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　　Les Nichols lives beside a wind farm in Furness, a scenic area in the north-west of England. For the past two years, he and his neighbors have had to put up with a level of noise that disrupts their sleep and causes stress.

　　“When the developers sought the permission for the seven giant turbines(渦輪機(jī)) in this area, they guaranteed there would be no disturbing sounds，” he says. The wind farm is managed by Wind Prospect, Bruce Allen, a director of Wind Prospect, said that the fact that no action had been taken to close the wind farm suggested it had not broken planning regulations. He added: “The noise is a subjective thing-like living next to a busy road. We have fixed special noise reduction software.”

　　The government has plans to double the number of wind farms in an effort to get 20 percent of electricity from renewable sources. Wind farms are gaining popularity as power companies take advantage of generous government subsidies(補貼) and apply to build turbines on windy sites.

　　Wind power also receives strong support from environmental groups such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, which believe the cost to the countryside in noise and disfigured landscapes is worth paying for the benefit of reduced air pollution.

　　Residents, however, argue that having a series of giant wind turbines near their homes transforms a quiet neighborhood into an ugly industrial site.

　　Among the other unpleasant effects documented by residents' opposition groups are many more visits to the doctor. Angela Kelly, who chairs the anti-wind farm residents' campaign group, Country Guardian, claims they make people ill.

　　Although wind farms are usually in less populated rural areas, there are no fixed rules about how near they can be to homes. Government advisers recommend they shouldn't be less than 1.5 kilometers from any house, but developers go as close as 500 meters. Although Country Guardian have helped to stop the building of many proposed turbines in the past decade, they say the pressure to build more turbines is steadily increasing.

　　1. According to Bruce Allen, the wind farm in Furness ________.

　　A. will be closed sooner or later

　　B. will be moved to some other place

　　C. doesn't cause much inconvenience

　　D. is benefitting local residents greatly

　　2. Which of the following opposes the building of wind farms?

　　A. Wind Prospect.

　　B. Greenpeace.

　　C. Friends of the Earth.

　　D. Country Guardian.

　　3. It can be inferred from the text that power companies building wind farms ________.

　　A. do nothing about the noise

　　B. have the backing of the government

　　C. are trying hard not to ruin the landscapes

　　D. take local residents' suggestions seriously

　　4. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. The positive side of clean power.

　　B. The difficulty wind farms are facing.

　　C. The way people feel about wind turbines.

　　D. The way to reduce the number of wind turbines.

　　答案：

　　【語篇解讀】　本文是議論文。文章主要討論風(fēng)力發(fā)電的利與弊。

　　1. C　解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中Bruce Allen所說的The noise is a subjective thing-like living next to a busy road可知，他認(rèn)為風(fēng)力發(fā)電廠不會給大家造成太多不便。

　　2. D　解析：推理判斷題。由全文內(nèi)容可知，Wind Prospect是負(fù)責(zé)建風(fēng)力發(fā)電廠的， Greenpeace和Friends of the Earth也支持風(fēng)力發(fā)電，只有Country Guardian這個組織持反對態(tài)度。

　　3. B　解析：推理判斷題。由第三段的Wind farms are gaining popularity as power companies take advantage of generous government subsidies and apply to build turbines on windy sites可知，政府支持建風(fēng)力發(fā)電廠。

　　4. C　解析：主旨大意題。本文主要從正反兩方面說明人們對風(fēng)力發(fā)電的態(tài)度。

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