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 aone. 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 isas 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.
试题分析：文章讲述的是人口迅速增长带来的一系列问题，号召我们一定要尽快采取行动。 【小题1】D考查名词辨析：study 意为“研究”，根据下文，这是指对未来20年地球上的情况变化所作的研究。Learning学习；project工程；notice注意。 【小题2】B考查形容词辨析：与后面的人口增长，环境污染等联系起来看，在2010年地球上的状况(picture)将会令人不愉快(unpleasant)。Pleased愉快的；pleasant令人愉快的； safe安全的；blue沮丧的。 【小题3】C考查形容词辨析：因为人口继续增长，所以世界会越来越拥挤(crowded)。Dangerous危险的；beautiful美丽的；crowded拥挤的；terrible可怕的。 【小题4】D考查短语辨析：指人口数目的多用large，不用small。指人口达到某一数目用“as large as + 数词”。no more than只不过； as many as和……一样多；as much as差不多。 【小题5】A考查形容词辨析：从现状来看，人口增长快的国家多为发展但不发达的国家；而城市人口急剧增长的则是一些发展中的国家(developing countries)。Developing发展中；developed发达的；big大的；mountainous多山的。 【小题6】B考查代词辨析：前面提到了两个城市，故此空只能填each。neither具有否定意义，不合句意，不能插入谓语之中。None没有人；each每个；all全部；neither两者都不。 【小题7】C考查动词辨析：相临几句是讲粮食增长问题，故选increase“增长”。Insist坚持；reduce减少；continue持续。 【小题8】B考查连词辨析：前后两句具有转折意义：农民所生产的粮食将比1985多90%，但多数增产粮食的国家是已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。So因此；but但是；or或者；however然而。 【小题9】A考查副词辨析：already 意为“已经”，由下句可知：是指已经有足够粮食供人们生活的国家。Hardly几乎不；partly部分地；never决不。 【小题10】D考查动词辨析：expect意为“预计”，句意为：在亚洲南部的国家预计增产幅度不大。wanted 想要；lacked缺乏； found发现；expected期望。 【小题11】A考查动词辨析：由changing farms into deserts可知：不当农业生产方式毁坏(destroy)了大片生产粮食的土地。Destroying毁坏；protecting保护；disturbing令人不安的；interrupting打断。 【小题12】B考查动词辨析：由于扩建城市，修建房屋，必然侵占大量农田，故选lost(失去)。Saved节省；lost 失去； discovered发现；found发现。 【小题13】A考查名词辨析：由burn coal and oil必然排放大量烟雾，可推知：此处指空气污染(air pollution) Water pollution水污染；Some diseases 一些疾病；All farmland所有农田。 【小题14】C考查名词辨析：由more and more trees are cut down可推知：此处指森林(forests)可能消失。animals 动物； plants植物；forests 森林；people人。 【小题15】D考查情态动词辨析：此句意为：专家说地球到2010年的状况可能会不好。must be true一定正确； will come true将会实现；can't be true不会；may be wrong可能会不好。 【小题16】C考查动词辨析：exist 意为“存在”。由上下文可知：环境正遭受污染和破坏，专家们只是想保存今天的状况。Happens发生；develops发展；appears出现。 【小题17】A考查固定短语：句意，通过解决问题，这幅图画可以被改变。settle the problems 意为“解决问题”。 【小题18】B考查词义辨析：still 意为“还有”，加强语气。句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。No没有；still仍然；less较少；plenty of大量的。 【小题19】C考查固定短语：句意为：现在还有时间给世界各国制定行动计划。work out a plan 意为“制定计划”。 【小题20】D考查动词辨析：句意为：专家们警告说等待太长的时间作出决定将会极大地减少成功的机会来源。Working工作；suggesting 建议；spending花费；waiting等待。 考点：考查日常生活类短文