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2017年雅思阅读考前冲刺试题附答案 　　看书和学习是思想的经常营养，是思想的无穷发展。以下是小编为大家搜索整理的2017年雅思阅读考前冲刺试题附答案，希望对正在关注的您有所帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们应届毕业生考试网! 　　Seeking an energy holy trinity 　　Jan 10th 2007 　　From E 　　1 NEELIE KROES, the European Unionrsquo;s competition commissioner, did not mince her words when reporting on Europersquo;s energy markets on Wednesday January 10th. Europersquo;s energy firms have failed to invest in networks and so customers are suffering. Those ldquo;vertically integratedrdquo; energy companies such as Electriciteacute; de France (EDF) or Germanyrsquo;s E.ON, widely dubbed as ldquo;national championsrdquo;, are effectively behaving like local monopolies. Shy of competition, eager for artificially high prices, they are helping to block the efficient generation, transmission and distribution of energy on the continent. 　　2 Energy prices vary wildly across Europe. Ms Kroes wants to see cheaper energy, and intends to push suppliers to divest their distribution network and to get them to invest more in transportation systems so that more energymdash;in the form of gas, or electricity, for examplemdash;can flow easily over borders. It is remarkably hard, for example, for gas-poor Germany to import from the neighbouring, gas-rich Netherlands. Companies that dominate national markets have, so far, had little interest in improving the interconnections which would mean lower prices for consumers across the continent. 　　3 Ms Kroes, of course, will struggle to get her way. The European Commission, which on the same day presented its recommendation for improving EU energy policy, also wants to see the unbundling of ownership, the legal separation of energy suppliers and transporters, something that the integrated energy companies and interested governments, notably in France and Germany, are bound to oppose ferociously. 　　4 Complicating the matter is an argument over the security of energy supply in Europe. Much has been made of the risk for western Europe of depending too heavily on Russi