【正文】 nity. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around. The 19 th century saw land grants(政府撥地 ) offered to railroad panies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the West, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the pletion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died. 6 Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now. So tradeoffs will have to be made. Some scenic spots will be sacrificed. Some species(物種 ) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special acmodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects. The lasting effects of these tradeoffs are another matter. The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways. The money set aside in negotiated tradeoffs and the institutions that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let’s remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West. 68. What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways? A. Small towns along the railways became abandoned. B. Land in the West was hard to manage. C. Some railroad stops remained underused. D. Land grants went into private hands. 69. What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs? A. The use of money and power. B. The transmission of power. C. The conservation of solar energy. D. The selection of an ideal place. 70. What is the author’s attitude towards building solar plants? A. Disapproving. B. Approving. C. Doubtful. D. Cautious. 71. Which is the best title for the passage? A. How the Railways Have Affected the West B. How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced C. How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West D. How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled E Several recent studies have found that being randomly (隨機(jī)地 ) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性 ) of conflict. Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and force students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships. An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure. In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye – the only black student on his freshman year floor said that if you39。s final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔絕的 ) case and surrounded by a quarterinchthick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can stand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉ . When submerged, they39。re traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to endure almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a ic book. They39。ll want to look at again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same thing on my PC, but there I don39。 A It39。 1 2020 年黃山市第一次質(zhì)量檢測（英語） 第二部分 英語知識運(yùn)用 (共兩節(jié)．滿分 45 分 ) 第一節(jié) 語法和詞匯 (共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分 ) 從 A、 B、 C 和 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中 , 選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned 49. And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michel