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It seemed so promising—mirrors sprawled across desert land in the scorching southwest delivering clean electricity and helping A
It seemed so promising—mirrors sprawled across desert land in the scorching southwest delivering clean electricity and helping A
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2011-03-11
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It seemed so promising—mirrors sprawled across desert land in the scorching southwest delivering clean electricity and helping Americans out of the increasing fuel crisis. Some scientists and industry developers claim that Nevada’s empty and sun-drenched expanses alone could supply enough electricity to power the entire country.
Now even the optimists fear this wonderful prospect may be a mirage. Congress cannot make up their mind to extend the tax-reducing bill for solar-energy projects, which solar advocates say is critical to the future of their industry but which is due to expire at the end of the year. The latest attempt failed in the Senate earlier this month, prospects for a deal before November’s presidential and congressional elections now look dim. Uncertainty has led some investors to delay or abandon projects in the past few months. Rhone Resch, the president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said if the tax-reducing bill is allowed to expire at the end of the year, "it will result in the loss of billions of dollars in new investments in solar. "
Further dampening hopes for a big solar-energy boom, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has abruptly suspended new applications to put solar collectors on federal land. The agency says it has received more than 130 applications and needs to conduct a region-wide environmental impact study on the industry before it will accept any more. The study will take 22 months to complete, however. Few argue against trying to preserve precious water sources and protect desert tortoises and other creatures that might not enjoy cohabiting with sprawling fields of mirrors. But many solar advocates wonder why the government is not acting as cautiously when it comes to drilling for oil and gas.
Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from Washington State, wants a congressional probe into the proposed suspension. "The fact that the BLM pops this out without people even knowing about it, especially when solar thermal looks extremely promising as a power source, is not right," she says. Harry Reid of Nevada, who is the majority leader in the Senate, also condemns the BLM’s freeze, saying that it could "slow new development to a crawl".
The BLM is not without its supporters, however. At a public meeting on June 23rd in Golden, Colorado, Alex Daue, of the Wilderness Society, said that his organization supports renewable energy development as long as it doesn’t damage other important resources. The message is clear: no rubber stamps, even for renewable energy.
According to Senator Maria Cantwell,______.
选项
A、the BLM should suspend new applications to put solar collectors on federal land
B、the BLM should not suspend new applications to put solar collectors on federal land
C、the congress should decide whether to suspend new applications or not
D、the congress should send experts to help the BLM to make decisions
答案
B
解析
Senator.Maria Cantwell出现在第四段,而就在这一段同时还出现了另一个人Harry Reid。他们两个人的评论出现在同一段,而且两段评论之间没有出现任何连词,一个说完,另一个接着说,那充分说明俩人的观点应当是相近或相同的。而后一人Harry Reid认为这种做法会让发展变缓,也就是说不赞成BLM的做法,因此反推前一人Maria Cantewell的话也应当是这个意思。从上文我们已经得知BLM中止了受理申请,该短语又以out结尾,因此我们可以大概猜出该短语的意思倾向于消极,意思可能是“让……出局”之类的意思。原文that引导同位语修饰the fact,句子主干很简单,就是“the fact is not right”。而所谓fact就是上文提到BLM中止受理申请这件事,既然这种做法不对,那么言下之意就是BLM不该中止受理申请。
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考研英语一
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