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The question “what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.
The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.
While there’s a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up—perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does—or doesn’t do—to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.
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第 1 句
1. The question “what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics.
* put-down n.贬低或奚落的话语
* skeptic [ˈskeptɪk] n. 怀疑论者，怀疑者
译：“在没有风吹日照时该怎么办？”这是怀疑论者常挂在嘴边的奚落话语。
第 2 句
2. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.
* boost [buːst] n.促进，增强
* storage capacity 存储能力
* battery [ˈbætəri] n. 蓄电池
* around the clock 日以继夜地，连续一整天
主谓宾补：But a boost is making their ability more likely
定：in the storage capacity of batteries
定：to keep power flowing around the clock
译：但是，电池存储容量的提升正使其更有可能昼夜不停地持续供电。
第 3 句
3. The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers，who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.
* vehicle manufacturer 汽车制造商
* place big bets on sth. 在某事物上下大赌注
* rarity [ˈrerəti] n. 稀有物
* massive [ˈmæsɪv] a.巨大的
译：这一进展在一定程度上源于汽车制造商的推动，他们在电池供电的电动汽车上下了大赌注。尽管电动汽车目前在公路上仍很少见，但大量的投资可能会在未来几年迅速改变这一局面。
第 4 句
4. While there’s a long way to go，the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up—perhaps just in timeto have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change.
* trend line 走势曲线
* spike [spaɪk] v.激增
主系表：The pace of changeappears to be speeding up
定：in energy sources
时间状语：perhaps just in time
结果状语：to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change.
译：虽然还有很长的路要走，但可再生能源的走势曲线在快速上扬。能源的变化速度似乎正在加快—或许刚好能够对减缓气候变化产生积极影响。
第 5 句
5. What Washington does—or doesn’t do—to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.
* promote [prəˈmoʊt] v. 促进；推进
* alternative [ɔːlˈtɜːrnətɪv] a. 可替代的，可供选择的
译：在这个全球思维都在转变的时代，华盛顿在推动可替代能源发展方面作为或是不作为，其影响越来越小。
Question
1. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5 & 6?
[A] Its application has boosted battery storage.
[B] It is commonly used in car manufacturing.
[C] Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.
[D] Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.
2. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy _____.
[A] will bring the US closer to other countries
[B] will accelerate global environmental change
[C]is not really encouraged by the US government
[D] is not competitive enough with regard to its cost
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答：虽然文中有提到“spiking"猛增, “speeding up” 加速，但指的都是可再生能源的发展，并不是气候变化，而实际上，可再生能源的使用恰恰是减缓气候变化“slowing climate change”。这里提到的气候变化显然是负面的，如全球变暖等。而B选项“加速全球环境变化”显然与原文表述相反。
而正确答案C选项可以在原文找到确切的对应“What Washington does—or doesn’t do— to promote alternative energy may mean less and less ...” 推断出华盛顿也就是美国在这方面的态度是不积极支持的（not encouraged). 另外，还记得前文特朗普的态度吗？“煤炭是经济增长的途径“，”风能是不可靠的能源来源“。进一步验证美国政府态度。
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1. According to Paragraph 1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its ______ .
［A］ digital products
［B］ user information
［C］ physical assets
［D］ quality service
2. Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may .
［A］ worsen political disputes
［B］ mess up customer records
［C］ pose a risk to Facebook users
［D］ mislead the European commission
（Paragraph 1）The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing—Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn，but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn't have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users' friendships and social lives.
Facebook promised the European commission then that it would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, would not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa May's enemies are currently plotting? It may be that the value of Whole Foods to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.
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