18 According to the passage, which of the following energy forms is NOT from the Sun?
(A) Water power
(B) Nuclear power
(C) Wind power
(D) Gas power

Since the legendary Prometheus普罗米修斯 first stole（steal的過去式）the fire of heaven, virtually幾乎；實際上 all energy consumed by human beings has been fathered成為父親（father的過去式與過去分詞形式）by the Sun.

Coal, oil, and gas are residues剩餘物；殘留物 of plants and animals once fired to life by the warm rays of our nearest star.

Solar heat also drives the Earth’s rain cycle, powering modern 現代的；近代的 hydroelectric水力發電 generators（尤指）發電機.

Windmills風車房；風力磨坊 that pump water or produce electricity turn because of solar-heated currents of air.

But the Earth is fast running out of these precious reserves把…留作；保留 of stored sunshine.

At our current pace, we will consume in the next 25 years alone an amount equal to all the energy used by human beings in recorded history.

If such consumption continues, obviously alternative計劃或方法）可替代的；可供選擇的, 非傳統 sources must be found.

And the majority of experts agree that mankind must look to the Sun to help solve our energy needs. Already the Sun’s energy is being put to limited use in homes and buildings around the world.

The most common examples are rooftop solar heaters that provide cheap hot waterfor washing and bathing.

Today the Sun’s roaring轟鳴的；強烈的，熱烈 hydrogen氫，氫氣-fueled furnace熔爐, 暖氣爐 powers educational教育的；與教育-television sets in Africa and navigation領航（術）；導航（術）lights on Gulf地區, 海灣 of Mexico oil rigs（尤指從海底開採石油的）石油鑽塔.

And nearly every spacecraft太空船 that has ever rocketed skyward向著天空 has depended on purple-blue panels小組, （選定的）專家小組 of solar cells.

Far-fetched牽強的；難以置信?

Perhaps not, if we learn to switch on more of the sunshine that warms us all.