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　　A deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.

　　Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running. It’s a stunning move.

　　The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.

　　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 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 allowing an extension.

　　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 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.

　　The 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. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a public trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.

　　文章出處：

　　http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-24/bostonglobe/29469298_1_nuclear-power-plant-vermont-yankee-older-reactors

　　題目為：Vermont Yankee plant’s owner must honor its own promises

　　26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to

　　短語“reneging on” 最接近那個意思：

　　[A] condemning.

　　譴責

　　[B] reaffirming.

　　再次確認

　　[C] dishonoring.

　　不守信用

　　[D] securing.

　　安全

　　解析：詞意題：A deal is a deal之后出現except，表明前后相反;還有一次題眼：commitment to abide by;前面出現provoked justified outrage，一個是正當的憤怒，一個是守承諾，那么中間就只能是不受承諾了。答案為[C] dishonoring.

　　27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to

　　同意2002年的協議，Entergy 公司希望：

　　[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.

　　獲得Vermont 監管者的保護

　　[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.

　　尋求聯邦立法機關的幫助

　　[C] acquire an extension of its business license .

　　要求延長商業執照的有效期

　　[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.

　　獲得購買一個電廠的許可

　　解析：細節題 根據題干對應文中The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.

　　沖突從2002年開始就出現了，那個時候公司購買了Vermont唯一的一家核電站;在Vernon的一家很舊的反應堆。

　　As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012.

　　作為獲得州政府購買批準的條件，公司同意在2012年以后的運營需要征得州監管者的同意。2002 agreement對應the company agreed to;intended to對應As a condition of 因此答案為：receiving state approval for the sale;[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.完美替換。

　　28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its

　　根據第四段，Entergy存在哪些方面的問題：

　　[A] managerial practices.

　　管理實踐

　　[B] technical innovativeness.

　　技術創新

　　[C] financial goals.

　　財務目標

　　[D] business vision

　　經營愿景

　　解析：細節題：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 both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management

　　一系列的事故，包括2007年冷凝塔的部分坍塌，發現地下管道系統的泄露，這些都引起了對于Vermont Yankee 安全和公司管理的強烈關注。

　　所以答案應該是[A] managerial practices.

　　29. In the author’s view, the Vermont case will test

　　作者認為Vermont 的案例將會測試：

　　[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.

　　Entergy履行其承諾的能力

　　[B] the mature of states’ patchwork regulations.

　　各州臨散規定的成熟程度

　　[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .

　　對于核問題的聯邦權威

　　[D] the limits of states’power over nuclear issues.

　　對于核問題各州權力的局限性

　　解析：細節題：對應句子：whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend.

　　但是最高法院判定各州確實有一些對于核電站的調控權力，法律學者說這個案例將提供先例設定的測試，決定這些權力能擴展多遠。

　　作者的觀點借用legal scholars之口說出來這在以前的文章中也是多次提到，KK經常講的這是作者的代言人。

　　30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that

　　從最后一段中可以推知：

　　[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.

　　Entergy’s在其他地方的生意可能會受到影響

　　[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.

　　NRC的權威會受到挑釁

　　[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.

　　Entergy會撤回其在Plymouth的申請

　　[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.

　　Vermont的名譽會遭到破壞

　　解析：段落推理題。重點對于段落中心和轉折。這里沒有中心卻有轉折The 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. But there should be consequences.

　　公司似乎可以得出結論其在vermont的名譽已經受到破壞了，所以它已經沒有任何東西可以丟失了，于是可以和州政府開戰了。但是這是有后果的。后面句子開始描述其在其他州的生意，可以知道對應答案，常見的轉折推理：且出現might; kk很確信大家能選出這個答案!

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