2018年下半年成人学位提分练习及答案（13）

2018年下半年成人学位提分练习及答案（13）

　　I. Fill in each of the following blanks with a suitable form derived from the word given in brackets.

　　1. His ____ led to his final failure. ( ignore)

　　2. One of the main characters in Shakespeare’s play A Merchant of Venice is the ____ Shylock. (greed)

　　3. City dwellers may not be conscious of their ____ of water because water supply is convenient in the city. ( wasteful)

　　4. Air ____ is one of the main problems in the city. (pollute )

　　5. The mankind has done many ____ things to nature in its courses of civilization. (destruction)

　　6. Some measures must be taken to preserve the ____ of the soil. (fertile )

　　7. Before 1949，many poor children in China died of ____. (starve)

　　8. The natural environment ____ greatly from place to place. (different)

　　II. Translate the following sentences into English，using the words or expressions given in brackets.

　　1. 保护环境是每个公民的责任。(be up to)

　　2. 生态平衡一旦被破坏，就会引起不可想象的严重后果。(upset)

　　3. 作为生态环境的一部分，人类对自然环境的破坏无异于是在毁灭自己。(damage)

　　4. 由于森林的破坏，大片的良田正在变成荒漠。(turn to)

　　5. 不断增长的人口已成为地球的一个沉重负担。(increase)

　　III. Translate the following sentences into English.

　　1. Ecology is the science of how living creatures and plants exist together and depend on each other and on the local environment.

　　2. He has done this by his ignorance，his greed，his wastefulness.

　　3. At the same time we are using up our natural resources—fuels and mineral ores—at an ever-increasing rate with no hope of replacing them.

　　4. The trouble with deserts is that they tend to creep outwards on to the fertile soils.

　　5. But with your help，we may be able to reserve the trends which threaten our very existence.

　　IV Writing

　　Write a summary of the reading passage in no less 120 words.

　　Keys:

　　I.

　　1.ignore→ignorance 2.greed→greedy

　　3.wasteful→wastefulness 4.pollute→pollution

　　5.destruction→destructive 6.fertile→fertility

　　7.starve→starvation 8.different→differs

　　II.1. It’s up to every citizen to protect the environment.

　　2. Once the ecological balance is upset，unimaginable severe consequences will be resulted.

　　3. As a part of the ecological environment，by damaging the natural environment，main is doing nothing else than destroying himself.

　　4. Due to the destruction of forests，vast areas of fertile lands are turning into deserts.

　　5. The ever-increasing population has become a heavy burden to the earth.

　　III. 1. 生态学是研究动物和植物如何共同存在。相互依存，并依存于周围环境的科学。

　　2. 他所做的一切都是由于他的无知、贪婪和浪费。

　　3. 与此同时，我们正以不断增长的速度用尽我们的自然资源——燃料和矿藏，而这些资源是无望取代的。

　　4. 沙漠的麻烦之处在于，它们正不断地向良田蔓延。

　　5. 但如果有你的帮助，我们也许能够逆转这种威胁着我们自身生存的趋势