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1、2014高考英语阅读理解精品练习（14）及答案（解析）C8[2013·大纲全国卷]ETheoldestandmostcommonsource(来源)ofrenewableenergyknowntoman,biomassisoneofthemostimportantformsofenergyproductionintheUnitedStatesandelsewhere.Sincesuchawidevarietyofbiomassmaterialsiseverywhere—fromtreesandgrassestoagriculturalandcity－lifewastes—biomas

2、spromisestoplayacontinuingroleinprovidingpowerandheatformillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld.AccordingtotheUnionofConcernedScientists(UCS),biomassisakindofrenewableenergysourcethatproducesnocarbondioxide(二氧化碳),becausetheenergyitcontainscomesfromthesun.Whenplantmatterisburned,itgivesoffthesun'senergy.

3、Inthisway,biomassservesasasortofnaturalbattery(电池)forstoringthesun'senergy.Aslongasbiomassisproducedcontinuously—withonlyasmuchgrownasisused—the“battery”lastsforever.AccordingtotheEnergyInformationAdministration,biomasshasbeenoneoftheleadingrenewableenergysourcesintheUnitedStatesforseveralyears

4、runningthrough2007,makingupbetween0.5and0.9percentofthenation'stotalelectricitysupply.In2008—althoughthenumbersaren'tallinyet—windpowerprobablytookoverfirstplacebecauseoftherapiddevelopmentofwindfarmsacrossthecountry.Producingpowerfrombiomasshelpsreducesome11milliontonsofcarbondioxideeachyear.S

5、omehomeownersalsotrytomaketheirownheatbyusingbiomassmaterials.Suchpracticemaysavehomeowners'money,butitalsoproducesalotofpollution.So,thebestwayistoencouragepowerplantstouseit.72．Whyisbiomassconsideredas“asortofnaturalbattery”？A．Itburnsmerelyplantmatter.B．Itkeepsproducingelectricity.C．Itstorest

6、heenergyfromthesun.D．Itproduceszerocarbondioxide.73．Welearnfromthetextthatin2008________．A．windpowercouldbetheleaderofrenewableenergyB.therewasarapidgrowthofelectricityproductionC．biomassmightbecomethemainenergysourceD．0.5～0.9%ofpowersupplycamefrombiomass74．Whydoestheauthorencouragepowerplantst

7、ousebiomass?A．Topreventthewasteofenergy.B．Toincreaseproductionsafety.C．Toreducepollution.D．Tosavemoney.75．Wheredoesthetextprobablycomefrom?A．Aresearchplan.B．Asciencemagazine.C．Abookreview.D．Abusinessreport.【要点综述】本文是一篇科技说明文。文章介绍了bi