阅读理解 Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (保护区) (ANWR)to help secure America''s energy future? President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR''s oil would help ease California''s electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country''s energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth, with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels. The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of U.S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two to three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall (意外之财) in tax revenues, royalties (开采权使用费) and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant. "We''ve never had a documented case of an oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice," says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan. Not so fast, say environmentalists. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 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.
单选题 What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章第一段提出“He has argued that tapping ANWR’s oil would help ease California’s electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country’s energy independence”:“他(布什总统)认为,开发北极地区国家生物保护区的石油可以帮助减轻加利福尼亚的供电危机,还可以大大地促进国家的能源独立"。而选项A、B、D在本文中没有被提到,故选C)。
单选题 We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry_________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】从文章第二段得知,石油工业界人士预测,在以后的20或30年间,每年从石油储量中抽吸一百多万桶,国家就会减少石油的进口量;石油的增长也意味着在税收、开采权使用费以及租用费方面的一大笔意外之财;更为重要的是,对于环境的损坏几乎是微乎其微的。选项A、B、C都不符合题意,D项“(美国石油界相信)开发北极地区国家生物保护区的石油将会产生很高的效益”,符合题意,故选D)。
单选题 Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that_________.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第三段指出“…the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 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”:“国家资源保护委员会指出,在北极地区国家生物保护区的平原中,可能只有32亿桶油具有经济利用价值,这对于减轻美国能源问题来说简直是杯水车薪”。只有选项B符合题意,故选B)。
单选题 What do the environmentalists mean by saying "Not so fast" (Line 1, Para. 3)?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】答案在第三段。环境学家们认为这项石油开采的前景没有那么乐观,一是因为这些石油对于减轻美国能源问题来说简直是杯水车薪;二是消费者还要等上十年才能获益。B项是对的,但不全面;选项C、D在本文中没有被提到。故选A)。
单选题 It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR''s frozen earth
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】通过阅读全文,可以得知,关于开发北极地区国家生物保护区的石油的问题有两种意见:一种赞成;一种反对。文中尚未形成定论。因此,选项A、C、D很容易就被排除掉了,故选B)。