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浙江省2012 年选拔优秀高职高专毕业生进入本科学习统一考试 英语 选择题部分 PartI Reading Comprehension (60marks, 60minutes) SectionA Format I Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each ofthemthere are four choicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.You shoulddecideon the best choiceandmark thecorrespondingletter on Answer Sheet 1. PassageOne Questions 1to5 arebasedonthe followingpassage: It is often claimed that nuclear energy is something we cannot do without. We live in a consumer society where there is an enormous demand for commercial products of all kinds. Moreover, an increase in industrial production is considered to be one solution to the problem of mass unemployment. Such an increase presumes （意味着 ）an abundant and cheap energy supply. Many people believe that nuclear energy provides an inexhaustible （用不完的）and economical source of power and that it is therefore essential for an industrially developing society. There are a number of other advantages in the use of nuclear energy. Firstly, nuclear power, except for accidents, is clean. A further advantage is that a nuclear power station can be run and maintained by relatively few technical and administrative staff.Thenuclear reactor represents an enormous step in our scientific evolution and, whatever the anti-nuclear group says, it is wrong to expect a return to more primitive sources of fuel.However, opponents ofnuclear energy point out that nuclear power stationsbring a direct threat not only to theenvironmentbut alsotocivil liberties. Furthermore, it is questionable whether ultimately nuclear power is a cheap source of energy. There have, for example, been very costly accidents in America, in Britain and, of course, in Russia. The possibility of increasesin the cost ofuranium （铀）in addition tothecost ofgreater safety p