第一届全国中学生地理奥林匹克竞赛English Questions.docVIP

PART 5 English Questions 1. The figure 1 shows the hydrological cycle, please write down the terms of the phenomenon 1，2，3，4 and 5 on your answer sheet. 2. The photo 2 shows the foreland, Dorset, please use it to help you, to write down the types of marine abrasion, A,B,C and D. Photo 2 3.The photo 3 shows the nuclear power station, people have much debate about nuclear power. Please write down the reasons of in favor of it and against it. Photo 3 In favor of nuclear power Against nuclear power PART 5 1. Evaporation Transpiration Condensation Precipitation Surface run-off 2. A. Caves B. Arch\Blow-hole C. Stack \Stump D. Wave-cut Platform 3. Emits no carbon dioxide or sulphur dio)ade. Disposing of radioactive nuclear waste problematic;some waste (a very small quantity) remains highlyradio active for thousands of years and must be buried deep underground. Nuclear power plants can run continuously foi long periods, providing a reliable and uninterrupted supoly of electricity. Although safety is the highest priority in nuclear power stations, always a risk of nuclear leaks or accidents. Oil and natural gas will run out in the near future but there are still adequate supplies of nuclear vowers raw material. uranium. Nuclear power stations are very cotly to build and no-one has yet attempted to decommission (dismantle) one. Reactor core remains radioactive for centuries acrd must be encased in eflncretp Only small quantities of fuel are needed so there is less environmental impact from mining and Produces more expensive electricity than coal or oil but may become cheaper as oil vans nut or if a rarhnn far ie infrnAw-nrt It is necessary, far strategic reasons, to maintain a range of energy sources in case supplies of any one of them are suddenly cut (as happened wring the 1973 Oil Crisis. when the Price of oil rose four-fold). Threat of terrorist attack. 3