統測
111年
[共同科目] 英文
第 41 題
📖 題組：
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is good at holding in heat from the Sun, and even a small increase of the gas in the atmosphere can cause Earth to get even warmer. Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) is about different technologies that can keep CO2 produced by factories and power plants from causing global warming. The idea is simple, and there are only a few main steps in the process. The first step is about trapping carbon emissions from factory chimneys. For instance, a filter can be placed in the chimney, so that the carbon is trapped and it cannot go out into the atmosphere. Then, the gas is piped to places where it can be stored or used. If stored underground, it cannot contribute to the climate crisis. If used, for instance, it can help grow greenhouse plants or make soda drinks. While CCUS projects can clearly benefit the environment, these projects are not straightforward as there are many issues to be dealt with, such as maintaining the storage site, which have slowed start-ups of CCUS projects worldwide. Thus, with only a few CCUS projects operating now, there still aren’t enough to seriously help with the world’s carbon emissions. Early forerunners in this technology are the US, Canada, and Norway. The good news is that CCUS has now gained momentum in other countries, where 30 new projects have begun in the past three years. The International Energy Agency says there must be many more to keep carbon emissions from heating the world too much.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is good at holding in heat from the Sun, and even a small increase of the gas in the atmosphere can cause Earth to get even warmer. Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) is about different technologies that can keep CO2 produced by factories and power plants from causing global warming. The idea is simple, and there are only a few main steps in the process. The first step is about trapping carbon emissions from factory chimneys. For instance, a filter can be placed in the chimney, so that the carbon is trapped and it cannot go out into the atmosphere. Then, the gas is piped to places where it can be stored or used. If stored underground, it cannot contribute to the climate crisis. If used, for instance, it can help grow greenhouse plants or make soda drinks. While CCUS projects can clearly benefit the environment, these projects are not straightforward as there are many issues to be dealt with, such as maintaining the storage site, which have slowed start-ups of CCUS projects worldwide. Thus, with only a few CCUS projects operating now, there still aren’t enough to seriously help with the world’s carbon emissions. Early forerunners in this technology are the US, Canada, and Norway. The good news is that CCUS has now gained momentum in other countries, where 30 new projects have begun in the past three years. The International Energy Agency says there must be many more to keep carbon emissions from heating the world too much.
41. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “momentum” in paragraph 2?
- A decrease
- B progress
- C wealth
- D fortune
思路引導 VIP
請運用『上下文線索 (Contextual Clues)』進行推理：文中先以 'The good news' 定調正面語氣，隨後提及『三年內啟動 30 個新計畫』。從語意邏輯的一致性 (Logic Consistency) 來看，這描述的是該技術在全球展現出了哪種『向前的動能』或『發展的進程』？
🤖
AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
🌟 還不錯，至少沒考爛，基礎觀念有抓到邊。
- 觀念驗證： 這題喔？就是考你最基本的上下文推論字義。高中生了，看到 $CO_2$ 捕捉技術在其他國家獲得了 momentum，後面立馬接著「過去三年內已展開 30 個新計畫」。這數據白紙黑字寫著「增長」跟「發展」啊！難道你覺得 30 個新計畫是「衰退」的徵兆嗎？
▼ 還有更多解析內容