阅读刷题2012年text2课堂笔记
1段 ①A deal is a deal—except, apparently, when Entergy is involved. ②The
company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified
outrage in Vermont last week when it announced 省略that it was reneging
on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.
段落梳理：说好的是不能改变的! 但是，很明显，安特吉公司是个例外。该公司上
周声称不准备遵守佛蒙特州严格的核能法规的长期承诺，激起了当地人们的义愤。
2段 ①Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised
it would not：challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in federal
court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear
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佛蒙特洋基核电站继续运作，而要在联邦法院挑战该州相关规定的合法性。现在这
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26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to
[A] condemning.
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谴责
[B] reaffirming.
[C] dishonoring.
拒付，不履行
[D] securing.
有
获取
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再声明
3段 ①The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation
bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.
②As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company
agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. ③In
2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the
plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. ④Then, too,
the company went along.
段落梳理：这个冲突开始于2002年，当时该公司购买了佛蒙特州唯一一家核电
站。作为获得州政府对该交易批准的一个条件：安特吉公司同意2012年后对该核
电站的继续经营征求州政府官员的同意。2006年，州政府又提出，该核电站能否
延期经营要听从佛蒙特州立法机关的批准。当时该公司也无异议。
27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to
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蓝色字体为题干关键词
黄色字体为文章关注内容
关键词句
逻辑提示词（时间、情感等）
正确选项
选项笔记
Instead adv.作为替代 ; 反而 ; 相
反地。Instead表相同。
例：中国从来都不是一个好战的
国家；恰恰相反，我们自古以来
段落梳理：相反，该公司做了他们一直承诺不会做的事情：它不会因为想极力保持
一做法令人震惊。
红色字体重点关注
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power plant running. ②It’s a stunning move.
NOTE：
都是爱好和平的。
Instead of 表相反
例：Instead of complaining
about what's wrong, be
grateful for what's right.
别抱怨不好的事， 要对好的事心
存感恩。
[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.
protection无中生有
[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.
federal≠state
[C] acquire an extension of its business license
是2006年的事情
[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.
对应原文As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale
4段 Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it
simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents,
including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007 and the discovery
of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about
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both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management –– especially
after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged
by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against
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allowing an extension.
段落梳理：安特吉公司从来没真正打算要遵守这些承诺，或者根本没有预料到将来
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会发生什么。一系列事件使人们严重怀疑基电站的安全问题和安特吉公司的管理问
题。
细节题
[A] managerial practices.
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28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its
对应原文Entergy’s management
[C] financial goals.
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[B] technical innovativeness.
有
[D] business vision
5段 Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is
invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal
government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in
the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do
have some regulatory authority=power over nuclear power, legal scholars
say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those
powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork
regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had
Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.
段落梳理：公司声称签署的是州之间的协定，但州无权管辖，所以协定无效。
29. In the author’s view, the Vermont case will test
[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.
公司不守诚信，而且答非所问
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authority
当局;官方;当权者 ：The authorities
are the people who have the
power to make decisions and to
make sure that laws are obeyed
权力；权限；职权 ： Authority is
the right to command and control
other people.
（官方的正式）许可： Authority is
official permission to do
something.
29. In the author’s view, the Vermont case will test
[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.
公司不守诚信，而且答非所问
[B] the nature of states’ patchwork regulations.
不是the Vermont case测试，也未谈及the nature
[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues.
与原文states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power违背
[D] the limits of states’power over nuclear issues.
6段 ①The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in
Vermont is already so damaged that it has nothing left to lose by going to
war with the state. ②But there should be consequences. ③Permission to
run a nuclear plant is a public trust. 大前提 ④Entergy runs 11 other reactors
in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth.
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⑤Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal
permission to keep it open for another 20 years. ⑥But as the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it
司不值得信任
得出结论：这家公司无法运营核电站。
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段落梳理：三段论：大前提，小前提，得出结论。
30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that
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推理判断题。
[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.
对应原文But there should be consequences.
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[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.
对象错了，the NRC很可能否定公司的权力。
[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.
有
不能推断出。
[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.
偷换概念，应该是Entergy 在这个地方的名誉受损。
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should keep in mind what promises from Entergy are worth. 小前提：该公