单选题 Energy will be one of the defining issues of this century. One thing is clear: the era of (1) oil is over. What we all do next will determine how well we meet the energy needs of the entire world in this century and (2) .
Demand is soaring like (3) before. As populations grow and economies (4) , millions in the developing world are enjoying the benefits of a lifestyle that (5) increasing amounts of energy. In fact, some say that in 20 years the world will (6) 40% more oil than it does today. At the same time, many of the world's oil and gas fields are (7) . And new energy discoveries are mainly occurring in places where resources are difficult to (8) , physically, economically and even politically. When growing demand meets (9) supplies, the result is more (10) for the same resources.
We can wait until a crisis forces us to do something. (11) we can (12) to working together, and start by asking the (13) questions: How do we meet the energy needs of the developing world and those of industrialized nations? What role will renewables and (14) energies play? What is the best way to protect our environment? How do we accelerate our conservation efforts? (15) actions we take, we must look not just to next year, (16) to the next 50 years.
At Chevron, we believe that innovation, collaboration and conservation are the (17) on which to build this new world. We cannot do this alone. Corporations, governments and every citizen of this planet must be part of the solution as (18) as they are part of the problem. We (19) scientists and educators, politicians and policy-makers, environmentalists, leaders of industry and each one of you to be part of (20) the next era of energy.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查形容词修饰名词。目前全球油价直线上升，故“石油容易获得(供过于求)的时代已经结束”(the era of easy oil is over)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查“and”一词前后的并列平行关系。“在本世纪和以后”英文应为“in this century and beyond”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查副词“never”的正确使用方法。“前所未有”英文应为“never before”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查有关动词“take”的短语的正确使用。“经济腾飞”英文应为“economies take off”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查易混词的辨析。“需要大量的能源”英文应为“require increasing amounts of energy”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查主谓宾的连贯和准确搭配。“世界将消耗比今天高出40%的石油量”英文应为“the world will consume 40% more oil than it does today”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查动词的恰当理解和使用。“世界许多油气田日渐成熟(接近充分被开采的程度)”英文应为“many of the world's oil and gas fields are maturing”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查动词的精确理解和使用。“资源难以开采”英文应为“resources are difficult to extract”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查形容词修饰名词。“更紧缺的供给”英文应为“tighter supplies”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查主从句的逻辑推理。当更大的能源需求遭遇更紧缺的能源供给时，其结果必定是对同一资源更激烈的“竞争”(英文为“competition”)。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查句子之间连接词的正确使用。“我们可以等待直到能源危机迫使我们行动起来。或者(or)我们可以承担义务一起工作。”
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查动词的前后搭配和正确理解、使用。“我们可以承担义务一起行动”英文为“we can commit to working together”。本句中的“to”为介词，故不能用“strive”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查形容词修饰名词。“棘手的问题”英文应为“tough questions”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查—“and”一词前后的并列平行关系以及形容词修饰名词。“可再生性和可替换性能源”英文应为“renewables and alternative energies”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查正确使用让步状语从句的连接代词。由于本题空白处后是名词 (actions)，故应选用D“whatever”一词。“无论我们采取什么行动”英文应为“whatever actions we take”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考交英文中常用的“not...but”(不是……而是)结构。“我们不只是关注明年，而是关注来来的50年”英文应为“we must look not just to next year，but to the next 50 years”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查句子的正确理解和名词的解析。“建立这个新世界的基石”英文应为“the cornerstones on which to build this new world”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查比较级结构的正确理解和副词的使用。“这个星球的每一位公民如同他们是问题的一部分也必定是解决方法的一部分”英文应为“every citizen of this planet must be part of the solution as surely as they are part of the problem”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查有关动词“call”的固定搭配的辨析。“我们呼吁科学家”英文应为“we call upon scientists”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点解析] 本题考查对原文的正确理解与动词的使用。“重塑下一个能源时代”英文应为 “reshaping the next era of energy”。