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  3. Britain is facing a【C1】______rise in its rat population【C2】______growing num

Britain is facing a【C1】______rise in its rat population【C2】______growing num

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问题     Britain is facing a【C1】______rise in its rat population【C2】______growing numbers of people leave fast food scraps in the street, an environment group warned. Keep Britain Tidy said the rodents were【C3】______their traditional haunts underground and were roaming the streets, enticed【C4】______discarded remnants of burgers, pizzas and crisps. "The rat population is【C5】______the rise and soon it’ll be as common to see a rodent on our street【C6】______it is to see a dog or a cat," said group Director, Sue Nelson. The practice of dumping fast food litter and scraps on the street【C7】______in the trash—with young men the worst offenders—was behind the rise.【C8】______to the National Rodent Survey in 2001, Britain’s rat population has grown by nearly one quarter【C9】______1998 and is now【C10】______at 60 million, two million more than the【C11】______population. On【C12】______a rat can give【C13】______every 24~28 days and just a single pair of rats can【C14】______a colony of 2,000 a year. Around 200 Britons a year【C15】______Weil’s Disease—an infection which can【C16】______kidney or liver【C17】______and eventually【C18】______and which is carried in rat’s urine. To【C19】______the issue, Keep Britain Tidy launched a cinema【C20】______entitled "How close do you want them to get?" The ad culminates in a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rats—echoing the nightmare scenario from James Herbert’s classic horror tale The Rats, in which mutant rodents begin to prey on humans. [br] 【C9】
选项 A、calculated
B、estimated
C、investigated
D、increased
答案 B
解析 上下文题根据上下文此处谈到现在老鼠的数量估计有六千万，calculate“计算，数数”，太具体，意思不符；investigate意思不符；increase常与by／to连用。
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