六级Renewables account for only a small share of global primary energy consumption, which is still dominated by fossil fuels—30% each for coal and oil, 25% for natural gas.

可再生能源只占全球一次能源消费的一小部分，而化石燃料仍占主导地位——煤炭和石油各占30%，天然气占25%。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级If not corrected by the appropriate carbon price, low fossil fuel prices are not accurately signaling to markets the true social profitability of clean energy.

如果不通过适当的碳价格加以纠正，低化石燃料价格就不能准确地向市场表明清洁能源的真正社会盈利能力。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases without regard to the collateral ( ' , 附带的) costs.

一些政府已经采取了对研发的直接补贴，但这并不能很好地替代碳价格：它们只做了部分工作，留下了过度使用化石燃料的市场激励，从而在不考虑抵押品的情况下增加了大气温室气体存量（“，附带的) 成本。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Direct subsidies to research and development have been adopted by some governments but are a poor substitute for a carbon price: they do only part of the job, leaving in place market incentives to over-use fossil fuels and thereby add to the stock of atmo

一些政府已经采取了对研发的直接补贴，但这并不能很好地替代碳价格：它们只做了部分工作，留下了过度使用化石燃料的市场激励，从而增加了atmo的存量

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级We can make a very good estimate from the fossil record that humans probably evolved naked skin around a million and a half years ago and meanwhile they mostly lost their coat of fur.

我们可以从化石记录中做出一个很好的估计，人类大概在一百五十万年前进化出了裸露的皮肤，而与此同时，他们大部分都失去了皮毛。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The same is true for new technologies for alleviating fossil fuel emissions.

减少化石燃料排放的新技术也是如此。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woody material removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber or burned as biofuel in vehicles that would otherwise run on fossil fuels.

该战略还旨在确保从森林中移除的木质材料中的碳以固体木材的形式被锁定，或作为生物燃料在原本使用化石燃料的车辆中燃烧。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级There is strong evidence that both innovation and adoption of cleaner technology are strongly encouraged by higher fossil fuel prices.

有强有力的证据表明，化石燃料价格上涨有力地鼓励了创新和采用更清洁的技术。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级The International Monetary Fund calculates that countries can generate substantial fiscal revenues by eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and levying carbon charges that capture the domestic damage caused by emissions.

国际货币基金组织（IMF）计算出，各国可以通过取消化石燃料补贴和征收碳排放费来获得可观的财政收入，以弥补排放造成的国内损害。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.

尽管最近在开发可再生能源方面取得了重要进展，但较低的化石燃料价格可能会阻碍清洁能源技术的进一步创新和采用。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Natural gas and coal—also fossil fuels—have similarly seen price declines that look to be long-lived.

天然气和煤炭以及化石燃料也出现了类似的价格下跌，这种下跌似乎是长期的。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

事实证明，化石燃料价格上涨有利于清洁技术的创新和应用。如果化石燃料价格长期处于低位，可能导致温室气体排放增加。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级It is urgent for governments to increase the cost of using fossil fuels to an appropriate level to lessen the catastrophic effects of climate change.

各国政府迫切需要将使用化石燃料的成本提高到适当水平，以减轻气候变化的灾难性影响。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Starting April 28 of this year, the National Museum of Natural history will begin renovating its fossil hall.

从今年4月28日开始，国家自然历史博物馆将开始修复其化石馆。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级In other words, a few countries are benefiting enormously from the consumption of fossil fuels, while at the same time contributing disproportionately to the global burden of climate change.

换言之，少数国家从化石燃料的消费中受益匪浅，同时也不成比例地加重了气候变化的全球负担。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years - so why shouldn't we? Take a broader look at our species' place in the universe, and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years.

化石记录显示，许多物种已经生存了数百万年——那么为什么我们不应该呢？从更广泛的角度来看我们物种在宇宙中的位置，很明显我们有很好的机会生存几十年，甚至几百年，甚至几千年。

2013年考研阅读原文

六级As long as we're consuming fossil fuels, we're putting out CO2,"says Klaus Lackner, a geophysicist at Columbia, University" We cannot let the CO2 in the atmosphere rise indefinitely.

“只要我们在消耗化石燃料，我们就在排放二氧化碳，”哥伦比亚大学地球物理学家克劳斯·拉克纳说，“我们不能让大气中的二氧化碳无限期上升。”。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级But renewable energy will have to displace fossil fuels to a much greater extent in the future to avoid unacceptable climate risks.

