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?

Alivia's government has approved funds for an electriciy-generation
project based on the construction of a pipeline that will carry water from
) x6 @; A! e! s7 w4 ` Lake Cylus, in the mountains, to the much smaller Lake Tifele, in a nearby
$ p. o% R9 R  `  H 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
2 Z& U. M" @& [) r3 Q5 q project is worth its cost, because
" z, r2 N+ _  P      A  the price of oil, once subject to frequent sharp increases, has fallen
" ~  Z' u% @/ K        significantly and is now fairly stable   
3 v/ O4 P6 O1 H" I, |% j9 c7 e: h      B the project could restore Lake Tifele, which is currently at risk of
5 Q( ]6 \$ T5 Y' m9 M        drying up and thus of being lost as a source of recreation income
        for Alivia  
    C    the government of Alivia is currently on excellent terms with the gov-
        ernments of most of the countries from which it purchases oil  
     D    it would cost less to generate electriciy by moving water from Lake
; F" e6 B' z8 i/ x  d0 _2 r        Cylus to Lake Tifele than to do so by moving water from Lake Cylus
& l4 p: I# ~- v+ i& ]! a        to another valley lake  
) V- o9 B' n4 |+ c2 `      E   Alivian officials do not expect that the amount of electricty used in
4 O+ H7 S3 s$ ^# s4 c        Alivia will increase substantially within the next ten years  
) m# l. o0 t3 y/ I答案：B