2018年湖北學位英語考試：完形填空真題答案（三）

2018湖北成人學位英語考試完形填空真題及答案

完形填空：
Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the local environment. Where an environment is undisturbed, the ecology of an area is (71) balance, but if a creature is exterminated(滅絕)or an alien(異類)species (72),then the balance of nature will be (73).

Man is a part of the (74) and has done more to upset the ecology during (75) short span on earth than (76) other living creature. He has done this by his ignorance, his (77),his thoughtless foolishness and his uncontrolled wastefulness. He has poisoned the(78) and polluted both land and water. He has wasted the earth's natural resources with no (79) for the future, and has thought out the most devastating ways of killing his fellow men and every other sort of life at the same time.

Since man has done so much (80),it is (81) to man to try to put matters right — if it is not already too (82).If there is to be any remedy for our ills, that remedy ultimately lies in the hands of the (83),and the sooner they start doing something about it, the (84).

One of the main (85) of the earth's troubles is that the world is overpopulated and that this overpopulation is growing (86) an ever-increasing rate. At the same time we are (87) up our natural resources—fuels and mineral ores — at an ever-increasing speed with no hope of replacing them. For many years the earth has been unable to (88) enough food for these rapidly expanding populations and the position is steadily deteriorating (89) the fertility of some of our richest soils has been lost and vast areas that were (90) fertile lands have turned into barren deserts.

1. A.in B.out C.of D.off

BestAnswer:C

詳解:“be of＋一個抽象名詞”是固定用法，意思是“具有…的，是…的”；
而in balance意為“（生命）處于危急狀態(tài)中；
（命運）未定”；
out of balance和off balance同義，意思是“不平衡”。

2. A.discovered B.introduced C.brought D.killed

BestAnswer:B

詳解:本句大意是說有兩種情況會導致生態(tài)失衡：一是某一動物的滅絕，另一種情況是異類侵入。故應選introduce。

3. A.changed B.troubled C.disturbed D.damaged

BestAnswer:C

詳解:根據(jù)上面一題的解釋，平衡被“打破”即被擾亂，英文中常用disturb和upset這兩個詞，其他三項搭配不當。

4. A.environment B.situation C.science D.condition

BestAnswer:A

詳解:本篇討論的是人與自然環(huán)境之間的關系，認為人與環(huán)境密不可分，故應選environment，而situation意為“形勢，狀況；
位置，地點”；
condition意為“狀況，狀態(tài)；
條件，前提”，當其表示“環(huán)境、形勢”時須用復數(shù)。

5. A.their B.one's C.its D.his

BestAnswer:D

詳解:根據(jù)上下文應選his，代替man's。

6. A.any B.the C.all D.most

BestAnswer:A

詳解:than any other living creature比其他任何生物，泛指除人以外的一切生物，故不能選B項和D項；
選C則將人也包括在內。

7. A.greedy B.greed C.hope D.desire

BestAnswer:B

詳解:文中ignorance, thoughtless foolishness都是貶義詞，故選B項；
A是形容詞，不合句法；
C是褒義詞；
D是個中性詞。

8. A.sky B.heaven C.atmosphere D.space

BestAnswer:C

詳解:根據(jù)后半句的大地和水域，應選“大氣”即atmosphere。

9. A.feelings B.thought C.purpose D.idea

BestAnswer:B

詳解:have no thought for是固定詞組，意思是“不考慮…”。

10. A.destroy B.injury C.damage D.harm

BestAnswer:C

詳解:do damage to也是固定詞組，意思是“損害…”，其余三項搭配不當。

11. A.up B.due C.necessary D.owing

BestAnswer:A

詳解:be up to sb.意思是“該由…負責；
輪到…”，而due to和owing to的意思是“由于”。

12. A.late B.soon C.long D.distant

BestAnswer:A

詳解:這句話后半句意思是“如果還不算太晚的話”，選soon則矛盾，選項C、D根本不沾邊。

13. A.old B.adult C.young D.future

BestAnswer:C

詳解:按照上下文，應該由年輕人去完成，故選the young。

14. A.better B.best C.quicker D.perfect

BestAnswer:A

詳解:the sooner...the better越早越好，本題考the more.... the more...即兩個比較級連用。

15. A.reasons B.effects C.results D.causes

BestAnswer:D

詳解:causes一般指客觀原因，而reasons則表示主觀原因，故應選前者；
effects和results都表示結果，選它們則因果關系顛倒。

16. A.in B.at C.with D.by

BestAnswer:B

詳解:與后面的名詞rate搭配，必須用介詞at。

17. A.using B.wasting C.giving D.drawing

BestAnswer:A

詳解:use up是固定詞組，意為“用完，用盡，耗盡”。

18. A.produce B.support C.supply D.provide

BestAnswer:D

詳解:provide sth for意為“為…提供”，而supply的意思是“供應，供給；
滿足，彌補”，根據(jù)句意應選前者。

19. A.until B.since C.when D.whereas

BestAnswer:A

詳解:根據(jù)上下文應選until“直到…”，而不是since“自從”。

20. A.ever B.once C.since D.till

BestAnswer:B

詳解:once意為“曾經(jīng)，一度”，符合句意，故選之；
而ever的準確含義是“在任何時候，從來”。

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