一、完型填空 Do you think that living a hungry life is last century’s story? Well, it may be this century’s headline. The world has growing 1 about a global food shortage. Right now, there are still 870 million hungry people in the world, according to a survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Children can’t 2 this, either. Around fifteen million children die of hungry each year. What’s causing food shortages? There are several 3 There are now more droughts and floods. This is very 4 to farmers and their ability to grow food. Besides, with the growing 5 , feeding everyone becomes more difficult. There are a little more than seven billion people in the world. By 2050, the world population will be more than nine billion. Another reason is food waste. The average person throws away 50kg of food every year. How can we help with food shortages? The easiest way is to 6 on food waste. Next time before throwing away the food on your plate, just think 7 work has been done to make it. By buying less, we waste less. This takes the pressure off producing so much food. And it helps to solve the problem of food shortage. You can also ask your schoolmates to join you. In the early 2016, staff workers from the canteens of Xiamen No.1 High School put up short anti-waste slogans (标 语) in dining rooms “Think Before You Waste”. Guess what happened? Students wasted fifteen percent 8 food after that! Let’s take action! We don’t need a huge activity to make a difference. 1．A．numbers B．thoughts C．worries 2．A．escape B．refuse C．have 3．A．results B．reasons C．clues 4．A．difficult B．harmful C．close 5．A．people B．population C．popularity 6．A．cut down B．cut off C．cut into 7．A．how many B．how much C．how 8．A．less B．fewer C．more 【答案】 1．C 2．A 3．B 4．B 5．B 6．A 7．B 8．A 【分析】 试题分析：本文叙述了世界粮食缺乏的原因，并告知人们越来越多的人将受到饥饿威胁。 1．C 考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. numbers 数字；B. thoughts 思想；C. worries 担忧，烦恼。句意：世 界对全球粮食短缺的担忧与日俱增。由于全球的食物短缺，世界与日俱增的应该是担忧，故选 C。 2．A 考查动词的用法及语境的理解。A. escape 逃脱；B. refuse 拒绝；C. have 拥有。句意：孩子们也无法 逃脱这个。前面提到世界目前有八亿七千万的饥饿人口，下文接着提到孩子也不能幸免，故选 A。 3．B 考查名词的用法及语境的理解。.A. results 结果；B. reasons 原因；C. clues 线索。句意：有几种原因。 承接上文问什么导致了事物短缺，此处应该填原因，故选 B。 4．B 考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. difficult 困难的；B. harmful 有害的；C. close 密切的。句意：对 农民和他们种植粮食的能力都是很有害的。前面说的是旱涝灾害，这些对农民是有害的，故选 B。 5．B 考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. people 人；B. population 人口；C. popularity 人气。句意：除此之 外，随着人口的增长，喂养每个人变得更加困难。本段说的是食物增长对对食物短缺的影响，故选 B。 6．A 考查短语的用法及语境的理解。A. cut down 削减；B. cut off 切断；C. cut into 进入。句意：最简单的 方法就是减少食物浪费.根据句意，减少浪费能够有利于事物短缺，故选 A。 7．B 考查形容词的用法及语境的理解。A. how many 多少；B. how much 多少；C. how 怎样。句意：下次 扔掉盘子上的食物之前，想想已经做了多少工作才行。根据句意，修饰不可数名词，故选 B 。 8．B 考查名词的用法及语境的理解。A. less 少的；B. fewer 少；C. more 更多的；句意：在那之后学生少浪 费了百分之十五的食物！此处描述宣传不要浪费粮食的成果，应该是少浪费粮食了，故选 A。 考点：考查日常生活类短文。 Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar (沙洲）of the Brahmaputra River and has 9 it into a forest. One day in 1979，16-year-old Payeng was walking 10 the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days’ time 11 the heat and the absence of trees. Payeng felt very 12 when he saw this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive (存活）in the sandbars. To water the trees was a difficult 13 for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the 14 bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil (土壤).Now the sandbar is a thick forest and 15 to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and 16 there for a few months. Payeng is now in 17 fifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres (英亩)of forests and is 18 as the Forest Man of India. In 2015，he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards in India. 9．A．divided B．put C．turned 10．A．along B．through C．across 11．A．according to B．because of C．as for 12．A．lonely B．sad C．tired 13．A．task B．journey C．condition 14．A．wild B．tall C．young 15．A．way B．guide C．home 16．A．stay B．lie C．sit 17．A．her B．his C．its 18．A．invited B．served C．known 【答案】 9．C 10．A 11．B 12．B 13．A 14．C 15．C 16．A 17．B 18．C 【分析】 文章介绍了 Jadav Payeng 的事迹，他花了三十八年的时间在沙洲上种树，种出了一片森林，并介绍了他开 始种树的原因以及他独自种树的难处与他的努力。 9．考查动词及语境的理解。A 表示分成；B 表示放；C 表示变成，转变．由 he has planted trees on a sandbar （沙洲）of the Brahmaputra River 可推测此处表示的是将它变成了一片森林，故选 C． 10．考查介词及语境的理解。A 表示沿着；B 表示通过；C 表示跨过．the bank of…表示…的岸边，所以此 处应该表示沿着雅鲁藏布江的岸边行走，故选 A． 11．考查介词短语及语境的理解．A 表示根据；B 表示因