考研英语阅读：2025年考研英语一 阅读 Text 2
2025-05-04
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[1]I was shocked to learn recently that some scientists want to scale back their research in an effort to decrease carbon emissions. The crisis is here, they said, and we need to cut back on our energy-intensive modelling. At the very least, we need to make our energy use far more sustainable.
[2]It is unarguable that our laboratories, scientific instruments, rockets and satellites - the tools we scientists need to measure the planet's pulse - demand significant amounts of energy both in their construction and operation. And it is equally true that science's unrelenting appetite for information has caused a mushrooming of energy-intensive data centres around the world. According to the International Energy Agency, these buildings now consume about 1 percent of the world's electricity.
[3]If the world is to meet its net-zero ambitions, we must think hard about how we can deliver sustainable computing and deliver more LUMIS.
[4]Every day, scientists, technologists and engineers are discovering new ways to exploit renewable energy sources and develop techniques not just to use power more intelligently but to power our intelligence. A great example of this is Europe's largest super computer, LUMI in Finland, which is astonishingly carbon- negative, established in an old paper mill, it is powered by a nearby river and its remote heat warms the people who live in the surrounding town of Kajaani
26. The author expressed great surprise at some scientists’ ________.
[A] unwillingness to cut carbon emissions
[B] intention to reduce their research
[C]suspicions about sustainable energy
[D]waste of electricity in their projects
27. The author believes that carbon emissions from research________.
[A] have caused grave consequences
[B] have caused groundless worries
[C] are hard to handle at present
[D] are justifiable in the long run
28. The example of Green in Paragraph 5 is used to illustrate, ________.
[A] the achievements of great scientists
[B] the urgency of addressing climate change
[C] the rewards of scientific endeavors
[D] the value of fostering human ingenuity
29. It can be learned from the last two paragraph ________.
[A] Is a model of sustainability efforts
[B]Is a triumph against energy shortage
[C]owes much to global het-20 initiatives
[D]aims to explore the power of intelligence
30. Which of the following statements would the author agree with? ________.
[A]Emission-free modelling demands extra funding
[B]The need for supercomputers is difficult to meet
[C]Energy-intensive research work is inevitable.
[D]The goals of researchers ought to be realistic.
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