单选题We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _____.A shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWRB expects to stop oil imports from Saudi ArabiaC tends to exaggerate America’s reliance on foreign oilD believes that drilling for ANW

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单选题
We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _____.
A

shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR

B

expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia

C

tends to exaggerate America’s reliance on foreign oil

D

believes that drilling for ANWR will produce high yields


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  • 第1题:

    Oil slick caused by spillage of oil from tanker ship is ______.

    A.a drop of oil

    B.the emulsion of oil at sea surface

    C.the weathered oil

    D.the oil floating on the surface of the sea water


    正确答案:D

  • 第2题:

    The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.

    A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
    B. prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
    C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems
    D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size

    答案:D
    解析:
    通过文章第一段容易排除A、B、C项,本题正确答案为D。

  • 第3题:

    共用题干
    Thirst for Oil
    Worldwide every day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil.
    Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle,this will change,and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
    Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil.
    Coal is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.
    Today petroleum,a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to pro- duce petrol,diesel oil and various other chemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The majority of oil comes from the Middle East,which has half of known reserves.But other significant sources include Russia,North America,Norway,Venezuela and the North Sea.
    Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be a major new US source,to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
    Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years,though opinions and estimates vary.We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades,when demand exceeds supply.As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,others such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead.Petrol could also be obtained from coal.
    Since we started using fossil fuels,we have released 400 billion tonnes of carbon,and burn- ing the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃.Among other horrors, this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and the melting of all Arctic ice.

    What is NOT the result of consuming fossil fuels according to the last paragraph?
    A: The sea level will go up.
    B: The earth's temperature will be raised.
    C: Arctic ice will be melted.
    D: Rainforests will be destroyed.

    答案:A
    解析:
    答案在第一段最后一句中。这里的supplies指oil supplies。


    短文第二段告诉我们,木材曾经是主要燃料来源,然后被煤所替代;自人们开始采油后,对煤的需求下降了,但因为煤的储量远大于石油,它可能又会成为主要燃料,尽管它对环境最具破坏力。所以A、B、D均是作者的意思,而C不是。next to oil除石油以外。


    文章的第三段说,美国消耗全世界1/4的石油。


    答案在第五段第二句中。该段第一句说,地球上的燃料储量将在50年内耗尽,所以A不是正确选项;第三句的意思是,常规燃料的获取将变得困难,而不是不可获得,所以C也不是正确选项;D明显不是作者的意思。


    选项B、C、D都是最后一段中所表达的意思,所以A是正确选项。

  • 第4题:

    共用题干
    Thirst for Oil
    Worldwide every day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil.
    Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle,this will change,and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
    Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil.
    Coal is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.
    Today petroleum,a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to pro- duce petrol,diesel oil and various other chemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The majority of oil comes from the Middle East,which has half of known reserves.But other significant sources include Russia,North America,Norway,Venezuela and the North Sea.
    Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be a major new US source,to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
    Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years,though opinions and estimates vary.We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades,when demand exceeds supply.As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,others such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead.Petrol could also be obtained from coal.
    Since we started using fossil fuels,we have released 400 billion tonnes of carbon,and burn- ing the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃.Among other horrors, this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and the melting of all Arctic ice.

    What do experts say about the earth's fuel reserves?
    A: The earth's fuel reserves will be accessible for the next 50 years.
    B: There will soon be an energy crisis.
    C: Conventional reserves will soon become inaccessible.
    D: Fuel demand will decline.

