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An important new industry, oil refining, grew after the Civil War. Crude oil, or petroleum—a dark, thick ooze from the earth—had been known for hundreds of years. But little use had ever been made of it. In the 1850’s Samuel M. Kier, a manufacturer in western Pennsylvania, began collecting the oil from local seepages and refining it into kerosene. Refining, like smelting, is a process of removing impurities from a raw material. Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap substitute of whale oil, which was becoming harder to get. Soon there was a large demand for kerosene. People began to search for new supplies of petroleum. The first oil well was drilled by E. L. Drake, a retired railroad conductor. In 1859 he began drilling in Titusville, Pennsylvania. The whole venture seemed so impractical and foolish that onlookers called it “Drake’s Folly.” But when he had drilled down about 70 feet (21 meters), Drake struck oil. His well began to yield 20 barrels of crude oil a day. News of Drake’s success brought oil prospectors to the scene. By the early 1860’s these “wildcatters” were drilling for “black gold” all over western Pennsylvania. The boom rivaled the California gold rush of 1848 in its excitement and Wild West atmosphere. And it brought far more wealth to the prospectors than any gold rush. Crude oil could be refined into many products. For some years kerosene continued to be the principal one. It was sold in grocery stores and door-to-door. In the 1880’s and 1890’s refiners learned how to make other petroleum products such as waxes and lubricating oils. Petroleum was not then used to make gasoline or heating oil.
【題組】22. What is the best title for the passage?
(A) The California Gold Rush: Get Rich Quickly
(B) Oil Refining: a Historical Perspective
(C) Kerosene Lamps: a Light in the Tunnel
(D) Private Property: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted

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Chun Jen Wan 高二上 (2012/05/03)
一個重要的新興工業，煉油，長大後的內戰。原油，石油一暗，厚的淤泥，從地球上已數百年。但很少使用過它。在1850年的五十年代，薩繆爾M科爾，賓西法尼亞西部的一位製造商，開始從當地的溢出物收集的石油和它煉成煤油。如冶煉，精煉，是一個從原料中除去雜質的過程。煤油被用來點燈。這是一個便宜的替代品，鯨油，這是越來越難獲得。很快就有了對煤油的大量需求。人們開始尋找新的石油供應。第一口油井鑽探EL瑞克，一個退休的火車檢票員。在1859年，他開始在賓夕法尼亞州的泰特斯維爾，鑽井。整個企業顯得如此不現實和愚蠢，圍觀群眾把它稱為“德雷克的愚蠢。”但是，當他鑽了約70英尺（21米），德雷克了石油。他的油井從此每天生產20萬桶原油。...
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Chun Jen Wan 高二上 (2012/05/03)

通過最好的標題是什麼？

(A)加州淘金熱：快速致富

(B)煉油：一個歷史的視角

(C)煤油燈光在隧道

(D)私有財產：侵入者將被檢控


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