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[单项选择]Liquids such as water and oil take up space and they are measured in units of liquid （）
A. vessel
B. barrel
C. tank
D. volume
[单项选择]The water will be further polluted unless some measures（）.
A. will be taken
B. are taken
C. were taken
D. had been taken
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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 (40km). Gulf oil accounts for 40% 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 years. 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. "Some of the world's bothersome hotspots are near the Gulf.
B. "Oil is big, but it is not the only reason to take the Gulf seriously."
C. "While the oil price keeps rising, the Gulf is attractive to traders. "
D. "Tighten thrift regimes on oil consumption, the single remedy."
[单项选择]According to the passage, why does water travel through plants in unbroken columns
A. Root pressure moves the water very rapidly.
B. The attraction between water molecules is strong.
C. The living cell of plants push the water molecules together
D. Atmospheric pressure supports the columns.
[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]___ is generally believed, there is no water on the moon.
A. As
B. What
C. That
D. It
[单项选择]New Product Will Save Lives
Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs(虫子)。which Can cause illness．A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages，which shows whether water is safe．The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it, to destroy anything harmful．It was invented by scientist Dr．Adrian Patton．Who started Genera five Years ago．He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company．
Andy Headland。Genera’s marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it．Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at $42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order．It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March．The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government．
Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees；it now employs 14. Mr. Headland believes
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
