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(辐射) 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 es 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(核反应堆). And India, under a cooperation agreement with the United States, plans to spend billions on new centers in the ing 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.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that America .A．experienced a terrible nuclear accident 32 years agoB．has a strong program to deal with radiation dangerC．depends heavily on nuclear energy to produce electricityD．will check all the reactors before cooperating with India【小题2】According to the text, which country will be most likely to have a similar disaster?A．German.B．IranC．India.D．China.【小题3】How does the author seem to feel about the future of nuclear energy?A．Satisfied.B．Pleased.C．Worried.D．Surprised.【小题4】The best title of the text is .A．Various Opinions on Japan’s Nuclear DisasterB．Japan’s Disaster is Likely to Run Out of ControlC．America Shows Great Concern for Japan’s Nuclear CrisisD．Japan’s Disaster Throws Doubt on Nuclear Energy IndustryA
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解析：文章讲述的是日本地震所造成的核危机给其他国家的核安全起了警示所用，文章并对全球其他国家的核问题进行了分析。
【小题1】推理判断，根据第二段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到现在大约32年。
【小题2】事实细节题，根据最后一段最后一句可知，伊朗存在危险。
【小题3】推理判断题，根据最后一段But radioactive waste is a serious problem to be solved可知，作者还是对此问题很担心。
【小题4】主旨大意题，通读全文可知文章主要是由于日本核问题所带来了一些列讨论。