    答案:B
    解析:
    答案在第一段最后一句中。这里的supplies指oil supplies。


    短文第二段告诉我们,木材曾经是主要燃料来源,然后被煤所替代;自人们开始采油后,对煤的需求下降了,但因为煤的储量远大于石油,它可能又会成为主要燃料,尽管它对环境最具破坏力。所以A、B、D均是作者的意思,而C不是。next to oil除石油以外。


    文章的第三段说,美国消耗全世界1/4的石油。


    答案在第五段第二句中。该段第一句说,地球上的燃料储量将在50年内耗尽,所以A不是正确选项;第三句的意思是,常规燃料的获取将变得困难,而不是不可获得,所以C也不是正确选项;D明显不是作者的意思。


    选项B、C、D都是最后一段中所表达的意思,所以A是正确选项。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Thirst for Oil
    Worldwide every day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun. In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle,this will change,and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
    Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice. Coal is still used,mostly in power sta-tions,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we star-ted pumping up oil. Coal is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally dama-ging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.
    Today petroleum,a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to produce petrol,diesel oil and various other chemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles. The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The majority of oil comes from the Middle East,which has half of known reserves. But other significant sources include Russia,North America,Norway,Venezuela and the North Sea. Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be a major new US source,to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
    Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years,though opinions and estimates vary. We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades, when demand exceeds supply. As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,oth-ers such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead. Petrol could also be obtained from coal.
    Since we started using fossil fuels,we have released 400 billion tonnes of carbon,and burning the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃ .Among other horrors,this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and the melting of all
    Arctic ice.

    “…we will need to cure our addiction to oil.”Why does the author say so?
    A:Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.
    B: Oil supply is increasing all the time.
    C: Demand for oil is increasing all the time.
    D: Oil supply is decreasing.

    答案:D
    解析:
    题干意为“为什么作者说‘……我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性’?”该题考查考生对短文中某个句子意思的理解,首先找到该句在短文中所在的语境:Worldwide ev-ery day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil. Most of the en-ergy on Earth comes from the Sun. In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's sur-face each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it.So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle, this will change, and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.第一段最后一句意为“但是当供应缩减时,情况就会改变,我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性”。由此可知“我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性”的原因是石油供应缩减,因此D项“石油供应在缩减”是答案。
    题干意为“依据第二段内容来看,下面哪项内容不是短文中的作者想要表达的意思?”利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语wood , fuel of choice , coal , use of coal , most envi-ronmentally unfriendly fuel,oil, coal reserves作为定位线索,在第二段中快速识别与选项分别对应的句子:Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil. Coal is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.定位线索词分散在整个段落中,因此需要理解整个段落的意思。第一句提到“在蒸汽工业革命时代,高能煤成为首选燃料之前,燃木能满足大部分能源需求”。这与A项“燃木是煤作为燃料之前的首选燃料”意义一致;第二句提到“自从我们开始大量开采石油后,煤的使用就已经在逐渐减少”,这与B项“煤的使用在减少”意义一致;第三句提到“煤是使用效率最低,最不卫生,最不环保的化石燃料”,这与C项“煤对环境的危害性仅次于石油”不一致:依据短文内容来看煤对环境的危害排在第一位。因此该题答案为C。
    题干意为“哪个国家是最大的石油消耗国?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语country , the biggest consumer of petroleum , the United States , Russia , Norway,Venezuela作为定位线索,在第三段找到相关句:Today petroleum, a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to produce petrol,diesel oil and various otherchemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling au-tomobiles. The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of green-house gas emissions.相关句(第三段最后一句)提到“美国消耗了世界上1/4的石油”,而除此以外短文中没有再提到其他的石油消耗国了。虽然选项C涉及到的挪威,选项D涉及到的委内瑞拉,选项B涉及到的俄罗斯在短文中也出现了,但它们都是作为石油产地国出现的,因此这三个选项都不是答案。所以答案为A。
    题干意为“关于地球上的燃料储备,专家们是怎么说的?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experts,earth's fuel reserves,next 50 years, energy crisis,convention-al reserves, fuel demand作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years, though opinions and estimates vary. We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades,when demand exceeds supply. As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,others such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead. Petrol could also be obtained from coal.定位线索词集中出现在第五段中。该段第一句提到“大多数专家预测人类将轻而易举地在50年内消耗掉现在所有的石油储备”。这与A项“地球的石油储备在下一个50年间仍然还将够用”不一致;第二句“未来的几十年间,当能源供不应求时我们会很快陷入能源危机”,这与B项“将很快出现能源危机”意思一致,因此选项B是答案,同时该句意思与D项“燃料需求将下降”不一致:短文提及“供不应求”,这意味着对能源的需求将会增加,而不是下降;第四句提到“当常规能源不容易获得时,代之使用的可能是诸如油页岩和沥青砂等能源”,短文提到“常规能源不容易获得”,不是说“不能获得”,因此C项“很快将不能获得常规能源”与短文内容不一致。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Oil Industry in Norway

