雅思阅读练习：Seeking an energy holy trinity_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读练习：Seeking an energy holy trinity

　　6. E

　　See para.4: Much has been made of the risk for western Europe of depending too heavily on Russian exports of gas.

　　7. B

　　See para.6: It would also be likely to mean lower prices, if the example of liberalised Britain over the past ten years is anything to go by.

　　8. F

　　See para.4: Last year Russia interrupted gas deliveries to Ukraine, affecting supplies in central and western Europe too.

　　9. C, D

　　See para.3: the legal separation of energy suppliers and transporters, something that the integrated energy companies and interested governments, notably in France and Germany, are bound to oppose ferociously.

　　10. A

　　See para.4: This week it blocked oil exports passing via Belarus to Europe, though that spat was soon resolved.

　　11. transparent

　　See para.5: by striking long-term deals with powerful foreign suppliers. The Commission disagrees. Such deals are too often politically motivated and far from transparent.

　　12. suppliers and distributors

　　See the sentences in para.1 （Those vertically integrated energy companies such as Electricit de France （EDF） or Germanys E.ON, widely dubbed as national champions） and para.6 （the Commissions new policy proposes, ideally, a break-up of these companies into suppliers and distributors.）