Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（選擇最恰當?shù)膯卧~或詞組完成短文）

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：作者從餐館里的吸煙現(xiàn)象引出空氣污染問題，認為環(huán)境問題應(yīng)該引起政府部門的重視，而需要動土的工程應(yīng)該在建造之前就先做研究報告，公園建立時應(yīng)該保留自己的自然狀態(tài)。

【1】句意：沒多久整個房間都充滿了煙霧。

ago以前；B. after在……之后；before在……之前；now現(xiàn)在。根據(jù)題干中“It wasn’t long ____”可推出此處用“It wasn’t long before …”表示“不久以后就……”。故選C。

【2】句意：我?guī)е�歉意請求允許開窗來使自己免于窒息。

standing站立；sitting坐下；talking談話；dying死亡。根據(jù)上文“It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was filled with smoke.”結(jié)合常識可知滿屋煙霧會令人窒息死亡，用dying符合題意。故選D。

【3】句意：全世界的政府部門是時候在所有汽車上引進排放控制并改善公共交通系統(tǒng)來鼓勵人們把汽車丟在家里了。

increase增長；reduce減少；improve改善；raise提高。根據(jù)題干中“to encourage people to leave their cars at home”可推出要想人們不開車，要改善公共交通系統(tǒng)使人們出行更便利。故選C。

【4】句意：我的一個朋友每天早上上飛行課，當他到達煙霧層之上往下看時，真的令他感到惡心。

sick惡心的；tired勞累的；foolish愚蠢的；excited興奮的。根據(jù)下文“This kind of pollution results from the bad management of resources.”可知在講污染問題，可推出此處說的是在煙霧層上方往下看時，被污染的煙霧層使他覺得惡心。故選A。

【5】句意：廢棄物可以而且應(yīng)該被妥善處理。

but但是；yet已經(jīng)；still仍然；and而且。根據(jù)題干中“can ____ should”可推出此處用并列連詞連接兩個情態(tài)動詞，再由題意“廢棄物可以____應(yīng)該被妥善處理”可推出用and符合題意。故選D。

【6】句意：房屋建造、筑路和工業(yè)發(fā)展都是土方操作，能改變上百萬年來創(chuàng)造的生命的平衡。

life生命；mind思想；human beings人類；plants植物。根據(jù)題干中“change the balances of ____ created over millions of years”可推出此處是說自然界中所有生命的平衡。故選A。