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B.    The world could 21 fossil fuels within a decade, according to a new study. Writing in the journal EnergyResearch & Social Science, Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex, says theworld could wean itself off the polluting fuels quickly, 22 a “collaborative, interdisciplinary, multi-scalar effort.”“Moving to a new, cleaner energy system would require significant shifts in technology, political regulations, tariffsand pricing regimes, and the behavior of users and adopters,” he said. “Left to evolve by itself—as it has largely been in thepast—this can indeed take many decades. A lot of stars have to align all at once.” He added that the past may offer someclues about 23 to transition from fossil fuels to cleaner, sustainable forms of energy.         For example, for Europe to move from wood to coal took between 96 and 160 years, but electricity only took 47 to69 years to be mainstream. Transitioning to cleaner energies could 24 by several factors, he said, citing “thescarcity of resources, the threat of climate change and vastly improved technological learning and innovation.”    In the study, some of the quicker transitions are listed as potential road maps. For example, in Ontario, Canada, coalwas replaced from 2003 to 2014. In Indonesia, two-thirds of the population shifted from kerosene stoves to LPG stoves injust three years. All of these, Sovacool says, were done with “strong government intervention 25 shifts inconsumer behavior.”   “The mainstream view of energy transitions as long, protracted affairs, often taking decades or centuries to occur, isnot always supported by the evidence,” he said.
21.
(A) put out
(B) rule out
(C) cross out
(D) phase out

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.586207
統計：A(6),B(5),C(1),D(17),E(0)

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