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28.What is the disadvantage of solar energy according to paragraph 1?A.It is limited in supply.B.It cannot be easily preserved.C.It is difficult to captureD.It depends heavily on weather.29.What traps the energy from the sunlight?A.The presence of sunlight.B.The passage of a catalyst.C.A rechargeable battery.D.A specialized liquid.30.What does the underlined word"degradation"in paragraph 3 mean?A.Loss of quality.B.Increase in life.C.Sign of improvement.D.Change in structure.31.What is the author's attitude towards sunlight in a bottle?A.Doubtful.B.Uncaring.C.Disapproving.D.Positive.◇When times get tough,as they most certainly have been for my small business brothers and sisters for the past yearand a half,the tendency of many entrepreneurs()is to stay where they are,do their best and wait until the coast isclear (or at least clearer)before really going for it again.That'd be a mistake.I spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic interviewing all sorts of successful entrepreneurs.Folks who did,yep,theopposite.They zigged when others zagged,they marketed big when others marketed small,they grew when othersshrunk.And as a result of doing the opposite,of taking some chances they maybe otherwise would not have taken,theirbusiness boomed.So I took the best ideas they shared,distilled (them,made them relatable and doable,and put them together inone place.The trick is to not just do the opposite but to be bold and take some smart,calculated risks in order to createsome new,additional profit centers.Take,for example,a spa company in New York called HigherDOSE.The secret sauce of this company was that theirspas bathed you in infrared(红外线的)light,.creating a detoxifying(解)experience unlike any other..Cool,right?Yes,unless a pandemic comes along and forces you to close all of your locations almost overnight.Now what?The conventional wisdom would be to close down,accept any happening without complaining,wait it out,and hopefor the best.But the problem with conventional wisdom is that it is,well,conventional.Instead,owner/entrepreneur Katie Kaps decided to do the opposite.She leaned into e-commerce-an area HigherDOSE had barely touched previously-and started selling infraredblankets.At a time when everyone was home and needed comforting,this new product became a big hit.As a result,these days,while the spas are open again,HigherDOSE is rocking it just as much with an additional profitcenter,e-commerce.Doing the opposite can work.It worked for HigherDOSE and it can work for you,too.It's time to boom your business,don't you think?32.What did the writer base his conclusion on?A.His own experience.B.His investigations.C.His years of research.D.His advanced theory.高考模拟调研卷英语（二）第5页共8页