The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy center caused by the terrible earthquake has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Arjun is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in the United States. He says the disaster in Japan is historic.
This week, the chairman of America’s nuclear agency said there is little chance that harmful radiation(輻射) from Japan could reach the United States. Gregory also said America has a strong program in place to deal with earthquake threats. No new nuclear power centers have been built in the United States since 1979. That was when America’s worst nuclear accident happened at the Three Mile Island center in Pennsylvania. The accident began to turn public opinion against nuclear energy. At present, about twenty percent of electricity in the United States comes from nuclear energy.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would close seven nuclear power centers for the time being while energy policy is reconsidered. The European Union is planning to test all centers in its twenty-seven member nations.
Developing nations are less willing to slow down the development of nuclear. China says it will continue with plans to build about twenty-five new nuclear reactors(核反應(yīng)堆). And India, under a cooperation agreement with the United States, plans to spend billions on new centers in the coming years.
Nuclear reactors supply fourteen percent of global electricity. Nuclear energy is a clean resource, producing no carbon gases. But radioactive waste is a serious problem to be solved. So is the presence of nuclear power centers in earthquake areas like the one near Bushehr, lran.
小題1:We can learn from the text that America ________.
A．experienced a terrible nuclear accident 32 years ago
B．has a strong program to deal with radiation danger
C．depends heavily on nuclear energy to produce electricity
D．will check all the reactors before cooperating with India
小題2:According to the text, which country will be most likely to have a similar disaster?
A．German.B．IranC．India.D．China.
小題3:How does the author seem to feel about the future of nuclear energy?
A．Satisfied.B．Pleased.C．Worried.D．Surprised.
小題4:The best title of the text is ______.
A．Various Opinions on Japan’s Nuclear Disaster
B．Japan’s Disaster is Likely to Run Out of Control
C．America Shows Great Concern for Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
D．Japan’s Disaster Throws Doubt on Nuclear Energy Industry

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
文章講述的是日本地震所造成的核危機(jī)給其他國家的核安全起了警示所用，文章并對(duì)全球其他國家的核問題進(jìn)行了分析。
小題1:推理判斷，根據(jù)第二段the United States since 1979. That was when America’s worst nuclear accident happened at the Three Mile Island center in Pennsylvania可知，1979到現(xiàn)在大約32年。
小題2:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)最后一段最后一句可知，伊朗存在危險(xiǎn)。
小題3:推理判斷題，根據(jù)最后一段But radioactive waste is a serious problem to be solved可知，作者還是對(duì)此問題很擔(dān)心。
小題4:主旨大意題，通讀全文可知文章主要是由于日本核問題所帶來了一些列討論。
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