2013年公共英语五级考试阅读模拟练习(4)

　　1. The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is _______。

　　[ A ] global inflation

　　[ B ] reduction in supply

　　[ C ] fast growth in economy

　　[ D ] Iraq’ s suspension of exports

　　2. It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if_______。

　　[ A ] price of crude rises

　　[ B ] commodity prices rise

　　[ C ]consumption rises

　　[ D ] oil taxes rise

　　3. The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries_______。

　　[ A ] heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive

　　[ B ] income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices

　　[ C ] manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed

　　[ D ] oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP

　　4. We can draw a conclusion from the text that_______。

　　[ A ] oil-price shocks are less shocking now

　　[ B ] inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks

　　[ C ] energy conservation can keep down the oil prices

　　[ D ] the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry

　　5. From the text we can see that the writer seems_______。

　　[ A ] optimistic

　　[ B ] sensitive

　　[ C ] gloomy

　　[ D ] scared

　　石油输出国组织在3月份决定减少原油供应，原油价格立即猛涨了3倍。本周伊拉克暂停石油出口，这使得油价又一次上扬。强劲的经济增长势头，随着北半球冬季的到来，有可能在短期内使石油价格涨得更高。但是人们并不恐慌，这是因为现在多数国家的原油价格占汽油价格的份额要小很多，发达国家对石油的依赖性也不如从前，因此对油价的波动也就不会那么敏感了。另外一个原因是，与20世纪70年代不同.这次油价上升并不是发生在普遍的物价暴涨及全球需求过旺背景之下。

　　答案及解析

　　1.B【解析】文章的第二句中“Since OPEC agreed to supply—cuts in March，the price of crude oil has jumped to almost$2 a barrel....”，说明油价上涨是由于石油输出国组织最近的减少供应导致的。故应选B。

　　2.D【解析】文章第三段第二、三句“In most countries the cost of crudeoil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the l970s.In Europe，…”指出原油价格只是汽油价格中的一小部分，以欧洲的例子说明税收高达汽油零售价的五分之四，所以汽油税上升会造成油价的大幅度上涨。故应选D。

　　3.D【解析】文章第四段第五句“The OECD estimates in its latest EcOnomic Outlook that.its oil prices averaged$22 a barrel for a full year.…this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25—0.5% of GDP.”说明现在这种情况下，油价的上涨所带来的影响只是在0.25—0.5%之间。这表明在富裕国家石油价格的变化不会对GDP(国内生产总值)产生重大影响。故应选D。

　　4.A【解析】文章第三段第一句话“Yet there ale good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the1970s.”表明这次的油价上涨不会像以前那样带来严重的后果。从文章最后一段“0ne more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that，…”来看，我们不会为石油价格的上涨而失眠，也说明了这次的上涨影响不会很大。故应选A。

　　s.A【解析】文章第三段第一句“Yet there ale good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the l970s,”和第四段第一句都指出“Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were.and SO less sensitive to swings in the oil price.”也就是说各国有很好的理由盼望现在的经济前景会比二十世纪七十年代的情况乐观。发达国家对石油的依赖性较以前有所下降，因而对石油价格变动的敏感度也降低，这些都表明作者是持有乐观态度的。故应选A。