point out that oil is responsible
for only 1% of the Golden State’s electricity output –and just 3% of the
nation’s .
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25.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
Passage Two
“Tear ‘em apart!” “Kill the fool!” “ Murder the referee ( 裁判)！”
These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events . At the time
they are made , they may seem innocent enough . But let’s not kid ourselves .
They have been known to influence behavior in such a way as to lead to real
bloodshed . Volumes have been written about the way words affect us .It has been
shown that words having certain connotations (含义) may cause us to react in ways
quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual humanistic behavior . I see
the term “ opponent “ as one of those words . Perhaps the time has come to
delete it from sports terms .
The dictionary meaning of the term “opponent “ is “adversary “ : “enemy “ ; “one
who opposes your interests .” “ Thus , when a player meets an opponent , he or
she may tend to treat that opponent as an enemy. At such times, winning may
dominate one’s intellect, and every action, no matter how gross, may be
considered justifiable. I recall an incident in a handball game when a referee
refused a player’s request for a time out for a glove change because he did not
considered then wet enough. The player proceeded to rub his gloves across his
wet T-shirt and then exclaimed. “Are they wet enough now?”
In the heat of
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