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
44
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
【C3】
选项
答案
G
解析
空前的a和空后的part表明,本空应填以辅音音素开头的形容词。结合下文具体讲到的牲畜对地球的巨大影响不难得出答案为G)critical(关键性的)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/oYS7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Evenintelligentlifeonearthcouldn’tsendradiowaveshalfacenturyago.Soitwouldbeimpossibleforanyintelligentbeing
Evenintelligentlifeonearthcouldn’tsendradiowaveshalfacenturyago.Soitwouldbeimpossibleforanyintelligentbeing
A、Yonngmenandchildren.B、Youngfemaleandchildren.C、Youngmenandyoungfemale.D、Youngfemaleandtheirchildren.B文中提及It
IwasstudyingtheateratSouthernMethodistUniversityinDallasandfeeling【B1】______anduncertainaboutmyfuture.WillIbe
IwasstudyingtheateratSouthernMethodistUniversityinDallasandfeeling【B1】______anduncertainaboutmyfuture.WillIbe
A、Forfourmonths.B、Forsixmonths.C、Untilhefindsthegirl.D、Untilthegirlacceptsthering.C短文开头就说:“一位南非商人要在找到一位他在一个拥挤的酒
Todaywetalkaboutthedifferencebetweenacollegeandauniversity.Collegesanduniversitieshavealotincommon.Theyprep
Duringthenineteenthcentury,whenlittlewasknownaboutenvironmentalismandconservation,itwascommontohearpeopleinEu
A、Theyburnhydrogentodrivethem.B、Theyuseenginestodrivethem.C、Theyarefullofnaturalgas.D、Theyarefilledwithhyd
A、Theywilleatmorecucumbers.B、Theytendtoputlotsofmake-uponface.C、Theytendtotrynaturalvegetableontheskin.D、
随机试题
计算合成标准不确定度:uc(y),计算时应考虑__________。
患儿,6个月。今晨起啼哭不安,阵阵捧腹啼叫,已解清稀大便3次,便多泡沫,臭气轻,可闻肠鸣,指纹淡红。其证型是()
具有标准化程度高,市场竞争充分且技术成熟,采购需求易于用标准化的、可量化的参数指标描述,项目复杂程度低等特点的采购项目是()。
特殊利益支出是指对社会某些特定居民或企业给予特殊利益的支出,如()等。
某技术方案初期投资额为2000万元,从第1年年末开始每年净收益为480万元。若基准收益率为10%,并已知(P/A,10%,5)=3.7908和(P/A,10%,6)=4.3553,则该技术方案的静态投资回收期为()年。
(1)账套名称:002211。(2)数据库路径:D:\。(3)公司名称:亮石公司。(4)设置会计期间:会计年度从1月1日起至12月31日止,自然年度会计期间12个月,会计启用期间2月。(5)设置记账本位币,代码:RMB;名称:人民币,小数位数:0。
本课的情感态度与价值观目标是如何确立的?
"SocialReadjustmentScales"HolmesandRahedevelopedtheSocialReadjustmentRatingScale(SRRS)tomeasurelifechangeas
(1)Aftertakingabriefhiatustoweathertherecession,aninvasionofBritainbysomeofAmerica’sbest-knownretailbrands
Accordingtothepassage,theHallMarketsareheld______.WhenaretheHallMarketsopen?
最新回复
(
0
)