Admittedly， minor accidents and sup-ups continue to shake public confidence in nuclear power.Given the unquantifiable risks that nuclear power carries，it is only right that the industry be subjected to the test of public opinion and due political process. However，this argues for exceptional vigilance，regulatory scrutiny and accountability——and not for bans or shut downs.

　　Those nuclear operators with a good safety record deserve to have their licenses renewed，so that existing plants may run to the end of their useful lives.The Bush administration‘s enthusiastic support goes a lot further than this，however.It also wants to see new plants.Proponents of new nuclear power stations make three arguments in their favor.They will enhance energy security by lessening dependence on fossil fuels;far from being environmentally harmful，they will be beneficial because they will reduce the output of greenhouse gases;and，most crucially，the economics of nuclear power has improved from the days when it was wholly dependent on bail out and subsidy.

　　Yet these arguments do not stand up to scrutiny.The claim that governments should support nuclear power to reduce their vulnerability to the OPEC oil cartel is doubly absurd.Little oil is used in power generation：what nuclear power displaces is mostly natural gas and coal，which are not only more plentiful than o訂but also geographically better distributed.Security is enhanced not by seeking energy self sufficiency but through diversification of supplies.Creating lots of fissile material that might be pinched by terrorists is an odd way to look for security anyway.What about the argument that climate change might be the great savior of nuclear power? Global warming is indeed a risk that should be taken more seriously than the Bush administration has so far done.Nuclear plants do not produce any carbon dioxide，which is the principal greenhouse gas.However，rushing in response to build dozens of new nuclear plants would be both needlessly expensive and environmentally unsound.It would make far more sense to adopt a carbon tax， which would put clean energy sources such as solar and wind on an equal footing with nuclear，whose waste poses an undeniable(if remote)environmental threat of its own for aeons to come.Governments should also dismantle all subsidies on fossil fuels——especially for coal，the dirtiest of a11.They should adopt reforms that send proper price signals to those who use power，and so reduce emissions.Global warming certainly provides one argument in favor of nuclear power，but it is not sufficient on its own to justify a nuclear renaissance.

　　1.What's the public‘s opinion about nuclear industry?

　　[A]People have little confidence in nuclear power for the potential disaster of nuclear accidents.

　　[B]People think it important to exercise strict monitoring and effective management of the existing plants.

　　[C]People believe the best way to avoid nuclear disaster is to shut down all the nuclear power stations.

　　[D]People agree to prohibit the existing nuclear plants from running to the end of their useful lives.

　　2.The most important reason why the Bush administration support more new nuclear power plants is that—————————

　　[A] they will increase energy security

　　[B]they help lessen dependence on fossil fuels

　　[C]they are environmentally friendly

　　[D] they need little government financial support

　　3.According to the author energy security can only be achieved by———————。

　　[A]using less oil in power generation

　　[B]replacing fossil fuels with more nuclear power

　　[C] seeking energy self sufficiency

　　[D] expanding the sources of power supply

　　4.According to the passage，which of the following measures is the least helpful in protecting the environment?

　　[A]Encouraging the use of clean energy sources.

　　[B]Cutting off subsidies on all fossil fuels.

　　[C]Adopting price reform to reduce emission.

　　[D]Promoting the resurgence of nuclear power.

　　5.It‘s implied that——。

　　[A]nuclear power stations may become the targets of terrorist attack

　　[B]the Bush administration doesn‘t give due weight to environment protection

　　[C]carbon dioxide is the principal source of greenhouse gas

　　[D]nuclear waste will turn to be all environmental threat in the long-run term

　　核心詞匯

　　slip vi.犯錯(cuò)誤，滑倒 scrutiny n.詳細(xì)審查 subsidy n.補(bǔ)助金

　　pinch vt.偷竊

　　難句點(diǎn)津

　　Given the unquantifiable risks that nuclear power carries，it is only right that the industry be subjected to the test of public opinion and due political process.

　　[點(diǎn)津]該句包含一個(gè)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，句子的主干是It is right that…。第一個(gè)that 引導(dǎo)的是以

　　文章翻譯

　　risks為先行詞的定語(yǔ)從句;第二個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的是主語(yǔ)從句，其中and連接的是介詞to的并列短語(yǔ)。

　　不可否認(rèn)，一些小事故和疏忽一直在動(dòng)搖著公眾對(duì)核能的信心。就核能具有難以估量的潛在風(fēng)險(xiǎn)來(lái)說(shuō)，核工業(yè)應(yīng)該受到公眾意見(jiàn)的考驗(yàn)和適當(dāng)?shù)恼�治進(jìn)程的影響。無(wú)論如何，這都要求格外謹(jǐn)慎小心，制定詳細(xì)的審查規(guī)章和責(zé)任制度，而不是下達(dá)禁令或責(zé)令關(guān)閉。

