第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构

题目内容：

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。

For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a it-list of our main fears: natural resources are running o

ut; the population 31 (grow), leaving less and less to eat; species are becoming 32 (extinction) in vast numbers, and the planet’s air and water are becoming dirty, 33 are ever more polluted.

34 a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other natural resources have become more abundant not less so. Second, 35 food is now at any time in history. Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected 36 (disappear) in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been predicted. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution 37 appear to ha

ve been predicted, or are too short– associated 38 the early stages of industrialization. 39 bigger problem may well turn out to be an inappropriate respo nse to it. yet opinion polls suggest that many people develop the 40 (believer)that enviro nmental standards are declining and some factors seem to cause this disjunction.

最佳答案：

31．is growing 32．extinct 33．which 34．But 35．more

36．to disappear 37．either 38．With39．A 40．belief

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。