首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
High oil prices have not yet produced an economic shock among consuming countries, but further rises, especially sharp【21】, woul
High oil prices have not yet produced an economic shock among consuming countries, but further rises, especially sharp【21】, woul
admin
2011-03-22
15
问题
High oil prices have not yet produced an economic shock among consuming countries, but further rises, especially sharp【21】, would undoubtedly hurt the world economy, and【22】would inevitably harm producers, too. Beyond this obvious point,【23】, higher prices could even do harm to both oil firms and producers.
Big oil firms【24】rolling in money today, but that disguises the fact that their longer-term prospects are【25】Behind the reserves-accounting scandal at Royal Dutch/ Shell【26】a problem bedeviling all of the majors: replacing their dwindling reserves.【27】existing fields in Alaska and the North Sea are rapidly declining; OPEC countries and Russia are【28】them out.【29】they are to survive in the long term, the big oil firms must embrace other sources of energy【30】oil.
【31】it is to believe, higher oil prices could be bad news for producing countries【32】Political leaders in Russia, Venezuela and other oil-rich countries are bending laws to crack【33】on foreign firms and to strengthen their grip on oil【34】through state-run firms. This may be convenient for the political leaders themselves. Alas, it is【35】to do much for their countrymen. For years corruption and inefficiency【36】the typical results of government control of oil resources.
Producing countries should【37】embrace open markets.【38】one thing, shutting out foreign investment will only hurt their own oil output by【39】the sharpest managers and latest technologies. For another, economic liberalization (including reform of bloated welfare states) would help OPEC countries【40】their economies—as the NAFTA trade deal has done for oil-rich Mexico—and so prepare them for the day when the black gold starts running out.
选项
A、likely
B、unlike
C、unlikely
D、alike
答案
C
解析
本题的考点为上下文的词义辨析与理解。前一句提到,这种做法对政治领袖来说很方便,(This may be convenient for the political leaders themselves.)但对于他们的同胞来说就不一定很好。通过Alas这一感叹词,我们可知后面的情况与前面形成反差,因此选项[C] unlikely为正确答案:对于他们的同胞来说未必就有多少好处。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/5Gxd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Ithasbeennecessarytoreferrepeatedlytotheeffectsofthetwoworldwarsinpromotingallkindsofinnovation.Itshouldb
WhatisthepopulationofSydneyaccordingtothepassage?
Thespeaker,MargaretSinclair,intheNationalMusicalExcellencySocietyactsas______.
Thespeaker,MargaretSinclair,intheNationalMusicalExcellencySocietyactsas______.
Mostpublishingisnow"electronic"inthesensethatbooks,magazinesandnewspapersarepreparedoncomputers,andexistasco
ApersonbecomespartoftheChristiancommunitythroughbaptism--itisamatterofchoice【C1】______birth.TheChristiancommun
ApersonbecomespartoftheChristiancommunitythroughbaptism--itisamatterofchoice【C1】______birth.TheChristiancommun
ApersonbecomespartoftheChristiancommunitythroughbaptism--itisamatterofchoice【C1】______birth.TheChristiancommun
Thetangohasprobablytraveledfurtherandgonethroughmorechangesthanalmost【C1】______Africanslavesbroughtthetangot
Directions:Therehasbeenadiscussionrecentlyontheissueofcommunicationinanewspaper.Writeanessayofabout200words
随机试题
下列关于腧穴的主治叙述错误的是()
会计差错可能对企业的财务状况和经营成果造成影响,也可能并不影响会计信息的(),而只是在业务处理的过程和方法上,有不妥当的地方。
根据《水工建筑物岩石基础开挖工程施工技术规范》SL47—94,在设计建基面、设计边坡附近严禁采用()施工。
采用直接输入原始凭证由会计核算软件自动生成记账凭证的,在生成正式机内记账凭证后应当进行审核确认。()
根据《人民币银行结算账户管理办法》的规定,下列各专用存款账户中,不得支取现金的是()。
甲容器有浓度为3%的盐水190克,乙容器有浓度为9%的盐水若干克,从乙取出210克盐水倒入甲。甲容器中盐水的浓度是多少?()
以下正确反映中国共产党与人民群众关系的提法是
设函数y=y(x)由确定,则函数y=y(x)在x=0对应点处的切线为________.
IIS安装的硬盘分区最好选用NTFS格式,是因为(1)。①可以使用操作系统的文件加密系统(EFS)对文件或文件夹进行加密②可以针对某个文件或文件夹给不同的用户分配不同的权限③可以防止网页中的Applet程序访问硬盘中的文件④
Inastudyoftheeffectofcoloronproductivity,50of100factoryworkersweremovedfromtheirdrabworkroomtoabrightlyc
最新回复
(
0
)