    The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.
    As an Norwegian politician said last week:"We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
    Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle.During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
    The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however. With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
    The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.

    The Norwegian Government has tried to________.
    A:encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
    B:prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
    C:help the oil companies solve many of their problems
    D:keep the oil industry to something near its present size

    答案:D
    解析:
    第一段,挪威政府设定了一项新的法律以限制石油的勘探,其目的在于减缓发展的步伐,所以选B。
    政府设定“production limits(产量限制)”的初衷在于使石油工业保持现有的发展水平,而不想扩展。
    第二段开头提到政府在第二次世界大战后一直在实施北极圈北部地区的发展项目,尽管取得了成效,但是石油工业的高就业率吸引着人们,这将导致北部发展项目的失败。
    第三段指出,服务业和旅游业的从业人员转向石油行业,其影响之一便是一些现有行业的消失。
    挪威的农民和渔夫之所以重要,原因在于他们身上具有挪威人引以为自豪的品质,即他们的生活方式和价值观,因此选项D正确。

  • 第7题:

    单选题
    Which of the following conditions indicates the dilution of diesel engine lube oil by fuel oil?()
    A

    Water discharging from the water outlet of the lube oil purifier

    B

    Fuel oil discharging from the water outlet of the lube oil purifier

    C

    Lube oil discharging from the water outlet of the lube oil purifier

    D

    A change in the lube oil viscosity


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    If an emergency pump control is used as the emergency shutdown on a tanker,it must().
    A

    stop the flow of oil at the main deck manifold

    B

    prevent the oil from leaving the shore facility

    C

    prevent the oil from siphoning through the pump

    D

    None of the above


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    As a matter of fact, Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves are only second with those of Kuwait.
    A

    come second falling  

    B

    come second with    

    C

    are only second to

    D

    are second only to


    正确答案: C
    解析: 句意:事实上,沙特阿拉伯的石油储量仅次于科威特。选项[A]和[B]均为不完整表达,当弃之。选项[C]和[D]考查能否妥善处理only在句中的位置。only修饰主语时,一般放在主语前面。only修饰句子的另一部分时,经常放在中间位置(动词之前)。为了更精确地表达意思,可以把only放在所修饰的宾语、补语、或状语词组的前面。本题要表达的是“仅次于……”,而不是“仅仅是第二”。用only修饰to Kuwait才可精确表达出“仅次于科威特”之意。实际上该用法(be second only to…)已成习惯用法。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Those against oil drilling ANWR argue that _____.
    A

    it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region

    B

    it can do little to solve U.S. energy problem

    C

    it can cause serious damage to the environment

    D

    it will not have much commercial value


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    细节题。选项B同义替换了尾段首句。“do little to solve”替换“do virtually nothing to ease”;a drop in the bucket意为“沧海一粟”。A、C项未在文中提及:D项为根据文中“consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any profit”设置的干扰项。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In a bypass type lubrication system for a diesel engine, the dirty oil line to the centrifuge should be taken from the ().
    A

    lube oil pump suction line

    B

    lube oil pump discharge line

    C

    bottom of the lube oil sump

    D

    outlet from the lube oil header


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    We can draw a conclusion from the text that ______.
    A

    oil-price shocks are less shocking now

    B

    inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks

    C

    energy conservation can keep down the oil prices

    D

    the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    综合理解题。文章的主要内容着重于与20世纪70年代相比,现今的石油价格波动情况及其影响。从第三段开头阐明:“there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s”,说明现今的情况没有70年代那么严重,也就是说现今的石油价格波动不会像以前那样对经济带来如此重大的影响。第四段开头进一步阐述到“Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price”,即石油价格波动已经没有以前那么激烈了。

