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  3. 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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问题     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.
What does the last sentence of the text mean?
选项 A、Even the project of renewable energy should not be granted.
B、Even the project of renewable energy should not produce wastes.
C、Even the project of renewable energy should not pollute the environment.
D、Even the project of renewable energy should not be suspended.
答案A
解析 本文的结构很明显，第一段是现象，第二、三段是问题(太阳能遭受打击)，第四段是支持的观点，第五段是反对的观点。从结构上说，本文的最后一句，不可能是整篇文章的中心思想的总结。因为如果文章要作总结，那么必定是分别论述支持和反对的两种观点之后，另起一段，表明作者的态度，总结全文。因此，本文的最后一句话只有可能是最后一段的总结。最后一段第一句话出现了however，表明与第四段支持太阳能发展的观点是相反的。另外The BLM is not without its supporters(BLM也不乏支持者)，也表明了后面的观点是与BLM一致的，BLM通过暂停受理申请，明显限制了太阳能的发展，支持BLM就意味着希望限制太阳能的发展。只有选项A表明了这个意思，因此是正确选项。rubber stamps是橡皮刻的图章，也就是我们中国人常说的公章。最后一句话是说，即使是再生能源(太阳能)也不能盖公章，也就是说不应当支持。
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