PartIIIReadingComprehension(40 minutes)
SectionA
Directions: Inthissection, thereisapassagewithtenblanks. Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage. Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices. Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter. PleasemarkthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2 withasinglelinethroughthecentre. Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.
Questions36 to45 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Thefactis, theworldhasbeenfindinglessoilthanithasbeenusingformorethantwentyyearsnow. Notonlyhasdemandbeen__36__, buttheoilwehavebeenfindingiscomingfromplacesthatare__37__ toreach. Atthesametime, moreofthisnewly__38__ oilisofthetypethatrequiresagreaterinvestmentto__39__. Andbecausedemandforthispreciousresourcewillgrow, accordingtosome, byover40 percentby2025, fuelingtheworld’seconomic__40__ willtakealotmoreenergyfromeverypossiblesource.
Theenergyindustryneedstogetmorefromexistingfieldswhilecontinuingtosearchfornew__41__. Automakersmustcontinuetoimprovefuelefficiencyandperfecthybrid(混合动力的)vehicles. Technologicalimprovementsareneededsothatwind, solarandhydrogencanbemore__42__ partsoftheenergyequation. Governmentsneedtoformulateenergypoliciesthatpromote__43__ andenvironmentallysounddevelopment. Consumersmustbewillingtopayforsomeofthesesolutions, whilepracticingconservationeffortsoftheirown.
Inactionisnotan__44__. Solet’sworktogethertobalancethisequation. Wearetakingsomeofthe__45__ neededtogetstarted, butweneedyourhelptogotherestoftheway.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。