广东省广州市2015年普通高中毕业班综合测试(一) 英语试题
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As the world’s population grows, so does our consumption of all kinds of materials. Scientists and environmental groups are increasingly 1.__________ about conserving two important natural resources: our fresh water and our rainforests.
Water supports every form of life. Neither plants nor animals can 2.__________ without it. It is also the most 3.__________ used resource in industry. Our quality of life, as well as life itself, depends on a continual 4.__________ of clean, fresh water.
However, clean water supplies are now decreasing rapidly. The main 5.__________ of this are overpopulation, water pollution, and deforestation. It is predicted that future water shortages could reduce global farm production by as much as twenty-five percent, leading to widespread 6.__________. Possible solutions to this problem include 7.__________ water recycling methods and limiting population growth.
Another 8.__________ but endangered resource is the world’s rainforests. The Amazon rainforest has often been called the “Lungs of the Planet”, because it 9.__________ takes in carbon dioxide and puts out oxygen, which helps keep our atmosphere 10.__________. The Amazon rainforest is home to millions of plant, animal and insect species and the only source of the raw materials used in many important medicines.
Rainforests once covered fourteen percent of the earth’s land. Now they cover only six percent, and experts believe that we may 11.__________ these rainforests completely in less than forty years. One clear solution is using 12.__________ products instead of cutting trees for wood. Another is reducing people’s consumption of meat, since many rainforests are destroyed to 13.__________ farmland to raise animals.
We must work together to find solutions to these resource 14.__________ and develop sustainable ways of living that will 15.__________ natural resources for future generations.
1. A. curious B. optimistic C. concerned D. embarrassed
2. A. survive B. struggle C. expand D. benefit
3. A. reliably B. overly C. expensively D. widely
4. A. base B. supply C. growth D. location
5. A. cases B. results C. functions D. causes
6. A. anger B. hunger C. failure D. pollution
