[单项选择]According to the news item, worldwide oil price________.
A. has risen considerably recently
B. has fallen considerably recently
C. has been considerably low recently
D. has been considerably high recently

[单项选择]According to this news item, experts are concerned about the following aspects EXCEPT ______.
A. population growth.
B. food resources.
C. water pollution.
D. water resources.

[单项选择]According to the news item, the suicide car bombing in Tuz Khormato, was aimed at ______.
A. a convoy of civilian contract workers
B. bodyguards for Iraq’s Kurdish deputy prime mister
C. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
D. the innocent market-shoppers

[单项选择]According to the news item, Japan’s economic growth in the second quarter was ______ less than the first quarter.
A. 4 percent
B. 3 percent
C. 0.6 percent
D. 3.4 percent

[简答题]According to the news item,"sleepboxes" are desgined to solve the problem of
A. A．airports
B．passengers
C．architects
D．companies

[单项选择]According to the news item,________.
A. both the dollar and the euro were strong
B. both the dollar and the euro were weak
C. the dollar was strong while the euro was weak
D. the dollar was weak while the euro was strong

[单项选择]
Worldwide every day, we devour the energy equivalent of about 200 million barrels of oil. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun. In fact enough energy from the Sun hits the planet’s surface each minute to cover our needs for an entire year, we just need to find an efficient way to use it. So far the energy in oil has been cheaper and easier to get at. But as supplies dwindle, this will change, and we will need to cure our addiction to oil.
Burning wood satisfied most energy needs until the steam-driven industrial revolution, when energy-dense coal became the fuel of choice. Coal is still used, mostly in power stations, to cover one quarter of our energy needs, but its use has been declining since we started pumping up oil. Coal is the least efficient, unhealthiest and most environmentally damaging fossil fuel, but could make a comeback, as supplies are still ple.ntiful; its reserves are five times larger than
A. Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.
B. Oil supply is increasing all the time.
C. Demand for oil is increasing all the time.
D. Oil supply is decreasin

[单项选择]According to the news, the victim was
A. a 17-year-old girl.
B. a 15-year-old boy.
C. a 23-year-old woman.
D. an l 8-year-old man.

[单项选择]According to the news, the Italian Parliament was asked to act by
A. the U.N.
B. the Red Cross.
C. the Defense Minister.
D. the Swedish Government.

[单项选择]According to the news, the enormous food shortage in Iraq has the most damaging effect on its
A. national economy.
B. adult population.
C. young children.
D. national currency.

[单项选择]According to the news, what measure did authorities take to fight the fires
A. Residents were asked to vacate their homes.
B. Troops were brought in to help the firefighters.
C. Air operations and water drops continued overnight.
D. Another six fire engines joined the firefighting operation.

[单项选择]According to the news, French President Chirac disagreed with President Bush on ______.
A. sending more NATO troops to Iraq
B. changing the way NATO acts in Iraq
C. contributing non-military NATO support for Iraq
D. playing a new role in Iraq proposed by President Bush

[单项选择]According to the news, who killed the villagers
A. Suspected Muslim militants.
B. Suspected Algerian militants.
C. Suspected Islamic civilians.
D. Suspected Algerian civilians.

[单项选择]According to the news, what are Defense Department officials expected to do on Friday
A. To announce the plans to detect drug smugglers.
B. To stop the flow of drugs northward from Latin America.
C. To expand the use of military personnel.
D. To throw more ships, planes and personnel into the antidrug movement.

[单项选择]According to the news, which country will experience small life expectancy drops
A. Burma.
B. Botswana.
C. Cambodia.
D. Thailand.