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
51
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] 【C8】
选项
答案
C
解析
空前的transportation’s表明,本空应填名词,B)waste、C)contribution和H)passion入选。这里在比较牲畜和汽车在全球变暖中所起的作用,本空所填词在意思上应该与前面的be responsible for相似,故答案为C)contribution(促成作用)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3433091.html
相关试题推荐
Duringthenineteenthcentury,whenlittlewasknownaboutenvironmentalism
Duringthenineteenthcentury,whenlittlewasknownaboutenvironmentalism
Duringthenineteenthcentury,whenlittlewasknownaboutenvironmentalism
[originaltext]In2010,theglobalpopulationreached6.9billion,withnear
[originaltext]In2010,theglobalpopulationreached6.9billion,withnear
[originaltext]In2010,theglobalpopulationreached6.9billion,withnear
[originaltext]Asthehumanpopulationhasgrownandbecomewealthier,thed
[originaltext]Asthehumanpopulationhasgrownandbecomewealthier,thed
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
ThefloodofwomenintothejobmarketboostedeconomicgrowthandchangedU
随机试题
A. B. C. D.
部分负荷蓄冰时,一般最佳的蓄冷比例以()为宜。A.40%~80% B.40
丹尼丝·肖恩,美国现代著名舞蹈家,现代舞先驱人物。其代表作有《克切塔》、《摩尔人
易引起低血钾的利尿药是()A:山梨醇 B:阿米洛利 C:氢氯噻嗪 D:氨
表达∶露骨∶含蓄()A.意见∶接纳∶反对 B.道歉∶虚伪∶真诚 C.成绩∶
A.对阿霉素所致的肝损伤有保护作用B.促进肝细胞内糖原的分解C.对肝细胞的保护作
下列各项固定资产中,应当计提折旧的是()A.大修理停用的固定资产 B.按规定单
共用题干 某临街住宅楼于2000年末建成,砖混结构,共6层,2年前经有关部门批
无对象性的知觉是()。(2008-11)A:幻觉 B:错觉 C:妄想 D:
入水下沉,火烧冒油的药材是A.苏木 B.降香 C.沉香 D.木通 E.钩
最新回复
(
0
)