[填空题]The price of oil in the world market has (great) ______ increased in recent months.

[填空题]The price of oil in the world market has (great) _______increased in recent months.

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In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014. This prediction is almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. Their study is in ACS’ Energy & Fuels.
lbrahim Nashawi and colleagues point out that rapid growth in global oil consumption has sparked a growing interest in predicting "peak oil". "Peak oil" is the point where oil production reaches a maximum and then declines. Scientists have developed several models to forecast this point, and some put the date at 2020 or later. One of the most famous forecast models is called the Hubbert model. It assumes that global oil production will follow a bell shaped curve. A related concept is that of "Peak Oil". The term "Peak Oil" indicates the moment in which world wide production will peak, afterwards to start on irreve
A. flashed
B. stimulated
C. changed
D. ended

[单项选择]Almost everyone in the world uses oil in some way. Without oil, the world will stop, so men look for it everywhere. Oilmen drill for oil in deserts, in mountains and under the sea. Quite often they find nothing, but the search for oil always goes on. Oil is very important because none of our machines can run without it. Big ships carry oil everywhere. Perhaps the oil in your motorbike or in your father’s car comes from somewhere far away. Perhaps it comes from Iraq or Venezuela. Cars and motorbikes need oil, and so do many other things. How many things can you name
Oil is very important for us.
[A] True.
[B] False.

[填空题]Those world famous oil-paintings (exhibit)（）at the Museum of New York are part of their collection.

[单项选择]A great deal has been done to remedy the situation.
A. maintain
B. improve
C. preserve
D. protect

[填空题]______ (相比之下), our use of oil has increased enormously.

[单项选择]During the process, great care has to be taken to protect the （）silk from damage.
A. sensitive
B. tender
C. delicate
D. sensible

[单项选择]The current market price of National Tire (NT) is $ 35. Fran Wilson writes 6-month put options on NT with strike price $ 30, coveting 400 shares (i. e. 4 contracts), for which she receives a total premium of $1200. What is the expiration day value of Fran’s written put position, if NT is priced at $ 25 at expiration（）
A. -$ 2000.
B. -$ 800.
C. $ 2000.