1. In 2000 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year
.
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a
one. The world will be more
_because the population will continue to grow. The population could be
_ _ 6 900 million, almost 2 450 million more than in 1995. More people would move into cities, especially cities in
_ _countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would
_ _have 15 million by then.
Food production will
_ _, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1995,
most of the increase would be in countries that
_ _produce enough food for their people. Little increase is
_ _in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are
_ _large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is
as cities become larger and more houses are built.
_ _will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s
_ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2020
_ _. They only carried out the situation that
_today. By changing the situation, by
_ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is
_ time for the nations of the world to work
_ _a plan of action. But they warned that
_ _too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
【小题1】 | A.learning | B.project | C.notice | D.study |
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【小题2】 | A.pleased | B.pleasant | C.safe | D.blue |
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【小题3】 | A.dangerous | B.beautiful | C.crowded | D.terrible |
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【小题4】 | A.no more than | B.as many as | C.as much as | D.as large as |
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【小题5】 | A.developing | B.developed | C.big | D.mountainous |
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【小题6】 | A.none | B.each | C.all | D.neither |
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【小题7】 | A.insist | B.reduce | C.increase | D.continue |
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【小题9】 | A.already | B.hardly | C.partly | D.never |
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【小题10】 | A.wanted | B.lacked | C.found | D.expected |
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【小题11】 | A.destroying | B.protecting | C.disturbing | D.interrupting |
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【小题12】 | A.saved | B.lost | C.discovered | D.found |
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【小题13】 | A.Air pollution | B.Water pollution | C.Some diseases | D.All farmland |
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【小题14】 | A.animals | B.plants | C.forests | D.people |
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【小题15】 | A.must be true | B.will come true | C.can't be true | D.may be wrong |
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【小题16】 | A.happens | B.develops | C.exists | D.appears |
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【小题17】 | A.settling | B.working out | C.answering | D.dealing |
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【小题18】 | A.no | B.still | C.less | D.plenty of |
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【小题20】 | A.working | B.suggesting | C.spending | D.waiting |
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