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Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return?Since OPEC agreed to supply—cuts in March， the price of crude oil has jumped to almost$26 a from less than$10 last near—tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 0il shock，when prices quadrupled，and 1979—80，when they also almost previous shocks resulted in double—digit inflation and global economic where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?
The Oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil ngthening economic growth，at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere，could push the price higher still in the short term. Yet there ale good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the Europe，taxes account for up to four—fifths of the retail price，so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.
Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation，a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy，energy—intensive industries has reduced oil ultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP(in constant prices)rich economies now use nearly 50%less oil than in OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that，its oil prices averaged$2 a barrel for a full year，compared with $13 in 1998,this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25—0.5%of is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 0r the other hand，oil-importing emerging economies--to which heavy industry has shifted-have become more energy-intensive，and so could be more seriously squeezed.
One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that，unlike the rises in the 1970s，it has not oc— carred against the background of general commodity—price inflation and global excess demand.A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic Economist’s commodity price index is broadly unchang— ing from a year 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%and in 1979 by almost 30%.
main reason for the latest rise of oil price is_____.
[A]global inflation
[B]reduction in supply
[C]fast growth in economy
[D]Iraq’s suspension of exports
call be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if_____.
[A]price of crude rises
[B]commodity prices rise
[C]consumption rises
[DJ oil taxes rise
estimates in Economic Outllok show that in rich countries_____.
[A] heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive
[B]income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices
[C]manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed
[D]oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP
can draw a conclusion from the text that______.
[A]oil—price shocks are less shocking now
[B]inflation seems irrelevant to oil—price shocks
[C]energy conservation can keep down the oil prices
[D]the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry
the text we can see that the writer seems_____.
[A]optimistic
[B]sensitive
[C]gloomy
[D]scared
短文賞析
石油輸出國組織在3月份決定減少原油供應，原油價格立即猛漲了3倍。本週伊拉克暫停石油出口，這使得油價又一次上揚。強勁的經濟增長勢頭，隨着北半球冬季的到來，有可能在短期內使石油價格漲得更高。但是人們並不恐慌，這是因爲現在多數國家的原油價格佔汽油價格的份額要小很多，發達國家對石油的依賴性也不如從前，因此對油價的波動也就不會那麼敏感了。另外一個原因是，與20世紀70年代不同，這次油價上升並不是發生在普遍的物價暴漲及全球需求過旺背景之下。
答案及解析
61.B 【解析】文章的第二句中“Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March，the price of crude oil has jumped to almost$26 a barrel，…”，說明油價上漲是由於石油輸出國組織最近的減少供應導致的。故應選B。
62.D【解析】文章第三段第二、三句“In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the Europe….”指出原油價格只是汽油價格中的一小部分，以歐洲的例子說明稅收高達汽油零售價的五分之四，所以汽油稅上升會造成油價的大幅度上漲。故應選D。
63.D【解析】文章第四段第五句“The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year， would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25—0.5%of GDP.”說明現在這種情況下，油價的上漲所帶來的影響只是在0.25—0.5%之間。這表明在富裕國家石油價格的變化不會對GDP(國內生產總值)產生重大影響。故應選D。
64.A【解析】文章第三段第一句話“Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the1970s.”表明這次的.油價上漲不會像以前那樣帶來嚴重的後果。從文章最後一段“0ne more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that，…”來看，我們不會爲石油價格的上漲而失眠，也說明了這次的上漲影響不會很大。故應選A。
65.A【解析】文章第三段第一句“Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the l970s.”和第四段第一句都指出“Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were，and SO less sensitive to swings in the oil price.”也就是說各國有很好的理由盼望現在的經濟前景會比二十世紀七十年代的情況樂觀。發達國家對石油的依賴性較以前有所下降，因而對石油價格變動的敏感度也降低，這些都表明作者是持有樂觀態度的。故應選A。
