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
2012-05-17
41
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【S1】______. so do all the things associated with us,【S2】______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【S3】______part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet.
Just how enormous was not really apparent until the【S4】______of a new report, called "Livestock’s Long Shadow," by the Food and Agriculture Organization 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【S5】______— also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazing land destroys more biologically sensitive terrain, rain forests【S6】______. than anything else.
But what is even more striking, and alarming, is that livestock are【S7】______for about 18 percent of the global warming effect, more than transportation’s【S8】______. 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【S9】______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【S10】______directions.
[A] publication [F] multiply [K] liable
[B] waste [G] critical [L] sustainable
[C] contribution [H] passion [M] responsible
[D] certainly [I] concerning [N] including
[E] yield [J] available [O] especially
【S7】
选项
答案
M
解析
空前的are和空后的for表明,本空应填一形容词或者名词,且该词应与for搭配。由whatis even more striking…可知,本段依然在介绍牲畜对地球的负面影响。由下旬的解释“罪魁祸首是甲烷——这些甲烷是反刍牲畜消化道的自然产物”可知,本句说的是牲畜导致了全球变暖。be responsible for意为“对……负责,是造成……的原因”,符合此处语义,故答案[M]responsible。be liable for指“对……有法律责任的/有义务的”,常用来形容人,与此处的主语livestock(牲畜)不符,故排除干扰项[K]liable。[C]contribution“促成作用”一般与to搭配,而非for,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PAf7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
SomeobservershaveattributedthedramaticgrowthintemporaryemploymentthatoccurredintheUnitedStatesduringthe1980’s
Scientistssaytheyhave【B1】______evidencethatjoggingisgoodforpeople.ThislatestEuropeanresearch【B2】______headline-maki
A、Becauseshequittedherjob.B、BecauseshewasareporterofNewsoftheWorld.C、Becauseshetoldthenewspaperthattheirma
Scienceforself-reliancehas,inrecentyears,becomeamatterofgreatconcernforThirdWorldanddevelopingnations.Thesen
GeorgeWashingtonCarvershowedthatplantlifewasmorethanjustfoodforanimalsandhumans.Carver’sfirststepwasto【S1】__
A、Goonwiththegame.B、Drawpicturesonthecomputer.C、Reviewhislessons.D、Haveagoodrest.C女士说Mark在打电子游戏,男士则用了一个反问句“这是期
Theagriculturalrevolutioninthenineteenthcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflaborsavingmachineryandthedevel
A、Byplane.B、Bycar.C、Bytrain.D、Bybus.D注意对话中的转折连词but,but之后的内容才是说话者的主要意思,听到takingabus便可选择答案D.Bybus。
AmericansandFoodAnunusualbuttimelycartoonrecentlyappearedinthelocalnewspaper.Thesinglepanelshowedagravel-
A、Heisgoingtofindallapartment.B、He’shelpinghisbrotherlookforanapartment.C、Healreadyfoundanapartment.D、He’s
随机试题
中长期公司贷款业务中,以下哪种贷款居多?()
行政机关作出行政处罚决定时,必须充分听取当事人的意见,对当事人提出的(),应当进行复核
文学的继承性
Iamoftenaskedtodescribetheexperienceofraisingachildwithadisability.Itislikethis.【C1】______youaregoingtohav
下列宪法性文件中,对人民的权利只字未提的是()。
高压配电室的作用是( )。
在决定工作的特性模式的五个维度中,使员工了解工作意义的维度有()。
1943年,中、美、英三国举行会议,决定对日共同作战,直至使其无条件投降,同时指出日本所窃取中国领土,如东北、台湾等地归还中国。此次会议是:
徐中约教授在《中国近代史》中写道:“太平天国也成为中华民国国父孙中山先生的灵感之源泉……甚至他的革命理论……三民主义……也是受到太平天国理念的影响。”孙中山的三民主义中超越了太平天国理念的是
EricHansenwritesabouttravelasaparticipatingenthusiastratherthanamereobserver.(46)Itgivesthesenineessays,based
最新回复
(
0
)