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Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

World leaders need to take action on the energy crisis that is taking shape before our eyes. Oil prices are1and it looks less and less likely that this is a bubble. The price of coal has doubled. Countries as far apart as South Africa and Tajikistan are2by power cuts. Rich states, no longer strangers to periodic blackouts (断电), are worried about3of energy supply. In the developing world, 1.6 billion people一around a quarter of the human race haveno14 to electricity.

I believe that fundamental changes are5in the energy field whose significance we have not yet fully grasped. Global6for energy is rising fast as the population increases and developing countries such as China and India7dramatic economic growth. The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the world’s energy needs could be 50%8in 2030 than they are today. Yet the fossil fuels on which the world still depends are9and far from environmentally friendly. Serious thought needs to be given now to creating feasible10.The need for coordinated political action on energy and related11climate change and alleviating poverty, to name but two一has never been more12. Yet there is no global energy13in which the countries of the world can agree14joint solutions to the potentially enormous problems we see15.

So does the world really need yet another international organization?16,yes. A global energy organization would17， not replace, bodies already active in the energy field. It would bring a vital inter-governmental18to bear on issues which cannot be left to 19forces alone， such as the development of new energy technology, the role of nuclear power and innovative solutions for reducing pollution and greenhouse gas20.

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