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1、Business English Extensive Reading (1) 商务英语泛读商务英语泛读 （1） . Reading Comprehension Part One : Directions: Choose the correct answers according to the information given from the passeges. Read the passages through carefully before making your choices. Please mark the corresponding leter for each item on
2、 Answer Sheet.Passage One: Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (保护区) (ANWR) to help secure Americas energy future ? President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that drilling ANWRs oil would help ease Californias el
3、ectricity crisis and provide the countrys energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels. The oil industry goes with the high en
4、d of the range-16 billion barrels, which could equal as much as 10% of U.S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S
5、. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall（意外之财）in tax revenues, royalties(开采 权使用费)and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant . “Weve never had a do
6、cument case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice.“ says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan . Not so fast, say environmentalists. Sticking to the low end of government estimates-3 billion barrels, environmentalists says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recove
7、rable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease Americas energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory revie
8、w. As for ANWRs impact on the California power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden States electricity output - and just 3% of the nations. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。 1. What does President Bush think of drilling oil in ANWR? A) It will exhaust the nations oil
9、 reserves. B) It will help secure the future of ANWR. C) It will help reduce the nations oil imports D) It will increase Americas energy consumption 2. We learn from the second paragraph that the American oil industry _ A) believes that drilling for oil in ANWR will produce high output B) tends to e
10、xaggerate Americas reliance on foreign oil C) shows little interest in tapping oil in ANWR D) expects to stop oil imports from Saudi Arabia 3. Environmentalists argue that _A) it can cause serious damage to the environment B) it can do little to solve U.S. energy problems C) it will drain the oil re
11、serves in the Alaskan region D) it will not have much commercial value 4. What do the environmentalists mean by saying “Not so fast“ (Line 1, Para .3)? A) Oil exploitation takes a short time C) Dont be too optimistic B) The oil drilling should not be delayed D) Dont expect lot of benefits. 5. It can
12、 be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWRs frozen earth _. A) remains an unsettled problem C) involves a lot of technological problems B) is expected to get under way soon D) will enable the U.S. to be oil independent Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following pas
13、sage The popularity in North America is Iceberg Water, a leading brand of bottled water, which is harvested from icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, CanadaArthur Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North AmericaAs a boy，he spent time in the larger
14、 cities of Italy，France and Switzerland, where bottled water is consumed dailyEven then，he kept a water journal，writing down the brands he liked best“My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,“he saysBut is plain tap water a11 that bad? Not at a11In fact, New Yorks municipal wat
15、er for more than 100 years was recently considered among the best in the world in terms of both taste and puritySimilarly，a magazine in England found that tap water tasted better than several leading brands of bottled waterNevertheless，soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-groun
16、d for market shareAs diners thirst for leading brands, soft-drink companies and restaurants salivate(垂涎) over the profitsA restaurants typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water its often 300 to 500 percentAs a result some restaurants are selling bottled waterAccording to an article in The Wall Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include p
