[单项选择]According to some loud chorus, the oil price in the new era will be as low as
A. about ＄10 a barrel.
B. nearly ＄ 30 a barrel.
C. ＄ 30～40 a barrel.
D. ＄ 50 a barrel.

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Text 2
Everyday some 16m barrels of oil leave the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. That is enough to fill a soft-drink can for everyone on earth, or to power every motor vehicle on the planet for 25 miles (40kin). Gulf oil accounts for 400//oo of global trade in the sticky stuff. More important, it makes up two-thirds of known deposits. Whereas at present production rates the rest of the world’s oil reserves will last for a mere 25 years, the Gulf’s will last for 100. In other words, the region’s strategic importance is set to grow and grow.
Or at least so goes the conventional wisdom, which is usually rounded out with scary talk of unstable, spendthrift regimes and a looming fundamentalist menace. Yet all those numbers come with caveats. A great deal of oil is consumed by the countries that produce it rather than traded, so in reality the Gulf accounts for less than a quarter of the world’s daily consumption. As for reserves, the
A. the wealthy people who live atop the wells in the Gulf..
B. the planet's future fossil-fuel supplies.
C. the inconsistent estimates on oil deposits in the Gulf.
D. the oil traded in the international markets.

[单项选择]According to this passage, some people believe that eventually______.


A. human societies will be much more cooperative
B. man will live in a highly organized world
C. machines will replace man
D. living beings will disappear from Earth

[单项选择]Recently, the price of crude oil affecting each country' s economy ______ moderately.
A. to rise
B. risen
C. rises
D. rose

[单项选择]Waving received strict training in oil painting these artists paint in a ______ and figurative style.
A. relevant
B. narrative
C. realistic
D. sensitive

[单项选择]What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ______
A. given out
B. put out
C. held up
D. used up

[单项选择]On first reading it appeared to offer some hope that the industrial world can achieve a soft ______ from its present overheated state.
A. rising
B. falling
C. climbing
D. landing

[单项选择]What will happen when some people finally reach the point of marriage according to the students
A. True love dies.
B. Make a self sacrificial commitment.
C. Get realistic impressions.
D. All of the above.

[单项选择]The price of oil is increasing, because it is in short ( ).
A. store
B. provision
C. reserve
D. supply