Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”．Almost half our energy comes from oil．We use it to run our cars and factories and to heat our homes, offices and schools．Many everyday things are made from oil．Your shirt may have oil in the material．The soap you wash your hands with might also be made from oil．Your favorite plastic toy is made from oil．

Oil is hard to find, because it is trapped（陷入）deep under the earth．Once the only way people knew there was oil someplace was if it leaked（滲漏）out of the ground．Today, however, we have many ways of finding oil．One tool measure（測量）the pull of gravity（引力）．Places where gravity is weaker are more, likely to have oil．Another tool measures sound waves．Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds．We can use them to find the rocks that have oil in them．

We need a lot of oil．a(chǎn)nd we ale using up the oil wells we know about．Soon we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”．

1．From this passage, we can know oil is        ．

A．a(chǎn) kind of rocks                                        B．a(chǎn) source of energy

C．black gold                                                 D．black rocks

2．According to the passage, we can tell that        ．

A．oil is found in rocks                                 B．oil runs in rivers of gold

C．oil is found only under water                        D．oil runs very fast

3．Which of the following isn’t the way to help find oil?

A．Sound waves travel through different kinds of rocks at different speeds．

B．People measure the pull of gravity to know if there is oil．

C．Sound waves tell us where the oil has leaked out of the ground．

    D．People know there is oil if it leaks out of the ground．

4．Which of the following does the passage lead you to believe?

A．Oil was first found by measuring gravity．

B．Many things are made from oil．

C．We will never run out of oil．

D．Our lives would be very different if we didn’t have oil．

5．The main idea of the whole story is that        ．

    A．many thins are made from oil．

B．we must find new ways of looking for oil．

C．people spend a lot of time looking for oil．

D．Oil is important for us but hard to find．

Oil is so important that it is sometimes called “black gold”. Almost half our energy     from oil. We use it to run our cars and factories and to      our homes, offices and schools. Many everyday things are made from oil. Your shirt may have oil in the material(材料). The soap you       your hands with might also be made from oil. Children’s plastic toys are made from oil.
Oil is     to find, because it is deep under the earth. Today, however, we have many      to find oil. One tool measures(測量) the pull of gravity(重力). Places where gravity is weaker are more likely to have oil.       tool measures sound waves. Sound waves travel       different kinds of rocks at different speeds. We can use      to find the rocks that have oil in them.
We need       oil, and we are using up the oil wells(井) we know about.       we must find new ways of looking for this “black gold”. Can you do anything for it?