Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞語(yǔ)完成短文）

The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it ________ our kids.

Al Gore famously described how a sea-level rise of 20 feet would almost completely flood

Florida, New York, Holland, and Shanghai, even though the United Nations says that such a thing will not even happen, estimating that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.

When faced with these exaggerations (夸大), some of us say that they are for a good cause, and surely there is no harm done if the result is that we focus even more on tacking climate change.

This argument is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying excessively about global warming means that we worry less about other things, where we could do so much more good. We focus, ________, on global warming’s impact on malaria (瘧疾)—which will put slightly more people at ________ in 100 years—instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.

Exaggeration also wears out the public’s ________ to cope with global warming. If the planet is certain to be destroyed owing to global warming, people wonder, why do anything? A record 54% of American voters now believe the news media make global warming appear worse than it really is. A majority of people now believe –incorrectly – that global warming is not even caused by humans.

But the ________ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes – particularly among children. An article in The Washington Post cited nine-year-old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal extinction from global warming.

The newspaper also reported that parents are taking over effective outlets for their 8-year-olds’ concern with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that,

related to common belief, the global polar bear population has doubled over the past half-century, to about 22,000. ________ the possible disappearing of summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not become extinct.

【1】A. exhaustsB. depressesC. terrifiesD. exploits

【2】A. for exampleB. in additionC. by contrastD. in short

【3】A. peaceB. leisureC. caseD. risk

【4】A. abilityB. enduranceC. willingnessD. preference

【5】A. smallestB. worstC. fewestD. least

【6】A. DespiteB. BesidesC. WithoutD. Except

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了關(guān)于全球變暖的現(xiàn)象。

【1】句意：在大眾媒體上不斷出現(xiàn)關(guān)于全球變暖的恐怖報(bào)道，使我們不必要地感到害怕。更糟的是，它讓我們的孩子們害怕。

A. exhausts使筋疲力盡；B. depresses使抑郁；使沮喪；C. terrifies 使驚恐；D. exploits利用。根據(jù)上文The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened.可知下文是說(shuō)更糟的使我們孩子驚恐。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【2】句意：例如，我們把重點(diǎn)放在全球變暖對(duì)瘧疾的影響上，這將在100年內(nèi)使更多的人處于危險(xiǎn)之中，而不是用更便宜、更有效的預(yù)防和治療政策來(lái)對(duì)付今天5億瘧疾患者。比減少碳排放還要多。

A. for example例如；B. in addition此外；C. by contrast相比之下； D. in short總之；簡(jiǎn)而言之。根據(jù)下文on global warming’s impact on malaria (瘧疾)—which will put slightly more people at ____3____ in 100 years—instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be可知這里是舉例子。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

【3】句意：例如，我們把重點(diǎn)放在全球變暖對(duì)瘧疾的影響上，這將在100年內(nèi)使更多的人處于危險(xiǎn)之中，而不是用更便宜、更有效的預(yù)防和治療政策來(lái)對(duì)付今天5億瘧疾患者。比減少碳排放還要多。

A. peace和平；B. leisure閑暇；C. case案例，具體情況；D. risk危險(xiǎn)。根據(jù)下文instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.可知這里是說(shuō)處在危險(xiǎn)之中。根據(jù)題意，故選D。

【4】句意：夸大其詞也磨滅了公眾應(yīng)對(duì)全球變暖的意愿。

A. ability能力；B. endurance忍耐力；C. willingness樂(lè)意；D. preference偏愛(ài)；這里是說(shuō)公眾的意愿。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【5】句意：但我相信，夸張的最大代價(jià)是它所引起的不必要的恐慌，尤其是對(duì)兒童而言。

A. smallest最小的；B. worst最差的；C. fewest最少的；D. least最少。根據(jù)下文I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes – particularly among children可知這里是說(shuō)最差的代價(jià)。根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【6】句意：盡管夏季北極冰層可能會(huì)消失，但北極熊不會(huì)滅絕。

A. Despite即使，盡管；B. Besides除了；C. Without沒(méi)有；D. Except除了，排除在外。根據(jù)下文polar bears will not become extinct.可知上文是說(shuō)即使。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

完形填空題與單項(xiàng)選擇題不同，它給出的是一篇意思較為完整的短文。做該題型試題時(shí)，首先應(yīng)跳過(guò)空格通讀全文，以全文為背景，聯(lián)系句子的上下文進(jìn)行推理和判斷，從4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一項(xiàng)進(jìn)行試填。考生可以從詞義用法、固定搭配、邏輯推理和上下文的聯(lián)系等方面去考慮。最后應(yīng)再把全文通覽一遍，細(xì)心檢查所選答案能否使短文上下連貫，前后呼應(yīng)，詞句通順，使短文意思完整。檢查時(shí)還應(yīng)從語(yǔ)法、慣用法、邏輯推理和事情發(fā)生的情節(jié)等方面進(jìn)行考慮，以達(dá)到準(zhǔn)確無(wú)誤之目的。如第6個(gè)小題考查連詞辨析，句意：盡管夏季北極冰層可能會(huì)消失，但北極熊不會(huì)滅絕。A. Despite即使，盡管；B. Besides除了；C. Without沒(méi)有；D. Except除了，排除在外。根據(jù)下文polar bears will not become extinct.可知上文是說(shuō)即使。根據(jù)題意，故選A。