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
Global industrialization has poured carbon in the sky, and now we must pay the price: the nasty climate change, with its sinking
Global industrialization has poured carbon in the sky, and now we must pay the price: the nasty climate change, with its sinking
admin
2015-07-05
41
问题
Global industrialization has poured carbon in the sky, and now we must pay the price: the nasty climate change, with its sinking islands and superstorms. But what if we could【C1】______some of that carbon dioxide back down to earth?
Direct air capture (DAC) is the capture of carbon from the sky. Unlike【C2】______carbon capture and storage, DAC doesn’t try to simply capture carbon from chimneys and factory pipes: instead, it collects carbon directly from the【C3】______, no intermediate steps necessary. Better yet, the most sophisticated DAC plants don’t even need much electricity to function—they run on excess heat produced by other industrial processes. The temperatures needed to capture a ton of atmospheric carbon dioxide are "less than what is needed to【C4】______you a cup of tea," says Graciela Chichilnisky, founder of direct air capture company Global Thermostat. The CO
2
removed from the air by plants like Chichilnisky’s has a【C5】______of applications. " A lot of demand for CO
2
is unmet," says Chichilnisky. " In fact there’s a market for it that【C6】______one trillion dollars per year. "
Companies like Chichilnisky’s want to profit from this unmet demand, an aggressive example of doing well while doing good. Global Thermostat’s pilot plant at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, has been【C7】______since construction finished, says Chichilnisky. Now she wants to build plants elsewhere, using the excess heat from power plants. " If the【C8】______shows the way to be profitable is by cleaning up the atmosphere, then this will be the strongest motivation for the world to attack climate change. "
So can DAC save the world? Not quite yet. There’s a lot of concern among【C9】______advocates as to whether DAC can ever scale to the extent where it makes any deduction in the carbon we’re【C10】______pouring in the atmosphere. Moreover, despite the cost claims of Chichilnisky and others in the underdeveloped DAC industry, the jury’s still out on whether the cost of atmosphere-extracted carbon could ever get low enough to provide DAC plants with a profitable business model.
A) technology I) exceeds
B) currently J) atmosphere
C) boil K) unlimitedly
D) produce L) bring
E) profitable M) advanced
F) fame N) variety
G) environmental O) traditional
H) solution
【C7】
选项
答案
E
解析
空格所在句主语为Global Thermostat’s pilot plant,空格前为has been,因此,空格处需要填入形容词充当句子的表语,或动词的过去分词形式与has been一起充当谓语。上文提到回收二氧化碳是一个利润巨大的市场,再结合各选项可知,答案为E)profitable“有利润的,赚钱的”。备选项中剩余的形容词environmental和advanced都与此处文意不符,故均排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gjQ7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Famouscompaniescanalsobethevictimsofcyber-attacks.B、Governmentwebsitesaremorelikelytobetargetsofcyber-attack
A、Searchmoreinformationinthelibrary.B、Cutoutpartoftheessay.C、Changetheessay’stopic.D、Widentherangeoftheessa
UniversityofYorkbiologistPeterMayhewrecentlyfoundthatglobalwarmingmightactuallyincreasethenumberofspeciesonth
I’vetwicebeentocollegeadmissionswars,andasIsurveythebattlefield,somethingdifferentishappening.It’soneupmanshi
America’srecenthistoryhasbeenapersistenttilttotheWest—ofpeople,ideas,commerceandevenpoliticalpower.California
A、Bygettingallergyshotsextractedfromhoney.B、Bysupplementinghoney-madefood.C、Byhavinglocalhoneydaily.D、Bytaking
A、Thequalityoflife.B、Thelocaleconomy.C、Thefriendsandrelatives.D、Thenaturalbeauty.A短文指出,研究发现,选择住处时,生活质量是一个比经济学家可以想象
Ourape-menforefathershadnoobviousnaturalweaponsinthestruggleforsurvivalintheopen.Theyhadneitherthepowerfult
Sportisnotonlyphysicallychallenging,butitcanalsobementallychallenging.Criticismfromcoaches,parents,andotherte
A、Delayedtreatments.B、Thequakesthemselves.C、Lackoffoodandwater.D、Collapseofbuildings.D原文讲述地震的重大损失主要是由于房屋的倒塌和其他一些因素,
随机试题
关于流行性脑脊髓膜炎预后的描述,正确的是
下列不属于直接引入法造影的是
关于感光效应与管电压的关系,正确的叙述是
A.解除冠状动脉痉挛,抗血小板凝聚,改善冠脉供血和微循环灌注B.降低心脏后负荷,减少心肌氧耗C.扩张冠状动脉及外周静脉,降低心脏前负荷,减少心肌氧耗D.减弱心肌收缩力,减慢心率,减少心肌氧耗E.使钾离子进入细胞内,促进细胞膜极化状态的恢复美托洛
下列哪条叙述是错误的
下列关于承诺的说法中,不正确的是()。
[1997年第092题,1995年第113题]高层建筑物内的观众厅、展览厅、餐厅、商场营业厅等,由厅内任何一点至最近的疏散出口直线距离,下列哪条是正确的?
某建材超市允许个人购买建材时分12个月付清款项,这种做法对应的信用形式为()。
城市社区建设的基本原则是()。
姜某使用伪造、变造的金融票据,在签订履行合同的过程中,骗取对方当事人的信任,并骗得其财物,数额较大。下述关于对姜某行为认定的表述不正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)