Question

A report has recently been published about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year  46 .

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a  47 one. The world will be more  48 because the population will continue to grow. The population could be  49 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in  50 countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would  51 have a population of 20 million by then.

Food production will  52 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009,  53 most of the increase would be in countries that  54 produce enough food for their people. Little increase is  55 in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor farming ways are  56 large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is  57 as cities become larger and more houses are built.  58 will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s  59 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their  60  of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only   61  the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by  62 the problems, the picture can be changed. There is  63 time for the nations of the world to  64 a plan of action. But they considered that  65 too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success

1.	A．learning B．instruction C．notice D．study

2.A.pleased    B.pleasant                  C.safe                         C.blue

3.	A．dangerous B．beautiful C．crowded D．terrible

4.	A．no more than B．as many as C．so much as D．as large as

5.	A．developing B．developed C．big D．mountainous

6.	A．none B．each C．no D．neither

7.	A．last B．reduce C．increase D．continue

8.	A．so B．but C．or D．however

9.	A．already B．hardly C．partly D．never

10.	A．wanted B．lacked C．found D．expected

11..

A．destroying

B．protecting

C．bothering

D．interrupting

12.	A．saved B．lost C．discovered D．used

13.	A．Air pollution B．Water pollution C．Some diseases D．All farmland

14.	A．animals B．plants C．forests D．people

15.	A．photo B．picture C．aim D．environment

16.	A．stopped B．continued C．exchanged D．prevented

17..

A．solving

B．working

C．answering

D．dealing

18..

A．no

B．still

C．less

D．lots of

19.	A．give up B．carry C．make D．get off

20.	A．visiting B．suggesting C．spending D．waiting

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

 【解析】

试题分析：

1.D 名词辨析。A学习；B说明；C通知；D研究；这个报告是三年研究结果。

2.B 形容词辨析。A感到高兴的；B令人高兴的；2020年的地球不是一个让人高兴的地球。

3.C上下文串联。根据下文India and Thailand to grow说明人口增加，地球变拥挤。

4..D 固定搭配。用large修饰population。故D正确。

5.A 上下文串联。根据下文India and Thailand，说明是指在发展中国家的城市。

6.B 代词辨析。本题使用each强调印度和泰国的每个城市都有2千万的人口。

7.C 上下文串联。根据下文可知尽管粮食产量在增加，但是仍然不够。

8.B 上下文串联。虽然世界粮食产量增加了，但是都是在那些已经生产出足够粮食的国家。

9..A 副词辨析。A已经；B几乎不；C部分；D从未；句意同53解释。

10.D 动词辨析。A想B缺少C发现D预料；很少有粮食的增加被预料发生在缺粮的国家。

11.A 动词辨析。A毁坏B保护C麻烦D打断；落后的农业生产方式破坏了很多的耕地。

12.B 动词辨析。A救B失去C发现D使用；城市变大和房子被建，导致我们失去了耕地。

13.A 上下文串联。根据下文burn more coal and oil说明产生的是空气污染。

14.C 上下文串联。根据trees are cut down说明因为树木被砍到，森林消失了。

15..B 上下文串联。根据第二段第一行the picture of the earth说明B正确。

16.B 动词辨析。A停止B继续C交换D阻止；指那些专家只是在继续那些破坏行为。

17.A 动词辨析。A解决B工作C回答D处理；通过解决这些问题，情况就会改变。

18.B 副词辨析。A不B仍然C少于D很多；指仍然有时间让人们来制定计划来解决问题。

19..C 固定搭配。Make a plan of…制定…的计划。

20.D 动词辨析。A参观B建议C度过D等待；他们认为等待太久的时间会减少成功的机会。

考点：考查了新闻报告类短文。