It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will -考呗网

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单选题It can 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
D．oil taxes rise

文章第三段第二、三句“In most countries the cost of crudeoil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the l970s．In Europe，…”指出原油价格只是汽油价格中的一小部分，以欧洲的例子说明税收高达汽油零售价的五分之四，所以汽油税上升会造成油价的大幅度上涨。故应选D。

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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

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2We 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

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3From the text we can see that the writer seems__________ 。

A．optimistic
B．sensitive
C．gloomy
D．scared

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