首页
登录
职称英语
In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Isla
In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Isla
游客
2023-11-10
49
管理
问题
In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them(1)_____ died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were(2)_____ echo sounding devices meant to(3)_____ an enemy’s submarines, and public(4)_____ of the deaths ultimately came to(5)_____ suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is(6)_____ the mammals seek to (7)_____ the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with(8)_____ success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have(9)_____suits and waged letter-writing campaigns,(10)_____ a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to(11)_____ its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can(12)_____ the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise(13)_____ another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove(14)_____ in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he(15)_____ the finding as a work in (16)_____ that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs(17)_____," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild? It’s a huge question."
(18)_____ whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would(19)_____only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It’s important to understand that it’s(20)_____," he said of the proposed method. "It won’t be a silver bullet." [br] (5)
选项
A、reduce
B、remove
C、avert
D、strengthen
答案
D
解析
上文提到海军用回声设备监测潜艇,这会造成大量的噪音,人们怀疑鲸鱼死亡与此相关.因此,这种怀疑会因鲸鱼死亡进一步“加剧”,故填入strengthen。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3174952.html
相关试题推荐
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
InSeptember,morethanadozenwhalesbeachedthemselvesintheCanaryIsla
随机试题
[img]2014m3s/ct_etoeiclm_etoeiclzp_0401_201331[/img][br][originaltext](A)They
Thecompanyfelt______atPresidentObama’scriticism.[originaltext]Thepr
TheopinionofmanyengineersisthatthearchitectsthatdesignedtheNewY
东宇大学公开招聘3个教师职位,哲学学院、管理学院和经济学院各一个。每个职位都有来
A.氯霉素 B.红霉素 C.青霉素 D.磺胺类 E.头孢氨苄百日咳首选抗
如果保证合同未约定保证期间或约定不明,并且债权人一直未要求保证人承担保证责任,那
苏苏是某殡仪馆的社会工作者,主要负责提供临终关怀服务,但最近接受督导时苏苏情绪低
在()下,经营者应按规定缴纳风险抵押金。风险抵押金原则上由本人用现金向主管部门一
正虚喘脱型喘证的治法宜选用 A.解表清里,化痰平喘 B.清热化痰,宣肺平喘
临时用电工程专用的电源中性点直接接地的220V/380V三相四线制低压电力系统,
最新回复
(
0
)