  • 第13题:

    The Law to Keep the Oil Industry under Control
    The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been
    raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.As on Norwegian politician said last week:“We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”
    Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic
    Circle.During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success:Tromso has been built up into a local
    capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,
    and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
    The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however.With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone
    can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil
    industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.The
    real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as
    essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage
    that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.

    The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.

    A.encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources.
    B.prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway.
    C.help the oil companies solve many of their problems.
    D.keep the oil industry to something near its present size.

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查细节。

    D选项,使石油工业保持在接近现在的规模。符合题意,综上,D选项正确。

    A选项,鼓励石油公司去发现新石油资源。不符合题意,故排除。

    B选项,制止石油公司雇佣来自挪威北方的人。不符合题意,故排除。

    C选项,帮助石油公司解决许多问题。不符合题意,故排除。

    故正确答案为D。

  • 第14题:

    阅读理解
    The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised) ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As a Norwegian politician said last week: "We will soon be changed beyond all recognition. "
    Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people from the south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
    The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
    The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because the Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.
    16. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to ______.

    A. provide more jobs for foreign workers
    B. slow down the rate of its development
    C. sell the oil it is producing abroad
    D. develop more quickly than at present

    答案:B
    解析:
    通过文章开头"The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to…"可以推出,挪威政府正竭尽全力把石油工业控制起来,制定新法律来限制勘探开采,限制产量等,B项符合题意。

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    Thirst for Oil
    Worldwide every day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil.
    Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle,this will change,and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
    Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil.
    Coal is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.
    Today petroleum,a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to pro- duce petrol,diesel oil and various other chemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles.The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The majority of oil comes from the Middle East,which has half of known reserves.But other significant sources include Russia,North America,Norway,Venezuela and the North Sea.
    Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be a major new US source,to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
    Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years,though opinions and estimates vary.We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades,when demand exceeds supply.As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,others such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead.Petrol could also be obtained from coal.
    Since we started using fossil fuels,we have released 400 billion tonnes of carbon,and burn- ing the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃.Among other horrors, this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and the melting of all Arctic ice.

    Which country is the biggest consumer of petroleum?
    A: The United States.
    B: Russia.
    C: Norway.
    D: Venezuela.

    答案:A
    解析:
    答案在第一段最后一句中。这里的supplies指oil supplies。


    短文第二段告诉我们,木材曾经是主要燃料来源,然后被煤所替代;自人们开始采油后,对煤的需求下降了,但因为煤的储量远大于石油,它可能又会成为主要燃料,尽管它对环境最具破坏力。所以A、B、D均是作者的意思,而C不是。next to oil除石油以外。


    文章的第三段说,美国消耗全世界1/4的石油。


    答案在第五段第二句中。该段第一句说,地球上的燃料储量将在50年内耗尽,所以A不是正确选项;第三句的意思是,常规燃料的获取将变得困难,而不是不可获得,所以C也不是正确选项;D明显不是作者的意思。


    选项B、C、D都是最后一段中所表达的意思,所以A是正确选项。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    Thirst for Oil
    Worldwide every day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun. In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle,this will change,and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
    Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice. Coal is still used,mostly in power sta-tions,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we star-ted pumping up oil. Coal is the least efficient,unhealthiest and most environmentally dama-ging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.
    Today petroleum,a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to produce petrol,diesel oil and various other chemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling automobiles. The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    The majority of oil comes from the Middle East,which has half of known reserves. But other significant sources include Russia,North America,Norway,Venezuela and the North Sea. Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could be a major new US source,to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
    Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years,though opinions and estimates vary. We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades, when demand exceeds supply. As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,oth-ers such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead. Petrol could also be obtained from coal.
    Since we started using fossil fuels,we have released 400 billion tonnes of carbon,and burning the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃ .Among other horrors,this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and the melting of all
    Arctic ice.

