水的效率要比快速水的效率高。所以答案选B。
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解析:pessimistic 悲观消极的,所以答案选A
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解析:段落最后一句“A century later…”这个说法是相对与第二句的“in the year 1800”所以答案选C。
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解析:段落最后一句“the world had an electric industry, and a quarter of its generating capacity was water powered.”世界四分之一的电力来自水能。答案选C。
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The growth of the electric-power industry was the result of a remarkable series of scientific discoveries and developments in electrotechnology during the nineteenth century, but significant changes in what might now call hydro (water) technology also played their part.
电力工业的增长是19世纪一系列著名的电科技科学发现和发展的结果,但是水利科技的重大改变也起到了作用。
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解析:原句的主干是:电力工业增长,是因为电力科技和科学发展,也因为水力科技的发展。所以答案选C。
10. 与单词unaltered在文中意思最接近的是
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解析:alter是改变的意思,unaltered就是没有改变的意思,答案选C。
11. 第六段中电力生产历史的讨论支持以下哪个选项? (Factual Information Question)
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解析:段落第一句,也就是主旨句说电力的增长也是水科技的作用。第二句说BF注册了一个新的更有效的水轮专利,第三句说他的设备是第一个成功的水轮。水轮肯定代表了水科技,那么结合主旨句,我们知道水轮肯定要用来发电。选项C在文中没有提到,大家切记不要意淫。
12. 根据第七段,GS、UK的早期电场面对的问题是?
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解析:段落最后一句“Unfortunately this early plant experienced the problem common to many forms of renewable energy: the flow in the Wey River was unreliable, and the waterwheel was soon replaced by a steam engine.”所以答案选B。
13. Look at the four squares ■that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
Happily, serious studies began to be conducted to help resolve disagreements.
解析:答案选A,因为disagreements在内容上连接了首句的debate,并且作为转折,连接之后的句子。
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解析:选项A对,概括第二、三段内容
选项B错,这不是原文的重点
选项C错,河流并不是可靠的能源,原文说过unreliable
选项D错,这不是原文的重点
选项E对,概括了第四段的内容
选项F对,概括了第五、六段的内容
答案:A E F