首页
登录
职称英语
Oil is the substance that lubricates the world’s economy. Because so many of
Oil is the substance that lubricates the world’s economy. Because so many of
游客
2024-05-02
37
管理
问题
Oil is the substance that lubricates the world’s economy. Because so many of our modern technologies and services depend on oil, nations, corporations, and institutions that control the trade in oil exercise extraordinary power. The "energy crisis" of 1973-1974 in the United States demonstrated how the price of oil can affect US government policies and the energy-using habits of the nation.
By 1973, domestic US sources of oil were peaking, and the nation was importing more of its oil, depending on a constant flow from abroad to keep cars on the road and machines running. In addition, at that time a greater percentage of homes and electrical plants were run on petroleum than today. Then, in 1973, the predominantly Arab nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)resolved to stop selling oil to the United States. The move was prompted by OPEC’s desire to raise prices by restricting supply and by its opposition to US support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War. The embargo(禁运)created panic in the West and caused oil prices to shoot up. Short-term oil shortage drove American consumers to wait in long lines at gas pumps.
In response to the embargo, the US government enforced a series of policies designed to reduce reliance on foreign oil. These included developing additional domestic sources(such as those on Alaska’s North Slope), resuming extraction at sites that had been shut down because of cost inefficiency, capping the price that domestic producers could charge for oil, and beginning to import oil from a greater diversity of nations. The government also established a stockpile(贮存)of oil as a short-term buffer(缓冲)against future shortages. Stored underground in large salt caves in Louisiana, this stockpile is called the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and currently contains over 600 million barrels of oil, roughly equivalent to one month’s supply. [br] Over the years before the OPEC’s embargo America had depended heavily on______.
选项
答案
foreign oil/importing oil
解析
细节辨认题。定位句提到,到1973年,也就是禁运之前,美国需要依赖从国外进口的源源不断的石油来保证国内正常的生活秩序。原文第三段首句也提到,为了应对禁运,美国政府实施了一系列政策来减少对国外石油的依赖。由此可知,在禁运之前的多年间,美国经济极大地依赖从国外进口石油。因为空格前为动词短语depended heavily on,空格处应填入名词短语或动名词短语,故答案为foreign oil或importing oil。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3580104.html
相关试题推荐
______(这名运动员被剥夺掉金牌)becausehewasfoundtohavetakenforbiddendrugs.Theathle
[audioFiles]audio_eusm_0207(20106)[/audioFiles]A、Theyaredelightedbecausethe
Theauthorofthereport_______________________(对医院的问题非常了解)becausehehasbee
BecauseSouthAfricansaregenerallysobubbly(热情奔放的)andtalkative,silenc
BecauseSouthAfricansaregenerallysobubbly(热情奔放的)andtalkative,silenc
BecauseSouthAfricansaregenerallysobubbly(热情奔放的)andtalkative,silenc
BecauseSouthAfricansaregenerallysobubbly(热情奔放的)andtalkative,silenc
Everybodyisreadytofightforfamebecause______(它能激发争斗天性).itarousestheco
Becauseshortmessagingserviceisakindofdatacommunication,secondgenerati
Becauseshortmessagingserviceisakindofdatacommunication,secondgenerati
随机试题
I’mbusynow,soitwillbesometime______Icanleave.A、beforeB、afterC、when
假定沪铝5月份合约和9月份合约价格变化如下表所示,则某套利者3月1日采用()套利策略可获利。[img]2018m8x/ct_zyqhjcz_zyqh
FrustratedwithdelaysinSacramento,BayAreaofficialssaidThursdaytheypl
A. B. C. D.
颅底骨折诊断的主要依据是A.临床表现 B.B超 C.畸形 D.异常活动
关于装斗的说法错误的是A:一般饮片的装斗量应装满容积B:全草类或种子类饮片要过
2001-2003年高校分学科毕业生人数统计图(单位:千人) 下列分析
既能清热凉血,又能解毒散结的药是A.水牛角 B.秦皮 C.玄参 D.蝉蜕
体重为75kg的患者用利多卡因治疗心律失常,利多卡因的表观分布容积V=1.7L/
下列指标中,属于综合类伤亡事故统计指标体系的有()。A.死亡事故起数 B.死亡
最新回复
(
0
)