Wind farm in Australia

文章大意

文章讨论澳大利亚风力农场的研究，涉及风力发电的历史（古代伊朗风车、欧洲引入）、风力作为清洁能源的优势，以及大型风电部署带来的环境问题，如涡轮机噪音和叶片杀死猛禽等鸟类。

题目与答案

1. Background:

   In the past, the wind was used to grind flour and pump 21_____ .

   答案：water

   原文定位：For many centuries, people used windmills to grind wheat into flour or pump water from deep underneath the ground

   同义替换：「In the past」↔「For many centuries」，「the wind was used to grind flour」↔「used windmills to grind wheat into flour」

2. During the 1970s, the wind power was firstly used to carried out 22_____ .

   答案：research

   原文定位：Then wind was rediscovered and carried out into research for the first time

3. Disadvantages:

   The wind turbines can be 23_____ .

   答案：noisy

   原文定位：For example, wind turbines have the reputation of generating noise as well as electricity, so as more electricity is produced, they can be really noisy

4. The turbine blades will harm 24_____ .

   答案：birds

   原文定位：Another thing is that some new turbine blades kill a worrying number of birds, especially large birds like raptors

   同义替换：「harm」↔「kill」

5. Advantages:

   -provides 25_____ of the power

   -helps the local tourism

   答案：half

   原文定位：wind energy accounted for fifty percent of demand in the state. That's half of the power source

   同义替换：「provides」↔「accounted for」，「half」↔「fifty percent」

6. Structure:

   The wind turbine blade is as big as 26_____

   答案：plane

   原文定位：Just a single one of these giant wind turbine blades produced by manufacturer Siemens is almost as big as the Airbus A380, the world's largest plane that's made in Europe

7. and made in 27_____ .

   答案：Europe

   原文定位：Just a single one of these giant wind turbine blades produced by manufacturer Siemens is almost as big as the Airbus A380, the world's largest plane that's made in Europe

8. The local residents can get money from 28_____ .

   答案：government

   原文定位：Then policies came out really quick, and then they could get allowance from the government

   同义替换：「money」↔「allowance」

9. In extreme weather conditions, they can 29_____ the speed.

   答案：lower

   原文定位：it is ideally suited for use in wind turbines under extreme climatic conditions, though they do have an option to lower the speed of it

   同义替换：「weather」↔「climatic」

10. The fan is made of fiberglass and 30_____ .

    答案：timber

    原文定位：Fiberglass is one of the main components of many large scale wind turbine blades. The material is used because it is lightweight, easily shaped, and not too expensive. Another material used to make longer turbine blades is timber