2017年6月英语四级阅读选词填空练习及答案(十五)思维导图

Formanyenvironmentalists,theworldseemstobegettingworse.Theyhavedevelopedahit-listofourmainfears:naturalresourcesare__1__outthepopulationisevergrowing,leavinglessandlesstoeat?Speciesarebecoming__2__invastnumbers,andtheplanet'sairandwaterarebecomingevermorepolluted.

Butaquicklookatthefactsshowsadifferentpicture.First,energyandothernaturalresourceshavebecomemore__3__notlessso,sincethebook'TheLimitstoGrowth'waspublishedin1972byagroupofscientists.Second,morefoodisnowproducedper__4__oftheworld'spopulationthanatanytimeinhistory.Fewerpeopleare__5__.Third,althoughspeciesareindeedbecomingextinct,onlyabout0.7%ofthemareexpectedtodisappearinthenext50years,not25~50%,ashassooftenbeen__6__.Andfinally,mostformsofenvironmentalpollutioneitherappeartohavebeen__7__,oraretransient-associatedwiththeearlystagesofindustrializationandthereforebestcurednotbyrestrictingeconomicgrowth,butby__8__it.Oneformofpollution-thereleaseofgreenhousegasesthatcausesglobalwarming-doesappeartobeaphenomenonthatisgoingtoextendwellintoourfuture,butitstotalimpactisunlikelyto__9__adevastating(令人心神不安的)problem.Abiggerproblemmaywellturnouttobeaninappropriateresponsetoit.

Yetopinionpollssuggestthatmanypeoplenurturethebeliefthatenvironmentalstandardsaredecliningandsomefactorsseemtocausethisdisjunctionbetween__10__andreality.

[A]pose

[B]exaggerated

[C]accelerating

[D]extinct

[E]exist

[F]perception

[G]wealthy

[H]magnified

[I]starving

[J]head

[K]running

[L]predicted

[M]abundant

[N]conception

[O]reducing

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