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    NASA scientists have found evidence of flowing water on Mars. This opens up the possibility of___ and wonders we can’t begin to imagine. The____undoubtedly is an astonishing achievement.

We may be excited by the thought of living things on another ______, but we seem to have lost _______in our own. In the past four decades, the world has____50% of its vertebrate( )wildlife. But across the latter half of this period, there has been a steep___ in media coverage (报道)of the subject.

Think of what would change if we valued_____ on the earth as much as we value the possibility water  on Mars._____ 3% of the water on this planet is fresh and of that, two-thirds is frozen. Yet we lay waste to  the ___part. Sixty percent of the water used in farming is____by careless irrigation. Rivers, lakes and aquifers ( )are sucked dry, while what remains is often so bad that it____the lives of those who drink it. As for salty water, which so______us  when apparently detected on Mars, however,  on Earth,  we express our___ by destroying it. A new report suggests fish numbers have  halved since  1970. Coral  reefs are under such___ that most could be gone by 2050.

A couple of weeks ago, I launched a column focusing on extreme consumption, and___ suggestions. They have flooded in. Here are just a few of the _____:wigs(假发)for babies, to allow “baby girls with little or no ___at all the opportunity to have a beautifully realistic hair style”; The iPotty, which _____little  children to keep playing while toilet training; a smartphone for dogs to take pictures of themselves....

As clever new ways of wasting stuff are continually___ , we become more and more used to the___ consumption of the world’s precious resources. Isn’t it time for us to have second thoughts about our lifestyle?

1.A.peace B.trust C.life D.danger

2.A.appearance B.discovery C.performance D.operation

3.A.planet B.stage C.level D.island

4.A.courage B.hope C.pride D.interest

5.A.spread B.lost C.ignored D.found

6.A.climb B.turn C.increase D.decline

7.A.water B.plants C.animals D.air

8.A.Often B.Only C.Even D.Last

9.A.private B.public C.unclear D.accessible

10.A.checked B.chosen C.wasted D.polluted

11.A.saves B.threatens C.enriches D.changes

12.A.interests B.satisfies C.frightens D.terrifies

13.A.complaint B.doubt C.appreciation D.surprise

14.A.pressure B.control C.guidance D.attention

15.A.made B.considered C.invited D.followed

16.A.benefits B.reasons C.features D.products

17.A.time B.hair C.help D.knowledge

18.A.allows B.promises C.persuades D.advises

19.A.criticized B.reported C.replaced D.created

20.A.expensive B.limited C.pointless D.stable

 

