完形填空 Most of us have three meals a day. We take food for granted. And we don't think about it. 【C1】______experts argue a food crisis is coming. This crisis is going to make us【C2】______the way we think about food.
Food is in great need【C3】______a growing of world population. By 1960, the population was three billion. It doubled to six billion by 1999. By 2050, this planet will need to【C4】______at least nine billion people. As a result, the food prices get higher and higher.
So, what can a【C5】______, crowed world do? One suggestion is to eat【C6】______meat. Meat uses more natural resources than grains. It requires more【C7】______to produce one pound of meat than to produce one pound of grain. It also requires between 5 and 10 times more【C8】______than vegetables. So, eating less meat will【C9】______more land for farming, and it will save water.
To eat less meat, people will need to change their eating habits. That will not be【C10】______Americans, for example, have【C11】______loved meat. In general, they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries. At the same time, in developing countries like China and Brazil, sales of meat have doubled in the last 20 years.【C12】______will double again by 2050. Growing need of meat will【C13】______to put pressure on natural resources.
World population is increasing, resources are becoming fewer, and food prices are rising. Therefore, we need to rethink【C14】______we eat every day. For meat lovers, we don't need to give up meat【C15】______. But we need to eat more grains and less meat.
单选题 22.【C1】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】分析空格前后的句意“我们并不把吃食物放在心上”“专家认为人们将面临食物危机”。句意发生转折,故选B。
单选题 23.【C2】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】change the way we think about food“改变我们对食物的看法”。
单选题 24.【C3】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】instead of“而不是,代替”;thanks to“幸亏”;because of“因为,由于”;as for“至于,关于”。句意:由于世界人口的增长,食物的需求量很大。
单选题 25.【C4】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文章一直讲“food”,因此此处指地球将需要养育至少90亿人口,故选C。
单选题 26.【C5】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据前段意思可知,上文主要说了两个问题:人口众多,食物短缺。所以这里应是承接上文的内容指一个饥饿的世界。故选D。
单选题 27.【C6】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】结合语境和下文中的“eating less meat”可知,人口增多必定引起食物的减少,因此建议少吃肉,故选A。
单选题 28.【C7】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】结合下文中的“more land for farming”可知,此处指生产一磅的肉比生产一磅谷物需要更多的土地,故选B。
单选题 29.【C8】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】结合下文中的“it will save water”可知,此处指肉比蔬菜需要多5一10倍的水,故选D。
单选题 30.【C9】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】provide…for为固定用法,意为“为……提供”。句意:少吃肉将给农业提供更多土地,并节省更多水。
单选题 31.【C10】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由下文的举例可知,此处指很难让人们少吃肉,故选C。
单选题 32.【C11】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】由下文的“they eat twice as much meat as people in other countries”可知,美国人很爱吃肉,故选D。
单选题 33.【C12】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】分析可知两个句子的主语是sales of meat,是复数名词短语,所以用they来指代。
单选题 34.【C13】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】句意:对肉的需求的上升将继续对自然资源产生压力。
单选题 35.【C14】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】what引导宾语从句,并在从句中作宾语。句意:我们需要重新考虑我们每天吃什么。
单选题 36.【C15】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】quickly“迅速地”;completely“完全地,彻底地”;finally“最后,终于”;especially“尤其”。由下一句话中的“eat more grains and less meat”可知,此处指我们不需要完全放弃吃肉。