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

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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 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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1 The estimates in Economic Outlook 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

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2 We 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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3 From the text we can see that the writer seems_______.

A．optimistic

B．sensitive

C．gloomy

D．scared

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