Scientists,who found the world's oceans were warming faster than they previously believed,have said their study had errors.The study,published in Nature,found that"(1)____warming is at the high end of previous estimates".The researchers used precise measurements between 1991 and 2016 to estimate ocean(2)____uptake(吸收)over that period.

Since the(3)____of the study,two problems had come to their attention,one of them related to(4)____treating systematic errors in the measurements of oxygen.

"We expect these two corrections will have little(5)____on our calculations of overall heat uptake,but with larger margins of errors,"said a researcher."We are redoing the calculations and(6)____corrections for Nature."

Nature said it was looking into the(7)____."Making sure the accuracy of the scientific record is important to us as publishers and we recognize our(8)____to correct errors in papers that we have published,"a spokesperson said.

The research was published weeks after a report from the United Nations(9)____that humanity has just over 10 years to act to avoid disastrous levels of global warming,urging governments to make"(10)____and far-reaching changes in all aspects of society".

【正确答案】 J
【答案解析】

本题考查名词,根据语法,空处应与warming一起构成主语,又由上一句ocean were warming faster可知,文章的主题是海洋变暖,故选ocean.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

本题考查名词,空处应填estimate的宾语,又由第三段第一句中"overall heat uptake"可知,空处应选heat.

【正确答案】 H
【答案解析】

本题考查名词,根据语法,the(定冠词)后应填名词,文章大意:自该研究以来,有两个问题引起了他们的注意,因此publicatior更加符合语境,故选H.

【正确答案】 M
【答案解析】

本题考查副词,根据"one of them related to sth."可知,后接名词或动名词,而treating systematic errors动名词已经存在,因此此处缺少一个副词修饰,再由前面的problem可知,空处应选incorrectly.

【正确答案】 E
【答案解析】

本题考查固定搭配,前有have后有on,选择effect构成固定搭配have little effect on“对...影响不大",故选E符合题意,

【正确答案】 K
【答案解析】

本题考查固定搭配,根据语法and表示前后并列关系,再由redoing可知,and后面也是一个doing形式,且后方还有for,构成prepare...for,固定搭配,故本题选K。

【正确答案】 G
【答案解析】

本题考查名词,根据语法,定冠词the后加名词,又由前方looking into(调查)与后方提到了出版的论文里的问题可知,选择matter(问题,事件)。

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

本题考查名词,根据语法可知,句中we recognize our后应填名词,题干大意:我们需要承认自己的。故选responsibility“责任”。

【正确答案】 I
【答案解析】

本题考查动词,根据语法,空后是that从句,空前缺少动词,因此空处为动词做谓语,又由was判断此句为过去时态,hoped"希望"不符合,warned"警告"符合句意。故选I.

【正确答案】 O
【答案解析】

本题考查形容词,根据语法,and前后应连接两个形容词,又由前文说催促政府,因此rapid“快速的”更符合题意,这里表示“快速且深远的变革”。故选O.