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2016高考英语人教新课标一轮复习选修6Unit5练习及答案（基础） 高三英语一轮复习 Unit 5 The power of nature练习 新人教版选修6 Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2017·海口市调测) Born out of technology developed in the search for the world's most powerful bomb, nuclear power has ever since cast a heavy shadow over its benefits. The pictures of what was left of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 after the United States dropped the atomic bomb left the world with a feeling of mental pain—200 000 people died in a second, and oncecrowded cities were destroyed completely. But it was the cloud of radiation that couldn't be seen and no one could defend against that affected generations. Popular American movies like the 1983 film The Day After played on people's fears with pictures of a nuclear winter so destructive that it would kill almost every living thing. Yet, by that same year, nuclear energy plants were being built from Argentina to South Korea to satisfy the demand for cheap, dependable sources of energy. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, by 2009, nuclear energy produced almost 14 percent of the world's electricity supplies. And the total demand for energy worldwide has continued to rise, although the latest nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima plant appears to have discouraged enthusiasm for the energy source. | 
