【正文】 nificant . “ We’ ve never had a document case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice.” says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan . Not so far, say environmentalists. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America’ s energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. As for ANWR’ s impact on the California power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden State’ s electricity output – and just 3% of the nation’ s. 1. What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR? A) It will exhaust the nation’ s oil reserves. B) It will help secure the future of ANWR. C) It will help reduce the nation’ s oil imports D) It will increase America’ s energy consumption 2. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _______ A) believes that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high yields B) tends to exaggerate America’ s reliance on foreign oil C) shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR D) expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia 3. Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that _________ A) it can cause serious damage to the environment B) it can do little to solve . energy problems C) it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region D) it will not have much mercial value 4. What do the environmentalists mean by saying “ Not so fast” (Line 1, Para .3)? A) Oil exploitation takes a long time B) The oil drilling should be delayed C) Don’ t be too optimistic D) Don’ t expect fast returns 5. It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR’ s frozen earth ______. A) remains a controversial issue B) is expected to get under way soon C) involves a lot of technological problems D) will enable the . to be oil independent 這是一篇報(bào)道性的文章。文中就 美國(guó) 阿拉斯加州北極地區(qū)國(guó)家野生動(dòng)植物保護(hù)區(qū) (ANWR)地下資源是否開(kāi)發(fā)，以保證 美國(guó) 未來(lái)能源的需要，列出了正反兩方面的意見(jiàn)。布什總統(tǒng)主張開(kāi)放這一地區(qū)的地下資源，是有業(yè)內(nèi)也積極響應(yīng) 。但環(huán)保主義者卻提出反對(duì)意見(jiàn)，認(rèn)為此舉杯水車(chē)薪 (a drop in the bucket),無(wú)濟(jì)于事。 ，答案是 C： (布什總統(tǒng)認(rèn)為 )這將有助于減少國(guó)家的石油進(jìn)口。 根據(jù)第 1 段第 3 句 He has argued that tapping ANWR39。s oil would help ease California39。s electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country39。s energy independence 可作出判斷。 boost to the country39。s energy independence(推進(jìn)國(guó)家的能源自主 )即“有助于減少國(guó)家的石油進(jìn)口”，所以正確答案為 C。 其他選項(xiàng)：選項(xiàng) A，浙江耗盡國(guó)家的資源 。B，這將確保 ANWR 的未來(lái) 。D，這將增加 美國(guó)的能源消耗。 ，答案是 A： (美國(guó) 石油業(yè) )相信在 ANWR 鉆探將會(huì)有高產(chǎn)石油。 第 1 段末尾根據(jù) 1998 年的勘測(cè)， ANWR 石油的產(chǎn)量為 3 billion to 16 billion 桶，第2 段談到， The oil industry goes with the high end of the range(美國(guó) 石油業(yè)傾向于這個(gè)范圍的高端 )，也就是說(shuō) ANWR 地區(qū)有高產(chǎn)石油。 其他選項(xiàng)： B，傾向于夸大 美國(guó) 對(duì)外國(guó)的石油的依賴 。C，對(duì)在 ANWR 開(kāi)采石油沒(méi)顯出什么興趣 。D，期待停止從沙特阿拉伯進(jìn)口石油。 ，答案是 B： (反對(duì)者認(rèn)為 )這種做法對(duì)解決 美國(guó) 能源問(wèn)題沒(méi)多大作用。 參見(jiàn)文中第 3 段： there may be no more than billion barrels......a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America’ s energy problems. 其他選項(xiàng)： A，此舉會(huì)造成環(huán)境的嚴(yán)重的破壞 。C，此舉會(huì)耗盡阿拉斯加地區(qū)的石油儲(chǔ)量 。D，此舉沒(méi)多 少經(jīng)濟(jì)價(jià)值。這些都不是反對(duì)者的主要論點(diǎn)。 ，答案是 C：不要太樂(lè)觀。 原文的 Not so fast 也即是“ ANWR 的開(kāi)采沒(méi)那么快”，后面談到消費(fèi)者至少要等待 10年才能獲利 (consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits),所以正確答案是 C。 ，答案是 A： (ANWR 的開(kāi)采 )仍然是一個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題。 文章從正反兩方面提出了開(kāi)發(fā) ANWR 地區(qū)石油的利弊，但沒(méi)有一個(gè)定論，因此正確答案是 A。 其他選項(xiàng)： B，可 望很快進(jìn)行開(kāi)發(fā) 。C，包括許多技術(shù)方面的問(wèn)題 。D,將使 美國(guó) 能夠在石油上獨(dú)