成人英语三级考试完形填空模拟试题及答案(8)

成人英语三级考试完形填空模拟试题及答案(8)
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In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___1___.
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year is not a ___2___ one. The world will be more ___3___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___4___ 6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___5___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___6___ have 15 million by then.
Food production will ___7___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, ___8___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___9___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___10___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___11___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___12___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___13___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___14___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year ___15___. They only carried out the situation that ___16___ today. By changing the situation, by ___17___ the problems, the picture
can be changed. There is ___18___ time for the nations of the world to work ___19___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___20___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
1. A. learning B. project C. notice D. study
2. A. pleased B. pleasant C. safe D. blue
3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible
4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as
5. A. developing
B. developed
C. big
D. mountainous
6. A. none B. each C. all D. neither
7. A. insist B. reduce C. increase D. continue
8. A. so B. but C. or D. however
9. A. already B. hardly C. partly D. never
10. A. wanted B. lacked C. found D. expected
11. A. destroying B. protecting C. disturbing D. interrupting
12. A. saved B. lost C. discovered D. used
13. A. Air pollution B. Water pollution C. Some diseases D. All farmland
14. A. animals B. plants C. forests D. people
15. A. must be true B. will come true C. can’t be true D. may be wrong
16. A. happens B. develops C. exists D. appears
17. A. settling B. working out C. answering D. dealing
18. A. no B. still C. less D. plenty of
19. A. about B. in C. out D. for
20. A. working B. suggesting C. spending D. waiting
【答案解析】
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1. D。

从文章来看，孩子们跑来跑去，是高兴、兴奋的表现，所以他们“兴奋地”叫喊着。

2. C。

由句子Maureen stood by the lake可知“他们是朝湖跑了过来”。

3. B。

根据意思“有些孩子大声嚷嚷要去坐船，但突然，那些在小摊那儿的人跑了过来”可知。

4. A。

由句子They were __8__ things again. The toy stall was __9__ and they were crowded around it可知“他们离开了水，又返回到小摊”。

5. B。

这句话意思是“顺着他们来的路回去。

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6. A。

由When she __7__ what had been running for, she stopped running可知Maureen跟着他们跑了一阵。

7. B。

后面几句话描写的都是Maureen“看到”的。

8. C。

上文提到“有些孩子在小摊那儿”，可知“他们买过东西”，现在又在“买”。

9. D。

由句子a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety
of small rubbish可知“小摊开门营业”。

10. B。

由The toy stall was __9__ and they were crowded around it 可推知中年妇女的位置是在“小摊”的后面。

11. C。

从in exchanging for…来看，是用钱来交换东西。

12. A。

由最后一句She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground可知，当时“她靠着一棵树”。

13. D。

比较四个选项，spending最符合语境，这句话的意思是“花钱的想法如同强流一般，冲洗着她的脸。

14. A。

这句话意思是“放下刚才买的东西，好腾出手看钱包还有多少钱”。

15. B。

由句子Maureen leaned against a __12__, looking on 可知Maureen一直在看着。

16. C。

从句子She shut her eyes and __18__ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates可知“Maureen渴望这些东西”。

17. D。

前面说“她靠着树”，现在又“脸朝树”，所以判断“她转过了头”。

18. C。

Maureen渴望那些东西，所以闭上眼睛“祈祷”。

19. D。

根据意思“一会儿，她睁开了眼睛，但是她没有转过身去看小摊”可知。

20. A。

看到了其他孩子买到了所想要的东西，而自己又没钱买，因此她很“难受”。

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1. D。

study 意为“研究”，根据下文，这是指对未来20年地球上的情况变化所作的研究。

2. B。

与后面的人口增长，环境污染等联系起来看，在年地球上的状况(picture)将会令人不愉快(pleasant)。

3. C。

因为人口继续增长，所以世界会越来越拥挤(crowded)。

4. D。

指人口数目的多用large，少用small。

指人口达到某一数目用“as large as + 数词”。

5. A。

从现状来看，人口增长快的国家多为发展不发达的国家；而城市人口急剧增长的则是一些发展中的国家(developing countries)。

6. B。

前面提到了两个城市，故此空只能填each，neither具有否定意义，不合句意，也不能插入谓语之中。

7. C。

临近几句是讲粮食增长问题，故选increase“增长”。

8. B。

前后两句具有转折意义：农民所生产的粮食将比1985多百分之90，但多数增产粮食的国家是在已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。

9. A。

already 意为“已经”，由下句可知：是指已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。

10. D。

expect意为“预计”，句意为：在亚洲南部的国家预计增产幅度不大。

11. A。

由changing farms into deserts可知：不当农业生产方式毁坏(destroy)了大片生产粮食土地。

12. B。

由于扩建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量农田，故选lost(失去)。

13. A。

由burn coal and oil必然排放大量烟雾，可推知：此处指空气污染(air pollution)
14. C。

由more and more trees are cut down可推知：此处指森林(forests)可能消失。

15. D。

此句意为：专家说地球到年的状况可能会不好。

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16. C。

exist 意为“存在”。

由上下文可知：环境正遭受污染和破坏，专家们只是想保存今天状况。

17. A。

settle the problems 意为“解决问题”。

18. B。

still 意为“还有”，加强语气。

句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。

19. C。

work out a plan 意为“制定计划”。

20. D。

句意为：专家们警告说等待太长的时间作处决定将会极大地减少成功的机会.。