英语六级考试阅读理解突击训练.docx

英语六级考试阅读理解突击训练2017年英语六级考试阅读理解突击训练Intheearlydaysofnuclearpower,theUnitedStatesmakemoneyonit.Buttodayopponents(反对者)havesocomplicateditsdevelopmentthatnonuclearplantshavebeenorderedorbuiltherein12years.Thegreatestfearofnuclearpoweropponentshasalwaysbeenareactor"meltdown".Today,thechancesofameltdownthatwouldthreatenU.S.publichealthareverylittle.Buttoevenfurtherreducethepossibility,engineersaretestingnewreactorsthatrelynotonhumanjudgmenttoshutthemdownbutonthelawsofnature.NowGeneralElectricisalreadybuildingtwoadvancedreactorsinJapan.Butdon'texpectthemevenonU.S.shoresunlessthingschangeinWashington.Theprocedureforlicensingnuclearpowerplantsisabaddream.Anytimeduring,orevenafter,construction,anobjectionbyanygrouporinpidualcanbringeverythingtoahaltwhilethematterisinvestigatedortakentocourt.Meanwhile,thebuildermustaddnice-but-not-necessaryimprovements,someofwhichforcehimtoknockdownwallsandstartover.Ineverycasewhenaplanthasbeenopposed,theNuclearRegulationCommissionhasultimatelygrantedalicensetoconstructoroperate.Butthevictoryoftencostssomuchthattheutilityendsupabandoningtheplantanyway.AcaseinpointistheShorehamplantonNewYork'sLongIsland.ShorehamwasavirtualtwintotheMillstoneplantinConnecticut,bothorderedinthemid-60's.Millstone,completedfor$101million,hasbeengeneratingelectricityfortwodecades.Shoreham,however,wassingledoutbyantinuclearactivistswho,bysendinginendlessprotests,drovethecostover$5billionanddelayeditsuseformanyyears.Shorehamfinallywonitsoperationlicense.Buttheplanthasneverproducedawattpower.GovernorMarioCuomo,anopponentofaShorehamstartup,usedhispowertoforceNewYork'spublic-utilitiescommissiontoacceptthefollowingsettlement:thepowercompanycouldpassthecostofShorehamalongtoitsconsumersonlyifitagreednottooperatetheplant.I'oday,aperfectlygoodfacility,capableofservicinghundredsofthousandsofhomes,sitsrusting.21.Theauthor'sattitudetowardthedevelopmentofnuclearpoweris______.A.negativeB.neutralC.positiveD.questioning22.Whathasmadetheprocedureforlice