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语法填空训练-人与环境（二）
语篇一 乞力马扎罗雪山消融危机
Every year tens of thousands of tourists visit Mountain Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Tanzania, Africa, ___ (1)___ (witness) the beautiful scenes described in Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro. ___ (2)___ are attracted by the American writer's descriptions of the millennia-old glaciers. However, this tourist ___ (3)___ (attract) will vanish soon. According to the Climate Group, ___ (4)___ (form) by environmentalists worldwide to document the effects of global warming, Mount Kilimanjaro's snows and glaciers ___ (5)___ (disappear) and are likely to be gone altogether in the near future. Not only will the summit lose its appeal, ___ (6)___ the disappearance of the snows will also cause major damage ___ (7)___ the ecosystem on the dry African plains at its base. Without the snow ___ (8)___ (cover) the peak, there will not be enough water to keep the plants and animals below alive and ___ (9)___ (health). Rising temperatures, one of the main effects of global warming, thus threaten the ecosystem of this mountain area. The loss of the snows on the 5,892m peak, which ___ (10)___ (be) there for about 11,700 years, could have disastrous effects on Tanzania.
语篇二 城市垃圾处理困境演变
Disposing (处理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste disposal problem becomes ___ (1)___ (increase) difficult. During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot ___ (2)___ a dump site (垃圾场). People ___ (3)___ (transport) household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Regularly some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The ___ (4)___ (pleasant) sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories, mills (制造厂), and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted ___ (5)___ (remaining) into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem. Several facts make these choices ___ (6)___ (accept) to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, ___ (7)___ are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. The land is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. A long distance dump has been a common practice, ___ (8)___ once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is nonexistent. ___ (9)___ (aware) of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow. ___ (10)___ (recycle) efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city’s reusable waste.
语篇三 海水淡水混合灌溉种植技术
Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water ___ (1)___ (use) on coastal farms. As a result, farmers are ___ (2)___ (gradual) unable to use fields close to the sea. However, Marc Van Rijsselberg, a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a ___ (3)___ (mix) of sea and fresh water ___ (4)___ (grow) healthy and tasty vegetables. He teamed up with scientists from the Free University and divided a farm ___ (5)___ eight areas. Separate pipes pumped fresh and sea water, and a computer program created water with eight levels of salinity (含盐度). The water levels and the levels of salinity were ___ (6)___ (control) by computerized measuring devices called “sensors”. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said he was able to harvest vegetables from most of the eight testing areas. He said the vegetables were smaller than ___ (7)___ grown in fresh water. But he said they also had more sugar and salt, so they tasted much ___ (8)___ (good). He found that potatoes grew better than the other vegetables in the combination of sea and fresh water. Mr.Van Rijsselberg said four kinds of these potatoes would be sent to Pakistan ___ (9)___ thousands of hectares of land ___ (10)___ (damage) by salinization last year.
语篇四 面包虫降解泡沫塑料治污染
Styrofoam is a plastic with a bad reputation. It cannot be recycled ___ (1)___ releasing dangerous pollution into the air. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is the fifth largest creator of dangerous waste. Scientists from the U.S. and China ___ (2)___ (discover) that meal worms can digest plastic in recent years. One meal worm can digest a pill-sized amount of plastic a day. Study co-author Wei Min Wu says that in 24 hours, the plastic ___ (3)___ (turn) into carbon dioxide. Are the worms hurt by ___ (4)___ (eat) plastic The study found that worms eating Styrofoam were as ___ (5)___ (health) as worms eating bran (糠). Styrofoam is a light-weight material, about 95 percent air, with very good insulation properties (绝缘性), according to Earthsource.org. It is used in products from ___ (6)___ (cup) that keep your drinks hot or cold to packaging material ___ (7)___ protects items during shipping. "Solving ___ (8)___ problem of plastic pollution is important. Landfill space is becoming limited." says Wu, a Stanford University environmental engineering instructor. About 33-million tons of plastic are thrown away in the United States every year. Plastic plates, cups and containers take ___ (9)___ 25 percent to 30 percent of space in America's landfills. One Styrofoam cup takes more than 1 million years ___ (10)___ (recycle) in a landfill, according to Cleveland State University.
