2016年英語四級選詞填空練習(xí)(6)

There's no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we 1 to slow the devastation by controlling our insatiable 2 for fossil fuels?

Global warming can seem too 3 to worry about, or too uncertain-something projected by the same computer 4 that often can't get next week's weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn't be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about 5 change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles.

Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some discomforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally, the 6 is up 1°F over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results aren't pretty. Ice is 7 , rivers are running dry, and coasts are 8 , threatening communities.

The 9 are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldn't be out of mind, because they are omens of what's in store for the 10 of the planet.

[A]remote

[B]techniques

[C]consisting

[D]rest

[E]willing

[F]climate

[G]skill

[H]appetite

[I]melting

[J]vanishing

[K]eroding

[L]temperature

[M]curiosity

[N]changes

[O]skillful

答案詳解及翻譯 翻譯參考：

毫無疑問，地球正變得越來越熱。但是，真正的問題是：氣候變暖的程度是我們的錯(cuò)，我們愿意通過控制我們對礦石燃料無止境的欲望來減緩地球變暖嗎?

全球氣候變暖似乎離我們太遙遠(yuǎn)，以至于我們無需為此擔(dān)心;或者太難以確定，我們無法用計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)來測定，同樣的計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)往往難以正確地預(yù)報(bào)下周的天 氣情況。在一個(gè)陰冷的冬日，你可能會覺得，變暖幾度無論如何也不是件糟糕的事情。毫無疑問，氣候變化的警告聽上去就像一個(gè)環(huán)保主義者的恐嚇策略，迫使我們 遠(yuǎn)離汽車，限制我們的生活方式。

這些也許是安慰的想法。然而，不幸的是，地球給我們帶來一些不安的消息。從阿拉斯加到安第斯山的雪峰，全球都在快速升溫。上個(gè)世紀(jì)，全球溫度上升了1華氏度，但是有些最冷、最偏遠(yuǎn)的地方卻遠(yuǎn)不止如此。這些結(jié)果非常不妙。冰層正在融化，河流正在干枯，海岸正在受侵蝕，我們的社區(qū)正在受到威脅。

很大程度上，這些正在發(fā)生的變化處于我們的視野之外。但是，他們不應(yīng)該被忽視，因?yàn)樗麄冾A(yù)示著地球的其他地方將會發(fā)生什么樣的情況。

答案解析：

1.【解析】[E] 此處應(yīng)填入E項(xiàng)，be willing to 為固定搭配。

2.【解析】[H] 此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)名詞，而appetite通常和介詞for搭配，此處句子的意思為控制我們無止境的欲望。

3.【解析】[A] 此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，根據(jù)上下文意思應(yīng)選A項(xiàng)，意即:全球氣候變暖似乎離我們太遙遠(yuǎn)，以至于我們無需為此擔(dān)心。

4.【解析】[B] 此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)名詞，而與computer 搭配的名詞在選項(xiàng)中根據(jù)上下文意思B為正確選項(xiàng)。

5.【解析】[F] 根據(jù)上下文意思此處應(yīng)表達(dá)氣候變化之意，因此F為正確選項(xiàng)。

6.【解析】[L] 該題較為簡單，表示"上個(gè)世紀(jì)全球的氣溫上升了1華氏度"，應(yīng)能迅速找出正確答案。

7.【解析】[I] 顯然ice 與melt 搭配，因此I為正確選項(xiàng)。

8.【解析】[K] 此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)現(xiàn)在分詞，表示"海岸受到侵蝕"，因此應(yīng)選K項(xiàng)。

9.【解析】[N] 該題較為簡單，應(yīng)填入一個(gè)復(fù)數(shù)名詞，所以填入N項(xiàng)。

10.【解析】[D] 選D項(xiàng)，the rest of 為固定搭配。

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