新编四级听力练习 第407期

Section C
Compound Dictation
Every morning, when I drive past the street corner, I can always see the big sign standing outside the gas station. The sign (36) ______ the price of gasoline per gallon. However, in the past few months, the number never seemed to (37) ______ . My family, school mates and co-workers have all been (38) ______ about this serious issue.
The car is one of the most popular (39) ______ of transportation in southern California; people even say, "We can not live without cars!"
According to (40) ______ predictions, we will run out of gasoline in 50 years. People will not be able to drive cars, take planes or even (41) ______ ships. When the time comes, hardly anything will function (42) ______ .
In this case, governments will have to provide (43) ______ to research departments to develop new forms of energy on which cars can run.
One idea, for example, is that people in California will be (44) _________________________________________________ .
In other states, there are people developing new forms of fuel involving alcohol mixed with gasoline or new combinations like gasoline plus corn oil.
(45) __________________________________________________________________ ? Without problems showing up, there will be no new solutions. Society needs to move forward. Sometimes, (46) _____________________________________________________________________ .