Many European countries have been making the shift to electric vehicles and Germany has just stated that they plan to ban the sale of vehicles using gasoline and diesel as fuel by 2030. The country is also planning to reduce its carbon footprint by 80-95% by 2050, 26 a shift to green energy in the country. Effectively, the ban will include the registration of new cars in the country as they will not allow any gasoline 27 vehicle to be registered after 2030.
Part of the reason this ban is being discussed and 28 is because energy officials see that they will not reach their emissions goals by 2050 if they do not 29 a large portion of vehicle emissions. The country is still 30 that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the 31 of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as ejected.
Other efforts to increase the use of electric vehicles include plans to build over 1 million hybrid and electric car battery changing stations across the country. By 2030, Germany plans on having over 6 million charging stations 32 . according to the International Business Times, electric car sales are expected to increase as Volkswagen is still recovering from its emissions scandal.
There are 33 around 155,000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German roads, dwarfed by the 45 million gasoline and diesel cars driving there now. As countries continue setting goals of reducing emissions, greater steps need to be taken to have a 34 effect on the surrounding environment. While the efforts are certainly not 35 , the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.
A) acceptance
B) currently
C) disrupting
D) eliminate
E) exhaust
F) futile
G) hopeful
H) implemented
I) incidentally
J) installed
K) noticeable
L) powered
M) restoration
N) skeptical
O) sparking
答案解析：
根据句子结构，“a shift to green energy in the country”在句中作结果状语，且前面有逗号，可知此处需要一个动词的 -ing 形式。结合句意“这个国家还计划到2050年将其碳足迹减少80 - 95%，从而引发国内向绿色能源的转变”，“sparking”有“引发”之意，所以选O。
“vehicle”是名词，前面需要形容词修饰。根据句意“2030年后，他们将不允许任何汽油驱动的车辆注册”，“powered”表示“由……驱动的”，符合语境，所以选L。
“is being discussed”是现在进行时的被动语态，“and”连接两个并列结构，可知此处需要过去分词与“is being”构成被动语态。根据句意“这项禁令正在被讨论和实施的部分原因是……”，“implemented”意为“实施”，所以选H。
“do not”后面接动词原形。根据句意“如果他们不消除很大一部分车辆排放，到2050年就无法达到排放目标”，“eliminate”表示“消除”，符合语义，所以选D。
“is”后面接形容词作表语。根据句意“这个国家仍然希望它能达到其排放目标，比如在2020年前将排放量减少40%”，“hopeful”表示“有希望的”，所以选G。
“the”后面接名词。根据句意“但是国内电动汽车的接受程度没有像预期的那样快”，“acceptance”表示“接受”，符合语境，所以选A。
“having”是现在分词，“charging stations”与“安装”之间是被动关系，此处需过去分词作宾语补足语。根据句意“德国计划安装超过600万个充电站”，“installed”表示“安装”，所以选J。
“There are”后面接副词修饰整个句子。根据句意“目前德国道路上大约有155,000辆注册的混合动力和电动汽车”，“currently”表示“目前”，所以选B。
“a”后面接形容词修饰“effect”。根据句意“需要采取更大的步骤来对周围环境产生明显的影响”，“noticeable”表示“明显的”，所以选K。
“are”后面接形容词作表语。根据句意“虽然这些努力当然不是徒劳的”，“futile”表示“徒劳的”，所以选F。
