by Lars Berry
A city in China has taken big steps in changing its energy sources.
中國有座城市已大大改變了其所仰賴的能源。
Practically everything around your home that was made in a factory
owes its
existence to fossil fuels. Unfortunately, cheap,
nonrenewable fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are becoming more difficult to find. Much of the _(1)_
supply is found in countries that may or may not want to
trade their
dwindling resources. These fuels heat many of our homes,
fuel cars, and provide energy _(2)_ the industries that produce computers, shoes, clothing, and coffee cups. Therefore, the
prospect of a
shortage of these fuels is a very _(3)_ one.
So what does a
population that
depends on the burning of _(4)_
rare fossil fuels do to break this fuel
addiction? Alternative energy sources _(5)_
exist. Some cities have worked towards
being primarily dependent on solar power. But is this just a fantastic idea, or is it a possible alternative?
Rizhao, a city in Shandong
Province of northern mainland China, actually _(6)_ the idea of a solar city. Rizhao has _(7)_ 3 million
residents, and 98 percent of inner city houses and 30 percent of
outlying homes
rely on the sun's energy for their hot water.
Rizhao, whose name means "sunshine," receives an _(8)_ of 270 days of sunlight every year. It's no _(9)_ that Rizhao's mayor decided to make his city dependent on solar energy. By using the simple, cheap solar
devices that sit
atop almost all of Rizhao's buildings, the city has cut its yearly
carbon dioxide emissions _(10)_ about 53,000 tons. Although this solution is really only
the tip of the iceberg in terms of energy production, Rizhao seems to be
on the way to becoming the world's first solar city.
(A) by (B) do (C) remaining (D) wonder (E) increasingly (F) for (G) average
(H) approximately (I) worrying (J) lives up to
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