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          Prashant Mandal shares a small house with his wife and four kids,and survives on less than $2 a day. Yet,despite Mandal' s  modest income,he spends 20 percent of his income on solar energy,an expenditure (支出) which he says is key to helping his children to study.

          Across the globe,about 1. 2  billion people live without electricity. Such limitations are not only inconvenient,but also put people in low-income countries at greater risk of having serious health conditions. People living without electricity typically rely on kerosene lamps,and other harmful light sources,which can lead to bums,injuries,poisoning and other risks.

          Realizing the need for a more efficient energy source,a lot of companies have developed business models that enable poor people to purchase solar energy.

          SimpaNetworks,which focuses its efforts on rural India,is one such company that's found a way to make solar energy affordable and accessible to people in need. Customers are charged a small down payment for a high-quality solar system. Then,through its “progressive purchase^ model,they pay in advance for a designated (指定的) amount of energy consumption. Each payment counts toward the final purchase price.

          A number of other companies have found ways to get solar energy into the hands,anci homes of people who typically can’t  afford electricity. MPOWER D. a New ork-based company,invented an (充氣式的) solar light in 2012 that is powered by the sun,and is also able to store solar energy.

          “Energy poverty is solvable if we all work together,” says John Salzinger,MPOWERD’s  co-founder. “Every single consumer purchase helps us reduce costs,and then we pass those savings on to those who need affordable light most. We automatically enable our customers to help others,while helping the environment,by simply making a purchase."

1. Why does the author mention Prashant Mandal in Paragraph 1 ?

   A. To show that electricity is precioub.

   B. To bring up the topic of the text.

   C. To introduce his poor family.

   D. To tell an interesting story.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?

   A. Kerosene lamps are healthy light sources.

   B. There are few people living without electricity.

   C. Poor countries are at greater risk of spreading .

diseases. 

   D. People living without electricity may face serious risks.

3. Paragraph 4  mainly tells us .

   A. how customers pay for SimpaNetworks solar

   B. how impaNetworks invented the inflatable solar

   C. how customers use electricity in rural India 

   D. how solar system works in rural India 

4. How does John Salzinger feel about energy poverty?

   A. Uncaring.     B. Surprising.

   C. Disappointed. D. Optimistic.

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. D

    A篇

本文主要介紹了針對(duì)世界上部分貧困地區(qū)人們沒(méi)有電力使用的狀況，一些公司通過(guò)各種方式讓人們可以享受到太陽(yáng)能發(fā)的電。

1. B. 寫作手法題。文章第一段敘述了 Prashant Mandal的家庭狀況，以及在困難重重之下還要用 不高的收入支付電費(fèi)，從而引出本文所談?wù)摰脑掝}。

2. D. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的People living without electricity ... can lead to bums,injuries,poisoning anid other risks可知，過(guò)著無(wú)電生活的人們?nèi)菀酌媾R一些危險(xiǎn)。

3. A. 段落大意題。根據(jù)第四段中的內(nèi)容可知，該段主要介紹了用戶如何向SimpaNetworks公司交費(fèi)，故選A項(xiàng)。

4. D. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的Energy poverty is solvable if we all work together 以及后面 的解釋可知,John Salzinger對(duì)此還是積極樂(lè)觀的。