1. There are millions more vegetarians in the US now than there were a decade ago, and the number just keeps growing. 理由:
a. 空格前有动词 keeps,keep 有下列不同用法∶
表『保留,持有』时∶接名词或代名词作受词
例: You may keep the change.
(零钱你留著吧。)
表『保持』时∶接形容词作主词补语
例: Keep quiet, please.
(请保持安静。)
表『继续』时∶接现在分词,表进行的状态
例: Keep working hard, and you'll be successful one day.
(继续努力,那麽有朝一日你就会成功。)
b. 符合上述的选项有 (A) cruel(残忍的)、(B) risk(危险;风险)、(C) green(绿色的)、(D) leap(转变;跳跃)、(E) competing
(竞争)和 (H) growing(增加;成长),惟 growing 置入後符合语意,故选 (H)。
2. Why have so many made the leap from being carnivores to veggies? 理由:
a. 空格前有定冠词 the,可知空格内应置入名词。
b. 符合上述的选项有 (B) risk(危险;风险)、(C) green(绿色)和 (D) leap(转变;跳跃),惟 leap 置入後符合语意,故选 (D)。
c. leap n. 转变;跳跃
by leaps and bounds突飞猛进地;迅速地
例: My little sister has grown by leaps and bounds over the past year.
(我家小妹过去 1 年来长得很快。)
3. More than half a million animals are killed for meat every hour in the US alone, and many people consider this cruel and wasteful. 理由:
a. 空格之前有动词 consider(认为)以及受词 this(这件事),後有对等连接词 and 和形容词 wasteful(浪费的),可知空格应置入形容词。
b. 符合上述的选项有 (A) cruel(残忍的)和 (C) green(环保的;绿色的),惟 cruel 置入後符合语意,故选 (A)。
c. cruel a. 残忍的,残酷的
4. Facebook's creator..., Mark Zuckerberg, has recently pledged to eat only animals that he's killed himself in order to show new respect for animal life. 理由:
a. 空格前有现在完成式助动词 has,後有不定词片语 to eat only animals(只吃动物),可知空格内应置入及物动词或片语及物动词的过去分词。
b. 符合上述的选项有 (G) pledged(承诺)和 (I) estimated(估计),惟 pledged 置入後符合语意,故选 (G)。
c. pledge vt. 承诺,允诺
pledge to V承诺……
例: The rich man pledged to give all of his money to charity when he dies.
(那名有钱人承诺死後将所有财产捐给慈善机构。)
5. Since the world is going green, vegetarians have become the new poster children for saving the environment. 理由:
a. 空格前有不完全不及物动词 is going(正变得),可知空格内应置入形容词或分词。
b. 符合上述的选项有 (C) green(环保的)、(E) competing(竞争)和 (I) estimated(估计),然仅 green 置入後符合语意,故选 (C)。
c. green a. 环保的;绿色的
go green绿化,(从事)环保
例: The country has developed new sources of green energy.
(该国已发展出新的绿能资源。)
6. Land that is used for farming sheep and cows now could be used far more productively to grow important crops like wheat. 理由:
a. 空格前有动词 be used(被使用)和表比较级的 more,可知空格内应置入副词。
b. 符合上述的选项有 (F) completely(彻底地,完全地)和 (J) productively(有生产力地),惟 productively 置入後符合语意,故选 (J)。
c. productively adv. 有生产力地;有成效地
例: When Kathy studies, she uses her time productively.
(凯西念书时会很有效地利用时间。)
7. It is estimated that the meat industry produces even more greenhouse gases than all the traffic in the world combined.理由:
a. 空格前有虚主词 It 和 be 动词 is,後有 that 引导的名词子句作真主词,可知空格内应置入形容词或过去分词。
b. 符合上述的选项仅有 (I) estimated(被估计),置入後亦符合语意,并形成下列固定用法∶
It is estimated + that 子句据估计……
estimate vt. 估计
例: It is estimated that 1,000 people will be at the concert.
(估计有 1 千人会来参加这场音乐会。)
c. 根据上述,故选 (I)。
8. While giving up meat may be good news for the planet, can the same be said for the people who completely cut meat from their diets?理由:
a. 空格位於句构完整的形容词子句内,可知空格内应置入副词来修饰动词 cut(削减)。
b. 符合上述的选项仅剩 (F) completely(彻底地,完全地),置入後亦符合语意,故选 (F)。
c. completely adv. 彻底地,完全地
= totally adv.
例: Maggie was mad at her boyfriend because he completely forgot about her birthday.
(梅姬很气她男友,因为他完全忘记她的生日。)
9. Vegetarians enjoy healthier hearts, a lower risk of cancer and diabetes, and lower cholesterol.理由:
a. 空格前有不定冠词 a 和比较级形容词 lower(较低的),後有介词 of,可知空格内应置入单数可数名词。
b. 符合上述的选项仅有 (B) risk(危险;风险),置入後亦符合语意,故选 (B)。
c. risk n. 危险;风险
increase/reduce the/one's risk of...增加 减少(某人)……的风险
例: Consuming too much fat increases one's risk of heart disease.
(摄取过量的脂肪会增加心脏疾病的风险。)
10. In fact, former world-class athlete Carl Lewis...claims that his best year of competing went hand in hand with his decision to start eating a vegan diet.理由:
a. 空格前有介词 of,可知空格内应置入名词或动名词。
b. 符合上述的选项仅有 (E) competing(竞争),置入後亦符合语意,故选 (E)。
c. compete vi. 竞争
例: Andy competed with Jim for Mary's love and attention.
(安迪和吉姆竞相争取玛丽的芳心与注意。)
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