Throughout history has 1 changed his physical environment in order to improve his 2 of life. With the tools of technology he has 3 many physical features of the earth. He has 4 woodlands and prairies into farms and made lakes and reservoirs 5 of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric 6 . Man has also modified the face of the earth by 7 marshes and cutting through mountains to 8 roads and railways.
However, man’s 9 to the physical environment have not always had beneficial results. Today, 10 of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the 11 . Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles. 12 from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding 13 of the countryside. The pollution of water is equally harmful. The whole ecological 14 of the sea is being changed and 15 wastes have already made many rivers lifeless.
Now 16 protection is more pressing than ever before. As we know, massive destruction of the environment has brought about 17 effects and even poses a great 18 to man’s existence. Indifference to these problems will mean committing suicide. Therefore, effective 19 should be taken and laws passed to 20 the environment. Otherwise, man is certain to suffer from the serious consequences caused by this lack of care for his living surroundings.
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语境搭配题。结合语境并根据本段最后一句可知,此句意为:人类有史以来不断改变自身生存的自然环境以改善生活方式;所以选A。
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语境搭配题。可知此处是指生活的“方式”,所以选B。
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语境搭配题。根据前一句的内容可知,此处所填之词应表示“使……发生改变”,所以选C。句意:他运用技术工具改变了地球的许多自然风貌。
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词语搭配题。结合上下文,这里所填之词是动词的过去分词指“改变”,而且能与into连用。transform意为“改变;改善”,特别是用来指改善的变化,且能与into连用,其用法为transform sb./sth. (from sth.) into sth.;所以答案为B。句意为:他将林地和草原改造成了农田,将河流改造成用于灌溉或水力发电的湖泊和水库。
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习惯搭配题。make out of意为“用……制造;理解”;make sth. from/out of sth.意为“由……制成,用……制造”;所以应选C。
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语境搭配题。这里表达的是目的是灌溉或水力发电,hydroelectric power为常用搭配,意为“水力发电”,所以应选D。
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结构搭配及语境搭配题。根据结构可知,此处所填是个名词或动名词;此句意是:人类还通过给沼泽地排水和开山修建公路和铁路等方式改变了地球的模样。这里应填有“排水,泄水”之义的词;所以选A。
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结构搭配及语境搭配题。根据语境可知此处表示“修建公路和铁路”;所以选B。
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语境搭配题。由句首的However可知,本段与上段意思相对,句意为:但是,人类对自然环境的改变并不总是带来有益结果。所以此处应选C。
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语境搭配题。根据语境,此句意为:如今,空气和水污染日益危害着……的健康。所以此处应填D。
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语境搭配题。结合下一句的句意:每天机动车辆排放出来数千吨的废气;所以此句讲的是:空气和水污染日益危害着“地球/我们的星球”的健康,答案应为A。
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语境搭配题。句意:来自工厂的……污染着工业化地区的空气和附近的乡村的……。结合语境,此处应填smoke,指的是“工厂的烟尘污染”。所以答案为C。
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语境搭配题。这里表达的应是“工厂的烟尘污染着工业化地区和附近乡村地区的空气”;所以答案为B。
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语境搭配题。前一句讲到:水污染同样有害。句意:海洋的整体生态……被改变以及……废料已经使得很多河流里的生物死亡;所以,这里应选C,指如今海洋的整体生态平衡正在受到破坏。
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语境搭配题。此句意是:海洋的整个生态平衡正在受到破坏以及工业废料已经使得很多河流的生物死亡;所以,此处应填形容词A“工业的”。
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语境搭配题。结合语境,此句表达的是:环境保护现在比以往更加迫切。所以,这里应填形容词D。environmental protection为固定搭配,意为“环境保护”。
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语境搭配题。句意:正如我们所知,环境的巨大破坏已带来……的影响,甚至对人类的生存造成巨大的……。结合语境,这里应指“消极影响或负面的影响”,所以答案为B。
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语境搭配题。另外pose a great threat to是常用搭配,意为“对……造成巨大的威胁”。句意:环境的巨大破坏已产生了许多负面的影响,甚至对人类的生存造成巨大的威胁。
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语境搭配题。前一句句意为:无视这些问题就意味着自杀。根据语境,此句句意为:因此,应采取有效的措施,制定一些法律来保护环境。take measures to do sth.意为“采取措施”,本句中采用的是其被动语态,所以选D。
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语境搭配题。此处所填之词应表示“保护”,因此答案可以选B“保护……以防受损或改变”。