Answer: C
解析:首先,我们需要找到题干文句中的定位关键词 “the current cost of generating electricity”。之后,将这个关键词定位到文章中去,发现这组定位词出现在文章当中的第二句话当中:“Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity.”我们发现文章的下一句话当中出现了这样的比例关系。“But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent.”这说明“sequestration”所导致的发电成本所占的比重不超过包括传输在内的总费用(delivered prices)的二分之一。既然只有“发电”和“送电”两个过程。那么,发电的花费当然是最多只能占到二分之一了。答案C所说正是:“It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity.”故选。通过这道题目,我们发现ETS在新美国GRE考试中沿用了传统美国GRE考试的解题套路。
第二种题型:多项选择题II
Sample Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices
Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
2. The passage suggests that extensive use of sequestration would, over time, have which of the following consequences?
A. The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide.
B. The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline.
C. Power plants would consume pro美国GREssively lower quantities of fossil fuels.
Answer: B
解析:首先,从文章中可以看出,没有什么方法可以“停止”大气中二氧化碳的累积,所以A选项中所提到的“The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide.”显然是错误的。另外,整个文章中也并没有提供一种方法可以使得电厂可以 “减少化石燃料的使用量”,所以C选项显然不符合题意。由于文章中的最后二句话中指出:“But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent. Research into better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide will undoubtedly lead to lowered costs.”所以,随着化石燃料使用量的增加,未来可以预期的发电成本将会先增加后减少。应该选择选项B(The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline.)由此可以看出,尽管新美国GRE考试中出现了新的多项选择题型,但是并没有在实质上改变原有的命题核心思想。即考察考生的对文章事实的理解和推断进一步信息的能力。所以,原有的解题方法的运用不仅是可能的,也是必要的应对新美国GRE考试的工具。
第三种题型:段中点选题
Sample Select-in-Passage Question英语作文
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