2013年职称英语理工类B级阅读理解练习11_第2页

　　Since we started using fossil fuels，we have released 400 billion tonnes2 of carbon，and burning the entire reserves could eventually raise world temperatures by 13℃.Among other horrors，this would result in the destruction of all rainforests and tile inching of all Arctic ice.
　　词汇：

　devour/di5vauE (r)/v.吞没，耗尽 dwindle/5dwindl/v.减少
　　dense/dens/adj.密集的 diesel oil 柴油
　　pump/pQmp/v.用泵抽吸 accessible/Ek5sesEbl/adj.可使用的，
　　可得到的
　　petrolcum/5petrEl/n.石油，原油 rainforest n.(热带)雨林
　　reliance/ri5laiEns/n.依赖，依靠 tar sand 沥青砂
　　oil shale 油页岩 destruction/dis5trQkFEn/n.破坏，毁灭
　　注释：
　　1. Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge：美国阿拉斯加北极国家野生动物保护区。2001年，美国众议院通过了一项基于布什提出的在那里进行石油开采的议案。该议案遭到环境保护主义组织的反对。因此，目前在该区禁止开采石油。
　　2. tonnes：公吨(=1，000公斤)。不同于ton。 ton：在美国等于二千磅(=0.907公吨)，所以称作short ton：短吨。
　　练习：

　　1. “...we will need to cure our addiction to oil.” Why does the author say so?
　　A Most of the energy on Earth comes from the Sun.
　　B Oil supply is increasing all the time.
　　C Demand for oil is increasing all the time.
　　D Oil supply is decreasing.
　　2. Which of lhe following statements is NOT meant by the author，according to the second paragraph?
　　A Wood wets the fuel of choice before coal.
　　B The use of coal is declining.
　　C Coal is the most environmentally unfriendly fuel next to oil.
　　D Coal reserves are plentiful and will be likely to become the major fuel of choice.
　　3. Which country is the biggest consumer of petroleum?
　　A The United States.
　　B Russia.

　　C Norway.
　　D Venezuela.
　　4. What do experts say about the earth’s fuel reserves?
　　A The earth’s fuel reserves will be accessible for the next 50 years.
　　B There will soon be an energy crisis.
　　C Conventional reserves will soon become inaccessible.
　　D Fuel demand will decline.
　　5. What is NOT the result of consuming fossil fuels according to the last paragraph?