题目内容
16.Section ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The Paris agreement to fight climate change became international law Friday.The landmark deal aims to deal with global warming among growing (41)B that the world is becoming hotter even faster than scientists expected.
So far,96 countries,accounting for just over two-thirds of the world's greenhouse gas emissions,have formally joined the agreement,which (42)A to limit global warming this century to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above what it was before machines and (43)D appeared in the late 1700s.The United States (44)A entered into the agreement in September,and more countries are expected to come aboard in the coming weeks and months.
United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon celebrated the event,talking with nongovernmental groups at U.N.headquarters in New York to hear their concerns and (45)C for the future.
"This is an emotional moment for me.It is a credit to all of you.And it is (46)B for the world,"Ban said in his opening remarks.
He praised the (47)B for getting hundreds of millions of people to back fighting climate change but (48)C the outcome remained uncertain.
"We are still in a race (49)A time.We need to move on to a low-emission and climate-sustainable future,"Ban added.
Scientists praised the speed at which the agreement,signed by 192 parties last December in Paris,has come into force,saying it shows a new commitment by the international community to (50)C a problem that is melting polar ice caps,sending sea levels (51)Band transforming vast areas into desert.
"(52)D the real effect of the agreement after it goes into effect is still uncertain,it is a simple sign that the international society is much more open to alter economic and political behavior to control climate change,which is (53)D positive,"said Feng Qi,executive director of the School of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Kean University in New Jersey.
Scientists and (54)B say the agreement is the first step of a much longer and complicated process of reducing the use of fossil fuels,which currently (55)C the majority of the planet's energy needs and also are the primary drivers of global warming.
| 41.A.applicants | B.fears | C.observations | D.comments |
| 42.A.seeks | B.allows | C.assumes | D.seizes |
| 43.A.institutions | B.laboratories | C.committees | D.factories |
| 44.A.formally | B.instantly | C.particularly | D.generally |
| 45.A.prejudices | B.approaches | C.visions | D.concepts |
| 46.A.spiritual | B.historic | C.appropriate | D.valueless |
| 47.A.agreements | B.groups | C.headquarters | D.emissions |
| 48.A.apologized | B.denied | C.warned | D.overlooked |
| 49.A.against | B.on | C.for | D.without |
| 50.A.avoid | B.find | C.address | D.ignore |
| 51.A.falling | B.rising | C.disappearing | D.remaining |
| 52.A.Until | B.Since | C.If | D.While |
| 53.A.under no circumstances | B.on the contrary | C.in no case | D.by all means |
| 54.A.officers | B.policymakers | C.employers | D.technicians |
| 55.A.remove | B.preserve | C.supply | D.restore |
分析 本文为社会生活类说明文,文章介绍了巴黎协定;为了控制全球变暖,巴黎协定应运而生;到目前为止已经有96个国家参加,联合国秘书长潘基文和一些民间团体在联合国总部谈论了协定美好的远景,同时警告,最终的结果还不确定;但是不管怎样,这件事说明国际团体愿意改变经济和政治行为以控制温度,这是积极的方面;科学家和政策制定人认为,这仅仅是长期而复杂的减少矿物燃料过程中的第一步.
解答 41-45 BADAC 46-50 BBCAC 51-55 BDDBC
41.答案是B.本题考查语境中选用恰当的名词.A.applicants 申请人B.fears 害怕,担心C.observations 观察D.comments 评论;根据语境,文章探讨的是关于全球变暖的问题,人们越来越"担心"全球变暖,故选B.
42.答案是A.本题考查语境中选用恰当的动词.A.seeks 谋求,寻求B.allows 允许C.assumes 假设D.seizes 抓住;根据语境,协定的意图在于"谋求"控制全球变暖;故选A.
43.答案是D.本题考查语境中选用恰当的名词.A.institutions 机构B.laboratories 实验室C.committees委员会 D.factories 工厂;根据语境和常识可知,在机器和"工厂"是污染环境的最严重的,所以温度控制的目标是与机器和工厂出现之前温度相比较的,故答案是D.
44.答案是A.本题考查语境中选用恰当的副词.A.formally 正式地B.instantly 立即C.particularly 尤其D.generally 一般地;根据句意,美国在9月"正式"参加进来,故选A.
45.答案是C.本题考查语境中选用恰当的名词.A.prejudices偏见 B.approaches 方法C.visions 远景,幻觉D.concepts 概念;根据语境,潘基文和其它非政府团体在谈论未来的"远景",故选C.
46.答案是B.本题考查语境中选用恰当的形容词.A.spiritual 精神上的B.historic 历史性的,有历史意义的C.appropriate 恰当的D.valueless 无价值的;根据语境,潘基文认为这个协定是"有历史意义的",故选B.
47.答案是B.本题考查语境中选用恰当的名词.A.agreements 协定B.groups 群体C.headquarters 总部D.emissions 排放;根据语境可知,潘基文是与一些非政府团体(groups)在探讨这个问题,所以他在表扬"这些团体"所作出的努力,故答案是B.
48.答案是C.本题考查语境中选用恰当的动词.A.apologized 道歉B.denied 否认C.warned 警告D.overlooked 忽视;根据语境,上文谈论的是积极的方面,下文讨论可能的问题,因此潘基文"警告"结果还不确定,故选C.
49.答案是A.本题考查语境中选用恰当的介词.A.against 对立、对抗,对照B.on 在…上,关于,在C.for 未来,因为D.without 没有;a race against time和时间赛跑,故选A.
50.答案是C.本题考查语境中选用恰当的动词.A.avoid 避免B.find 发现C.address 探讨,发表演讲D.ignore忽视;address a problem 探讨问题,故选C.
51.答案是B.本题考查语境中选用恰当的动词.A.falling下降 B.rising 上升C.disappearing消失 D.remaining 仍然;根据语境,温度上升,海平面也会"上升",故选B.
52.答案是D.本题考查语境中选用恰当的连词.A.Until 直到…时候B.Since 自从C.If 如果D.While 虽然;根据语境,"虽然"协议的结果还不确定,但是这表明国际团体愿意改变经济和政治行为以控制温度,故选D.
53.答案是D.本题考查语境中选用恰当的介词短语.A.under no circumstances绝不 B.on the contrary 相反C.in no case绝不 D.by all means无论如何,不管怎么说;根据语境,which指代上文的主句,即"国际团体愿意改变经济和政治行为以控制温度"这件事"不管怎么说"是积极的,故选D.
54.答案是B.本题考查语境中选用恰当的名词.A.officers官员 B.policymakers 政策制定者C.employers 雇主D.technicians 技术人员;根据语境和常识判断,对协议有话语权的是科学家和"政策制定者",故选B.
55.答案是C.本题考查语境中选用恰当的动词.A.remove去除 B.preserve 保护,保存C.supply提供,供应D.restore 恢复;根据语境和常识判断,当前矿物燃料为我们"提供"了绝大多数能源,也是全球变暖的推手,故选C.
点评 选词填空类完形旨在考查考生对英语词汇的把握和在语篇中的综合运用能力、阅读理解能力.解答此类题,首先要浏览所给词汇,对这些词汇的意义、词性有一个初步的了解,然后在通读全文,了解文章大意的基础上进行试填;答完后再通读一篇文章,确保语句通顺,语意连贯.
| A. | The higher; the faster | B. | High; faster | ||
| C. | The more high; the faster | D. | The high; the fast |