3."Ten years ago I could never have imagined I'd be doing this,"says Greg Pal,33,a former software executive."I mean,this is essentially agriculture,right?But the people I talk to,especially the ones coming out of business school,think this is the one hot area everyone wants to get into."
He means bugs.To be more accurate,the genetic(基因的) change of bugs---very,very small ones---so that when they feed on agricultural waste such as woodchip or wheat straw,they do something extraordinary.They excrete (排泄) crude oil.
Unbelievably,this is not science fiction.Mr.Pal holds up a small cup of bug excretion that could,in theory,be poured into the tank of the big Lexus SUX next to us.Not that Mr.Pal was willing to risk it just yet.He gives it a month before the first vehicle is filled up with what he calls"renewable petroleum".After that,he smiles,"It's a brave new world."
Mr.Pal is a senior director of LS9,one of several companies in or near Silicon Valley.The company is not interested in using corn as material,given the much-advertised problems created by using food crops for fuel.Instead,different types of agricultural waste will be used according to whatever makes sense for the local climate and economy:wheat straw in California,for example,or woodchip in the south.
Are Americans ready to be putting genetically changed bug excretion in their cars?"It's not the same as with food,"Mr.Pal say."We are putting these bacteria in a very isolated container.Their entire universe is in that tank.When we've done with them.they are destroyed."
"Besides",he says,"there is greater good being served.""I have two children,and climate change is something that they are going to face.The energy crisis is something that they are going to face.We have a collective responsibility to do this."
72.Greg Pal used toC.
A.have great interest in bugs
B.major in agriculture
C.be engaged in developing software
D.study in a business school
73.To make the bugs excrete crude oil,Greg Pal has toB..
A.keep them in an isolated tank
B.change their genes first
C.change their usual diet first
D.kill them for bacteria
74.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.it is a very complex process for bugs to produce oil
B.it is not worthwhile for Mr.Pal to do the experiment
C.it is safe to use the excretion produced by bugs
D.it is necessary to use bugs to produce crude oil
75.What would be the best title for the passage?A
A.Bugs Eat Waste and Excrete Petrol
B.Waste Turns into Crude Oil
C.A Promising Business
D.Software Executive Turned to Bugs.
分析 本文說明了一個(gè)研究成果,即通過改變蟲子的基因來達(dá)到讓它們吃農(nóng)業(yè)廢棄物進(jìn)而排泄出原油的目的.
解答 CBCA
72.答案 C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由文章第一段…says Greg Pal,33,a former software executive可知,Greg Pal原先是一位電腦軟件開發(fā)人員.故答案為C
73.答案 B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.文章第二段To be more accurate,the genetic(基因的) change of bugs,可知是改變蟲子的基因,以達(dá)到讓它們吃農(nóng)業(yè)廢棄物進(jìn)而排泄出原油的目的.故答案為B
74.答案 C 推理判斷題.由文章倒數(shù)第二段Greg Pal所說的話可知,這些蟲子排泄的原油將被放在一個(gè)單獨(dú)的容器中,不會(huì)損害汽車,是安全的.故答案為C
75.答案 A 主旨大意題.本文說明了這樣一個(gè)研究成果,即通過改變蟲子的基因來達(dá)到讓它們吃農(nóng)業(yè)廢棄物進(jìn)而排泄出原油的目的.故A項(xiàng)能恰如其分地概括本文的主題,其他選項(xiàng)都偏離了文章的主旨.故答案為A
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