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An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil
An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil
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An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil, or petroleum a dark, thick ooze from the earth had been known for hundreds of years, but little use had ever been made of it. In the 1850’s Samud M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local scapages and refining it into kerosene. Refining, like smelting, is a process of removing impurities from a raw material.
Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get. Soon there was a large demand for kerosene. People began to search for new supplies of petroleum.
The first oil well was drilled by E.L. Drake. In 1859 he began drilling in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The whole venture seemed so impractical and foolish that onlookers called it "Drake’s Folly". But when he had drilled down about 70 feet (21) meters, Drake struck oil. His well began to yield 20 barrels of crude oil a day.
News of Drake’s success brought oil prospectors to the scene. By the early 1860’s these wildcatters were drilling for "black gold" all over western Pennsylvania. The boom rivaled the California gold rush of 1848 in its excitement and Wild West atmosphere. And it brought far more wealth to the prospectors than any gold rush.
Crude oil could be refined into many products. For some years kerosene continued to be the principal one. It was sold in grocery stores and door-to-door. In the 1880’s and 1890’s refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils. Petroleum was net then used to make gasoline or heating oil. [br] What is the best title for the passage?
选项
A、Oil Refining: A Historical Perspective
B、The California Gold Rush: Get Rich Quickly
C、Private Property: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted
D、Kerosene Lamps: A Light in the Tunnel
答案
A
解析
选项A的意思是“炼油业——历史的展望”,与全文的内容完全一致;选项B的意思是“加利福尼亚的淘金热——迅速致富”,这只是文章中一个非常小的细节;选项C的意思是“个人财产——入侵者将被起诉”,这与本文的内容压根无关;选项D的意思是“煤油灯——隧道里的亮光”,这只是文章第三段中的一个小细节。故本文的最佳标题是选项A。
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