To produce electricity on a large scale, a commercial wind farm will have to use bigger turbines than Hywind does, but it's difficult enough to balance such a large turbine so high on a floating spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spar's centre of gravity must be moved much closer to the ocean's surface. To do that, the company plans to design a new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox (變速箱) sits at sea level rather than behind the blades (see picture).

　　Hywind is a test run, but the benefits for perfecting floating wind-farm technology could be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is often stronger and steadier than close to shore, where all existing off-shore windmills are planted. Deep-sea farms are invisible from land, which helps overcome the windmill-as-eyesore objection. If the technology catches on, it will open up vast areas of the planet's surface to one of the best low-carbon power sources available.

　　江蘇高考閱讀理解訓(xùn)練題目：

　　1. The Hywind project uses totally new technology to ensure the stability of ________.

　　A. the cables which tie the spar to the ocean floor

　　B. the spar which is floating in deep-sea water

　　C. the blades driven by strong and steady sea wind

　　D. the stones filled in the spar below the sea surface

　　2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a floating spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed with its gearbox sitting

　　________.

　　A. on the sea floor

　　B. on the spar top

　　C. at sea level

　　D. behind the blades

　　3. Wide applications of deepwater wind power technology can________.

　　A. solve the technical problems of deepwater windmills

　　B. make financial profits by producing more turbines

　　C. settle the arguments about environmental problems

　　D. explore low-carbon power resources available at sea

　　江蘇高考閱讀理解訓(xùn)練答案解析：

　　1.B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第三句可知，該工程采用了全新的技術(shù)，是為了確保漂浮在深海水域中的圓材的保持穩(wěn)定。

　　2.C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句可知，為了使較大的渦輪發(fā)電機(jī)能在圓材上保持平衡，公司計(jì)劃設(shè)計(jì)新的發(fā)電機(jī)，其變速箱在海平面上。

　　3.D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句可知，深海風(fēng)能技術(shù)的廣泛應(yīng)用會(huì)在海洋上開發(fā)出可使用的最好的低碳能源之一。