Questions 81 to 90 are based on the following passage.
【真题来源:2014年6月大学英语四级真题(第一套)PartⅢ,Section A,第36-45题】
Global warming is a trend toward warmer conditions around the world. Part of the warming is natural; we have experienced a 20,000 -year -long warming as the last ice age ended and the ice(81)________away. However, we have already reached temperatures that are in(82)________with other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural. We are (83)________to a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures(84)________between 1 and 6 over the next 100 years. The warming will be more(85)________in some areas, less in others, and some places may even cool off. Likewise, the(86)________of this warming will be very different depending on where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) and(87)________for humans than these areas are now.
The fact remains, however, that it will likely get warmer, on(88)________, everywhere. Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend. Some scientists(89)________that the changes we are seeing fall within the range of random (无规律的) variation—some years are cold, others warm, and we have just had an unremarkable string of warm years(90)________—but that is becoming an increasingly rare interpretation in the face of continued and increasing warm conditions.
A)appealing
B)average
C)contributing
D)dramatic
E)frequently
F)impact
G)line
H)maintain
I)melted
J)persist
K)ranging
L)recently
M)resolved
N)sensible
O)shock
空前的and提示,本空应填入动词的过去式形式,与ended的词性和时态保持一致,故I)melted和M)resolved入选。空前的the ice和空后的away提示,本空所填词还要能与这二者构成合理的语义搭配,由于M)resolved(分解)通常与into搭配,不与away搭配使用,故排除M)resolved。因此,正确答案为I)melted。melt away意为“融化,溶解”。
空前的in和空后的with提示,本空应填入名词,构成合理的介词词组搭配,在备选项中,符合条件的只有G)line。In line with意为“符合,与……一致”,符合本句的语义。
空前的are和空后的to提示,本空应填入动词的现在分词形式,且该词应能与to搭配使用,故A)appealing和C)contributing入选。由于本句的宾语为a predicted worldwide increase in temperatures,而appeal to意为“呼吁;要求;对……有吸引力”,不符合本句的语义和逻辑,故排除。contribute to意为“促成;是造成……的原因”,用在此处表示“我们将导致可预见的、全球范围内气温的上升”,故正确答案为C)contributing。
分析句子结构可知,between 1℃ and 6℃作后置定语,修饰temperatures,所填词应能与between搭配使用,表示“温度变化的范围”,符合条件的只有K)ranging(变化)。
空前的more提示,本空应填入形容词,故A)appealing,D)dramatic和N)sensible入选。由本句后半部分所说的“一些地方甚至可能变凉爽”,这与句首的warming显然形成了反差,因此,本空应填入能表明这种前后反差的词。符合条件的词为D)dramatic(戏剧性的)。A)appealing意为“吸引人的”,N)sensible意为“明智的”。
空前的the和空后的of提示,本空应填入名词,故B)average,F)impact和O)shock入选。再结合本句后半部分所述的关于warming给coastal areas和Siberia and northern Canada带来的不同后果来看,本空应是表达“影响”或“后果”等意义的词。在备选项中,符合条件的只有F)impact(影响),故为正确答案。
空前的habitable和and提示,本空应填入形容词,且该词在语义上与habitable呼应,表达积极意义。在备选的形容词中,A)appealing(吸引人的)符合本句的语义和逻辑,故为正确答案。
分析句子结构可知,on (43) 在句中充当插入语成分,起补充说明的作用,因此,所填词应为名词,且能与on构成独立和合理的语义搭配,符合条件的只有B)average。on average意为“平均;通常”。
分析句子结构可知,主句中缺少谓语动词,由于主句的主语是Some scientists,因此本空应填入动词原形,故H)maintain,J)persist和D)shock入选。且该动词应为可接that从句的及物动词,在备选项中,persist为不及物动词,shock的宾语一般是人,所以H)maintain(主张)符合条件,故为正确答案。
句子主干完整,因此本空应填入副词,故E)frequently和L)recently入选。frequently表示频度,而recently表示时间,由于句子中使用的是现在完成时态(have just had),因此这里选用表示时间的recently更合适,故正确答案为L)recently。