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[originaltext] Crude oil is measured in barrels. Last summer, its global pri
[originaltext] Crude oil is measured in barrels. Last summer, its global pri
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Crude oil is measured in barrels. Last summer, its global price was $100 per barrel. Yesterday, it was trading at less than half of that, at about $46.50 a barrel.
Why does that matter? Well, the price of crude affects everything from gas prices to car prices, to stock prices. And it determines the number of jobs in the large global oil industry. The current surplus of oil gives us a clear lesson in the economic principle of supply and demand. When it comes to oil, it used to be all about the Middle East. Today, the Persian Gulf still has plenty of crude, but the boom is global. We produced a surplus of 2 million to 3 million barrels per day.
Oil buried deep beneath the earth surface in rock can now be accessed with new technologies like fracking and horizontal drilling. Two years ago, U.S. oil production saw its biggest jump in more than 100 years, and it’s not the only country to gain a large flood of crude. Production in Canada and Brazil has also hit record levels. At the same time, there are more alternatives to oil, like natural gas and renewables. When oil supply exceeds demand, prices fall.
5. What happened to oil price?
6. What caused the change of oil price?
7. Why does oil production increase dramatically?
选项
A、Oil has been found in more countries.
B、Car industry heavily relies on oil.
C、More alternatives to oil have emerged.
D、New technologies helped people to obtain more oil.
答案
D
解析
本题问原油产量增加的原因,新闻中提到新科技使得岩石下面的石油可以被开采(can now beaccessed with new technologies),因此选D项。A项“原油在更多国家被发现”偷换了概念,新闻只是提到有几个国家的原油开采量大幅增加了,这些国家本身就已发现有原油。B项“汽车工业严重依赖石油”,新闻中确实提到石油会影响汽车价格,但这并不是原油产量提高的原因。C项“石油替代燃料出现”在新闻中提到,这是石油价格下跌的原因之一,而不是原油产量提高的原因。
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