The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised) ; and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back for long.
Ever since the war, the government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. For the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Torso 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 draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern city could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 per cent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over the oil industry is its effects on the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as real Norwegians. And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most against the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the sea and to the countryside and to the whole country.
One Norwegian politician said last week, “We will soon be changed beyond all recognition.”
1. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most exactly means “_______”.
A. Norway will be changed so much that it can hardly be recognized
B. The Norwegian way of life will change greatly, as we recognize
C. We can not recognize the Norwegian oil industry as it develops so quickly
D. The Norwegian government cannot carry out the law against the changing oil industry
2. The Norwegian government has tried to_______.
A. encourage the oil companies to discover new oil resources
B. prevent oil companies from employing more people from southern Norway
C. help the oil companies solve many of their problems
D. keep the oil industry to something near its present size
3. According to the passage, the oil industry might lead to _______ in northern Norway.
A. the development of industry B. a growth in population
C. the failure of the development program D. the development of new towns
4. Norwegian farmers and fishermen have an important effect because _______.
A. they form such a large part of Norwegian society
B. their views of life and value agree with the Norwegian government’s
C. Norwegians respect them as representatives(代表) of Norwegian culture
D. they regard oil as harm to the Norwegian way of life
【答案与解析】本文介绍Norwegian政府想方设法对石油工业进行控制情况及控制原因。
1.A。推断题。根据单词beyond的词义：超出(某种程度)可推知此题答案为A。
2.D。主旨题。根据短文第一段第一句可推知此题答案为D。
3.C。细节题。根据文章第三段第一句：然而，石油工业的效果不会对北部进行限制。可推知此题答案为C。
4.C。细节题。根据文章第四段第二句：因为在Norwegians看来渔夫们和农民们身上才有Norwegians的真正素质。可推知此题的答案为C。
