專八閱讀理解精讀訓練附答案和解析 第20篇:The Law about the Oil Industry
The Law to Keep the Oil Industry under Control
The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keepthe oil industry under control. A new law limitsexploration to an area south of the southern end ofthe long coastline; production limits have been laiddown (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed toemploy more than a limited number of foreign workers.
But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that theGovernment will be able to hold things back for long.
As on Norwegian politician said last week: "We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in thearea north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great dealof success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and ahealthy industry.
But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the wholenorthern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industriesand the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smallerindustries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods fromabroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen donot make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegianssee in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.
And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of thedamage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.
【閱讀練習題】
1.The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to
[A] provide more jobs for foreign workers.
[B]slow down the rate of its development.
[C] sell the off it is producing abroad.
[D] develop more quickly than at present.
2.The Norwegian Government has tried to
[A] encourage the off companies to discover new off sources.
[B]prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway.
[C] help the oil companies solve many of their problems.
[D] keep the off industry to something near its present size.
3.According to the passage, the off industry might lead northern Norway to
[A] the development of industry.
[B]a growth in population.
[C] the failure of the development programme.
[D] the development of new towns.
4.In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be
[A] a large reduction on unemployment.
[B]a growth in the tourist industry.
[C] a reduction in the number of existing industries.
[D] the development of a number of service industries.
5.Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because
[A] they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal.
[B]their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal.
[C] their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society.
[D] they regard off as a threat to the Norwegian way of life.
【答案詳解】
1.B減慢發(fā)展速率。文章開始就闡明挪威政府正竭盡全力把石油工業(yè)控制起來，制定新法律來限制勘探開采，限制產(chǎn)量，限制雇傭外國工人人數(shù)。
A.為外國工人提供更多的工作。C賣掉正在國外生產(chǎn)的石油。D.比現(xiàn)在發(fā)展更快。
2.D使石油工業(yè)保持在接近現(xiàn)在的規(guī)模。A.鼓勵石油公司去發(fā)現(xiàn)新石油資源。B.制止石油公司雇傭來白挪威北方的人。C.幫助石油公司解決許多問題。
3.C發(fā)展規(guī)劃的失敗。這在第二段最后一句:“可是石油工業(yè)已經(jīng)開始把人們吸引到南方去，所以不出兒年，整個北方政策可能成泡影。”A.工業(yè)發(fā)展。B.人口增長。D.新城市的發(fā)展。文內(nèi)沒有涉及。
4.C現(xiàn)存工業(yè)數(shù)的減少。第三段開始“可是石油工業(yè)的影響并不僅僅限于北方。近白分之一百的就業(yè)率，使每個人都見到發(fā)展的勢頭，服務業(yè)和旅游業(yè)的好多工人轉(zhuǎn)向石油工業(yè)。某些較小的工業(yè)，在從國外購進貨物更便宜的情況下，很可能會全部消失。”這說明工業(yè)數(shù)減少。A.大大減少失業(yè)。B.旅游行業(yè)增長。D.許多服務公司發(fā)展。文內(nèi)沒有提。
5.B他們的生活和價值代表了挪威人的理想。 A.他們組成了那么大一部分挪威理想。C.他們的工作對挪威社會的其他方面非常有用。D.他們認為石油是對挪威生活方式的威脅。最后一段第一句話:“對石油真正的爭論點是它對挪威生活方式的一種威脅。”并不是他們認為威脅。
