资源描述：
《内蒙古赤峰二中2019届高三英语上学期第一次周考试题（无答案）》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、内蒙古赤峰二中2019届高三英语上学期第一次周考试题（无答案）一、阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)Inthepast,fallingoilpriceshavegivenaboosttotheworldeconomy,butrecentforecastsforglobalgrowthhavebeentoneddown（不乐观）,evenasoilpricessinklowerandlower.Doesthatmeanthelinkbetweenloweroilpricesandgrowthhasweakened?Som
2、eexpertssaytherearestillgoodreasonstobelievecheapoilshouldheatuptheworldeconomy.Consumershavemoremoneyintheirpocketswhenthey’repayinglessatthepump.Theyspendthatmoneyonotherthings,whichstimulates（刺激、促进）theeconomy.Thebiggestgainsgotocountriesthatimportmostoftheiroillik
3、eChina,Japan,andIndia.Butdoesn’ttheextramoneyinthepocketsofthosecountries’consumersmeananequallossinoilproducingcountries,cancellingoutthegains?Notnecessarily,sayseconomicresearcherSaraJohnson.“Manyoilproducersbuiltuphugereservefundswhenpriceswerehigh,sowhenpricesfal
4、ltheywilldrawontheirreservestosupportgovernmentspendingandsubsidies（补贴）fortheirconsumers.”Butnotalloilproducershavebigreserves,InVenezuela(委内瑞拉),collapsingoilpriceshavesentitseconomyintofree-fall.EconomistCarlWeinbergbelievesthenegativeeffectsofplungingoilpricesareov
5、erwhelmingthepositiveeffectsofcheaperoil.Theimplicationisasharpdeclineinglobaltrade,whichhasplungedpartlybecauseoil-producingnationscan’taffordtoimportasmuchastheyusedto.SaraJohnsonacknowledgesthattheglobaleconomicbenefitfromafallinoilpricestodayislikelylowerthanitwa
6、sinthepast.Onereasonisthatmorecountriesarebigoilproducersnow,sothenationssufferingfromthepricedropaccountforalargershareoftheglobaleconomy.Consumers,intheU.S.atleast,areactingcautiouslywiththesavingsthey’regettingatthegaspump,asthememoryoftherecentgreatrecessionissti
7、llfreshintheirmind.Andanumberofoil-producingcountriesaretrimmingtheirgasolinesubsidiesandraisingtaxes,sothenetsavingsforglobalconsumersisnotasbigastheoilpriceplungemightsuggest.1.Whatdoestheauthormainlydiscussinthepassage?A)Thereasonsbehindtheplungeofoilprices.B)Poss
8、iblewaystostimulatetheglobaleconomy.C)Theimpactofcheapoilonglobaleconomicgrowth.D)Theeffectoffallingoilpricesonconsumerspending.2.W
