[填空题]The world is running out of oil, and energy experts believe
that there could be serious shortages in ten years’ time. Not
only is each individual using more oil than ever before, as the
standard of living in industrial countries arises, but the 62. ______
population explosion means that each year many more people will
be using oil in some form or other. Until recently we took oil
as granted: it seemed it would never stop flowing. It was so 63. ______
cheap and plentiful that the whole world came to depending on 64. ______
it. Governments neglected other sources of energy. Electricity
was generated from oil and power stations were fired by it.
It found its way into much of the products of light industry. 65. ______
Many people are surprising when they learn how many items 66. ______
in their homes contain oil. The increase in the

[填空题]The world is running out of oil, and energy experts believe
that there could be serious shortages in ten years’ time. Not
only is each individual using more oil than ever before, as the
standard of living in industrial countries arises, but the 62. ______
population explosion means that each year many more people will
be using oil in some form or other. Until recently we took oil
as granted: it seemed it would never stop flowing. It was so 63. ______
cheap and plentiful that the whole world came to depending on 64. ______
it. Governments neglected other sources of energy. Electricity
was generated from oil and power stations were fired by it.
It found its way into much of the products of light industry. 65. ______
Many people are surprising when they learn how many items 66. ______
in their homes contain oil. The increase in the

[单项选择]Almost everyone in the world uses oil in some way. Without oil, the world will stop, so men look for it everywhere. Oilmen drill for oil in deserts, in mountains and under the sea. Quite often they find nothing, but the search for oil always goes on. Oil is very important because none of our machines can run without it. Big ships carry oil everywhere. Perhaps the oil in your motorbike or in your father’s car comes from somewhere far away. Perhaps it comes from Iraq or Venezuela. Cars and motorbikes need oil, and so do many other things. How many things can you name
Oil is very important for us.
[A] True.
[B] False.

[填空题]Those world famous oil-paintings (exhibit)（）at the Museum of New York now are part of their collection.

[填空题]Those world famous oil-paintings (exhibit){{U}} {{/U}}at the Museum of New York now are part of their collection.

[单项选择]The world’s oil supply （　）.
A. have been gradually being exhausted
B. is being gradually exhausted
C. is gradually exhausted
D. has gradually exhausted

[单项选择]Compared with this year, the estimated world oil growth for 2005 will__________.
A. be 84 million more barrels per day
B. increase by 2.5%
C. be up 2.53 million barrels per day
D. be up 1.8 million barrels per day

[填空题]It’s a rough world out there. Step outside and you could break a leg slipping on your doormat. Light up the stove and you could burn down the house. Luckily, if the doormat or stove failed to warn of coming disaster, a successful lawsuit might compensate you for your troubles. Or so the thinking has gone since the early 1980s, when juries began holding more companies liable for their customers’ misfortunes.
Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing ever-longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident. Today, stepladders carry labels several inches long that warn, among other things, that you might — surprise! — fall off. The label on a child’s batman cape cautions that toy "does not enable user to fly".
While warnings are often appropriate and necessary — the dangers of drug interactions, for instance — and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn’t clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability