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  3. Read this text about electrical power in Canada.Choose the best sentence from t

Read this text about electrical power in Canada.Choose the best sentence from t

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问题 Read this text about electrical power in Canada.
Choose the best sentence from the opposite page to fill each of the blanks.
For each blank(8-12), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet.
Do not mark any letter twice.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
               ELECTRICITY: WEALTH, MONEY, POWER
Canadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the country’s abundance of cheap, reliable electrical power. B(example)in fact, Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except Norway.【P1】______
Electricity is a significant source of export income for Canada.【P2】______But in the 1970s, Canadian exports rose sharply to address the U. S. demand for cheaper and more reliable.
In 1985, exports of Canadian electrical power reached 1, 400 million US dollars.【P3】______Net electricity exports account for more than 60% of Canada’s balance of trade.
Domestically, Canada continues to generate electrical power, primarily from water.【P4】______Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far beyond the control of utility managers.【P5】______
Example:
A Besides, electricity from coal and nuclear is 50% to 75% cheaper than many other industrial nations.
B Generated primarily by water, our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining.
C It also ranks among the top three electricity producers in the world, behind the U. S. and Russia.
D Next to electricity, Canadian paper exports came to 900 million U. S. dollars every year in the 1960s.
E Canada and the U. S. imported and exported power in almost equal measures after 1901.
F Since then, electricity’ exports have declined but they have continued to exceed 700 million U. S. dollars.
G Environmental and trade policies all influence electrical production and trade. [br] 【P2】
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答案 E
解析 空白前一句提到电是加拿大出口创汇的重要资源，后一句提到1970后，其出口量由于美国需要急剧上升，可推测出此处应该将加拿大和美国的电进出口量相比较。
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