nd 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.
而且,消费者要等上十年才能用上产自那里的石油。因为,须得经过多轮有关租金的讨价还价及环境勘测和法定审查后才能钻井取油。针对北极国家野生动物保护区(ANWR)的石油能否缓解加州的能源危机这一说法,环保主义者指出,北极国家野生动物保护区(ANWR)的石油仅能为加利福尼亚州供应其所需电力的1%;就对全美国而言,这一数字也仅为3%。
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
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 U.S. energy problems
C)it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region
D)it will not have much commercial 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 U.S. to be oil independent secureadj.
① 无虑的,安心的 ②有把握的 ③安全的,牢固的v. ①使安全,使可靠 ②把……弄牢固,紧闭 ③获得
【辨析】safe, secure:safe 安全的,多指处于安全的位置,侧重于没有危险或是危险不可及的位置;secure坚固的,保险的,指受到保护而没有危险。easen. ①安逸,舒服 ②容易v. 减轻,缓和
【考点】with ease = easily;at ease 舒服,自由自在地;ease sb. of… 减轻某人……;ease one’ s pain 减轻痛苦
【关联】unease n. 焦虑,不安;easy adj.容易的majorn. ①主修科目 ②少校adj. 较大的,较多的,较重要的vi. 主修,专攻
【考点】major in 主修,专攻
【派生】majority n. 多数,大多数,大部分beneathprep. ①在……下面 ②有失……身份adv. 在下方,在底下
【辨析】beneath,underneath,under,below:beneath 意为“在……下方”时,意义上相当于under,但指两个物体(位置)相距较远;underneath 与under 可互换,但常强调“覆盖、隐藏、接触”的意义。
在below、beneath、under、underneath 四个词中,beneath,underneath一般都用below、under取代;under最常用。
projectn.①计划,方案 ②工程 ③项目vt. ①设计,规划 ②投射,放映 ③凸出,(使)伸出vi.伸出,突出
【考点】project sth.onto sb.把……投射到(不自觉地把自己的感觉、问题等加诸他人)
【关联】近义词:
protrudeoutputn. ①产量 ②输出,输出量
【考点】data output 数据输出an output device 输出装置
【关联】put out生产(produce)→output产量(production).
consumptionn. ①消耗量,消费量 ②消耗,消费
【考点】for public consumption 公布于众
reservevt. ①保留,储备 ②预定,预约n. ①储备物,储备金,储藏量 ②缄默,谨慎 ③自然保护区
【考点】in reserve 后备的;without reserve 毫无保留地,毫无条件地;reserve for 替……保留,留作……之用
【派生】reservation n. ①保留;疑惑 ②预定(席位、房间等)
【词根】~=re(back)+serve(to keep)
equivalentadj. ①相等的,相同的 ②等量的,等值的n. 相等物,等价物
【考点】be equivalent to 等于……
【词根】~=equi(equal)+val(worth)+ent(词尾)
revenuen. ①岁入,税收 ②收入,收益
【词根】~=re(back)+venue(to come)