[填空题]Increases in oil prices hurt developing economies more than developed ones.

[单项选择]The recent decline in land prices has hurt many institutions that had invested heavily in real estate. Last year, before the decline began, a local college added 2,000 acres to its holdings. The college, however, did not purchase the land but received it as a gift. Therefore the price decline will probably not affect the college.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the conclusion above
A. The 2,000 acres that the college was given last year are located within the same community as the college itself.
B. The college usually receives more contributions of money than of real estate.
C. Land prices in the region in which the college is located are currently higher than the national average.
D. Last year, the amount that the college allocated to pay for renovations included money it expected to receive by selling some of its land this year.
E. (E) Last year, the college paid no property taxes on land occupied by college buildings but instead paid fees to compensate the local government for services provided.

[单项选择]Oil prices are likely to fluctuate because of
A. the economic boom in many countries.
B. the refusal of many countries to export oil.
C. the embargo against Iraqi oil exports.
D. competition among exporting countries.

[单项选择]Oil prices rose yesterday among market fears that the Panamanian crisis could hit US crude oil supplies．
A. 昨天石油价格大幅上涨，引起了市场的恐慌，这次的巴拿马的危机会打击美国的原油供应。
B. 在市场的恐慌之中，昨天石油价格大幅上涨，如此一来，巴拿马的危机会阻断美国的原油供应。
C. 石油的价格昨天大幅度上涨，人们担心巴拿马危机会打击美国的原油供应。
D. 石油的价格昨天大幅度上涨，市场恐慌的是：巴拿马危机直接威胁到美国的原油供应。

[单项选择]High oil prices have not yet produced an economic shock among consuming countries, but further rises, especially sharp (21) , would undoubtedly hurt the world economy, and (22) would inevitably harm producers, too. Beyond this obvious point, (23) , higher prices could even do harm to both oil firms and producers.
Big oil firms (24) rolling in money today, but that disguises the fact that their longer-term prospects are (25) Behind the reserves-accounting scandal at Royal Dutch/ Shell (26) a problem bedeviling all of the majors: replacing their dwindling reserves. (27) existing fields in Alaska and the North Sea are rapidly declining; OPEC countries and Russia are (28) them out. (29) they are to survive in the long term, the big oil firms must embrace other sources of energy (30) oil.
(31) it is to believe, higher oil prices could be bad news for produc
A. is
B. has
C. lies
D. does