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. As one Norwegian politician said last week: “ We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”
Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this program 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 policy 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 situation developing 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 is its threat to 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 the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.
小題1:The Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to ______.
A．provide more jobs for foreign workers
B．slow down the rate of its development
C．sell the oil it is producing abroad
D．develop more quickly than at present
小題2:The Norwegian Government has tried to ______.
A．encourage the oil companies to discover new oil sources
B．prevent oil companies employing 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
小題3:According to the passage, the oil industry might lead northern Norway to ______.
A．the development of industry
B．a(chǎn) growth in population
C．the failure of the development program
D．the development of new towns
小題4:In the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be ______.
A．a(chǎn) large reduction on unemployment
B．a(chǎn) growth in the tourist industry
C．a(chǎn) reduction in the number of existing industries
D．the development of a number of service industries
小題5:Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important influence because ______.
A．they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal
B．their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal
C．their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society
D．they regard oil as a threat to the Norwegian way of life

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：文章介紹挪威政府看似在限制石油行業(yè)的發(fā)展，但是實際上還是在嘗試保持石油行業(yè)現(xiàn)在的規(guī)模，石油行業(yè)可能會導致挪威北部發(fā)展計劃的失敗。
小題1:推理題：從文章第一段的句子：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. As one Norwegian politician said last week: “ We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”可知和放慢發(fā)展相比挪威政府更喜歡石油行業(yè)。選B
小題2:細節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：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.可知挪威政府已經(jīng)嘗試保持石油行業(yè)現(xiàn)在的規(guī)模，選D
小題3:細節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.可知石油行業(yè)可能會導致挪威北部發(fā)展計劃的失敗，選C
小題4:細節(jié)題：從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子：With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing 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.可知在南方，對發(fā)展石油行業(yè)的努力可能是減少現(xiàn)有的行業(yè)的數(shù)量，選C
小題5:細節(jié)題：從文章最后一段的句子：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 essentially Norwegian.可知挪威的漁夫和農(nóng)民有著重要的影響，因為他們的生活和價值觀代表挪威人的理想。選B
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