但未来可再生能源必须在更大程度上取代化石燃料，以避免不可接受的气候风险。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile, however, if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

然而，如果化石燃料价格长期处于低水平，可再生能源发展的进展可能是脆弱的。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级It was fortunate that the family didn't try to dig up the fossil because that could destroy the specimen; they did the right thing by calling someone who would know what to do.

幸运的是，这家人没有试图挖掘化石，因为那样会破坏标本；他们打电话给一个知道该怎么做的人，做了正确的事情。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Jude and his family had been invited by the researchers to see the fossil being preserved at the university.

裘德和他的家人受到研究人员的邀请，去参观大学保存的化石。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The winner of this year's competition will be awarded a preview of the new fossil hall, as well as a cash prize.

今年比赛的获胜者将获得新化石馆的预览以及现金奖。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级The current low fossil fuel price environment will thus certainly delay the energy transition from fossil fuel to clean energy sources.

因此，当前的低化石燃料价格环境肯定会推迟从化石燃料向清洁能源的能源转型。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研President Trump has underlined fossil fuels – especially coal – as the path to economic growth.

特朗普总统强调化石燃料——特别是煤炭——是经济增长之路。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研While fossil fuels – coal, oil, gas – still generate roughly 85 percent of the world's energy supply, it's clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar.

尽管化石燃料——煤炭、石油、天然气——仍占世界能源供应的85%左右，但比以往任何时候都更清楚的是，未来属于风能和太阳能等可再生能源。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The extensive data sources, combined with computer simulations, created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel emissions.

广泛的数据来源，结合计算机模拟，创造了海洋温度变化的时间线，包括火山爆发造成的冷却和化石燃料排放造成的变暖。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级Fossil fuels remain the major source of primary energy consumption in today's world.

化石燃料仍然是当今世界一次能源消费的主要来源。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Since much of this energy comes from the utilisation of fossil fuels, wastage of food potentially contributes to unnecessary global warming as well as inefficient resource utilisation.

由于这些能源的大部分来自化石燃料的利用，粮食浪费可能导致不必要的全球变暖以及资源利用效率低下。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Even major fossil fuel exporting countries have great potential to develop renewable energies.

即使是主要的化石燃料出口国也有很大的潜力开发可再生能源。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The next day Houde came out to see the fossil for himself.

第二天，霍德亲自出来看化石。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Kyle Sparks, father of Jude, said he let his son decide what to do with the fossil.

裘德的父亲凯尔·斯帕克斯（Kyle Sparks）说，他让儿子决定如何处理这块化石。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Even Africa and the Middle East, home to economies that are heavily dependent on fossil fuel exports, have enormous potential to develop renewables.

即使是严重依赖化石燃料出口的经济体所在的非洲和中东，也有发展可再生能源的巨大潜力。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The fossil hall, which displays some of the world's oldest and largest fossil specimens, receives more than 2 million visitors each year.

化石馆展示了世界上最古老和最大的化石标本，每年接待200多万游客。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级He and other scientists say there are basically two options to replacing fossil fuels: generating energy with renewables or embracing nuclear power.

他和其他科学家说，替代化石燃料基本上有两种选择：用可再生能源发电或使用核能。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级So Jude reached out to Peter Houde, a professor at new Mexico State University who had experience with the same type of fossil in the past.

因此，裘德联系了彼得·霍德，他是新墨西哥州立大学的一位教授，过去曾有过处理同一类型化石的经验。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Houde and his fellow faculty members dug up the fossil in late May.

霍德和他的同事们在五月底挖出了这具化石。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级The Price of Oil and the Price of Carbon Fossil fuel prices are likely to stay "low for long. "

石油价格和碳价格

2017年6月六级真题（卷一）

六级For example, the United Arab Emirates has endorsed an ambitious target to draw 24% of its primary energy consumption from renewable sources by 20 Progress in the development of renewables could be fragile，however，if fossil fuel prices remain low for long.

例如，阿拉伯联合酋长国已经批准了一个雄心勃勃的目标，即到20年，其一次能源消费的24%来自可再生能源

2017年6月六级真题（卷一）

四级There’s an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil fuels.

美国出现了能源危机，这与化石燃料无关。

2006年12月大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题

四级Only an aggressive research and development program miaght find ways of breaking our dependence on fossil fuels or dealing with it.

只有积极的研发计划才能找到打破或应对化石燃料依赖的方法。

2008年6月大学英语四级考试真题