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Energy will be one of the defining issues of this century. One thing is clear: the era of easy oil is over. What we all do next

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问题     Energy will be one of the defining issues of this century. One thing is clear: the era of easy oil is over. What we all do next will (1)_____ how well we meet the energy needs of the entire world in this century and (2)_____.
    Demand is (3)_____ like never before. As populations grow and economies take (4)_____ millions in the developing world are enjoying the (5)_____ of a lifestyle that requires increasing amounts of energy. (6)_____, some say that in 20 years the world will (7)_____ 40% more oil and gas fields are maturing. And new energy (8)_____ are mainly occurring in places where resources are difficult to (9)_____, physically, economically and even politically. When growing demand meets tighter supplies, the result is more (10)_____ for the same resources.
    We can wait (11)_____ a crisis forces us to do something. Or we can (12)_____ to working together, and start by asking the tough questions: How do we meet the energy needs of the developing world and those of (13)_____ 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.
    We believe that innovation, collaboration and conservation are the cornerstones (17)_____ which to build this new world. We cannot do this (18)_____. Corporations, governments and every citizen of this planet must be part of the solution (19)_____ surely as they are part of the problem. We call upon 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.
选项 A、decline
B、determine
C、declaim
D、decide
答案B
解析 词汇辨析题。开篇首句提到：能源问题是本世纪的主要问题之一，这同样是本文的中心论题。第三句的主语意为"我们即将采取的行动"，宾语意为"解决全球能源需求的问题"，而空格所缺为谓语动词，表示主语对宾语所做的动作，结合前文，可推知主语是直接作用并决定宾语的，因此选determine，意为"决定，确定"。decline意为"下降，下垂"，declaim意为"巧辩，演讲"，这两个词无法连贯原句逻辑关系。而decide虽然也意为"决定"，但其主语一般为人。
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