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Throughout the pastcentury humanity did everything in its power to control nature.We dammedearth’s rivers,(1) down the forests and exhausted the soils.Burning upfuels,we (2) a great deal of greenhouse gases into the air,(3) thechemistry of the atmosphere and warming the planet in just a few decades.Andas our population began the year 2000 (4) the 6 billion mark,stillspreading across the continents,dozens of animals and plant species were (5)every day,including the first primate to disappear in more than 200 years.
At the start of the 21stcentury there were unmistakable signs that nature was beginning to take its (6).Melting ice in both poles of the earth suggested that the climate waschanging rapidly.Weather was even more (7) than usual,giving someplaces too little rain and others too much.Fires (8) across the driedAmerican West last summer,and recent storms (9) damages from Britain to China.No specific event could bedirectly (10) on global warming,floods and drought will be morefrequent – and severe.Others sad signs from an (11) planet includefalling grain and fish harvest and fiercer (12) for scare watersupplies.
(13) ,there were also,inthe year 2000,signs of great awareness.(14) by the Internet,hundredsof millions people gathered for the 30th anniversary of Earth Day.Governments from Washington to Lima (15) steps toprotect the large wild areas from development.Progress was made toward usingmore (16) energy from the wind and the sun,and new cars that used bothgasoline and electricity (17) fuel-economy statistics.
The goal for the newcentury is “ (18) development”.Is that possible?It (19) on howwell we understand that (20) is part of nature,not lord and master ofit.
1).
A.tapped
B.swayed
C.chopped
D.tore
2).
A.drained
B.streamed
C.reversed
D.pumped
3).
A.altering
B.extracting
C.composing
D.mounting
4).
A.reached
B.beyond
C.resided
D.above
5).
A.killing off
B.dying out
C.ending off
D.ceasing out
6).
A.destiny
B.condemn
C.damage
D.revenge
7).
A.changeable
B.inevitable
C.exploitable
D.accessible
8).
A.rushes
B.races
C.rates
D.ranks
9).
A.scattered
B.swept
C.spread
D.suffered
10).
A.accused
B.blamed
C.answered
D.tied
11).
A.overwhelmed
B.overtaken
C.overpopulated
D.overburdened
12).
A.sacrifice
B.provision
C.competition
D.debate
13).
A.Therefore
B.However
C.Besides
D.Consequently
14).
A.Connected
B.Converted
C.Concentrated
D.Confined
15).
A.put
B.made
C.took
D.entered
16).
A.revisable
B.reversible
C.retrievable
D.renewable
17).
A.et aside
B.rested with
C.spoke off
D.kept on
18).
A.supportive
B.sustainable
C.successive
D.susceptible
19).
A.depends
B.deprives
C.defends
D.defines
20).
A.development
B.species
C.humanity
D.ecology