　　那些具有良好安全記錄的核電站應(yīng)該有權(quán)利續(xù)簽他們的許可證，以便現(xiàn)在的工廠可以運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)到有效期結(jié)束。但是，布什政府的熱情支持者要求更多。他們還希望看到新的核電廠。新核電廠的支持者提出了三條有利于自己的意見(jiàn)。他們將通過(guò)減少對(duì)礦物燃料的依賴來(lái)加強(qiáng)能源安全;核電站非但不會(huì)造成環(huán)境危害，而且是非常有益的，因?yàn)樗鼈儨p少了溫室氣體的排放;最具決定性的是，核電站的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況已經(jīng)有了改善，那些完全依靠補(bǔ)助和津貼的日子已經(jīng)過(guò)去了。

　　然而這些論證經(jīng)不住仔細(xì)推敲。政府應(yīng)該支持核電站的建設(shè)從而減少對(duì)石油輸出國(guó)組織的依賴，這種要求是雙重荒謬的。石油很少用于發(fā)電：核能所替代的主要是天然氣和煤炭，而天然氣和煤炭不僅比石油充裕，而且在地理分布上也更合理。能源安全不是通過(guò)尋求能源的自足來(lái)加強(qiáng)的，而是通過(guò)供應(yīng)的多元化來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)的。不管怎么說(shuō)，制造大量可能會(huì)被恐怖分子偷竊的核燃料是尋求能源安全的蹩腳辦法。那種認(rèn)為氣候變化可能是核能的大救星的觀點(diǎn)又如何呢?全球變暖確實(shí)是一個(gè)需要布什政府更嚴(yán)肅地對(duì)待的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。核電站不制造任何作為主要溫室氣體的二氧化碳。但是，對(duì)此作出倉(cāng)促回應(yīng)，建立許多新的核電站，不僅是不必要的花費(fèi)，對(duì)環(huán)境來(lái)說(shuō)也是不安全的。采取一種對(duì)碳燃料進(jìn)行征稅的辦法，會(huì)將清潔的能源如太陽(yáng)能和風(fēng)能放到與核能(其廢料將對(duì)未來(lái)造成不可否認(rèn)的環(huán)境威脅)同樣重要的地位，這將會(huì)更有意義。政府也應(yīng)當(dāng)廢除所有對(duì)礦物燃料的補(bǔ)助——尤其是煤炭這種最臟的燃料。他們應(yīng)當(dāng)采取一些改革措施，將適當(dāng)?shù)膬r(jià)格信號(hào)發(fā)送到使用此燃料者那里，從而減小排放量。全球變暖確實(shí)為核能的使用提供了有利的論據(jù)，但它自己并不足以證明核能應(yīng)用的復(fù)興是正當(dāng)?shù)摹?/P>

　　答案解析

　　1.B推斷題。由題干關(guān)鍵詞public‘s opinion定位文章第一段。該段著重描述了大眾對(duì)核電技術(shù)的種種憂慮和看法，群眾所要求的并非禁止或關(guān)閉所有核電站，而是強(qiáng)調(diào)“高度警惕”以及“定期檢查評(píng)估”，對(duì)于運(yùn)行安全的核反應(yīng)堆可以續(xù)發(fā)執(zhí)照，以便充分利用現(xiàn)有的核電資源，故正確答案為B.其余選項(xiàng)A(由于核事故的潛在危險(xiǎn)，人們對(duì)核能幾乎沒(méi)有信心)與文中的shake public con6dence(動(dòng)搖公眾的信心)不相符，C(人們認(rèn)為避免核災(zāi)難最好的方法是關(guān)閉所有的核電站)和D(人們同意禁止現(xiàn)有的核電廠運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)到有效期結(jié)束)與文意相悖，故錯(cuò)誤。

　　2.D細(xì)節(jié)題。由題干關(guān)鍵詞But administration定位第二段。該段列舉了布什政府支持建設(shè)更多核電站的三個(gè)主要原因。在提到第三個(gè)原因時(shí)，用了most crucially(最具決定性的)，表明現(xiàn)任政府支持核電發(fā)展最主要的原因是核電站的建設(shè)和運(yùn)營(yíng)已不再完全依賴政府的財(cái)政援助，故答案應(yīng)為D.

　　3.D細(xì)節(jié)題。由題干關(guān)鍵詞energy security時(shí)定位文章第三段。該段著重探討了核電的發(fā)展是否有助于實(shí)現(xiàn)能源安全的問(wèn)題。該段中有幾處關(guān)鍵信息表明作者認(rèn)為：能源安全不是通過(guò)尋求能源的自足來(lái)加強(qiáng)的，而是通過(guò)供應(yīng)的多元化來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)的。由此可以排除選項(xiàng)c，確定D項(xiàng)為答案。

　　4.D推斷題。最后一段中作者提出了幾點(diǎn)有助于環(huán)保的建議：推廣使用清潔能源，取消政府對(duì)化石燃料的補(bǔ)貼，以及通過(guò)價(jià)格改革控制廢氣排放;在最后重申全球氣候變暖不足以成為大規(guī)模發(fā)展核電的理由，綜合推斷可知選項(xiàng)D正確。

　　5.B推斷題。在第三段中作者借Global warming is indeed a risk t11at should be taken more seriously than the Bush administration has so far done含蓄批評(píng)了布什政府的環(huán)境政策，因此選項(xiàng)B正確。而選項(xiàng)A、c、D所涉及的內(nèi)容，作者在文章中直截了當(dāng)?shù)仃U述了，故不合題意。

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