For
many
environmentalists,
the
world
seems
to
be
getting
worse.
They
have
developed a hit
-
list of our main fears: natural resources are __1__ out the population
is
ever
growing,
leaving
less
and
less
to
eat?
Species
are
becoming
__2__
in
vast
numbers, and the planet's air and water are becoming ever more polluted.
But a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other
natural resources have become more __3__ not less so, since the book 'The Limits to
Growth' was published in
1972 by a group of scientists. Second, more food is now
produced
per
__4__
of
the
world's
population
than
at
any
time
in
history.
Fewer
people are __5__. Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about
0.7% of them are expected to disappear in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so
often been __6__. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution either appear
to
have
been
__7__,
or
are
transient
-
associated
with
the
early
stages
of
industrialization and therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth, but by
__8__ it. One form of pollution
-
the release of greenhouse gases that causes global
warming
-
does
appear
to
be
a
phenomenon
that
is
going
to
extend
well
into
our
future,
but
its
total
impact
is
unlikely
to
__9__
a
devastating(
令人心神不安的
)
problem. A bigger problem may well turn out to be an inappropriate response to it.
Yet
opinion
polls
suggest
that
many
people
nurture
the
belief
that
environmental
standards
are
declining
and
some
factors
seem
to
cause
this
disjunction between __10__ and reality.
[A] pose
[B] exaggerated
[C] accelerating
[D] extinct
[E] exist
[F] perception
[G]
wealthy
[H]
magnified
[I]
starving
[J]
head
[K]
running
[L]
predicted
[M] abundant
[N] conception
[O] reducing
EI
NIno
is
name
given
to
the
masterious
and
often
unpredictable
change
in
the
climate of the world.This strange __1__ happens every five to eight years.It starts in
the PAacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(
信风
)
,
which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in
__2__,
the
ocean
comperatures
rise
causing
the
Peru
current
flowing
in
form
the
east to warm up by as much as 5
°
C.
The
warming
of
the
ocean
has
far
-
reaching
effects.The
hot,humid(
潮湿的
)air
over
the
ocean
causes
severe
__3__
thunderstorms.The
rainfall
is
increased
acrossAounth American __4__ floods to Peru.In the West pacific,there are droughts
affecting Australia and Indonesia.So while some parts of the world perpare for heavy
rains and floods,other parts face drought,poor crops and __5__.
EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months The 1982
-
83 EI Nino brough the most
__6__weather
in
mordern
history.
Its
effect
was
worldwide
and
it
left
more
than
2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds __7__ of damage.The 1990
EI Nino will __9__, but they are still not __10__ sure what leads to it or what affects
how strong it will be.
[A]estimate
[B]strength
[C] deliberately [D]notify
[E] tropical
[F] phenomenon
[G]
stable
[H]
attraction
[I]
completely
[J]
destructive
[K]
starvation
[L] bringing
[M] exhaustion
[N] worth
[O] strike