Question

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。（每空一词)

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.

   Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.

   Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

   We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.

   We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.

What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.

The importance of    1.   the environment
Problems	◆ More fish being caught. ◆ More   2.   being cut down. ◆ More waste products being    3.    into rivers. ◆ More     4.   being born.
Causes	◆ The world is becoming too    5.    . ◆ Modern methods make the situation 6.    .
7.	We human beings will not survive on the earth.
Solutions	◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be    8.   for everyone. ◆ Use modern methods of    9.   control so that the population will not grow too fast. ◆ Educate people so that the    10.   will be better and cleaner.

Answer

1.protecting

2.trees

3.put

4.babies

5.crowded

6.worse

7.Result

8.available

9.birth

10.earth

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了在过去，人们不必担心对环境的保护。因为那时地球上人口稀少，自然资源（资源）似乎是无限的（无限的）。今天不同了，世界已变得过于拥挤。我们正在利用我们的自然资源，在同一时间太快，我们与危险化学品污染我们的环境（化学制品）。如果我们继续这样做，人类将无法生存，总之，保护我们的环境是很重要的。

1.考查动名词。这篇文章只要讲述了保护环境的重要性，The importance of ……的重要性，故答案是protecting.

2.考查名词的复数。环境存在难些问题根据文中We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear是砍倒许多树，可知答案是trees.

3.动词的用法。根据文中We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories描述可知答案是put，put into 把…… 倒进……

4.考查名词的用法。根据短文if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.描述可知是更多的婴儿出生，故答案是babies

5.考查形容。根据短文介绍环境出现这些问题后会造成什么样的后果，一方面是世界变得太拥挤，故答案是crowded。

6.考查形容词比较级。根据短文介绍环境出现这些问题后会造成什么样的后果的另一方面是现在的方法是情况变得更糟，可知答案是worse用bad 的比较级。

7.考查名词的。根据We human beings will not survive on the earth.描述可知造成的结果是人类将无法在地球上生存，故答案是总结性的应填Result

8.考查形容词的用法。根据句意解决的方法之一是人们要吃要少的肉和多吃蔬菜这是很好的效果可知答案是available有效果的。

9.考查名词的用法。根据句意解决的方法之二就是用现代的方法控制人口的增长，可知答案是birth。

10.考查名词的用法。根据句意解决的方法之三就是教育人们这样我的地球才会变得越来越好和干净，可知答案是earth

考点：科普环保类短文阅读。