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
2024-04-03
1
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, including our livestock. At present, there are about 1.5 billion【C2】______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【C4】______until the publication of a new report, called "Livestock’s Long Shadow," by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing 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 land, rain forests【C6】______than anything else.
But what is even more striking, and【C7】______is that livestock are responsible for about 18 percent of the global warming effect, more than transportation’s【C8】______Greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrogen, are resulted from their digestion. Grazing land, which destroys forests, adds to the effect.
There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to global warming—such as cutting back on livestock 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)yield B)contribution C)stain D)ideally
E)apparent F)multiply G)cattle H)passion
I)scrape J)critical K)liable L)sustainable
M)deposit N)alarming O)especially [br] 【C4】
选项
答案
E
解析
空格前的really提示此处应填入形容词或分词。根据后面的“直到新报告发布”可知,在报告发布前,牲畜的数量庞大到何种程度还是未知的,因此选apparent。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3539561.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]ItisbarelyhalfacenturysincepartsoftheThameswerede
[originaltext]ItisbarelyhalfacenturysincepartsoftheThameswerede
[originaltext]ItisbarelyhalfacenturysincepartsoftheThameswerede
[originaltext]ItisbarelyhalfacenturysincepartsoftheThameswerede
Thereismuchdiscussiontodayaboutwhethereconomicgrowthisdesirable.A
Thereismuchdiscussiontodayaboutwhethereconomicgrowthisdesirable.A
[originaltext]Aspopulationscontinuetoage,moreandmorepeoplearegoin
RenewableEnergy[A]Inthepastcentury,ithasbeenseenthattheconsu
RenewableEnergy[A]Inthepastcentury,ithasbeenseenthattheconsu
RenewableEnergy[A]Inthepastcentury,ithasbeenseenthattheconsu
随机试题
NotSeeingtheForestfortheDollarBillsA)TheU.S.Fisha
Lookinginfromabroad,muchoftheworldhashistoricallybeenbaffledbyA
下列哪一项表示一个完整的计算机系统()。A.主机,键盘,显示器 B.主机和它的
内墙面抹灰工程量按主墙间的净长乘以高度计算,不应扣除()。A.门窗洞口面积
A.BC段有位移 B.BC段有变形 C.BC段既有变形又有位移 D.BC段
中国证监会、中国期货业协会共同组织期货从业资格考试。
威廉指标是由LarryWilliams于()年首创的。A.1972 B.197
A.颞浅动脉 B.颌外动脉 C.颌内动脉 D.舌动脉 E.甲状腺上动脉颈
根据《行政强制法》,下列关于催告制度的说法中,正确的有()。A.在代履行后
某汽车货运公司上半年(1至6月共181天)拥有5吨载货汽车150辆及5吨挂车50
最新回复
(
0
)