    Which of the following statements is NOT meant by the author,according to the second paragraph?
    A:Wood was the fuel of choice before coal.
    B: The use of coal is declining.
    C: Coal is the most environmentally unfriendly fuel next to oil.
    D: Coal reserves are plentiful and will be likely to become the major fuel of choice.

    答案:C
    解析:
    题干意为“为什么作者说‘……我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性’?”该题考查考生对短文中某个句子意思的理解,首先找到该句在短文中所在的语境:Worldwide ev-ery day,we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil. Most of the en-ergy on Earth comes from the Sun. In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet's sur-face each minute to cover our needs for an entire year,we just need to find an efficient way to use it.So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle, this will change, and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.第一段最后一句意为“但是当供应缩减时,情况就会改变,我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性”。由此可知“我们需要改变我们对石油的依赖性”的原因是石油供应缩减,因此D项“石油供应在缩减”是答案。
    题干意为“依据第二段内容来看,下面哪项内容不是短文中的作者想要表达的意思?”利用备选项中的细节信息词/短语wood , fuel of choice , coal , use of coal , most envi-ronmentally unfriendly fuel,oil, coal reserves作为定位线索,在第二段中快速识别与选项分别对应的句子:Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution,when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice.Coal is still used,mostly in power stations,to cover one quarter of our energy needs,but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil. Coal is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel,but could make a comeback,as supplies are still plentiful:its reserves are five times larger than oil's.定位线索词分散在整个段落中,因此需要理解整个段落的意思。第一句提到“在蒸汽工业革命时代,高能煤成为首选燃料之前,燃木能满足大部分能源需求”。这与A项“燃木是煤作为燃料之前的首选燃料”意义一致;第二句提到“自从我们开始大量开采石油后,煤的使用就已经在逐渐减少”,这与B项“煤的使用在减少”意义一致;第三句提到“煤是使用效率最低,最不卫生,最不环保的化石燃料”,这与C项“煤对环境的危害性仅次于石油”不一致:依据短文内容来看煤对环境的危害排在第一位。因此该题答案为C。
    题干意为“哪个国家是最大的石油消耗国?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语country , the biggest consumer of petroleum , the United States , Russia , Norway,Venezuela作为定位线索,在第三段找到相关句:Today petroleum, a mineral oil obtained from below the surface of the Earth and used to produce petrol,diesel oil and various otherchemical substances,provides around 40% of the world's energy needs,mostly fuelling au-tomobiles. The US consumes a quarter of all oil,and generates a similar proportion of green-house gas emissions.相关句(第三段最后一句)提到“美国消耗了世界上1/4的石油”,而除此以外短文中没有再提到其他的石油消耗国了。虽然选项C涉及到的挪威,选项D涉及到的委内瑞拉,选项B涉及到的俄罗斯在短文中也出现了,但它们都是作为石油产地国出现的,因此这三个选项都不是答案。所以答案为A。
    题干意为“关于地球上的燃料储备,专家们是怎么说的?”利用题干及备选项中的细节信息词/短语experts,earth's fuel reserves,next 50 years, energy crisis,convention-al reserves, fuel demand作为定位线索,在第五段中找到相关句:Most experts predict we will exhaust easily accessible reserves within 50 years, though opinions and estimates vary. We could fast reach an energy crisis in the next few decades,when demand exceeds supply. As conventional reserves become more difficult to access,others such as oil shales and tar sands may be used instead. Petrol could also be obtained from coal.定位线索词集中出现在第五段中。该段第一句提到“大多数专家预测人类将轻而易举地在50年内消耗掉现在所有的石油储备”。这与A项“地球的石油储备在下一个50年间仍然还将够用”不一致;第二句“未来的几十年间,当能源供不应求时我们会很快陷入能源危机”,这与B项“将很快出现能源危机”意思一致,因此选项B是答案,同时该句意思与D项“燃料需求将下降”不一致:短文提及“供不应求”,这意味着对能源的需求将会增加,而不是下降;第四句提到“当常规能源不容易获得时,代之使用的可能是诸如油页岩和沥青砂等能源”,短文提到“常规能源不容易获得”,不是说“不能获得”,因此C项“很快将不能获得常规能源”与短文内容不一致。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    第三篇

