She showed us her arms, and we saw with hornet that her skin was（ ）where she had been beaten.
A.black as ink B.black and white C.black and blue D.black as soot
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She showed us her arms, and we saw with hornet that her skin was（ ）where she had been beaten.
The U.S. energy policy is about the last thing I wanted to write about this month since I pretty much wrote oil that our government would tend lo it anytime soon. If you’ve lost track the last major energy bill was passed 13 years age.As it turns out, our political leaders still haven’t tended to it, although they passed an energy bill which the President signed. Technically, it’s bill; politically, it’s a bill of goods sold to the American public.Like any political football this issue got kicked up and down the field numerous times. Both the Democrats and Republicans put forth rhetoric that would make you think that they were out to save ourselves from ourselves.Take what Majority Leader Bill Frist said as an example: “We must take steps to reduce our dependence on foreign coiinlries and thereby enhance our energy security al home. Take a breath (editor’s note). “When we rely on other nations for more than half our oil supply，we simply put our security at risk. ”If you liked that one, chock out what the President said concerning the need for this energy bill. “Our dependence on foreign oil is like a foreign tax on the American dream, and the fax is growing every year. ’’Who’s going to argue with that? That’s damn good speech writing. But that’s what is said in front of the camera. It’s a different story when you get down to the stinky bowels of government. Case in point is the House-Senate conference committee. For context, realize that this country uses 20 million barrels of oil every day with the promise that it will continue to increase.Amazingly, some people on this committee woke up with a conscience one morning and peddled a measure to ask the President to reduce oil consumption by one million barrels of oil a day by 2015. But that moment of sensibility was overcome with a wave of political practicality. In other words, the President wasn’t about to let this idea fly. But why? The administration didn’t think there would be affordable technology to meet higher fuel-efficiency standards. That’s only 10 years away, you know.Without a strong policy, we basically leave it up to the car companies to sit around and dream up solutions. According to Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey，auto fuel economy peaked at 26.5 miles per gallon in 1986. Nineteen years is a long time to be sitting on your best year when fuel consumption is going up and our means to get it are going down.1.The author did not want to write about the U.S. energy policy that month because（ ）. 2.In Paragraph 2, the sentence “politically, it’s a bill of goods sold to the American public.” means （ ）.3.In Paragraph 6, the phrase “the stinky bowels” refers to （ ）.4.What was the President’s response to some people’s suggestion to reduce oil consumption?5.From the last paragraph, we can learn that （ ）.6.The author’s attitude towards U.S. government of energy policy is （ ）.
I decided to （ ） between Ralph and his brother, who were arguing endlessly.
In times of severe （ ） companies are often forced to make massive job cuts in order to survive.
I’m far from certain that this group is going to be able to （ ）what is necessary to gain complete control.
Smith insisted on arguing with the referee although the other players tried to （ ） him.
