A) it can cause serious damage to the environment
B) it can do little to solve U. S. energy problems
C) it will drain the oil reserves in the Alaskan region
D) it will not have much commercial value
24.What do the environmentalists mean by saying Not so fast ?
A) Oil exploitation takes a long time
B) The oil drilling should be delayed
C) Don t be too optimistic
D) Don t expect fast returns
25.It can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath ANWR s frozen earth ________.
A) remains a controversial issue
B) is expected to get under way soon
C) involves a lot of technological problems
D) will enable the U. S. to be oil independent
Passage Two
Tear em apart! Kill the fool! Murder the referee !
These are common remarks one may hear at various sporting events. At the time they are made, they may seem innocent enough. But let s not kid ourselves. They have been known to influence behavior in such a way as to lead to real bloodshed. Volumes have been written about the way words affect us. It has been shown that words having certain connotations may cause us to react in ways quite foreign to what we consider to be our usual humanistic behavior. I see the term opponent as one of those words. Perhaps the time has come to delete it from sports terms.
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