问答题 For most of human history, the dominant concerns about energy has centered【M1】________on the benefit side.Inadequacy of energy resources of the technologies for harvested,【M2】________converting, hence inconvenience, and constraints on its growth.The 1970’s, then,【M3】________represented a turning excessive energy costs could pose threats on the par with those【M4】________of insufficient supply.It also became upon possible to think that expanding some【M5】________forms of energy supply could create costs exceeding the benefits.The crucialquestion at beginning of the 1990’s is whether the trend that began in the 1970’s【M6】_________will prove to be temporary or permanent.Is the eras of cheap energy really over, 【M7】_________or will a combination of new resources, new technology and changing geopoliticsbring it back? One key determinant of the answer is the staggeringly scale of【M8】_________energy demand brought forth by 100 years of population growth and industrialdemand.Except for the huge pool of oil underly the Middle East, the cheapest oil【M9】_________and gas are already gone.Even if a few more giant oil fields are discovered, they willmake little difference against consumption on today’s scale.Oil and gas will haveto come increasingly, for most country, from deeper in the earth and from【M10】_________imports whose reliability and affordability cannot be guaranteed.《问题》:【M9】
【正确答案】underly→underlying
【答案解析】该句的意思是“除了中东蕴藏着巨大的石油储量,最便宜的石油和天然气已经不复存在”。underly为动词,其所在的句子成分为介词结构作状语,因此需将underly改为underlying。