2019年公共英语五级阅读模拟试题(2)

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2019年公共英语五级阅读模拟试题(2)

Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.

Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET l.

Pollution is a“dirty”word.To pollute means to contaminate-topsoil or something by introducing impurities which make(31) ___unfit or unclean to use.Pollution comes in many forms.We see it,smell it,(32) ___it,drink it,and stumble through it.We literally lived in and breathe pollution,and(33) ___surprisingly,it is beginning to(34) ___our health,our happiness,and our civilization.

Once we thought of pollution(35) ___meaning simply the smog--the choking,stinging,dirty(36) ___that hovers over cities.But air pollution,while it is(37) ___the most dangerous,is only one type of contamination among several(38) ___attack the most basic life functions.

Through the uncontrolled use of insecticides,man has polluted the land,(39) ___the wildlife.By(40) ___sewage and chemicals into rivers and lakes,we have contaminated our(41) ___water.We are polluting the oceans,too,killing the fish and(42) ___depriving ourselves(43) ___an invaluable food supply.

Part of the problem is our exploding(44) ___.More and more people are producing more wastes.But this problem is intensified by our“throw—away”technology.Each year Americans(45) ___of 7 million autos,20 million tons of waste paper,25 million pounds of toothpaste tubes and 48 million cans.We throw away gum wrappers,newspapers,and paper plates.It is no longer wise to(46) ___anything.Today almost everything is disposable. (47) ___of repairing a toaster or a radi0,it is easier and cheaper to buy another one and discard the old,even(48) ___95 percent of its parts may still be functioning.Baby diapers,which used to be made of reusable cloth,are now paper throw-aways.Soon we will wear clothing made of(49) ___:“Wear it once and throw it away”will be the slogan of the fashionable consciousness.

Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a gigantic dump,or is there hope that we can solve the pollution problem?(50) ___,solutions are in sight.A few of them are positively ingenious.

参考答案及解析

31.it 【解析】本句意为‘污染’意思是弄脏——表层土或什么东西,通过引进杂质,这使…不健康或不干净。”显然,此空处应指topsoil or something,因为前面已出现,所以用it来代替。

32.taste 【解析】本句意为“我们看得见它,闻得见它,…它,喝它,而且在它中间挣扎。”由常识可知,此空处只有一个“尝”较合适。

33.not 【解析】此空前半句意为“我们真地生活在污染中,呼吸着它”,而后半句意为“它开始…我们的健康、幸福和文明。”显然,这是因果关系,故中间的surprisingly前只能加个否定词not。

34.threaten 【解析】由33题解析可以知道此空一定为“威胁”之意。

35.as 【解析】think of sth.as sth.为固定短语,意为“把某物想成某物”。

36.air 【解析】由前面的smog可知,此空处应填与smog相应的物质,又由后面的“hovers over cities”可知,此物质只能是“脏空气”。

37.still 【解析】本句意为“但是空气污染,尽管它…是最危险的,但也只是几种攻击最基本生活功能的污染方式之一。”显然,可知此空应填“仍然”。

38.which 【解析】由37题解析可知此空应为一个引导定语从句的词,即which,其后的定语修饰“several(types of contamination)”。

39.killin9 【解析】本句意为“通过无控制地使用杀虫剂,人类已经污染了土地,…野生动物。”显然,此空处应填“杀害”,但不能填kill,因为英语中无连词时不可能有两个谓语,故应填killing,killing the wildlife是现在分词做伴随状语。

40.dumping 【解析】由本句句意“通过将污水和化学物质…入河流和湖泊,…”可知,此空处显然应为“倒”。又因为介词后只能用dumping,而不能用dump。

41.drinking 【解析】由本句句意“通过将污水和化学物质倒入河流和湖泊,我们已经污染了我们的…水。”显然,此空处应为“饮用”。

42.thereby 【解析】本句句意为“我们也正在污染海洋,杀死了鱼类,…剥夺了我们那无价的食物供应。”显然,此空前后为因果关系,而且depriving前不能用so或其他表因果关系的连词,而只能用介词thereby。

43.of 【解析】deprive sb.of sth.为固定短语,意为“剥夺某人的某东西(或某权利)”。

44.population 【解析】由下一句“越来越多的人正在制造更多的垃圾。”可知,此处应指“膨胀的人口”,即exploding population。

45.dispose 【解析】由前一句“但是这个问题因为我们的“一次性”技术而加剧了。”可知,此处应为“丢掉,扔掉”之意,即dispose of。

46.reuse 【解析】由后一句“今天几乎每件东西都可以被扔掉。”可知,“…任何东西不再明智了。”中的空处应为“再利用”,这样前后两句逻辑上才能合理。

47.Instead 【解析】由本句句意“…修一台烤箱或一台收音机,买一台新的、扔掉旧的更容易、更便宜…”可知,肯定是“不修”,又因为有介词of,所以应填instead。instead of意为“不做某事”,是固定短语。

48.though 【解析】参见47题解析,由本句句意“…更便宜,…它的95%的部件仍可以使用。”可知,此空处应填“尽管,即使”,即even though。

49.paper 【解析】由前一句“...are now paper throwaways.”可知,“不久以后我们将穿由纸制作的衣服。”

50.Fortunately 【解析】由本句句意“…可以看到有解决办法的希望了。”可知,此空应填“幸运的是”。

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