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     For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today,

farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines (发电机) that produce electricity. Wind power has

become big business, especially in Europe.

     In the United States, less than one percent of electricity is produced from wind energy. But production

increased one hundred sixty percent between 2000 and 2005. So says Keith Collins, the chief economist at

the Department of Agriculture, in a statement he prepared for a Senate committee last month.

     An even greater increase is expected between 2005and 2010. Farmers are providing land to turbine owners

or, in some cases, owing the equipment themselves.

     Mister Collins says one reason for the increase is high prices for natural gas. Another is a federal tax credit (税收抵免) for wind production. The credit is almost two cents per kilowatt hour for the first ten years of

production for a project.

     The production tax credit for renewable forms of energy was supposed to end this December. But

Congress has extended it through 2008

     Other reasons for the expansion include improved turbine technology and lower production costs. They

also include policies that make it easier for wind power producers to sell their electricity. And they include the

growth of markets for "green power"-energy that does not create pollution.

     California is the leading state for wind power. But Mister Collins says production is also growing in

Minnesota and other Midwestern states, all the way down to Texas. And he says many states in the West and

Midwest have the wind resources to produce much more wind power.

     Wind power offers farmers a way to earn money for use of their land or, if they want, to operate their

own turbines. Wind is free, of course. Not only that, the land under the turbines can usually be farmed. And

farmers may be able to earn extra money by charging visitors to see their wind farm.

      But wind farms are not perfect. Keep in mind that there has to be enough wind to earn a profit. Also, the

turbines can kill birds. And people sometimes object to the development of wind farms. They consider them

ugly and noisy.

1. In ____ wind power is widely used to produce electricity.

A. America

B. Midwest

C. Europe

D. West

2. According to Mister Collins the reasons for the increase of wind using are ______.

A. natural gas is expensive

B. the tax is less for wind production

C. wind energy is green energy

D. both A and B

3. Which of the following can replace the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A. refuse

B. accept

C. agree to

D. are afraid of

4. From the passage we can conclude that _____.

A. the government in the USA supports the use of wind power

B. California has the most wind resource in the world

C. visitors can watch the wind farm free

D. wind power can bring farmers some trouble

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某服装厂厂房为一栋六层钢筋混凝土建筑物,厂房一层是铣床车间,二层是平缝和包装车间及办公室,三层至六层是成衣车间,厂房一层现有四个门,后两个门被封死,一个门上锁,仅留一个门供员工上下班进出,厂房内唯一的上下楼梯平台上堆放了杂物,仅留0.8m宽的通道供员工通行。
半年前,在厂房一层用木板和铁栅栏分隔出一个临时库房。由于用电负荷加大,临时库房内总电闸保险丝经常烧断,为了不影响生产,电工用铜丝代替临时库房内总电闸保险丝。经总电闸引出的电线,搭在铁栅栏上,穿过临时库房,但没有用绝缘套管,电线下堆放了2m高的木料。
2008年6月6日,该服装厂发生火灾事故。起火初期火势不大,有员工试图拧开消火栓,和用灭火器灭火,但因不会操作未果。火势迅速蔓延至二、三层,当时,正在二层办公的厂长看到火灾后立即逃离现场;二至六层的401名员工在无人指挥的情况下荒乱逃生,多人跳楼逃生摔伤;一层人员全部逃出。
该起火灾事故,造成67人死亡,51人受伤,直接经济损失3600万元。
事故调查发现,起火原因是一层库房内电线短路产生高温熔珠,引燃堆在下面的木料,整个火灾过程中无人报警,事故前该厂曾收到当地消防机构关于该厂火险隐患的“责令限期改正通知书”,但未整改;厂内仅有一名电工,且无特种作业人员操作证。
根据以上场景,回答下列问题:

下列关于该厂安全管理现状的说法中,正确的有( )。

A.员工缺乏应急救援常识

B.楼房不适合作为生产服装的厂房

C.安全管理混乱

D.发现的事故隐患没有及时整改

E.安全教育培训落实不到位