Question

【题目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）

The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it ________ our kids.

Al Gore famously described how a sea-level rise of 20 feet would almost completely flood

Florida, New York, Holland, and Shanghai, even though the United Nations says that such a thing will not even happen, estimating that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.

When faced with these exaggerations (夸大), some of us say that they are for a good cause, and surely there is no harm done if the result is that we focus even more on tacking climate change.

This argument is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying excessively about global warming means that we worry less about other things, where we could do so much more good. We focus, ________, on global warming’s impact on malaria (疟疾)—which will put slightly more people at ________ in 100 years—instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.

Exaggeration also wears out the public’s ________ to cope with global warming. If the planet is certain to be destroyed owing to global warming, people wonder, why do anything? A record 54% of American voters now believe the news media make global warming appear worse than it really is. A majority of people now believe –incorrectly – that global warming is not even caused by humans.

But the ________ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes – particularly among children. An article in The Washington Post cited nine-year-old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal extinction from global warming.

The newspaper also reported that parents are taking over effective outlets for their 8-year-olds’ concern with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that,

related to common belief, the global polar bear population has doubled over the past half-century, to about 22,000. ________ the possible disappearing of summer Arctic ice, polar bears will not become extinct.

【1】A. exhaustsB. depressesC. terrifiesD. exploits

【2】A. for exampleB. in additionC. by contrastD. in short

【3】A. peaceB. leisureC. caseD. risk

【4】A. abilityB. enduranceC. willingnessD. preference

【5】A. smallestB. worstC. fewestD. least

【6】A. DespiteB. BesidesC. WithoutD. Except

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了关于全球变暖的现象。

【1】句意：在大众媒体上不断出现关于全球变暖的恐怖报道，使我们不必要地感到害怕。更糟的是，它让我们的孩子们害怕。

A. exhausts使筋疲力尽；B. depresses使抑郁；使沮丧；C. terrifies 使惊恐；D. exploits利用。根据上文The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened.可知下文是说更糟的使我们孩子惊恐。根据题意，故选C。

【2】句意：例如，我们把重点放在全球变暖对疟疾的影响上，这将在100年内使更多的人处于危险之中，而不是用更便宜、更有效的预防和治疗政策来对付今天5亿疟疾患者。比减少碳排放还要多。

A. for example例如；B. in addition此外；C. by contrast相比之下； D. in short总之；简而言之。根据下文on global warming’s impact on malaria (疟疾)—which will put slightly more people at ____3____ in 100 years—instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be可知这里是举例子。根据题意，故选A。

【3】句意：例如，我们把重点放在全球变暖对疟疾的影响上，这将在100年内使更多的人处于危险之中，而不是用更便宜、更有效的预防和治疗政策来对付今天5亿疟疾患者。比减少碳排放还要多。

A. peace和平；B. leisure闲暇；C. case案例，具体情况；D. risk危险。根据下文instead of tacking the half a billion people suffering from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more effective than carbon reduction would be.可知这里是说处在危险之中。根据题意，故选D。

【4】句意：夸大其词也磨灭了公众应对全球变暖的意愿。

A. ability能力；B. endurance忍耐力；C. willingness乐意；D. preference偏爱；这里是说公众的意愿。根据题意，故选C。

【5】句意：但我相信，夸张的最大代价是它所引起的不必要的恐慌，尤其是对儿童而言。

A. smallest最小的；B. worst最差的；C. fewest最少的；D. least最少。根据下文I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes – particularly among children可知这里是说最差的代价。根据题意，故选B。

【6】句意：尽管夏季北极冰层可能会消失，但北极熊不会灭绝。

A. Despite即使，尽管；B. Besides除了；C. Without没有；D. Except除了，排除在外。根据下文polar bears will not become extinct.可知上文是说即使。根据题意，故选A。

完形填空题与单项选择题不同，它给出的是一篇意思较为完整的短文。做该题型试题时，首先应跳过空格通读全文，以全文为背景，联系句子的上下文进行推理和判断，从4个选项中选出一项进行试填。考生可以从词义用法、固定搭配、逻辑推理和上下文的联系等方面去考虑。最后应再把全文通览一遍，细心检查所选答案能否使短文上下连贯，前后呼应，词句通顺，使短文意思完整。检查时还应从语法、惯用法、逻辑推理和事情发生的情节等方面进行考虑，以达到准确无误之目的。如第6个小题考查连词辨析，句意：尽管夏季北极冰层可能会消失，但北极熊不会灭绝。A. Despite即使，尽管；B. Besides除了；C. Without没有；D. Except除了，排除在外。根据下文polar bears will not become extinct.可知上文是说即使。根据题意，故选A。