题目类型：
单选题
题目内容
The Norwegian government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control. A new law limits exploration to an area 1_____ its long coastline. Oil companies are not allowed to employ more than a certain 2_____ of foreign workers. But the oil industry has a way of getting 3_____ such problems, and few people believe that the government will be able to hold things back 4_____.
Since World War Ⅱ, the 5_____ has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle, 6_____ 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 7_____ people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be 8_____.
The 9_____ 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 10_____ the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even 11_____ altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is, as a matter of fact, its threat to the Norwegian 12_____ of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up the majority of the population, but they are an important 13_____ of it. Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with 14_____ as essentially Norwegian. And it is 15_____ who are most critical of the oil industry. They fear it might cause damage to the countryside and to the sea.
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Since World War Ⅱ, the 5_____ has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle, 6_____ 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 7_____ people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be 8_____.
The 9_____ 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 10_____ the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even 11_____ altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is, as a matter of fact, its threat to the Norwegian 12_____ of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up the majority of the population, but they are an important 13_____ of it. Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with 14_____ as essentially Norwegian. And it is 15_____ who are most critical of the oil industry. They fear it might cause damage to the countryside and to the sea.
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正确答案
C
题目解析
根据下文“农民和渔民是挪成的重要部分”，“挪威人十分骄傲地认为他们身上的一些品质才是地道的挪成人所应有的"，可知本句空缺处应填一个类似于生活品质或生活方式的词；A项standard意为“水平、标准、规范"，倾向于一种模板，样本；B项days意为某段时间、时期、时代；C项way意为“方式、方法、途径"；D项spirit意为"精神，心灵"；只有选项C与题干最为吻合。答案为C。