Question

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。

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. A half-century ago, activists  1.(walk) to the street to speak out for the protection of the planet in  2.(respond) to one of the worst oil spills (原油泄漏) in history. These activists inspired important changes in how our society views the environment, 3.(lead) to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. But protecting the earth is also a social justice issue. People of color and poor people are often the first  4. (suffer) from the climate change, because they live near highways, factories, or garbage dumps,  5. there are more pollutants, for example, and they may not be able to afford fresh green foods.

But you don’t have to be an activist to make  6.difference—in fact there are many tiny everyday  7.(effort) you can make to help the planet. The environmental movement didn’t start with Earth Day and indigenous people (原住民) protecting the earth as 8.(they) way of life were the pioneers. I wish that everyone would see the  climate crisis this way and take it  9. (serious) as well. It isn’t just polar bears and plastic bags 10.an issue that will determine the future of life. So, actually, every day is Earth Day.

Answer

1.walked

2.response

3.leading

4.to suffer

5.where

6.a

7.efforts

8.their

9.seriously

10.but

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章通过描写地球日来引出保护地球的话题，号召人们每天做出努力来保护地球。

1.

考查动词时态。句意：半个世纪前，为了应对历史上最严重的一次石油泄漏，环保人士走上街头，呼吁保护地球。分析句子可知，空中的词为谓语动词，根据时间状语A half-century ago可知应用一般过去时，故填walked。

2.

考查固定搭配。句意：同上。短语in response to为固定搭配，意为“响应，应对”，根据句意，故填response。

3.

考查现在分词。句意：这些积极分子促使我们的社会对环境的看法发生了重大变化，导致了环境保护局的成立。分析句子可知，空中的词在句中作结果状语，和修饰语之间为主动关系，应用现在分词，故填leading。

4.

考查不定式。句意：有色人种和穷人往往最先受到气候变化的影响，因为他们住在高速公路、工厂或垃圾场附近，那里的污染物更多，他们可能买不起新鲜的绿色食品。分析句子可知，空中的词在句中作定语，修饰first，表“将要”，应用不定式，故填to suffer。

5.

考查定语从句的关系词。句意：同上。分析句子可知，___5___ there are more pollutants, for example, and they may not be able to afford fresh green foods为非限制性定语从句，关系词修饰前面的地点，在从句中作状语，故填where。

6.

考查固定搭配。句意：但你不必成为一个环保人士来做出改变——事实上，你每天可以做很多微小的努力来帮助这个星球。短语make a difference是固定搭配，意为 “发生差别，有影响”，根据句意及difference是以辅音音素开头，故填a。

7.

考查名词。句意：同上。分析句子可知，空中的词作表语，并且有many修饰，应用名词复数，所以effort应加s，故填efforts。

8.

考查代词。分析句子可知，空中的词用来修饰名词，应用they的形容词性物主代词，故填their。

9.

考查副词。句意：我希望每个人都能这样看待气候危机，并认真对待它。分析句子可知，空中的词用来修饰动词take，应用副词形式，故填seriously。

10.

考查固定搭配。句意：这不仅仅是关于北极熊和塑料袋，而是一个将决定生命未来的问题。not …but意为“不是……而是……”，but表示转折；but前后通常使用平行的结构，即上述并列结构，根据句意，故填but。