1.C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C 11.B 12.A 13.C 14.A 15.C 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.D 20.C 【解析】 这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了人类对于地球上宝贵资源的浪费现象:人类对另一个星球上的生物感到兴奋,但似乎对地球上的生物的关注越来越少;人类不珍惜地球上水资源,造成浪费;人们不断做出新型的充满智慧的发明创造,进行毫无意义的资源浪费。最后作者呼吁人类要珍惜资源,重建对环境友好的生活方式。 1.考查名词辨析。句意:这开启了生命的可能性以及我们无法想象的奇迹的可能性。A. peace和平;B. trust信任;C. life生命;D. danger危险。由上文“NASA scientists have found evidence of flowing water on Mars.”可知在火星上发现了流动的水,这是生命可能存在的迹象,故选C项。 2.考查名词辨析。句意:这一发现无疑是一项惊人的成就。A. appearance外观;B. discovery发现;C. performance性能;D. operation操作。由上文“NASA scientists have found evidence of flowing water on Mars.”可知这是美国宇航局科学家的发现。故选B项。 3.考查名词辨析。句意:我们可能对另一个星球上的生物感到兴奋,但我们似乎对自己星球上的生物失去了兴趣。A. planet星球;B. stage舞台;C. level级别;D. island岛屿。由文章第一句中的“on Mars”可知,是另一个星球。故选A项。 4.考查名词辨析。句意:我们可能对另一个星球上的生物感到兴奋,但我们似乎对自己星球上的生物失去了兴趣。A. courage勇气;B. hope希望;C. pride骄傲;D. interest兴趣。由上文“We may be excited by”可知我们对于另一个星球的生物很兴奋并感兴趣,句中“but”意为转折,根据语境感情色彩可判断出所填空是“兴趣”。故选D项。 5.考查动词辨析。句意:在过去的四十年里,地球失去了50%的脊椎动物。A. spread散开;B. lost丢失;C. ignored忽略;D. found找到。此段第一句主题句提到人们对于另一个星球的生物感兴趣但对于自己的地球却不关注,由此可判断由于人们的忽视,导致地球上生物的丧失。故选B项。 6.考查动词辨析。句意:但在这一时期的后半期,媒体对这一主题的报道急剧下降。A. climb爬;B. turn转向;C. increase增加;D. decline下降。此段第一句主题句提到人们对于另一个星球的生物感兴趣但对于自己的地球却不关注,由此可判断媒体对此的报道数量是下降的。故选D项。 7.考查名词辨析。句意:想想看,如果我们一样重视地球上的水和火星上的水,会发生什么变化。A. water水;B. plants植物;C. animals动物;D. air空气。由此句的后半句“as much as we value the possibility water on Mars.”可知此句的对比事物是地球上的水和火星上的水,故选A项。 8.考查副词辨析。句意:地球上只有3%的水是淡水,其中三分之二是冰冻的。A. Often经常;B. Only仅仅;C. Even甚至;D. Last最后。由“3% of the water on this planet”可知此句的感情色彩是想说明地球上淡水资源只有百分之三,说明数量之少。故选B项。 9.考查形容词辨析。句意:然而我们还毁坏可利用的部分水资源。A. private私人的;B. public公众的;C. unclear不清楚的;D. accessible可利用的。联系上下文,由下一句“Sixty percent of the water used in farming is ___10___by careless irrigation”可知讨论的是用于农业灌溉的水被人们浪费,因此此句想表达的是人们对于“可利用的水”的浪费。故选D项。 10.考查动词辨析。句意:农业用水的百分之六十被随意的灌溉方式浪费了。A. checked检查;B. chosen选择;C. wasted浪费;D. polluted污染。由上一句中的“lay waste to”可知这两句围绕水资源的浪费进行论述。故选C项。 11.考查动词辨析。句意:河流、湖泊和地下蓄水层被吸干,而剩下的往往是如此糟糕,以至于威胁到饮用者的生命。A. saves救;B. threatens威胁;C. enriches使丰富;D. changes改变。由此句中的“what remains is often so bad”可知余下的水是不好的,按照逻辑可推理出不好的水威胁着人们的生命健康。故选B项。 12.考查动词辨析。句意:至于咸水,当在火星上被发现时,我们很感兴趣,然而,在地球上,我们通过破坏咸水来表达我们的欣赏之情。A. interests引起兴趣;B. satisfies使满意;C. frightens使惊吓;D. terrifies使害怕。由句中的“when apparently detected on Mars”及上文“We may be excited by the thought of living things on another ___3___, ”可知所填空是问在火星上发现咸水时人们的态度,人们对于火星上发现水是感兴趣的,因此故选A项。 13.考查名词辨析。句意:至于咸水,当在火星上被发现时,我们很感兴趣,然而,在地球上,我们通过破坏咸水来表达我们的欣赏之情。A. complaint投诉;B. doubt怀疑;C. appreciation欣赏;D. surprise惊讶。“however”作为转折,同样是表达对咸水的欣赏,但是对于火星上的咸水和地球上的咸水表达方式不同。interests和appreciation为含有相似感情色彩的词,故选C项。 14.考查名词辨析。句意:珊瑚礁承受着巨大的压力,到2050年大部分珊瑚礁可能会消失。A. pressure压力;B. control控制;C. guidance引导;D. attention注意。由此句后半句“most could be gone by 2050”可判断出此空是珊瑚礁承受着巨大的压力。故选A项。 15.考查动词辨析。句意:几周前,我推出了一个关于极端消费的专栏,并请别人提些建议。A. made使;B. considered考虑;C. invited邀请;D. followed跟随。由下文“They have flooded in.”可知这些意见纷纷到来,可判断出此句是我邀请别人给我提建议,故选C项。 16.考查名词辨析。句意:有以下几款产品。A. benefits利益;B. reasons原因;C. features特征;D. products产品。由下文举出的例子“wigs for babies;The iPotty;a smartphone”可判断出这是人们举出的产品例子。故选D项。 17.考查名词辨析。句意:婴儿假发让“头发很少或根本没有头发的女婴有机会拥有一个美丽逼真的发型”。A. time时间;B. hair头发;C. help帮助;D. knowledge知识。由此句后半句“the opportunity to have a beautifully realistic hair style”可判断出此句在讨论hair头发。故选B项。 18.考查动词辨析。句意:iPotty让小孩子在如厕训练时继续玩耍。A. allows允许;B. promises许诺;C. persuades劝说;D. advises建议。由上一小题所在句中的“to allow ...”可知这些产品能够允许什么人做什么事情,此句和上句由分号连接,以此类推,所填空前后也是由“允许”来衔接。故选A项。 19.考查动词辨析。句意:随着人们不断地创造出新型有智慧的浪费方式,我们越来越习惯于毫无意义地消耗世界上宝贵的资源。A. criticized批评;B. reported报道;C. replaced替代;D. created创造。由上一段中提到的各种被人们创造出来的新型产品,可判断出此空填“创造”符合上下文语境,故选D项。 20.
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