A. to                                                               B. of

C. with                                                         D. about

Ⅱ . 完形填空。从 A 、 B 、 C 、 D 四个选项中，选择一个正确答案，并填入答题纸相应位置。（本大题共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分）

   Fill in each blank in the passage with the most likely answer. (15 points)

   The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area    26   its long coastline. Oil companies are not allowed to employ more than a certain    27   of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting    28

such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back  29 .

   Since World War Ⅱ , the     30    has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle,    31   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    32   people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be    33  .

   The  34  of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. As a result of nearly 100 per cent employment, tourism and service industries will lose most of their workers    35   the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even    36   altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.

The real argument over oil is, as a mater of fact, its threat to the Norwegian    37   of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up the majority of the population, but they are an important    38   of it. Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with    39   as essentially Norwegian. And it is    40   who are most critical of the oil industry. They fear it might cause damage to the countryside and to the sea.