1 . Peru demanded compensation (赔偿金) Wednesday from Spanish energy giant Repsol over an oil spill (石油泄漏). It might be caused by sudden and big _________ from a volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific because volcanic eruption can cause waves.
Authorities _________ three beaches on Monday _________ 6,000 barrels (桶) of oil were spilled during the _________ of an oil-transporting ship at the Pampilla oil-processing factory off the coast near Lima. The Repsol oil spill “is the worst _________ disaster in Lima in recent times, and has caused serious _________ to hundreds of _________ families. “Repsol must make an immediate _________ for their loss,” the authority said on Twitter. “This terrible situation has put plants and animals _________ in two protected areas,” it noted. Peruvian authorities found lots of dead sea animals __________ in oil. The spill happened on Saturday at the oil-processing factory in the Lima region, __________ a 3-kilometer stretch of beaches.
Officials of the factory __________ described the spill as “limited” and said it was working with authorities to __________ the beaches. “Controlling barriers that cover all of the affected __________ have been set up. And a team of __________ in sea and land have been sent,” said the factory, which __________ the spill on the waves caused by the volcanic eruption more than 10,000 kilometers away but not a bit on the mishandling of the workers who moved the oil barrels off the __________.
The oil-processing factory could face a __________ of up to $32.3 million, the __________ ministry of Peru said on Monday. And the prosecutors (公诉人) have opened an __________ into the company for environmental pollution.
1. A.fishes | B.waves | C.fires | D.stones |
2. A.closed | B.discovered | C.destroyed | D.named |
3. A.before | B.unless | C.until | D.after |
4. A.uploading | B.repairing | C.offloading | D.supplying |
5. A.agricultural | B.snowy | C.ecological | D.nuclear |
6. A.waste | B.damage | C.crime | D.storm |
7. A.fishing | B.poor | C.teaching | D.rich |
8. A.escape | B.advertisement | C.encouragement | D.payment |
9. A.in advance | B.in air | C.at risk | D.at work |
10. A.measuring | B.decorated | C.swimming | D.covered |
11. A.recovering | B.affecting | C.creating | D.leaving |
12. A.traditionally | B.proudly | C.originally | D.honestly |
13. A.clean up | B.take up | C.build up | D.cut up |
14. A.animals | B.people | C.plants | D.zones |
15. A.specialists | B.students | C.journalists | D.stars |
16. A.impressed | B.spent | C.blamed | D.put |
17. A.truck | B.ship | C.line | D.store |
18. A.failure | B.fine | C.prize | D.fund |
19. A.environment | B.education | C.finance | D.defense |
20. A.organization | B.entrance | C.account | D.investigation |