Passage One
Following the disaster at Chernobyl, nuclear experts proposed a program to make nuclear power around the world safer. At the top of the agenda were fundamental improvements in the training of operators and the design of control systems for reactors. The International Atomic Energy Agency also chose the meeting on the Chernobyl accident to announce it would step up its safety checks of nuclear power stations. Up to that time, with more than 300 nuclear power plants operating worldwide, the IAEA had sent safety review teams to inspect stations in only nine countries, mostly in the Third World. Now the emphasis would switch to reactors in the developed world, including the Soviet Union, US and Britain.
According to regulations, an international safety review could be undertaken by the IAEA only following a formal request from a member country. However, the meeting in Vienna produced a list of 14 recommendations for future action following the Sovie
A. the firefighters wore special lightweight clothing to protect themselves from radiation
B. the fire was extinguished by robot firefighters
C. nothing was used to put out the fire because no one knew what could be used
D. minerals and sand were used to put out the fire
Passage One
Following the disaster at Chernobyl, nuclear experts proposed a program to make nuclear power around the world safer. At the top of the agenda were fundamental improvements in the training of operators and the design of control systems for reactors. The International Atomic Energy Agency also chose the meeting on the Chernobyl accident to announce it would step up its safety checks of nuclear power stations. Up to that time, with more than 300 nuclear power plants operating worldwide, the IAEA had sent safety review teams to inspect stations in only nine countries, mostly in the Third World. Now the emphasis would switch to reactors in the developed world, including the Soviet Union, US and Britain.
According to regulations, an international safety review could be undertaken by the IAEA only following a formal request from a member country. However, the meeting in Vienna produced a list of 14 recommendations for future action following the Soviet re
A. to improve the training of operators and the design of the reactors’ control systems
B. to inspect nuclear power plants in the Third World
C. to send safety review teams to all the developed countries
D. to hold a meeting on the Chernobyl accident
| Passage One I have an infatuation(迷恋)with autumn. The colors of the season, and the smells, have always thrilled me. I have always found joy in this time of year. The last few autumns of my life, however, I recollect in shades of gray rather than cheerful oranges and yellows. When I became a single mother, every aspect of life took on new meaning. Since I was used to carrying out most of the parental duties without much help during my marriage, I truly did not foresee how different parenting would become after the marriage was over. But suddenly I realized I was a statistic. The daily routine was not changed so much; it was the angle at which I had begun to look at life. I believed my ex-husband’s lawyer was tracking every grade the children made, and I was under a microscope in this new town where the children and I A. The author moved to a new place. B. The climate changed greatly in the last few years. C. In the last few years, the author’s mood changed. D. There were some natural disasters. [单项选择]Passage One
A. Why the moon has no water. B. Why the moon contains almost no iron. C. Why the moon is the largest moon in the solar system. D. Why the moon does not have a molten core. [单项选择] Passage One
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