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In 1999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had( 1 )the $100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge(2) from the dramatic growth of the economies of China and India to widespread(3 )in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria’s delta region. Triple-digit oil prices have(4)the economic and political map of the world, (5)some old notions of power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities, (6)major importers—including China and India, home to a third of the world’s population—(7)rising economic and social costs. Managing this new order is fast becoming a central (8)of global politics. Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to(9)  scarce supplies, and are willing to deal with any government, (10)how unpleasant, to do it.

In many poor nations with oil, the profits are being lost to corruption, (11)these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments,(12)some in the West see as a new threat.

Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil(13), a change reflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits, (14)costs, from higher prices. Consider Germany.  (15)it imports virtually all its oil, it has prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exports to Russia(16)128 percent from 2001 to 2006.

In the United States, as already high gas prices rose(17)higher in the spring of 2008, the issue cropped up in the presidential campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama(18)for a federal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits began to(19), as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems(20)the country reported a sharp increase in riders.

问题1选项
A.come
B.gone
C.crossed
D.arrived
问题2选项
A.covered
B.discovered
C.arranged
D.ranged
问题3选项
A.intensity
B.infinity
C.insecurity
D.instability
问题4选项
A.drawn
B.redrawn
C.retained
D.reviewed
问题5选项
A.fighting
B.struggling
C.challenging
D.threatening
问题6选项
A.and
B.while
C.thus
D.though
问题7选项
A.confine
B.conflict
C.conform
D.confront
问题8选项
A.problem
B.question
C.matter
D.event
问题9选项
A.look for
B.lock up
C.send out
D.keep off
问题10选项
A.no matter
B.what if
C.only if
D.in spite of
问题11选项
A.abolishing
B.depriving
C.destroying
D.eliminating
问题12选项
A.what
B.that
C.which
D.whom
问题13选项
A.interests
B.taxes
C.incomes
D.revenues
问题14选项
A.as many as
B.as good as
C.as far as
D.as well as
问题15选项
A.Although
B.Because
C.Since
D.As
问题16选项
A.advanced
B.grew
C.reduces
D.multiplied
问题17选项
A.even
B.still
C.rather
D.fairly
问题18选项
A.asking
B.requesting
C.calling
D.demanding
问题19选项
A.change
B.turn
C.shift
D.transform 
问题20选项
A.for
B.from
C.across
D.over
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