首页
登录
职称英语
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or
游客
2024-02-08
47
管理
问题
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is all too easy to imagine it merely as an increase in the number of humans. But as we【C1】______, so do all the things associated with us,【C2】______our livestock(家畜). At present, there are about 1.5 billion cattle and domestic buffalo and about 1.7 billion sheep and goats. With pigs and poultry, they form a【C3】______part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet.
Just how enormous was not really apparent until the【C4】______of a new report, called "Livestock’s Long Shadow," by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing(放牧)and feed production use "30 percent of the land surface of the planet." Livestock — which consume more food than they【C5】______— also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazing land destroys more biologically sensitive terrain, rain forests【C6】______, than anything else.
But what is even more striking, and alarming, is that livestock are【C7】______for about 18 percent of the global warming effect, more than transportation’s【C8】______. The culprits(罪魁祸首)are methane — the natural result of bovine digestion — and the nitrogen emitted by manure. Deforestation of grazing land adds to the effect.
There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to global warming — such as cutting back on cattle to make room for cars. The human【C9】______for meat is certainly not about to end anytime soon. As "Livestock’s Long Shadow" makes clear, our health and the health of the planet depend on pushing livestock production in more【C10】______directions.
A)publication I)concerning
B)waste J)available
C)contribution K)liable
D)certainly L)sustainable
E)yield K)responsible
F)multiply N)including
G)critical O)especially
H)passion [br] 【C2】
选项
答案
N
解析
分析句子结构,本空位于逗号后,逗号前句子结构完整,空后为名词,故推测本空应填动词的非谓语形式或副词,I)concerning、N)including、D)certainly和O)especially入选。livestock(家畜)和逗号前的all the things associated with us(跟我们有关的所有事物)是一种包含关系,故答案为N)including(包括)。由于该段及整篇文章都未提及并强调在所有事物中家畜尤其增长了,故排除强干扰项O)especially。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3433085.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]In2010,theglobalpopulationreached6.9billion,withnear
[originaltext]Asthehumanpopulationhasgrownandbecomewealthier,thed
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
Halfacenturyago,mostpeoplelivedin【B1】______areas.However,according
Halfacenturyago,mostpeoplelivedin【B1】______areas.However,according
Halfacenturyago,mostpeoplelivedin【B1】______areas.However,according
随机试题
Hegavehisworktohisfriendto_____,becausehefoundithardtoseehisown
Theimagewasfascinating,asjusticeJohnPaulStevens,aChicagonative,
2016年A省外贸进出口总额2829.73亿美元,比上年增长24.4%。其中,进
信息系统的应用,会促使组织结构的扁平化:当企业新信息系统建立后,高层领导可以方便
无牙颌患者,同一颌弓内常见牙槽骨呈不对称吸收,其原因是()A.与力大
侵蚀性葡萄胎无组织学检查者,其诊断标准错误的是下列哪项A.葡萄胎清宫4周以后,h
A.先天性甲状腺功能减退 B.苯丙酮尿症 C.两者均有 D.两者均无汗及尿
关于客户的开户资料及其影像资料的保存,要求()统一保存。A.期货公司总部 B
一个完整的薪酬结构中,不包含()。A.薪酬等级 B.薪酬等级内部变动范围
关于国外建筑安装工程费用中的开办费,下列说法正确的是()。A.开办费中的项目可以
最新回复
(
0
)