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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave vent to their fury over high gasoline prices at executives of the nation’s five
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave vent to their fury over high gasoline prices at executives of the nation’s five
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2016-11-11
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave vent to their fury over high gasoline prices at executives of the nation’s five largest oil companies on Wednesday, grilling the oilmen over their multimillion-dollar pay packages and warning them that Congress was intent on taking action that could include a new tax on so-called windfall profits. Such showdowns between lawmakers and oilmen have become a familiar routine on Capitol Hill. But with gas prices nearing ¥4 a gallon, and lawmakers headed home for a weeklong Memorial Day recess where they expect to get an earful from angry constituents, there is added urgency for Congress to appear active.
But while momentum is building for several measures, which includes a bill that would allow the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to be sued in American courts under antitrust laws, there is little sign that any of the proposals would do much, if anything, to lower prices quickly. And the oil executives warned that government intervention might only make things worse. Instead, they called on Congress to allow more drilling and exploration for domestic oil.
The increasing urgency to seem aggressive about gasoline prices was apparent on Tuesday when the House voted by an overwhelming 324 to 84 to approve the bill, commonly referred to as NOPEC, which classifies OPEC as a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Senate Democrats have included that measure as part of a package of legislation intended to address the high price of gasoline, along with the tax on windfall profits and a measure to tamp down speculation in the oil futures market that many lawmakers think is contributing to the run-up in prices.
At the Judiciary Committee hearing, Democratic senators struggled to have the executives explain how oil prices had risen so high. The senators expressed doubt that basic laws of supply and demand were at work and suggested instead a more sinister combination of monopolistic behavior by oil-producing countries, speculation in the futures markets and sheer corporate greed.
On Monday, President Bush signed a bill temporarily suspending the purchase of crude oil for the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Mr. Bush had initially opposed such action but relented after the House and Senate approved the bill by wide margins. Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois and a strong supporter of Senator Barack Obama’s presidential bid, made a particularly pointed attack, in which he seemed to warn the oil executives that they would soon no longer have such a good friend in the White House. He also adviced that Mr. Bush should be doing more to press the oil companies to help lower prices at the pump, while acknowledging that it would be difficult to pass a windfall profits tax while Mr. Bush was still in office.
The approval of the bill, NOPEC, on Tuesday implies that
选项
A、it is necessary to levy tax on windfall profits.
B、it is in urgent need to fight against monopoly.
C、it is pressing to think much of the ever-increasing oil prices.
D、it is essential to resort to NOPEC.
答案
C
解析
本题同样是一道细节分析题,考查对文章中相关细节的理解。根据题干信息“the approval of the bill,NOPEC,on Tuesday”,我们可以定位到第三段首句,也是本段的主旨句。在去除该句中琐碎的修饰成分后,我们得知:当“反欧佩克”法案高票通过时,控制油价的紧迫性显而易见。而选项C正是对本句的概括,因此C选项正确。
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