Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)
The Environmental Protection Agency has set limits for the radiation
permitted to leak from a proposed nuclear waste burial center in the
state of Nevada. The action will help decided1 whether the --71--
can build the nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.
The dump would be used to bury about seventy-thousand tons of nuclear waste.
The waste includes use nuclear fuel from power centers and waste from --72--
the production of nuclear weapons. The waste is now stored at power
center around the country. --73--
Yucca Mountain is owned by the . No one lives there.
It is in a extremely dry area more than one-hundred-forty-five --74--
kilometers northwest of Las Vegas.
The administration of President Bush believes a nuclear waste dump
should develop there. It says this dump is needed to permit an --75--
decrease in nuclear power centers. Federal officials --76--
supports more use of nuclear power because of the nation’s energy problems. --77--
But Nevada state officials strongly reprove the plan. The dispute about --78--
Yucca Mountain has continued for almost twenty years.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently establish radiation limits --79--
for groundwater, air and soil near Yucca Mountain. Both sides claimed
that the agency ruling helped their cause. Department of Energy Secretary
Spencer Abraham says his agency can meet . Mister Abraham --80--
says the government may continue with the project by the end of the year.
答案:
71.decided -> decide,help do something;这里不应该用过去式。
72.use -> used,used 表示用过的,use 是动词,而include的用法是include doing something。
73.center -> centers,这里应该不止一个研究中心。
74.a -> an?,因为后面跟的是e打头的extremely。
75.develop -> be developed,这里应该用被动式。
76.decrease -> increase,根据句意应该是允许不利的情况,因此应该是增长而不是减少。
77.supports -> support,因为前面跟的是复数名词。
78.reprove -> oppose,因为前面跟的是赞成,又有一个But,因此应该是反对oppose。
79.establish -> established,因为前面是recently因此应该是过去式。
80.requirement -> requirements,因为要求肯定不止一个,因此应该用复数形式。