语篇五 北极北极熊生存危机
Polar bears live in such environment that is too cold for most animals. For much of the year, they live and hunt on the ___ (1)___ (freeze) Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared them for the cold conditions but nothing has prepared them for the danger ___ (2)___ threatens (威胁) their only home. The polar bears' world is melting. Polar bears ___ (3)___ (suffer) in a warmer world are in danger. Studies show that the polar ice ___ (4)___ (reduce) by 9.8% every 10 years since 1,978. At present, about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live in the Arctic. Polar bears depend on the sea ice for their ___ (5)___ (survive). "The sea ice is more than just the platform that the bears walk ___ (6)___," says Andrew Derocher, who studies North American polar bear populations. "Without ___ (7)___, they can't exist." Some melting and refreezing of the polar ice is natural. But in a ___ (8)___ (warm) world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt. ___ (9)___ (normal), they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight and the extra fat is used later, ___ (10)___ the bears are not actively hunting. Therefore, it is urgent to protect the environment and maintain the ecological balance.
语篇六 图瓦卢海平面上升国土淹没危机
Tuvalu, a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, has asked for help ___ (1)___ it fears it will be swallowed up by the sea. Storms and huge waves are a constant threat and ___ (2)___ of Tuvalu's nine little islands is more than five metres above sea level. Salt water is already entering the country's drinking water supply, ___ (3)___ damaging plants that produce fruit and vegetables. But Tuvalu is not the first place ___ (4)___ (face) sinking into the sea. Venice, a historic city in Italy best known for its canals, has sunk about 24 cm over the past 100 years. Experts say that it ___ (5)___ (sink) another 20—50 cm by 2050. A century ago, St. Marks Square, the ___ (6)___ (low) point in the city, flooded about nine times a year. Nowadays, it happens more than 100 times a year. While Venice is slowly sinking into the mud on ___ (7)___ it stands, Tuvalu's rising sea level is caused by global warming. The average global temperature ___ (8)___ (increase) by almost 0.5 centigrade degrees over the past century. Warmer weather makes glaciers (冰川) melt, adding more water to the ocean. The main cause of global warming is human pollution. Through burning coal and oil people have been increasing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, making the planet even warmer. Many scientists believe that, if the warming ___ (9)___ (not stop), there will be huge climate changes. The sea level could rise by one metre this century. Should this come true, the sea would swallow up millions of homes and the world would be flooded with "climate refugees" ___ (10)___ (look) for somewhere to live.
语篇七 环保与经济发展电视辩论
Lin Shuiqing, a spokeswoman from the Green Society,and Qianliwei, a business development consultant, are taking part in a television debate on the environment. According to Lin Shuiqing, chemical waste ___ (1)___ (do)great harm to the environment, making people sick and killing many plants, animals and river and sea life. Much sea life is being destroyed by fishing boats as well. These boats catch lots of fish, ___ (2)___ (give) them little time to lay eggs. Besides, more land and food are needed due to ___ (3)___ increase in population. She suggests that we should think more about recycling our waste, ___ (4)___ can bring us such benefits as protecting the environment, increasing ___ (5)___ (employ)and developing our country. Qian Liwei points out that people often connect factories with pollution and greedy businessmen, but in fact, many of them take action ___ (6)___ (protect) the environment. He thinks a healthy environment and economic development can exist ___ (7)___ the same time. In his opinion, reducing the quantity of things we produce can lead to some people ___ (8)___ (lose) their jobs. He agrees that we should recycle more. And ___ (9)___ we need are better laws to preserve the environment and still allow our country to grow, though they may cause the prices of some things to rise. Besides, higher taxes should ___ (10)___ (pay) by those factories which pollute the environment.
