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[单项选择]The energy problem is not merely a short-term crisis. Geologists 【1】 that 80 percent of all the oil 【2】 in the US will be used 【3】 before the year 2000. We might even come to the end of our coal reserves, abundant as they are, before another century is over. Americans have been 【4】 this situation suddenly. Many unprepared even to recognize 【5】 , and most of us are unprepared to meet it. We are unprepared 【6】 our habits and traditions, and our national life 【7】 based on a history of material abundance.
With about 6 percent of the world’’s 【8】 ,we in the US 【9】 nearly 50 percent of the world’’s energy resources. Such resources within the us 【10】 are still ample by any standards except our own.
A. estimate
B. decide
C. guess
D. develop
[填空题]Hugh Pendy:
We are facing a serious energy crisis. All known reserves of coal, oil and gas will be exhausted within ten years. It is urgent and imperative that we develop new sources of energy immediately. Nuclear power is the answer to our problems. If we don’t build nuclear power stations now, our civilization will collapse. The Government has decided to build a nuclear power station to solve the energy problem we are facing. I am for this wise decision.
Maureen Preston:
We can’t allow this power station to be built. It would cause terrible damage to the environment and all living creatures in the district would be in great danger. A small leak would cause a disaster. It’s our duty as responsible citizens to force the Government to abandon their unclear energy program. I used to believe nuclear power station were safe. But last month I read a newspaper report that there were at least five major leaks in the last two years in other stations. In each case
