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Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low level
Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low level
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2024-01-20
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问题
Three years ago, California’s rivers and reservoirs were at record low levels. Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought state of【C1】________and called upon all Californians to save water in "every way possible."
Hegel, the director of purchasing for a Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, went to a trade show in search of new ways for his hotel to【C2】________with Brown’s call, and he was attracted by a salesman’s【C3】________. The vendor handed Hegel a test tube【C4】________with white nylon beads half the size of a mint (Stalinand told Hegel that it would not only save him hundreds of thousands of dollars but the environment too. Those "magic beads" were the key【C5】________of an ultra-low water laundry system developed by the U.K. cleaning company Xeros.
The salesman said Xeros washers would【C6】________superior cleaning results compared with conventional washers, while using 50 percent less energy, 50 percent less detergent and 80 percent less water. Hegel was【C7】________, but with thousands of pounds of dirty sheets to wash each week, he decided to give one machine a try.
"After installing the first machine, we found that it【C8】________used 90 percent less water and very little chemicals—and the laundry results were【C9】________," he says. "Our director of housekeeping was ecstatic (欣喜若狂的)."
These new machines look similar to modern washers, but could【C10】________the biggest leap forward in the laundry industry since electric-powered washing machines rendered wringers (衣物绞干机) outdated in the early 20th century.
A) actually F) emergency K) obey
B) claim G) eventually L) represent
C) comply H) filled M) resolve
D) component I) group N) significant
E) deliver J) incredible O) skeptical [br] 【C7】
选项
答案
O
解析
语义推断题。分析句子结构可知,空格处应填入形容词或动词的分词形式作系动词was的表语。根据空格前一句可知.新型洗衣机在用水量减少80%的情况下还可以带来更好的洗衣效果;而空格所在句顺承前面的句子。描述了黑格尔对这一结果的态度。空格后用表示转折的but连接,由此可见,黑格尔并不相信这样的结果,但还是决定试一试。结合备选项。可以推断skeptical“怀疑的,不相信的”符合题意。
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