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
Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(保护区)(ANWR)to help secure America’s energy future? President Bush
Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(保护区)(ANWR)to help secure America’s energy future? President Bush
admin
2013-06-17
63
问题
Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(保护区)(ANWR)to help secure America’s energy future? President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR’s oil would help ease California’s electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country’s energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth, with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.
The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of U. S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two to three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall(意外之财)in tax revenues, royalties(开采权使用费)and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant. "We’ve never had a document case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice," says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan.
Not so fast, say environmentalists. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America’s energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. As for ANWR’s impact on the California power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden State’s electricity output and just 3% of the nation’s.
What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?
选项
A、It will exhaust the nation’s oil reserves.
B、It will help secure the future of ANWR.
C、It will help reduce the nation’s oil imports.
D、It will increase America’s energy consumption.
答案
C
解析
同义转述。从第一段第三句得知:布什认为开发保护区的石油能促进国家能源独立。与选项C)“有助于降低国家的石油进口”一致。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/k907777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
【B1】【B3】
A、Shedoesn’tthinktilemancouldfinishit.B、Shedoesn’tthinkthemanworkedhardenough.C、Shedoesn’tthinkitistheman’
A、onthetable.B、onyourelbow.C、underthetable.D、onyourlap.D此题考查听细节信息的能力。解题关键在于听到关键词“lap”大腿前部。
Manystudentsfindtheexperienceofattendinguniversitylecturestobeareallyconfusingand【C1】______experience.Thelecture
A、Theman.B、Thewoman.C、Bothofthem.D、Neitherofthem.A此题为明示题。男士说“Ijuststartedtoworkonit”他才刚刚开始准备他的论文。
A、Heisheadofasmalltradingcompany.B、Heworksinaninternationalinsurancecompany.C、Heleadsateamofbrokersinabig
A、Theywerebothbusydoingtheirownwork.B、Theywaitedforeachotheratdifferentplaces.C、Theywenttothestreetcomerat
Frenchfries,washeddownwithapintofsoda,areafavoritepartoffast-foodlunchesanddinnersformillionsofAmericanyou
A、Shegotuplaterthanusual.B、Thebuswaslate.C、Sheforgotshehadclasses.D、Herclockwasslow.A题目询问Nancy为什么迟到了。关键词为over
A、Studying.B、Watchingtelevision.C、Takinganexam.D、Goingtomovies.A
随机试题
下列各项中,关于期望值的表述错误的是()
计算机软件一般包括系统软件和编辑软件。()
OneofmyfondestChristmasmemorieswasalsooneofourfamily’sbleakest(最令人沮丧的).Wewerejustlittlekids,andonChristma
出让、国家作价出资(入股)、国家租赁和授权经营国有土地使用权变更登记的申请人为出让、国家作价出资(入股)、国家租赁和授权经营国有土地使用权的转让人和受让人,其中因处分抵押财产涉及土地使用权转让的,申请人为()。
要使索赔得到公平合理的解决,工程师在索赔管理中遵循的原则有()
根据下列资料,回答下列问题。已知2010年该省限额以下批发和零售业企业零售额相比于2009年年同期增幅为18.7%,那么2009年该省限额以下批发和零售业企业零售额约为()。
有3台Cisco6500交换机SW1~SW3,其生成树优先级分别为0、16384和32768,现要求将SW3作为根交换机,下列对交换机优先级的配置,正确的是()。
当使用fstream流类定义一个流对象并打开一个磁盘文件时,文件的隐含打开方式为
AnimalsWecanputanimalsintogroupsbystudyingtheir【1】.Wealsohaveto【2】thedifferentpartsoftheirbodies.Vertebrat
Thefootballteamhopedthatthey(win)______anothergloriousvictorysoon.
最新回复
(
0
)