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Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

Text 1

The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been raised; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As one Norwegian politician said last week: “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”

Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.

The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 per cent employment, everyone can see a situation by developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose most of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea. 

单选题 According to a new law, in “an area south of the southern end of the long coastline”, _____.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章第一段提到“A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline.”，结合后面的“production limits”可知挪威石油的产量受到了政府的限制， 只允许定量开采。 故选C。
单选题 Which of the following is TRUE of the passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】由文章第一段最后两句可知， 一方面， 石油产业有自己的方法来应对政府的法律； 另一方面， 民众乃至政客都不相信政府能长期控制石油产业， 由此可见挪威的石油产业不会受到太大的影响， 产量也未必会减少， A、 B项错误。 由文章第三段可知挪威的旅游行业和服务行业将受到石油行业崛起的冲击， 导致从业人员的大量流失， 故尽管政府出台了法律限制石油产业， 但其今后的扩张趋势仍然势不可挡， 即石油产业将大幅度扩张， 故选D。
单选题 According to the passage, _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章第二段的最后一句话提到“the oil industry has already started to draw people south”， 再结合第三段第一句话“The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however.”可知， 挪威的石油产业吸引着人们前往南方， 而且受到影响产业的并非仅限北方， 因而B项“石油产业驱使着人们前往南方”是正确的， 故选B。
单选题 Which of the following is NOT the effect of the oil industry?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由文章第三段可知， 可能投身石油行业的是服务业及旅游业的从业人员， 并非游客， 因此C项错误。故选C。
单选题 Which of the following seems to be an especially important factor against the oil industry?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】文章最后一段的第一句明确指出“The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.”， 即针对石油的真正争论在于它有可能威胁到挪威固有的生活方式。 由下文可知， 农民和渔民是挪威人口的重要组成部分， 但是“it is the farmers and fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.”， 即他们十分不满石油产业可能会对自己赖以生存的环境造成破坏。 故选B。