The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long. As on Norwegian politician said last week: “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.
36. The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to ___.
37. The Norwegian Government has tried to ___.
38. According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway to ___.
39. In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be ___.
40. Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because ___.
问题1选项
A.provide more jobs for foreign workers
B.slow down the rate of its development
C.sell the oil it is producing abroad
D.develop more quickly than at present
问题2选项
A.encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
B.prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway
C.help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D.keep the oil industry to something near its present size
问题3选项
A.the development of industry
B.a growth in population
C.the failure of the development programme
D.the development of new towns
问题4选项
A.a large reduction on unemployment
B.a growth in the tourist industry
C.a reduction in the number of existing industries
D.the development of a number of service industries
问题5选项
A.they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal
B.their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal
C.their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society
D.they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life
第1题:B
第2题:D
第3题:C
第4题:C
第5题:B
36. 【试题答案】B
【试题解析】事实细节题。根据题干定位到原文第一段The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised)(挪威政府正在尽最大努力控制石油工业。一项新的法律限制了人们只能在漫长的海岸线南端以南地区进行勘探;制定了生产限额(尽管已经提高))可知B选项“减缓它的发展速度”正确;第一段and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers(石油公司雇佣外国工人的数量不得超过一定数量)可知A选项“为外国工人提供更多的工作机会”和原文相悖;C选项“出售它在国外生产的石油”以及D选项“比现在发展得更快”为原文所提及。因此B选项正确。
37. 【试题答案】D
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据题干定位到原文第一段第一句The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.(挪威政府正在尽最大努力控制石油工业)以及第一段第三句But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.(但石油行业有一种克服这些问题的方法,很少有人相信政府能够长期维持现状)可以推测出政府努力维持现状,选D选项“保持石油工业接近目前规模”,同时可知A选项“鼓励石油公司发现新的石油资源”和C选项“帮助石油公司解决许多问题”与原文相悖;B选项“阻止石油公司雇佣来自挪威北部的人”原文未提及,排除。因此D选项正确。
38. 【试题答案】C
【试题解析】事实细节题。根据题干定位到原文第二段末尾But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.(但是石油工业已经开始把人们吸引到南方,不出几年,整个北方政策可能会崩溃)可知选C选项“发展方案的失败”,同时可知A选项“工业的发展”以及B选项“人口增长”和原文相悖;D选项“新城镇的发展”未提及,排除。因此C选项正确。
39. 【试题答案】C
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据题干定位到原文第三段The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.(然而,石油工业的影响将不限于北方。由于将近百分之百就业率,每个人都能看出一种发展中的情况:服务行业和旅游行业的大部分工人会跑到石油工业去)可知南方服务行业和旅游行业的工人们会进入石油行业,导致产业数量减少,选C选项“现有产业数量的减少”,A选项“大量减少失业”,B选项“旅游业的增长”以及D选项“一些服务业的发展”和原文相悖。因此C选项正确。
40. 【试题答案】B
【试题解析】事实细节题。根据题干关键字“farmers and fishermen”定位到原文最后一段Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.(虽然农民和渔民并不占人口的绝大部分,但他们却是人口的重要组成部分,因为挪威人在他们身上看到了许多他们引以为傲的挪威人的基本品质)可知选B选项“他们的生活和价值观代表着挪威的理想”,同时可知A选项“他们构成了挪威理想的很大一部分”错误;C选项“他们的工作对挪威社会很有用”原文未提及;最后一段最后一句And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.(农民和渔民对石油工业最为不满,因为它可能会对乡村和海洋造成损害)可知D选项“他们认为石油是对挪威生活方式的威胁”错误。因此B选项符合题意。