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Digging a Hole in China's Black Gold.
China's love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship.
For the last few years, investors in China's coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%, supporting strong growth in profitability (利润)and enviable degree at mining majors like China Shenhua Energy.
But as any miner will tell you, the longer you work a seam, the more difficult it is to get value. China's coal prices have fallen nearly 10% in the last three months. A seasonal fall from the winter peak, and a cyclical(周期性的)slowdown brought about by China's slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture. Those effects will fade, but coal miners will still have to battle against structural pressure for lower prices.
In 2008, China's 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences from a section with 9,000-plus firms accounted for just over half of civil production. Since then, the big have gotten bigger and the small are disappearing. Michael Parker, coal mining analyst at Sanford Bernstein, estimates in 2012 the top 60 miners will account for 80% of output.
The assumption has always been that it's the very low-cost little mining operations that will go to the wall, pushing prices up. In fact, Mr. Parker argues that it's small industrial operations working difficult seams, and with poor access to convey that will be the first to go. The exit of these high-cost means that spot prices will increasingly be set by bigger more efficient producers and that means pressure for prices to stay low.
With structural forces against a return to rising coal prices, investors in China's black gold should dig a huge stone hit their foot into a hole.
1. Which is the general idea of this passage?
A. Why it is difficult for China’s coal price to increase.
B. China's 60 biggest miners the efficient excellences.
C. the romance has come out of the relationship.
D. the low-cost little operations that will fail.
2. What is the investors' attitude to China's coal?
A. angry.
B. disappointed.
C. not excited.
D. very excited.
3.Which is a reason for the last few years’ Chinese investors feeling glad?
A. poor access to transport that will be the first to go.
B. investors in China's black gold got much money.
C. spot prices will be set by bigger producers.
D. coal price rose 81%.
4.The cause that led to a cyclical slowdown of coal price was______.
A. strong growth in profitability.
B. China's money tightening and slowing construction.
C. China's 60 biggest miners.
D. the small are disappearing.
5. The word "convey" in the fifth paragraph may mean ______.
A. transport.
B. change.
C. reduce.
D. increase.
参考答案:
1. A 主旨大意题。因为本文主要讲中国的煤炭价格为何难以上涨，并具体分析其原因。
2. C 推理判断题。据第一段信息句China's love affair with coal is set to last, but for investors the romance has come out of the relationship. 中国与煤炭的“恋情”将继续下去，但对投资者来说，这段关系已经不能再让人怦然心动了。以此得知其态度是不很兴奋。
3. D 细节理解题。从第二段信息句For the last few years, investors in China's coal section have been mining a rich seam(煤层). From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2011, the level Qinhuangdao coal price rose 81%理解得知煤价上升80%是投资者高兴的一个原因。
4. B 细节理解题。从第三段信息句A seasonal fall from the winter peak, and a cyclical(周期性的)slowdown brought about by China's slowing construction and money tightening, is only part of the picture.理解到电煤需求较冬季取暖高峰期出现季节性的下滑，是由中国不断放缓的建筑施工和货币紧缩措施造成的。
5. A 词义猜测题。联系前后文理解到本句意为：实际上，帕克说，行业内的小型企业(开采的煤层难度较大、交通不便)将是首先被淘汰出局的。故这里是“运输”的意思。
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