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
17
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
WhatdoSwisspeopleliketodointheevening?
Ithasbeennecessarytoreferrepeatedlytotheeffectsofthetwoworldwarsinpromotingallkindsofinnovation.Itshouldb
WhatisthepopulationofSydneyaccordingtothepassage?
Thespeaker,MargaretSinclair,intheNationalMusicalExcellencySocietyactsas______.
ApersonbecomespartoftheChristiancommunitythroughbaptism--itisamatterofchoice【C1】______birth.TheChristiancommun
ApersonbecomespartoftheChristiancommunitythroughbaptism--itisamatterofchoice【C1】______birth.TheChristiancommun
WhenBillGatesbecameinterestedincomputer,hewas______yearsold.
Thetangohasprobablytraveledfurtherandgonethroughmorechangesthanalmost【C1】______Africanslavesbroughtthetangot
Directions:Youarerequiredtowriteacompositionaboutthetrendofagedpeopletolivealone.Yourcompositionshouldcontai
随机试题
准时生产制的目标是彻底消除无效劳动造成的浪费。()
患者,女性,67岁。晨练时跌倒后左手掌着地,遂感腕部疼痛、肿胀、畸形、活动受限。问题4:有关克雷骨折的描述,错误的是
摄影测量影像平面图的编制包括()。
下列关于股权投资基金登记备案的说法中,正确的是()。
Financialaccounting
求∫arcsin2xdx.
数据库应用系统的设计应该具有对数据进行收集、存储、加工、抽取和传播等功能,即包括数据设计和数据处理,其中【】是系统设计的基础和核心。
某二叉树中有n个叶子结点,则该二叉树中度为2的结点数为
私たちが物を食べたとき、その前と後で私たちの体重はどのように変化するのだろう。たとえば、いま100グラムのくだものを食べたとして、体重は何グラムふえるだろうか。答えは100グラムである。あたり前じゃないかと怒ってはいけない。それは食べたすぐ後の話なのだ。で
Democracyissomuchapartofournationalidentitythatitalmostseemsabirthright.Buttheironyisthat,evenaswehopet
最新回复
(
0
)