首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an i
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an i
admin
2014-02-25
80
问题
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase in the number of humans. But as we【C1】______, so do all the things associated with us,【C2】______our livestock(家畜). At present, there are about 1.5 billion cattle and domestic buffalo and about 1.7 billion sheep and goats. With pigs and poultry, they form a【C3】______part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet.
Just how enormous was not really apparent until the【C4】______of a new report, called "Livestock’s Long Shadow," by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing(放牧)and feed production use "30 percent of the land surface of the planet." Livestock — which consume more food than they【C5】______— also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazing land destroys more biologically sensitive terrain, rain forests【C6】______, than anything else.
But what is even more striking, and alarming, is that livestock are【C7】______for about 18 percent of the global warming effect, more than transportation’s【C8】______. The culprits(罪魁祸首)are methane — the natural result of bovine digestion — and the nitrogen emitted by manure. Deforestation of grazing land adds to the effect.
There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to global warming — such as cutting back on cattle to make room for cars. The human【C9】______for meat is certainly not about to end anytime soon. As "Livestock’s Long Shadow" makes clear, our health and the health of the planet depend on pushing livestock production in more【C10】______directions.
A)publication I)concerning
B)waste J)available
C)contribution K)liable
D)certainly L)sustainable
E)yield K)responsible
F)multiply N)including
G)critical O)especially
H)passion
【C8】
选项
答案
C
解析
空前的transportation’s表明,本空应填名词,B)waste、C)contribution和H)passion入选。这里在比较牲畜和汽车在全球变暖中所起的作用,本空所填词在意思上应该与前面的be responsible for相似,故答案为C)contribution(促成作用)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OeS7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Evenintelligentlifeonearthcouldn’tsendradiowaveshalfacenturyago.Soitwouldbeimpossibleforanyintelligentbeing
Evenintelligentlifeonearthcouldn’tsendradiowaveshalfacenturyago.Soitwouldbeimpossibleforanyintelligentbeing
PreparingforComputerDisastersFires,powersurges,andfloods,they’reallfactsoflife.Wereadabouttheminthemorni
Forthefirsttimeinhistory,evolutionhastakenabackseat.Thereisanongoingrealizationthathumanbeingsarecapableof
A、Horsemen.B、Brassdoors.C、Dropsofwater.D、Metalballs.D原文提到,“每隔一个小时就打开一扇门,适当的金属球数落入一个薄黄铜盘报时”,可知正确选项是D(金属球)。
Todaywetalkaboutthedifferencebetweenacollegeandauniversity.Collegesanduniversitieshavealotincommon.Theyprep
A、Todoimportantwrittenwork.B、Tomakegooduseoftheirknowledge.C、Togainthenecessaryexperience.D、Todealwithother
Duringthenineteenthcentury,whenlittlewasknownaboutenvironmentalismandconservation,itwascommontohearpeopleinEu
A、Smoke.B、Tar.C、Nicotine.D、Ashes.C短文开头便介绍了香烟使人上瘾的主要原因在于其成分尼古丁。故选C。
随机试题
下图防烟排烟系统的组件中,风道为()。
患者,女,28岁。自述妊娠42+1周,无临产先兆,胎动次数每12小时6次,估计胎儿体重约4200g。此时应采取的正确措施是
非经典抗精神病药利培酮的主要活性代谢物是()。
治疗肾病综合征的首选药物是
房地产经纪人职业技能的培养,主要注重()几个方面。
当相邻两项工作之间存在多种时距的搭接关系时,应()。
只有经过()人员审核过的会计数据,才允许计算机自动登记机内账簿。
_______教育是封建时代世界上最发达的教育。
一台老钟,每小时比标准时间慢4分钟,下午3点钟的时候和一只走得很准的手表对过时,现在那只手表正好指向晚上10点,请问,老钟还要多久才能走到10点钟?()
设事件A,C独立,B,C也独立,且A,B不相容,则().
最新回复
(
0
)