9．BERLIN-With the crisis in Japan raising fears about nuclear power，Germany and Switzerland said on Monday that they would reassess（重新評估） the safety of their own reactors．
Doris Leuthard，the Swiss energy minister，said Switzerland would put off plans to build nuclear plants．She said no new ones would be permitted until experts had reviewed safety standards．
Germany will put off"the recently decided extension of the running time of Cerman nuclear plants，"Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters．"This moratorium （延緩） will run for three months and it will allow for a thorough exanunation of the safety standards of the country's 17 nuclear power plants．
The European Union called for a meeting on Tuesday of nuclear safety authorities to assess Europe's preparedness．
Germany's foreign minister，Cuido Westerwelle，called for a new risk analysis of the counitry'snuclear plants，particularly regarding their cooling systems．He is the leader of the Free Democratic Party，which strongly supports nuclear power．
A previous government，led by the Social Democrats，passed a law in 2001 to close all the country's nuclear plants by 2021．But Mrs．Merkel's government changed that decision last year to extend the lives of the plants by an average of 12 years．
In Switzerland，Doris Leuthard said she had already asked to analyze the exact cause of the problems in Japan and draw up new or tougher safety standards"particularly in terms of seismic（地震的 ）safety and cooling．"
In Russia，the Prime Minister said his govemment would"draw conclusions from what's going
on in Japan．"
72．Where can you most likely read this passage？D
A．In a diary
B．In a magazine
C．In a science report
D．ln a newspaper．
73．How will Germany react to Japan's nuclear crisis？D
A．Germany will change the decision made last year．
B．Germany will close all the country's nuclear plants，
C．Germany will hold a meeting of nuclear safety authorities．
D．Germany will delay the extension of nuclear plants running time．．
74．The author mentions all the following EXCEPTB
A．Russia will try to Ieam something from the nuclear power crisis in Japan．
B．The Social Democrats in Germany shares the same view with the Free Democratic Party．
C．The moratorium in Cermany will give time to examine the nuclear plants safety standards．
D．Switzerland will not build new nuclear plants unless they meet the experts'safety standards．
75．What is the best title of the passage？A
A．Nuclear Plants in Europe Are Delayed
B．Europe Is against Building Nuclear Plants
C．Opinions on Nuclear Power Are Opposite．
D．Watch Out for the Danger of Nuclear Power．
分析 本文是一篇新聞報道，報道了柏林與日本的核能危機(jī)引發(fā)各國對核電的擔(dān)憂，德國等歐洲國家采取應(yīng)對措施，將核電廠的運行時間推遲．
解答 72．D．推理預(yù)測題．通讀全文可知，本文是一篇新聞報道，報道柏林與日本的核能危機(jī)引發(fā)各國對核電的擔(dān)憂，德國等歐洲國家所采取方案以應(yīng)對這種現(xiàn)象的事情．新聞報道一般出現(xiàn)在報紙上．故選D．
73．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"Germany will put off"the recently decided extension of the running time of Cerman nuclear plants"可知，德國將決定延長核電站的運行時間．故選D．
74．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"．He is the leader of the Free Democratic Party，which strongly supports nuclear power．A previous government，led by the Social Democrats，passed a law in 2001 to close all the country's nuclear plants by 2021"可知，德國的自由民主黨支持核電，而社會民主黨反對核電，并將核電廠關(guān)閉．可見兩方意見并不一致．故選B．
75．A．推理預(yù)測題．本文是一篇新聞報道，報道了柏林與日本的核能危機(jī)引發(fā)各國對核電的擔(dān)憂，德國等歐洲國家采取應(yīng)對措施，將核電廠的運行時間推遲，A項更能概括全文主旨大意．故選A．
點評 本文為新聞報道類閱讀．新聞報道類在英語閱讀理解中是一種特點十分鮮明的題材．因為文章往往呈現(xiàn)出"倒金字塔"的特征，此類題的英語閱讀理解技巧是重點看導(dǎo)語．導(dǎo)語位于新聞報道的首段，高度概括新聞事實，通過它點出新聞的主題，其次尋找關(guān)鍵詞，理解題意，做出解答．
