Question

【题目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）

Is the world really going mad? The other day I was sitting in a small restaurant, having a quiet drink and a talk with a few friends when I suddenly noticed that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _______ the whole room was filled with smoke. I asked with an apology for permission to open a window to stop myself _______.

Nowadays air pollution is something that we hardly question any more.

However, I still can’t walk down the streets in any of the big cities without thinking that people are suffering from air pollution. It is time for government departments all over the world to introduce emission controls on all cars and _______ the public transportation system to encourage people to leave their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lessons each morning and it really makes him _______ when he climbs above the smog layer and looks down into it. This kind of pollution results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _______ should be treated properly.

House building, road construction and industrial development are all earthmoving operations and can change the balances of _______ created over millions of years. I would like to see serious studies done on all these main works before they are built.

Also, there should be more national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural states.

【1】A.agoB.afterC.beforeD.now

【2】A.standingB.sittingC.talkingD.dying

【3】A.increaseB.reduceC.improveD.raise

【4】A.sickB.tiredC.foolishD.excited

【5】A.butB.yetC.stillD.and

【6】A.lifeB.mindC.human beingsD.plants

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【解析】

文章大意：作者从餐馆里的吸烟现象引出空气污染问题，认为环境问题应该引起政府部门的重视，而需要动土的工程应该在建造之前就先做研究报告，公园建立时应该保留自己的自然状态。

【1】句意：没多久整个房间都充满了烟雾。

ago以前；B. after在……之后；before在……之前；now现在。根据题干中“It wasn’t long ____”可推出此处用“It wasn’t long before …”表示“不久以后就……”。故选C。

【2】句意：我带着歉意请求允许开窗来使自己免于窒息。

standing站立；sitting坐下；talking谈话；dying死亡。根据上文“It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was filled with smoke.”结合常识可知满屋烟雾会令人窒息死亡，用dying符合题意。故选D。

【3】句意：全世界的政府部门是时候在所有汽车上引进排放控制并改善公共交通系统来鼓励人们把汽车丢在家里了。

increase增长；reduce减少；improve改善；raise提高。根据题干中“to encourage people to leave their cars at home”可推出要想人们不开车，要改善公共交通系统使人们出行更便利。故选C。

【4】句意：我的一个朋友每天早上上飞行课，当他到达烟雾层之上往下看时，真的令他感到恶心。

sick恶心的；tired劳累的；foolish愚蠢的；excited兴奋的。根据下文“This kind of pollution results from the bad management of resources.”可知在讲污染问题，可推出此处说的是在烟雾层上方往下看时，被污染的烟雾层使他觉得恶心。故选A。

【5】句意：废弃物可以而且应该被妥善处理。

but但是；yet已经；still仍然；and而且。根据题干中“can ____ should”可推出此处用并列连词连接两个情态动词，再由题意“废弃物可以____应该被妥善处理”可推出用and符合题意。故选D。

【6】句意：房屋建造、筑路和工业发展都是土方操作，能改变上百万年来创造的生命的平衡。

life生命；mind思想；human beings人类；plants植物。根据题干中“change the balances of ____ created over millions of years”可推出此处是说自然界中所有生命的平衡。故选A。