Data Interpretation
From January to July 2022, the national industrial power generation above designated size was 4.77 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.4%, and the growth rate was 0.7 percentage points faster than the first half of the year. In July, the national power generation was 805.9 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, and the growth rate was 3.0 percentage points faster than the previous month. In terms of varieties, thermal power turned from decline to growth in July, with a year-on-year increase of 5.3%; due to the dry water, hydropower increased by 2.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate slowed down by 26.6 percentage points from the previous month; wind power increased by 5.7% year-on-year, and the growth rate slowed down by 11.0 percentage points from the previous month; nuclear power decreased by 3.3% year-on-year, and the decline narrowed by 5.7 percentage points from the previous month; solar power generation increased by 13.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 3.1 percentage points faster than the previous month.
From January to July 2022, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 4930.3 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%. By industry, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 63.4 billion kWh, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 3255.2 billion kWh, an increase of 1.1% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 853.1 billion kWh, an increase of 4.6% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 758.6 billion kWh, an increase of 12.5% year-on-year. In July, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 832.4 billion kWh, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year. By industry, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 12.1 billion kWh, an increase of 14.3% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 513.2 billion kWh, a decrease of 0.1% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 159.1 billion kWh, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year; the electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 148 billion kWh, an increase of 26.8% year-on-year.
1. In July 2021, how many billion kWh of power generation was generated nationwide?
A.6570
B.6920
C.7712
D.7800
2. From January to July 2022, how much higher is the national urban and rural residents’ electricity consumption than from January to July 2021?
A. 67.2 billion kWh
B. 84.3 billion kWh
C. 92.5 billion kWh
D. 102 billion kWh
3. In July 2021, the proportion of electricity consumption in the tertiary industry in the total electricity consumption of the society was approximately:
A. 3.3% higher
B. 3.8% lower
C. 9.8% higher
D. 10.3% lower