我们的高生活水平导致我们目前的人口消耗了世界25%的石油。

Our high living standards cause our present population to ___consume 25 percent of the world's oil.

它确实消耗了很多时间，但非常值得。

It did ___consume a lot of time, but it was very rewarding.

新工厂将消耗大量电力。

The new factory will ___consume a significant amount of electricity.