26. According to the passage, if the average geothermal gradient in an area is 22℃ per kilometer of depth, which of the following can be reliably predicted?
Ⅰ.The temperature at the base of a 10-kilometer well will be sufficient for the production of electricity.
Ⅱ Drilling of wells deeper than 10 kilometers will be economically feasible.
Ⅲ Insufficient water is present to produce eruptive phenomena
(A) Ⅰ only
(B) Ⅱ only
(C) Ⅰ and Ⅱ only
(D) Ⅱ and Ⅲ only
(E) Ⅰ.Ⅱ. and Ⅲ
27. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(A) Energy from Waters Sources: The Feasibility of Commercial System
(B) Geothermal Energy Retrieval: Volcanic Activity and Hot Dry Rocks
(C) Energy Underground: Geothermal Sources Give Way to Fossil Fuels
(D) Tappable Energy for America's Future: Hot Dry Rocks
(E) High Geothermal Gradients in the United States: Myth or Reality?
28. INCENTIVE:
(A) agreement
(B) doubt
(C) deterrent
(D) complement
(E) negotiation
29. COMPASSION:
(A) indifference
(B) chastity
(C) sobriety
(D) timidity
(E) distress
30. AGGRAVATE:
(A) disperse
(B) alleviate
(C) heed
(D) render bland
(E) make equal
31. IMPLAUSIBLE:
(A) admirable
(B) believable
(C) controllable
(D) extremely practical
(E) carefully considered
32. ANTIPATHY:
(A) decorum
(B) benevolence
(C) proximity
(D) free will
(E) high spirits
33. EXTRICATE:
(A) complicate
(B) absorb
(C) induct
(D) entitle
(E) entangle
34. MORDANT:
(A) uninteresting
(B) supine
(C) genial
(D) given to silence
(E) highly emphatic
35. GLUT:
(A) dearth
(B) limit
(C) void
(D) supply
(E) drain
36. DISCRETE:
(A) continuous
(B) magnified
(C) tenuous
(D) contradictory
(E) ambivalent
37. PROPITIATE:
(A) arbitrate
(B) clarify
(C) seek refuge
(D) arouse hostility
(E) disagree violently
38. ENFRANCHISE:
(A) ensconce
(B) engage
(C) enfetter
(D) deflect
(E) depose |