    Oil Industry in Norway

    The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.
    As an Norwegian politician said last week:"We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
    Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle.During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
    The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however. With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
    The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.

    The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to________.
    A:provide more jobs for foreign workers
    B:slow down the rate of its development
    C:sell the oil it is producing abroad
    D:develop more quickly than at present

    答案:B
    解析:
    第一段,挪威政府设定了一项新的法律以限制石油的勘探,其目的在于减缓发展的步伐,所以选B。
    政府设定“production limits(产量限制)”的初衷在于使石油工业保持现有的发展水平,而不想扩展。
    第二段开头提到政府在第二次世界大战后一直在实施北极圈北部地区的发展项目,尽管取得了成效,但是石油工业的高就业率吸引着人们,这将导致北部发展项目的失败。
    第三段指出,服务业和旅游业的从业人员转向石油行业,其影响之一便是一些现有行业的消失。
    挪威的农民和渔夫之所以重要,原因在于他们身上具有挪威人引以为自豪的品质,即他们的生活方式和价值观,因此选项D正确。

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    How does foam extinguish an oil fire?()
    A

    By cooling the oil below the ignition temperature

    B

    By removing the fuel source from the fire

    C

    By excluding the oxygen from the fire

    D

    By increasing the weight of the oil


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    Demulsibility of a lube oil is defined as ().
    A

    the ability of oil to separate from water

    B

    the temperature at which oil flows rapidly

    C

    a measure of the water in a lube oil system

    D

    an emulsion of different grades of oil


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第20题:

    判断题
    Foreign policy analysts advocate increasing imports of oil from the politically unstable oil-producing regions.
    A

    B


    正确答案:
    解析:
    该段录音中指出由于美国是一个石油净进口国,并且进口量很大,出于对逐渐减少的全球石油储备和石油越来越集中在政治不稳定地区的忧虑,一些外交政策分析家呼吁美国加大努力促进政治动荡的石油生产地区的稳定或者说民主。而不是题干中提到的“提倡增加从政治不稳定地区的石油进口”。
    【录音原文】
    Because the U.S. is a net oil importer, and a substantial one at that, concerns about energy security naturally raise foreign policy questions. One set of arguments is based on fears about dwindling global oil reserves and their increasing concentration in politically unstable regions. Those so-called peak oil worries have led some foreign policy analysts to call for increased U.S. efforts to stabilize—or, alternatively, democratize—the politically tumultuous oil-producing regions.

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?
    A

    It will increase America’s energy consumption.

    B

    It will exhaust the nation’s oil reserves.

    C

    It will help reduce the nation’s oil imports.

    D

    It will help secure the future of ANWR.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    观点题。C项同义替换了文章第一段第三句内容。题干中的“think of”替换原文中的“argue”,“reduce”近义替换原文中的“ease”;boost推动,激励,增长,energy independence能源独立,暗指不从其他国家进口能源,故选C。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    When an oil fire has been extinguished, the surface of the oil should be kept covered with foam to prevent ().
    A

    air from contacting the oil vapors

    B

    permitting re-ignition boiling of the heated oil

    C

    spontaneous combustion below the oil surface

    D

    toxic fumes from escaping to the surface


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    In cleaning up an oil spill, the use of chemical agents would ().
    A

    absorb the oil for easy removal

    B

    remove the oil from the water

    C

    disperse or dissolve the oil in the water

    D

    not affect the oil


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析