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Passage 2
Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(保护区) (ANWR) to help secure America's energy future? PresidentObama certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR's oil would help ease California's electricity crisis and increase the country's energy independence, thus reducing its oil reliance on other countries. But no one knows for sure how much Crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth.
The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% ofU. S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two or three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to(等于)all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. An oil increase 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 document case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice." Says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan.
Not so fast, say environmentalists. The National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of 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. 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 Obama think of tapping oil in ANWR?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题问的是美国总统奥巴马对于在ANWR开发石油的看法，属于细节事实题。
从第一段的第三句话“He has argued that tapping ANWR’s oil would help ease California’s electricity crisis and increase the country’s energ)，independence，thus reducing its oil reliance on other countries”可以知道，奥巴马认为“石油开发可以缓解加州的用电危机.以及提高国家在能源上的独立性，降低对其他国家在石油进口上的依赖性”，所以正确答案为C。其他三项都和他谈到的内容无关。
单选题
We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry
单选题
Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that __________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题问的是石油开采反对派的意见.属于细节事实题。回到文中的第三段我们就可以找到答案。第三段中的“a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America’s energy problems”明确地表明了反对派的意见，即石油开采对于美国的能源危机于事无补。所以，正确答案选择B。
单选题
What do the environmentalists mean by saying" Not so fast"in the third paragraph?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题考查的是“Not so fast”在第三段中的含义，属于语义推断题，需结合上下文来判断。上文讲到了一些人士认为石油开采可能会带来的经济上的好处。第三段的第一句话就说“Not so fast”，并且后文进一步说到，反对派认为石油开采对于美国的能源危机于事无补和消费者至少要等待10年才能获利(consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits)。所以很明显，这里的“Not so fast”的正确含义是“不要过于乐观”，正确答案为C。A项是干扰项，注意文章没有提及石油开发耗时的问题。
单选题
It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR's frozen earth__________.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题为语义推断题。文章第三段提到了“And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits，because drilling could begin only after much bargaining”.这句话的字面意思是，消费者还要等至少十年才能获益，因为石油开发只有在多次谈判后才会开始。这也就是说，石油开发还面临着许多的争议，答案选A。B项“可望很快进行开发”;c项“包括许多技术方面的问题”和D项“将使美国能够在石油上独立自主”都与原文内容不相符。