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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Having ...

阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Having a vegan diet might sound hard. However, in recent years, veganism (纯素食主义) has become one of 1. fastest-growing lifestyle trends in the world.

According to HuffPost, more than 3 million people in the United States are vegans. In the UK, about 542,000 people 2. (choose) veganism over the past decade.

What is driving this 3. (grow) in veganism? It is because people want to protect the environment. Producing meat and dairy products 4. (be) stressful for the environment. According to a study, global meat manufacturing causes about 18 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. This figure is 5. (high) than all the world’s cars, trains and planes combined. Another reason is 6. many of today’s young people believe it’s wrong to kill animals for food.

For many people, veganism 7. (simple) means eating no meat, cheese or eggs, but going animal-free also applies to fashion and manufacturing. Every year more than a billion animals are killed 8. (make) leather products from their skins. Now, many brands are looking for other materials .The sports brand Puma has made shoes out of pineapple leaves. Tesla is said to be removing animal-based leather 9. its seats.

So, if you’re interested in 10. (protect) the environment, you might want to give veganism a try.

 

1.the 2.have chosen 3.growth 4.is 5.higher 6.that 7.simply 8.to make 9.from 10.protecting 【解析】 本文为新闻纯素食主义风已成为世界上生活方式的时尚。人们之所以选择纯素食是想保护环境,另一个原因是许多当今的年轻人认为杀动物为食是错误的。 1.考查冠词。句意:但近年来,纯素食主义成为了全球一种增长趋势最快的生活方式。one of 后面名词是特指,要用定冠词the,故填the。 2.考查现在完成时。句意:据《赫芬顿邮报》报道,美国有超过三百万人都是纯素食主义者。在过去的十年间,英国大约有54.2万人选择了素食。时间状语over the past decade句子要用现在完成时。故填have chosen。 3.考查名词。句意:为何纯素食主义如此受欢迎?空格前有this修饰,与this一起做drive的宾语,要用grow 的名词形式growth。故填growth。 4.考查系动词。句意:生产肉类和奶制品会给环境带来很大压力。本句的主语是动名词,单个的动名词作主语,谓语用单数,而且表一般情况,因此本句要用is,故用is。 5.考查比较级。句意:这一数值比全球所有的汽车、火车、飞机加起来的温室气体排放总量还要高。后面有 than 需要用比较级。故填higher。 6.考查表语从句。句意:另一个原因是,今天的许多年轻人认为为了食物而杀死动物是错误的。分析句子可知,本句是表语从句,表语从句中不缺少成分,只缺少一个引导词,此时要用that 引导表语从句。故填that。 7.考查副词做状语。句意:对于许多人而言,纯素食主义仅仅意味着不吃肉、奶酪或者鸡蛋,但采取无动物成分的做法同样适用于时尚业和制造业。此处用副词做状语。分析句子可知,空格处在句中修饰动词means,修饰动词要用副词,故填simply。 8.考查动词不定式做目的状语。句意:每年有超过10亿只动物被杀,用它们的皮做皮革制品。分析句子可知,空格处在句中做目的状语,英语中一般用动词不定式做目的状语,故填to make。 9.考查固定搭配。句意:美国汽车制造公司特斯拉表示,将不再使用动物皮革制成的座椅。remove...from...为固定搭配,意为“把……从……移除/去掉”。故填from。 10.考查固定搭配。句意:因此,如果你想要保护动物、拯救环境,不妨试一下纯素食主义吧。in是介词后面接 doing。be interested in doing…为固定搭配,意为“对做……感兴趣”,in后要用动词的-ing形式,故填protecting。
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