首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(1)The Paris-based International Energy Agency(IEA), in its annual forecast, said a number of factors, including the soaring cos
(1)The Paris-based International Energy Agency(IEA), in its annual forecast, said a number of factors, including the soaring cos
admin
2021-08-05
64
问题
(1)The Paris-based International Energy Agency(IEA), in its annual forecast, said a number of factors, including the soaring cost of oil, will contribute to a boom in coal. Aging and less-productive oil fields and resistance among major oil exporters to build spare oil capacity will make crude oil and natural gas more expensive and prompt developing countries to turn increasingly to the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel.
(2)The annual World Energy Outlook, released as U.S. benchmark crude rose 20 cents to $96.90 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange trading Wednesday morning, also details a continued surge in oil demand that could result in a serious supply crunch around 2015. The agency, which acts as an energy think tank funded by the world’s 26 most-advanced economies, portrays a world mat by 2030 will be consuming 55% more energy than it is now, with almost half of me growth because of soaring demand in China and India. While oil will remain me world’s largest source of energy in terms of metric tons of oil equivalent, at 32%, coal’s share is expected to jump to 28%, up from 25% now, contributing to a 57% increase in carbon emissions.
(3)Barring unforeseen changes in government policy to reduce oil consumption, me IEA predicts that worldwide oil demand will hit 116 million barrels a day by 2030, up from about 85 million barrels a day now. Electricity use will nearly double, witii most of me globe’s new plants burning coal.
(4)For nearly all economies, me tough question is on the supply side. The IEA foresees a boost in production from new fields in the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia, but warns mat "it is very uncertain" whether these new sources "will be sufficient to compensate for the decline in output at existing fields" in the Middle East and among other big producers such as Russia, Mexico and Venezuela.
(5)The resulting pinch in supply could result in "an abrupt escalation in oil prices" around 2015, an event me agency said "cannot be ruled out". The dramatic rise in oil prices to nearly $100 a barrel from about $50 in early January has invigorated debate over whemer oil prices will go far higher in coming years, or will taper off from a spike that some critics insist is largely driven by speculation.
(6)The IEA bluntly says consumers and governments globally are doing too little to improve energy-supply security and to cut pollution. Even under me most optimistic assumptions, global carbon emissions—the main culprit blamed for global warming—will be 25% higher in 2030 from today’s levels.
(7)"The pathway we’re on is not sustainable" both for me health of me environment and for securing stable energy supplies in me future, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka told journalists in London. "Time is running out."
(8)China and India are setting the tone of global energy markets with me size of their populations, each over one billion, and double-digit economic growth rates. The IEA predicts mat me two Asian countries combined will import more oil in 2030 than Japan and me U.S. do today. China and India also will account for 80% of the growth in coal consumption over the next two decades, with China tapping abundant domestic supplies but India having to import more of what it needs.
(9)While the IEA focused its most recent outlook on China and India, it also forecast booming demand in the Middle East. Oil use there is expected to hit 7.9 million barrels a day by 2015, more than twice the predicted demand in India.
(10)Although China is taking measures to mitigate global-warming emissions, the Asian giant is to become the world’s biggest polluter tins year in absolute terms and the largest energy consumer, ahead of the U.S., shortly after 2010, based on current trends, according to the IEA outlook. On a per-capita-emissions basis, the U.S. is expected to remain the world’s biggest greenhouse gas producer over the next two decades.
(11)Renewable energy sources such as solar will grow in use in certain areas, like the U.K., but me current logistical challenges and costs of using and developing mem mean all renewable energy sources will remain a fraction of total energy use globally in 2030 at about 10%, unchanged from today.
(12)The IEA says improved energy efficiency, technical improvements for burning coal more cleanly, and building more nuclear power plants, which emit almost no carbon emissions, are some of the responses consumers and governments must take to ease energy-supply concerns and to cut carbon gases.
Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
选项
A、Consumers and governments have not been actively involved in cutting pollution.
B、China’s coal consumption over the next two decades is expected to be self-sufficient.
C、China is going to be the world’s biggest polluter in the next two decades in all respects.
D、Consumers and governments can help ease energy shortage and improve environment.
答案
C
解析
第10段第2句提到,按人均排放量,美国仍将是全球最大的温室气体排放国,由此可知,C中的inan aspects是不成立的,故选C。由第6段首句、第8段末句及末段可知,A、B、D符合文意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CWIK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Forcountlesstimesinhistory,peoplehaveexploredtherelationshipbetweenscienceandclassics.Thepioneersoftheteachin
Forcountlesstimesinhistory,peoplehaveexploredtherelationshipbetweenscienceandclassics.Thepioneersoftheteachin
HereintheUnitedStates,beforeagriculturalactivitiesdestroyedthenaturalbalance,thereweregreatmigrationsofRocky
Weknowthatitisimpossibletosetupalimitednumberoftypesthatwoulddofulljusticetothepeculiaritiesofthousandso
Weknowthatitisimpossibletosetupalimitednumberoftypesthatwoulddofulljusticetothepeculiaritiesofthousandso
Weknowthatitisimpossibletosetupalimitednumberoftypesthatwoulddofulljusticetothepeculiaritiesofthousandso
Miserymaylovecompany,butthiswasridiculous.MorethanamillionIBMstockholderslastweektookanightmarerideonasto
(1)Manythoughtfulparentswanttoshieldtheirchildrenfromfeelingsofguiltorshameinmuchthesamewaythattheywantto
(1)Manythoughtfulparentswanttoshieldtheirchildrenfromfeelingsofguiltorshameinmuchthesamewaythattheywantto
PASSAGETHREEWhatisthepublic’sfeelingtowardsthegovernmentonpark-closingissue?
随机试题
Iagreewithhim______,butnotentirely.
下列与法人有关的表述错误的有:()
可行性研究阶段的建设方案设计对投资估算误差有何深度要求?
简单型长期持有战略具有交易成本和管理费用最小化的优势,但同时也放弃了从市场环境变化中获利的可能。()
行政许可+行政诉讼甲省乙市开源公司(注册地位于乙市丙区)经乙市工商局核准取得《企业法人营业执照》,从事某类产品生产经营。后来,甲省商务局函告开源公司:按照甲省地方性法规最新规定,新建此类:企业必须到省商务局办理某种生产经营许可证后,方可向当地工商局申请企业
下列不属于我国法律渊源的是()。
在竞争学习的情境中,个人达成目标的努力会妨碍他人达成目标;在合作学习的情境中,个人达成目标的努力可以帮助他人达成目标。因此,合作学习中不存在竞争。()
学生阅读时,划重点策略是利用了知觉的()。
2009年10月14日晚上7时许,浦东新区闸航路、召泰路路口附近,一名年约20岁的年轻人站在路中央拦车。此时,上海庞源建筑机械工程有限公司的司机孙中界正驾驶一辆金杯面包车路过。看到这名年轻人无公交车、出租车可搭乘后,他顺道开车将其送到了1.5公里外的目的地
Ourexperimentwasconductedunderoptimalconditions.Theunderlinedpartmeans______
最新回复
(
0
)