Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
The human race is using up the Earth’s resources faster than ever before, according to a new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Environmental devastation is not simply a waste of 67 , it is a threat to the complex structures that 68 human development,” says the report. 69 attention must be paid to find a(n) 70 between human and environmental needs, it says.
The report, State of the World Population 2001, says that water supplies and agricultural lands are coming 71 such increasing pressure that, if left 72 , our planet will not be able to support us in future years. Over the past 70 years, the world’s population has tripled to 6.1 billion people, 73 water-use increasing sixfold, says the report. Already 508 million people live in 31 countries that lack water. And the problem is likely to 74 as the global population is 75 to rise to eight billion by 2025.
By 2050, predicts the report, 4.2 billion people will be living in countries that cannot meet people’s daily 76 needs. Unclean water and poor sanitation already kills over 12 million people every year. Food production is also 77 by environmental problems, says the report.
“To 78 the futur e popul a t ion and improve their diets, the world will have to double food production,” it says. “But since available cropland is 79 , most production will have to come from higher 80 rather than new 81 .”
According to the report, global poverty cannot be 82 with out 83 the environmental damage caused by these increases in consumption and population 84 .To reduce the burden on the planet, the report suggests, all efforts should be 85 to improve education and healthcare, as this would 86 reduce population growth.
67. A) facilities C) reserves
B) resources D) sources
68. A) support C) retain
B) found D) advocate
69. A) Intensive C) Emergent
B) Intense D Urgent.
70. A) equation C) balance
B) tradeoff D) core
71. A) under C) below
B) into D) beyond
72. A) unnoticed C) alone
B) behind D) unchecked
73. A) in C) by
B) with D) above
74. A) enhance C) decline
B) heighten D) worsen
75. A) projected C) intended
B) speculated D) assessed
76. A) luxurious C) intrinsic
B) utmost D) basic
77. A) affected C) reflected
B) effected D) generated
78. A) contain C) furnish
B) lodge D) accommodate
79. A) shrinking C) contracting
B) diminishing D) waning
80. A) outputs C) yields
B) turnovers D) harvests
81. A) cultivation C) farming
B) production D) plowing
82. A) lightened C) elevated
B) released D) eased
83. A) reversing C) upsetting
B) inverting D) disregarding
84. A) standards C) norms
B) indexes D) levels
85. A) tried C) done
B) taken D) made
86. A) in effect C) in part
B) in turn D) by turns
Part VI Translation （5 minutes）
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in the brackets.
Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 上作答，只需写出译文部分。
87. When asked about the key to her success, Rowling told the journalist that her parents had played
an important role by _________________________( 使她在很小的年纪就接触文学).
88. While many people know that money is not the important thing in the world, I suspect
_________________( 并不是每个人都能抵制住追求金钱的诱惑).
89. _________________________________________（只是最近我才意识到）that language is
closely related to culture.
89. It’s time that _________（对市中心的交通问题采取措施).
91. She kept her parents in suspense for several days ____________________________________
（才告诉父母她得到了奖学金).
上一页 [1] [2] [3]
责任编辑：sealion1986
您现在的位置：