With environmental damage from coal- and gas-derived power already at crisis levels, renewable energy sources are becoming more and more attractive. Wind power, one _______ 41 _______ and relatively cheap renewable energy source that contributes no toxic _______ 42 _______ to the environment, seems, to many of us, highly ideal.But there are some people who disagree and are against the installation of new wind turbines. They cite (援引) bird deaths as a(n) _______ 43 _______ side-effect of wind-generated power. Through various forms of protests, they hope to express their concern and force change, so that birds could be saved from death caused by the _______ 44 _______ of wind turbine blades.No one really knows how many birds die each year as a result of the _______ 45 _______ wind power industry. Most studies focus on only one or two wind farms. Yet, published studies suggest that wind farms _______ 46 _______ considerably in the risk they pose to birds. Some wind turbines don't appear to kill any birds, while others are believed to kill as many as 40 birds per turbine per year.Though there is no denying that existing reports tell us little about the total number of birds killed each year, they do suggest one thing: Changes are being _______ 47 _______ to save birds from the rotary blades. For example, in some countries, it is required that wind farms should not be built on bird _______ 48 _______ routes, or in areas with high bird populations. It is also often demanded that the surface areas of turbine blades be made much larger, so that they don't have to _______ 49 _______ as fast to generate power – slower-moving blades usually mean fewer bird _______ 50 _______ . Some reports even argue that wind power can actually save many birds if it is well-planned and increasingly used to replace power generation from fossil fuels.
With environmental damage from coal- and gas-derived power already at crisis levels, renewable energy sources are becoming more and more attractive. Wind power, one _______ 41 _______ and relatively cheap renewable energy source that contributes no toxic _______ 42 _______ to the environment, seems, to many of us, highly ideal.
But there are some people who disagree and are against the installation of new wind turbines. They cite (援引) bird deaths as a(n) _______ 43 _______ side-effect of wind-generated power. Through various forms of protests, they hope to express their concern and force change, so that birds could be saved from death caused by the _______ 44 _______ of wind turbine blades.
No one really knows how many birds die each year as a result of the _______ 45 _______ wind power industry. Most studies focus on only one or two wind farms. Yet, published studies suggest that wind farms _______ 46 _______ considerably in the risk they pose to birds. Some wind turbines don't appear to kill any birds, while others are believed to kill as many as 40 birds per turbine per year.
