托福阅读专项练习tpo4-石油资源.docxVIP

Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 托福阅读专项练习tpo4:石油资源  托福考试：托福阅读专项练习tpo4:石油资源  托福1对1精英课程  Petroleum, consisting of crude oil and natural gas, seems to originate from organic matter in marine sediment. Microscopic organisms settle to the seafloor and accumulate in marine mud. The organic matter may partially decompose, using up the dissolved oxygen in the sediment. As soon as the oxygen is gone, decay stops and the remaining organic matter is preserved.  Continued sedimentation—the process of deposits’ settling on the sea bottom—buries the organic matter and