语篇八 海洋塑料回收修建环保道路
Plastic is a huge problem for our planet． It is really ___ (1)___ （ challenge） to get rid of and a lot of it ends up in nature or in the ocean in particular． There， it is a threat ___ (2)___ our animals and plants． Now a company from the Netherlands， a small country in western Europe， says that it will use plastic ___ (3)___ （ find） in the ocean to build roads． Volker Wessels ___ (4)___ （turn） the plastic into building blocks for the roads． They will be like puzzle pieces ___ (5)___ fit into each other． Not only will this be good for the environment，but also it will be good for the people who look after roads． If a part of the road ___ (6)___ （damage），it will be easy to remove it and replace it with another piece． The company says that nearly any type of plastic can be used ___ (7)___ （make） the road pieces． Scientists ___ (8)___ （work） on the project say that they are in the final stages of testing the materials for ___ (9)___ （safe）．They say that the first road built will be ___ (10)___ bicycle path somewhere in the Netherlands．
语篇九 间隔年环球低碳环保旅行
For Nigel Portman, a love of traveling began with what's called a "gap year"．In common with many other British teenagers,he chose ___ (1)___ (take) a year out before settling down to study for his degree．After doing various ___ (2)___(job) to raise some money,he left home to gain some experience of life in different cultures,visiting America and Asia．The more adventurous the young person,the ___ (3)___(great) the challenge they are likely to set ___ (4)___ (them) for the gap year,and for some,like Nigel,it can result in a thirst for adventure． Now that his university course ___ (5)___ (come) to an end, Nigel is just about to leave on a three-year trip that will take him right around the world．What's more,he plans to make the whole journey ___ (6)___ (use) only means of transport which are powered by natural energy．In other words,he'll be relying ___ (7)___ (main) on bicycles and his own legs; and when there's an ocean to cross,he won't be taking a shortcut (捷径) ___ (8)___ flying aboard — he'll be joining the crew of a sailing ship,instead． As well as doing some mountain climbing along ___ (9)___ way,Nigel hopes to pass on to the people he meets the environmental message ___ (10)___ lies behind the whole idea．答 案
语篇一 乞力马扎罗雪山消融危机
1. to witness
2. They
3. attraction
4. formed
5. are disappearing
6. but
7. to
8. covering
9. healthy
10. has been
语篇二 城市垃圾处理困境演变
1. increasingly
2. as
3. transported
4. unpleasant
5. remains
6. unacceptable
7. which
8. but
9. Awareness
10. Recycling
语篇三 海水淡水混合灌溉种植技术
1. used
2.gradually
3. mixture
4. to grow
5. into
6. controlled
7. those
8. better
9. where
10. was damaged
语篇四 面包虫降解泡沫塑料治污染
1. without
2.have discovered
3. is turned
4. eating
5.healthy
6. cups
7. that/which
8. the
9. up
10. to recycle
语篇五 北极北极熊生存危机
1. frozen
2. that/which
3. suffering
4. has reduced
5. survival
6. on
7. it
8. warmer
9. Normally
10. when
语篇六 图瓦卢海平面上升国土淹没危机
1. because/as
2. none
3. and
4. to face
5. will sink
6. lowest
7. which
8. has increased
9. is not stopped
10. looking
语篇七 环保与经济发展电视辩论
1. does
2. giving
3. the
4. which
5. employment
6. to protect
7. at
8. losing
9. what
10. be paid
语篇八 海洋塑料回收修建环保道路
1. challenging
2. to
3. found
4. will turn
5. that/which
6. is damaged
7. to make
8. working
9. safety
10. a
语篇九 间隔年环球低碳环保旅行
1. to take
2. jobs
3. greater
4. themselves
5. has come 解
6. using
7. mainly
8. by
9. the
10. that/which

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