2021年外刊小猫钓鱼：第4篇

小猫钓鱼第4篇
素材源：CNN（原文有删改）
Vocabulary
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Africa's 'first fully solar-powered village' wants to be a model for a renewable future
Near Morocco's sunny Atlantic coast, the tiny community of Id Mjahdi is being touted as Africa's first completely solar-powered village.
Solar power has the ___1___ to become one of Africa's top energy sources, according to the International Energy Agency, but more infrastructure needs to be_____2____-- of all solar power in use globally, less than 1% currently comes from the continent.
Morocco is leading ____3____ to fulfill that potential. It already meets 35 percent of its electricity needs from renewables and aims to increase its use of renewable energy to 52 percent by 2030, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
"Morocco is ____4____ a leader in sustainable energy," says Francesco La Camera, director-general of IRENA.
The country already has the world's largest solar farm, the Noor-Ouarzazate complex. Now, Id Mjahdi, on the outskirts of the city of Essaouira, is being _____5____as a blueprint for how to power remote villages that would be expensive to connect to the national electricity grid.
While many other African villages use solar power to some____6____, Id Mjahdi uses it for all its energy needs.
When Moroccan solar power company Cleanergy came up with the idea of testing a sustainable model for electrifying remote communities, it looked for a village "where they need everything," according to the company's founder, Mohamed Lasry.
Before the___7____ began, villagers relied on candles for light, and they ______8___could afford only around an hour of candlelight for working or studying in the evenings. They would burn tree bark for heating and cooking, which was bad for their health, says Lasry.
Id Mjahdi did not even have a nearby source of water, and girls in particular often missed school days to walk several miles to a well, says Lasry.
The first step in the $188,000 project was to build a water tower for the community. The next stage was to install a power station with 32 solar photovoltaic panels, which____9____ 8.32 kilowatts of electricity for distribution via a mini-grid.
The power station is connected to around 20 homes in the village,____10___ more than 50 people. Each house was provided with a fridge, water heater, television, oven and an outlet to charge devices. The solar network has a battery that can supply up to five hours of electricity outside daylight hours.
【词汇讲解】
1.renewable
adj.
Renewable forms of energy can be produced as quickly as they are used.
（能源）可再生的
例：
renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power
诸如风能和波浪能之类的可再生能源
n（s）
可再生能源
2.sustainable
adj.
able to continue over a period of time
可持续的，能长期保持的
例：
That sort of extreme diet is not sustainable over a long period.
那种极端的饮食方式无法长期坚持。

3.grid
n.
a pattern or structure made from horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to form squares
网格，方格；格栅，格子
例：
A metal grid had been placed over the hole to prevent people from falling in.
在洞口铺了一个铁格栅，以免有人跌入。

n.
a system of wires through which electricity is connected to different power stations across a region 电力网，输电网
例：
the national grid
全国输电网
4.panel
n.
a flat, usually rectangular part, or piece of wood, metal, cloth, etc., that fits into or onto something larger
嵌板，镶板
例：
a beautiful old door with oak panels
一扇嵌有橡木板的漂亮的老式门
At the bottom of each page is a panel with grammatical information.
每页底部都有语法知识板块。

5.distribute
v.
to give something out to several people, or to spread or supply something
分发，散发；分配
例：
The books will be distributed free to local schools.
这些书将免费发放给当地学校。

6.pitch
n.
an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football
运动场地；（尤指）足球场
例：
a football/hockey/cricket pitch
足球／曲棍球／板球赛场
v.
to move or be moved suddenly, especially by throwing or being thrown
（使）突然移动；（尤指）投，扔
例：
She pitched the stone into the river.
她把石头扔到河里。

v.
to try to persuade someone to do something
竭力劝说
例：
She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.
她在一次吃工作午餐时竭力向我游说她的想法。

They are pitching for business at the moment.
他们正在招揽生意。

7.generate
v.
to cause something to exist
造成，引起；使存在
例：
The new development will generate 1,500 new jobs.
新项目目将会创造1500个新的就业岗位。

v.
（以某种形式）产生，发生（能量等）
例：
The wind farm may be able to generate enough electricity/power for 2,000 homes.
这座风力发电站发的电或许足以供2000个家庭之用。

8.scheme
n.
an officially organized plan or system
方案，计划
例：
a pension/savings scheme
养老金／储蓄金计划
【参考答案】
1-5KACJH 6-10 DBEDF
【答案详解】
1.该题需要一个名词，且根据意思是有潜力成为非洲top资源，所以选择K。

2.该题需要一个动词过去分词，根据意思公共设施应当被建造，安装，所以选择A。

3.该题需要一个名词，根据意思摩洛哥是实现那个潜能的中间力量，所以选择C。

4.该题需要需要一个副词，因为整个句子不缺成分，根据意思摩洛哥在可持续能源方面是领导者，所以选择J。

5.该题需要一个动词过去分词，该题有一定难度，可以根据排除法，排除A，就剩下一个pitched，在这里解释为极力劝说，所以选择H。

6.该题需要一个名词，考查固定搭配，to some extent，某种程度，所以选择D。

7.该题需要一个名词，根据意思意思是在这个计划或方案实施前，所以选择B。

8.该题需要一个副词，根据意思他们只能付得起一个小时的蜡烛，所以选择E。

9.该题需要一个动词复数或者动词过去式，根据意思产生电，所以选择D。

10.该题需要一个ving, 表结果，根据意思是服务人们，所以选择F。