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
考研
One of the most widely discussed subjects these days is energy crisis. Automobile drivers cannot get gasoline; homeowners may no
One of the most widely discussed subjects these days is energy crisis. Automobile drivers cannot get gasoline; homeowners may no
admin
2010-01-13
72
问题
One of the most widely discussed subjects these days is energy crisis. Automobile drivers cannot get gasoline; homeowners may not get enough heating oil; factories are 【C1】______ by a fuel shortage.
The crisis has 【C2】______ questions about the large oil companies and windfall 【C3】______ . Critics of the oil industry charge that the major companies are getting richer because of the oil shortage. Shortage, of course, drives prices up. As oil prices rise, the critics say, the oil companies will make more money (windfall profits) without doing a thing to 【C4】______ the extra cash. "Windfall" profits are sudden unearned profits-profits made 【C5】______ luck, or some special turn of events.
The word itself tells what "windfall" means-- something blown down by the wind, such as trees, or fruit 【C6】______ from trees. But the word has taken on a special meaning. This meaning (getting something unearned) was first used in medieval England.
This is 【C7】______ it started: at that time much of the land was in the hands of 【C8】______ barons. The rest of the people, commoners, lived and worked on their vast estates. They planted the seed, cared for the farm animals and harvested the crops. Not all the land, however, was used for farming. Every baron kept a large private forest for 【C9】______ deer and wild bear.
When hungry, the people sometimes would kill the animals in the lord’s forest for food. And there were times 【C10】______ they might cut down trees for fuel. So, strong laws were passed to protect the forests, and the animals. Violations were severely 【C11】______ .
But there was one way people could get wood from the forest. If they found trees blown down by the wind ("windfall") they were free to take them for use as fuel in their homes. And that is the meaning that has come down to us-something good gotten by luck or 【C12】______ .
The common people of old England, often hungry and cold, must often have prayed for a good strong wind. Critics today 【C13】______ that the oil industry has also been praying for something just like it -some political or military 【C14】______ that might produce a windfall-- a rise in oil prices and profits.
The oil companies deny that this is so. In Congress, critics of the oil companies have proposed a 【C15】______ on such profits. The debate on rising oil price will go on for some time, and most likely we will hear more and more about windfall profits.
【C9】______
选项
A、hunting
B、stopping
C、feeding
D、enduring
答案
A
解析
B、C、D与文意不合,故选A项。stop阻止:feed饲喂;endure忍受。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/acmi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
AItisveryhardtobelieveBthatwhenLincolnwasborn,communicationswereCalittlefasterthanDinthedaysofJuliusCaesar
IntheUSA,85%ofthepopulationovertheageof21approveofthedeathpenalty.Inthemanystateswhichstillhavethedeath
Somepeoplefeelsadaboutglobalizationbecausetheybelieveitwill______Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleof
Bobbelievesthattheinvasionofthemarketplaceintotheuniversityisunderminingfundamentalacademicvalues,andthatwemu
Scientistsarehopingtoeliminatemalaria(疟疾)bydevelopingageneticallymodifiedmosquitothatcannottransmitthedisease.
Whatliesinpiecesaroundthemrepresents,ineffect,auniqueprivateexhibitionopentoaluckyfew.
Numerousexperimentshavedemonstratedthatmassis______toenergy.
Leaddeposits,whichaccumulatedinsoilandsnowduringthe1960’sand1970’s,wereprimarilytheresultofleadedgasolineemi
随机试题
关于资产组合风险,正确的是()
临床上简单局部义齿马鞍蜡基托向颊舌侧张口变形的原因为
A.瓣膜病B.皮下结节C.抗链"O">500UD.血沉增快,CBP阳性E.心电图可见Sr段下移及T波平坦或倒置
国内货物招标和机电产品国际招标的技术标评审中,投标文件不可以作废标处理的是()。
施工作业过程中,项目技术负责人和项目质量(安全)员应随时进行检查,发现问题及时整改。()
一般来说,正的乖离率越大,表示短期空头获利越大,获利回吐的可能性越高。( )
在某电子设备的生产中,需要使用10012的低值电阻器,设计要求其最大允许误差应在±0.1%以内。测量方法是用一台数字多用表对被测电阻器的电阻进行直接测量。已知该数字多用表经检定合格,且其技术指标如下:最大允许误差为:±(0.05%×读数+3
关于环境对个体发展的影响,正确的说法有()。
(90年)求幂级数的收敛域,并求其和函数.
Completetheformbelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.HOUSESERVICEINFORMATIONExampleAnswerNameBarbaraHill
最新回复
(
0
)