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、within
B、to
C、from
D、against
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本句意思是由于石油业接近100%的雇佣率，旅游业和服务业流失大量员工，他们大都转向石油业，由此可知空缺处应填一个表示“倾向于，趋向（某地/行业）”的介词，所以B项to符合题意；A项within在（某事物）内/内部；C项from表示起点；D项against逆着，反对，与相反。答案为B。
