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2013年6月英语六级阅读理解Section
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Part IV Reading Comprehension
Section A原文+答案+点评
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short
passage with 5
questions or incomplete
statements. Read the passage carefully.
Then
answer the questions or complete the statements in
the
fewest possible words. Please write your
answers on Answer
Sheet 2.
Questions
47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Oil is the substance that lubricates the
world's economy. Because
so many of our modern
technologies and services depend on oil,
nations, corporations, and institutions that
control the trade in oil
exercise
extraordinary power. The “energy crisis” of
1973-1974 in
the United States demonstrated
how the price of oil can affect U.S.
government policies and the energy-using
habits of the nation.
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By 1973, domestic U.S. sources
of oil. were peaking, and the
nation was
importing more of its oil, depending on a constant
flow
from abroad to keep cars on the road and
machines running. In
addition, at that time a
greater percentage of homes and electrical
plants were run on petroleum than today. Then,
in 1973，the
predominantly Arab nations of the
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries
(OPEC) resolved to stop selling oil to the
United States. The move was prompted by OPEC’s
desire to raise
prices by restricting supply
and by its opposition to U.S. support of
Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War. The
embargo (禁运)
created panic in the West and
caused oil prices to shoot up.
Short-term oil
shortages drove American consumers to wait in long
lines at gas pumps.
In response to the
embargo, the U.S. government enforced a
series
of policies designed to reduce reliance on foreign
oil. These
included developing additional
domestic sources (such as those on
Alaska’s
North Slope), resuming extraction at sites that
had been
shut down because of cost
inefficiency, capping the price that
domestic
producers could charge for oil, and beginning to
import oil
from a greater diversity of
nations. The government also
established a
stockpile (贮存) of oil as a short-term buffer (缓冲)
against future shortages. Stored underground
in large salt caves in
Louisiana, this
stockpile is called the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve,
and currently contains over 600
million barrels of oil, roughly
equivalent to
one month’s supply.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
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47. We learn
from the passage that in today’s world, whoever
monopolizes the oil market will be able to
_______.
48. Oil prices may exert influence
not only on American
government policies but
on how energy
49. Besides the sharp increase
in oil prices, OPEC's 1973 oil
embargo caused
_______.
50. Over the years before the
OPEC’s embargo America had
depended heavily on
_______.
51. As a measure to counter future
shortages, the American
government decided to
_______ in caves underground.
答案：
47.
exercise extraordinary power
48. is used in
the nation
49. panic in the West
50.
foreign oil
51. establish a stockpile of
oil
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【点评】：本文介绍的是上
世纪70年代的美国石油危机。难度不大，只要
根据各个题目的题干句子的意思在文中找到相对应的句子
就基本能够用原文
中的词来进行填空。
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