2013年6月英语六级阅读理解原文答案及点评(一)(沪江网校版)

2013年6月英语六级阅读理解原文答案及点评（一）（沪江网校版）
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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.
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。
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
【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。