Though there is no denying that existing reports tell us little about the total number of birds killed each year, they do suggest one thing: Changes are being _______ 47 _______ to save birds from the rotary blades. For example, in some countries, it is required that wind farms should not be built on bird _______ 48 _______ routes, or in areas with high bird populations. It is also often demanded that the surface areas of turbine blades be made much larger, so that they don't have to _______ 49 _______ as fast to generate power – slower-moving blades usually mean fewer bird _______ 50 _______ . Some reports even argue that wind power can actually save many birds if it is well-planned and increasingly used to replace power generation from fossil fuels.
题目解答
答案
答案:
41. F) viable
42. D) particulates
43. J) tragic
44. L) rotation
45. K) booming
46. C) vary
47. H) implemented
48. A) migration
49. G) spin
50. N) collisions
解题过程:
- 41. 风能是一种可行的可再生能源,选择“viable”。
- 42. 风能不排放有毒颗粒物,选择“particulates”。
- 43. 鸟类死亡是风能发电的悲剧性副作用,选择“tragic”。
- 44. 鸟类因风力发电机叶片的旋转而死亡,选择“rotation”。
- 45. 风能产业正在迅速发展,选择“booming”。
- 46. 风力发电场对鸟类的风险差异很大,选择“vary”。
- 47. 为保护鸟类而采取的措施正在被实施,选择“implemented”。
- 48. 风力发电场不应建在鸟类迁徙路线上,选择“migration”。
- 49. 增大叶片面积后,叶片不需要旋转得那么快,选择“spin”。
- 50. 慢速旋转的叶片通常意味着更少的鸟类碰撞,选择“collisions”。
解析
本题主要考查词汇在语境中的运用,解题时需要结合上下文的语义、逻辑以及句子结构来选择合适的词汇。
41题
- 考查知识点:形容词的选择,需要一个能描述风能特点的形容词。
- 解题思路:根据后文“relatively cheap renewable energy source”可知,这里需要一个表示风能是可行的、可利用的形容词。“viable”意为“可行的,能生存的”,符合语境。
- 解析:风能作为一种可再生能源,具有可行性和相对廉价的特点,“viable”准确地描述了风能在实际应用中的可行性,所以选择“viable”。
42题
- 考查知识点:名词的选择,要与“toxic”搭配,且符合风能对环境影响的描述。
- 解题思路:前文提到“contributes no toxic...”,说明这里需要一个表示污染物的名词。“particulates”意为“颗粒物”,风能不像煤炭和天然气发电那样会排放有毒颗粒物,符合文意。
- 解析:在能源领域,“particulates”是常见的污染物类型,风能的优势之一就是不产生这类有毒物质,所以选择“particulates”。
43题
- 考查知识点:形容词的选择,用于修饰“side - effect”。
- 解题思路:根据“bird deaths”可知,这是一个令人悲伤的、悲剧性的副作用。“tragic”意为“悲剧的,悲惨的”,能很好地表达这种负面效果。
- 解析:鸟类死亡是一个严重的问题,用“tragic”来形容这种副作用,突出了其严重性和令人惋惜的程度,所以选择“tragic”。
44题
- 考查知识点:名词的选择,要与“wind turbine blades”相关,且能导致鸟类死亡。
- 解题思路:风力发电机叶片的旋转会对鸟类造成伤害,导致它们死亡。“rotation”意为“旋转”,符合实际情况。
- 解析:风力发电机的工作原理就是通过叶片的旋转来发电,在旋转过程中可能会撞到鸟类,所以选择“rotation”。
45题
- 考查知识点:形容词的选择,描述风能产业的发展状态。
- 解题思路:根据前文“renewable energy sources are becoming more and more attractive”可知,风能产业正在蓬勃发展。“booming”意为“繁荣的,迅速发展的”,符合语境。
- 解析:随着人们对可再生能源的重视,风能产业呈现出快速发展的态势,“booming”准确地描绘了这种发展状态,所以选择“booming”。
46题
- 考查知识点:动词的选择,要体现风力发电场对鸟类风险的差异。
- 解题思路:后文提到“Some wind turbines don't appear to kill any birds, while others are believed to kill as many as 40 birds per turbine per year”,说明不同的风力发电场对鸟类的风险差异很大。“vary”意为“变化,不同”,符合文意。
- 解析:“vary”这个词能够准确表达出不同风力发电场在对鸟类造成风险方面的差异,所以选择“vary”。
47题
- 考查知识点:动词的选择,要与“Changes”搭配,且符合语境。
- 解题思路:这里表示为了拯救鸟类而采取的改变正在被实施。“implemented”意为“实施,执行”,“Changes are being implemented”表示改变正在被执行,符合逻辑。
- 解析:在描述措施或改变的执行情况时,“implemented”是常用的动词,所以选择“implemented”。
48题
- 考查知识点:名词的选择,要与“routes”搭配,且与鸟类相关。
- 解题思路:根据常识,风力发电场不应建在鸟类迁徙的路线上,以免影响(影响鸟类的迁徙。“migration”意为“迁徙”,“bird migration routes”表示鸟类迁徙路线,符合语境。
- 解析:鸟类的迁徙是一种自然现象,为了保护鸟类,避免它们在迁徙过程中受到风力发电机的伤害,所以选择“migration”。
49题
- 考查知识点:动词的选择,要与“turbine blades”搭配,且与发电相关。
- 解题思路:增大叶片面积后,叶片不需要旋转得那么快就能发电。“spin”意为“旋转”,符合风力发电机的工作原理。
- 解析:“spin”这个词形象地描述了叶片的旋转动作,在增大叶片面积的情况下,叶片旋转速度可以降低,所以选择“spin”。
50题
- 考查知识点:名词的选择,要与“bird”和“slower - moving blades”相关。
- 解题思路:慢速旋转的叶片意味着鸟类与叶片碰撞的机会减少。“collisions”意为“碰撞”,符合逻辑。
- 解析:在风力发电的场景中,鸟类与叶片的碰撞是一个需要关注的问题,慢速旋转的叶片能降低这种碰撞的可能性,所以选择“collisions”。