Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further   1  by industry. If the rapid increase of world continues at the present rate, there may be much greater to human beings. Some scientists of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution(人口公害)”.
About 2, 000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It  5 a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billion. It is  6 to double by the year 2020. If the population  7  to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the 8   a hundred years from now.
Man has been 9   the earth’s resources more and more 10   over the past years. Some of them are almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s 11   problem is how to control the 12   of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to  13  the human population if the present rate of increase continues. There is already over-crowding(過(guò)分擁擠)in many cities and  14  in some countries. Many people believe that human survival(生存) in the future  15  on the answer to the question.
小題1:
A.progressB.pollutionC.educationD.production
小題2:
A.a(chǎn)gricultureB.industryC.environmentD.population
小題3:
A.dangerB.harm C.benefitD.hardship
小題4:
A.dreamB.a(chǎn)pproveC.ridD.speak
小題5:
A.gotB.took C.broughtD.reached
小題6:
A.suggestedB.hopedC.expectedD.said
小題7:
A.continuesB.fails C.triesD.means
小題8:
A.worldB.countryC.starD.end
小題9:
A.discoveringB.usingC.diggingD.destroying
小題10:
A.seriouslyB.dangerouslyC.rapidlyD.steadily
小題11:
A.greatestB.easiestC.lightestD.simplest
小題12:
A.existenceB.startC.growthD.birth
小題13:
A.increaseB.decreaseC.reportD.support
小題14:
A.discussionB.starvationC.constructionD.a(chǎn)rgument
小題15:
A.dependsB.a(chǎn)greesC.savesD.passes

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:D
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:A

試題分析:本文講述的是世界人口增加對(duì)環(huán)境的巨大影響,這也是環(huán)境問(wèn)題的最根本的原因。
小題1:B 名詞辨析。A進(jìn)步B污染C教育D生產(chǎn);滿足這些人的需要又導(dǎo)致了更多的污染。
小題2:D 名詞辨析。A農(nóng)業(yè)B工業(yè)C環(huán)境D人口;如果世界人口按照這個(gè)速度迅速增長(zhǎng)…
小題3:B 名詞辨析。A危險(xiǎn)B傷害C好處D困難;對(duì)人類會(huì)有更大的危害。
小題4:D 固定短語(yǔ)。Speak of…as…把…當(dāng)做…;很多專家都把人口的增加當(dāng)做了人口的污染.
小題5:D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A得到B拿走C帶來(lái)D達(dá)到;在1850年人口達(dá)到了10億。
小題6:C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A建議B希望C預(yù)料D說(shuō);人們預(yù)料到2020年,人口還要翻倍。
小題7:A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A繼續(xù)B失敗C嘗試D意味著;如果人口繼續(xù)以現(xiàn)在的速度增加。。。
小題8:A 名詞辨析。A世界B國(guó)家C星星D結(jié)束;100年后的世界人口會(huì)有150億。
小題9:B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A發(fā)現(xiàn)B使用C挖D毀壞;人類正在越來(lái)越快地使用自然的資源。
小題10:C 副詞辨析。A嚴(yán)肅地B危險(xiǎn)地C迅速地D穩(wěn)定地;人類正越來(lái)越快地使用自然的資源。
小題11:A 形容詞辨析。A最大B最容易C最輕D最簡(jiǎn)單;人類最大的問(wèn)題是如何控制人口增加。
小題12:C 名詞辨析。A存在B開(kāi)始C增加D出生;人類最大的問(wèn)題是如何控制人口增加。
小題13:D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A增加B減少C報(bào)告D支持;地球上的資源遠(yuǎn)不能養(yǎng)活地球上的人口。
小題14:B 名詞辨析,A討論B饑餓C建設(shè)D爭(zhēng)論;在一些城市里已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了擁堵,在一些國(guó)家已經(jīng)出來(lái)饑荒。
小題15:A 固定詞組。Depend on…依靠;很多人都認(rèn)為人類的未來(lái)是依靠這個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案。
點(diǎn)評(píng):本文講述的是世界人口增加對(duì)環(huán)境的巨大影響,從本文來(lái)看,考生應(yīng)該從時(shí)態(tài)、語(yǔ)態(tài)、語(yǔ)氣、名詞的數(shù)等各個(gè)角度分析所填內(nèi)容是否與上下文一致,從而排除一些備選答案,縮小選擇范圍;分析空白處與前后詞之間的語(yǔ)義關(guān)聯(lián)、搭配關(guān)系。
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