[单项选择]

The government agency took control of the oil industry in a desperate attempt to（）the wildly fluctuating market prices.
 

A. acquire
B. stabilize
C. assemble
D. translate

[填空题]In 1971, the government took control over part of the railroads when the National Passenger Corporation took over responsibility for all intercity passenger trains.

[填空题]The government has to take measures to control the birth rate, because of the large ______ . (popular) .

[简答题]Diesel oil

[单项选择]Predictions of large populations of robots in industry have yet to come true. For a decade or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The market for (1) robots is now oversupplied, and the driving force of the robotics (机器人技术) revolution is (2) to be with makers of machines that handle a few kilos at most.
"Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty (3) finding customers. They are offering big (4) just to get in the door. There has been a (5) growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we have to admit we are either deceiving (6) or that the market is slowly growing," said John Reekie, Chairman of Colne Robotics. "The following things must happen (7) the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy(文化), (8) there has been a computer literacy program, there must be a robot literacy campaign. We mus
A. small
B. educational
C. big
D. business

[单项选择]With the worldwide oil crisis, the price of oil has been raised______15%.
A. about
B. with
C. of
D. by

[填空题]
Canadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the country’s abundance of cheap, reliable electrical power Generated primarily by water, our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining.. In fact Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except for Norway (8)
Electricity is a significant source of export income for Canada (9) But in the 1970s, Canadian exports rose sharply to address the U.S. demand for cheaper and more reliable sources of power.
In 1985, exports of Canadian electrical power reached 1,400 million US dollars (10) Net electricit exports account for more than 60 % of Canada’s balance of trade.
Domestically Canada continues to generate electrical power, primarily from water... (11) Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far