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  3. A breakthrough (突破) in the provision of energy from the Sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward b

A breakthrough (突破) in the provision of energy from the Sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward b

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问题     A breakthrough (突破) in the provision of energy from the Sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to two decades, if a modest increase could be provided in the EEC’s research effort in this field, according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EEC’s scientific laboratories at Ispra, near Milan.
    The senior West German scientist in charge of the Community’s solar energy programme, Mr. Joachim Gretz, told journalists that at present levels of research spending it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Community’s energy requirements even after the year 2000. But he said that with a modest increase in the present sums, devoted by the EEC to this work it was possible that the breakthrough could be achieved by the end of the next decade.
    Mr. Gretz calculates that if solar energy only provided three per cent of the EEC’s needs, this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year. And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might be possible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Community’s future energy needs.
    At present the EEC spends about $ 2. 6 millions a year on solar research at Ispra, one of the EEC’s official joint research centres, and another $ 3 millions a year in indirect research with universities and other independent bodies.
The application of advanced technology to research in solar energy______.
选项 A、would lead to a big increase in research funding
B、would make it unnecessary to import oil
C、would make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EEC
D、would provide a much greater proportion of the Community’s future energy needs
答案D
解析 本题问在太阳能研究方面使用先进的技术会带来什么。根据文章中第三段第二句话，Gretz先生认为如果采用更先进的技术，将会可能满足欧洲经济共同体未来对能源需求更大的份额。因此，本题的正确答案应该是D“将会提供未来欧洲经济共同体能源需求的更大的一部分能源”。
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