Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (保護(hù)區(qū)) (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 or 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(意外之財(cái))in tax revenues, royalties(開(kāi)采權(quán)使用費(fèi))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 far, 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.

　　1. What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?

　　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.

　　2. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry ______.

　　A. believes that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high yields

　　B. tends to exaggerate America’s reliance on foreign oil

　　C. shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR

　　D. expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia

　　3. Those against oil drilling in ANWR argue that ______.

　　A. it can cause serious damage to the environment

　　B. it can do little to solve U.S. energy problems

　　C. it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region

　　D. it will not have much commercial value

　　4. What do the environmentalists mean by saying “Not so fast” (Line 1, Para .3)?

　　A. Oil exploitation takes a long time

　　B. The oil drilling should be delayed

　　C. Don’t be too optimistic

　　D. Don’t expect fast returns

　　5. It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR’s frozen earth ______.

　　A. remains a controversial issue

　　B. is expected to get under way soon

　　C. involves a lot of technological problems

　　D. will enable the U.S. to be oil independent

　　答案及解析：

　　本文探討了美國(guó)北極國(guó)家野外保護(hù)區(qū)的石油是否應(yīng)該開(kāi)采的問(wèn)題，文章介紹了支持者和 反對(duì)者對(duì)此問(wèn)題的不同觀點(diǎn)。

　　1. C。細(xì)節(jié)題。由題干中的tapping oil in ANWR 定位到文章第一段第三句“布什認(rèn)為這樣做可以緩解加州的電力危機(jī)，促進(jìn)國(guó)家的能源獨(dú)立性”。句中的provide a major boost to the country's energy independence 與 C 項(xiàng)中的 help reduce the nation's oil imports 是同義轉(zhuǎn)述。

　　2. A。推斷題。從第二段首句The oil industry goes with the high end of the range 中可以看出石油界對(duì)在北極國(guó)家野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)區(qū)開(kāi)采石油的積極性非常高，認(rèn)為該地區(qū)能采出很高的油量。事實(shí)上，第二段中接下來(lái)提到的支持者的觀點(diǎn)能夠說(shuō)明石油界的態(tài)度。作者在第二段第四句指出“石油繁榮還意味著阿拉斯加州和聯(lián)邦政府會(huì)在稅收收入、開(kāi)采權(quán)使用費(fèi)和租賃費(fèi)用方面獲得幾十億美元的意外之財(cái)”。由此可見(jiàn)石油界認(rèn)為在該地區(qū)開(kāi)采石油會(huì)有高回報(bào)。

　　3. B。細(xì)節(jié)題。在第三段中第二句作者指出 a drop in the buket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems ，B項(xiàng)中的can do little to solve 是原文的同義轉(zhuǎn)述。

　　4. C。語(yǔ)義題。Not so fast 出現(xiàn)在第三段。文章第二段提到了石油開(kāi)采支持者的樂(lè)觀看法;他們認(rèn)為開(kāi)采石油的巨大經(jīng)濟(jì)利益還沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。第三段作者提出反對(duì)石油開(kāi)采的環(huán)保主義者的觀點(diǎn)：ANWR的石油開(kāi)采量根本無(wú)法緩解美國(guó)的能源問(wèn)題。由此可知 Not so fast 應(yīng)該是反對(duì)石油開(kāi)采的環(huán)保主義者的觀點(diǎn)，即否定支持者開(kāi)采石油的樂(lè)觀態(tài)度。

　　5. A。推斷題。本文開(kāi)篇提到美國(guó)北極國(guó)家野外保護(hù)區(qū)石油開(kāi)采問(wèn)題，第二段中作者指出支持者的觀點(diǎn)，第三段中指出反對(duì)者的觀點(diǎn)，最后作者也沒(méi)有給出爭(zhēng)論的結(jié)果。這說(shuō)明該地區(qū)的石油開(kāi)采問(wèn)題是一個(gè)有爭(zhēng)議的話題。

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