Question

　　The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.

　　Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme me of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. For the past few years this programme me has had a great deal of success; Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry. But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern city could be in ruins.

　　The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a developing situation in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

　　The real argument over oil industry is its effects on the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of he qualities that they regard with pride as real Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most against the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the sea and to the countryside and to the whole country.

　　One Norwegian politician said:“We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”

(1) “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition” in the last paragraph most exactly means ________.

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A．Norway will be changed so much that it can hardly be recognized

B．The Norwegian way of life will change greatly, as we recognize

C．We cannot recognize the Norwegian oil industry as it develops so quickly

D．The Norwegian government cannot carry out the law against the changing oil industry

(2) The Norwegian Government has tried to ________.

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A．encourage the oil companies to discover new oil resources

B．prevent oil companies from employing more people from northern Norway

C．help the oil companies solve many of their problems

D．keep the oil industry to something near its present size

(3) According to the passage, the oil industry might lead to ________ in northern Norway.

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A．the development of industry

B．a growth in population

C．the failure of the development programme

D．the development of new towns

(4) Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important effect because ________.

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A．they form such a large part of Norwegian society

B．their views of life and value agree with the Norwegian government's

C．Norwegians respect them as representatives（代表）of Norwegian culture

D．they regard oil as harm to the Norwegian way of life

Answer 1

答案：A;D;C;C
解析：

(1) 此题要求从所给四个选项中选出一项解释短文中最后一段加引号部分的含义：我们的变化将超出所有人的认识能力。这里的关键是正确理解“beyond all recognition”的意思。选项意为：挪威将变化如此之大，人们几乎来不及认识这一事情。恰于题意相符。 (2) 本文第一段说明挪威政府正在尽最大努力控制石油的发展，制定新法律限制某些地区的石油开采，尽力保持上前的生产水平，D项意思与此意吻合。 (3) 第二自然段说明二战以来，挪威政府一直在履行开发北极圈以北某地区的计划，并取得了很大的成就，但是石油工业的发展已开始把人们吸引到了南部，预计在几年内北部的城市将被废弃，因此看出石油业可能使政府的这一天发北部的计划失败。C项恰为此意。 (4) 由文中第四段“Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as real Norwegian”可知，挪威农场主和渔民并不占人口的大部分，但他们却占有重要地位，因为挪威人自豪地认为他们具有真正的挪威人的品质。