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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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A、part
B、role
C、figure
D、proportion
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：本题考查词义辨析。A项part意为“部分"，强调是整体中的一部分，局部；B项role意为“角色、作用、重要性”；C项figure意为“人物、画像、肖像”；D项proportion意为部分，局部，为易混淆项，其一般只表数量，做主语，如The proportion of the population still speaks the dialect；A proportion of the fund is invested in British firms,所以只有选项A最合适。答案为A。