A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New Yorks Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-60s. Millstone, completed for $ 101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by antinuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $ 5 billion and delayed its use for many years.

　　Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start up, used his power to force New Yorks public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement: the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant. Ioday, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of thousands of homes, sits rusting.

　　21.The authors attitude toward the development of nuclear power is______.

　　A. negative B. neutral

　　C. positive D. questioning

　　22.What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream?

　　A. The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation Commission. B. The enormous cost of construction and operation.

　　C. The length of time it takes to make investigations.

　　D. The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.

　　23.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that______.

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