新GRE小短文阅读练习题三十六

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. Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
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- D/ d& s2 X$ o$ Z, n, ~! s  z Alivia's government has approved funds for an electriciy-generation
2 n- F" I1 R" b project based on the construction of a pipeline that will carry water from
! g! }; C+ w2 L6 G1 S) [8 P Lake Cylus, in the mountains, to the much smaller Lake Tifele, in a nearby
& @& @8 L# j. Y, }: D! A* G7 y valley.  The amount of electricty generated will be insufficient by itself to
justify the project's cost, even if the price of imported oil---Alivia's pri-
mary source of electricty---increases sharply.  Nonetheless, the pipeline
6 V) k/ C( {9 _0 G, Q, U. n project is worth its cost, because
, o! {1 G6 H& K  _      A  the price of oil, once subject to frequent sharp increases, has fallen
6 n/ {- o0 T# a( e        significantly and is now fairly stable   
0 c0 @- P" a+ _/ s      B the project could restore Lake Tifele, which is currently at risk of
        drying up and thus of being lost as a source of recreation income
% j' \5 E7 I5 x" |, F3 v        for Alivia  
    C    the government of Alivia is currently on excellent terms with the gov-
7 Z0 d. U3 Y7 k9 h! Y% F6 k        ernments of most of the countries from which it purchases oil  
     D    it would cost less to generate electriciy by moving water from Lake
5 x. L3 l+ w! |4 Z# G8 \        Cylus to Lake Tifele than to do so by moving water from Lake Cylus
        to another valley lake  
2 Z- |) O" A  H9 {      E   Alivian officials do not expect that the amount of electricty used in
' _7 I1 Q4 f$ [+ p- @        Alivia will increase substantially within the next ten years  
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