11. She points to the threat of climate change caused by greenhouse gases, soil pollution, ( ) supplies of clean water and the demise of crop pollinators such as bees.
A. diminished
B. recover
C. renewable
D. affluent
【答案】A。她指出,温室气体、土壤污染、清洁水源供应减少以及蜜蜂等农作物传粉者的死亡,都对气候变化构成威胁。A 选项“减少”;B 选项“恢复”;C 选项“可再生的”;D 选项意为“丰富的”。根据题意,很明显在说环境污染、资源短缺问题,结合词意,可知清洁水资源的减少。故正确选项为 A。
12.Politically these nations tend to be ( ), with very high birth rate but poor education and very low levels of literacy.
A. unreliable
B. unpredictable
C. uncertain
D. unstable
【答案】D。有些国家政治上不稳定,表现在出生率很高,但教育水平很低,文化水平很低。A 选项“不可靠的”;B 选项“不可预知的”;C 选项“不确定的”;D 选项“动荡的,不稳定的。”根据题意,表示政治不稳定,故正确选项为 D。
13. The retired workers are worried that the government will not adopt the ( ) scheme in the worsening economic situation.
A. handsome
B. donation
C. account
D. pension
【答案】D。退休的工人们担心在日益恶化的经济形势下政府不会推行养老金计划。A选项“可观的”;B 选项“捐款”;C 选项“账目、账户”;D 选项“退休金,抚恤金”,根据题意,与工人有关的就是退休金问题,故正确选项为 D。
14.More than two experiment groups ( ) more than 800 people were searching the evidences for top quark.
A. composing
B. comprising
C. accounting
D. consisting
【答案】B。超过两个实验小组,800 多人在寻找证据寻找顶夸克。A 和 B 选项都意为“组成”,但是 A 意为“组成… …”而 B 意为“由… … 组成”;C 选项“统计”;D 选项为“组成”但是必须搭配 of 使用;故根据题意,这个团队由 800 人组成,故正确选项为B。
15. Numerous programs at the local and state levels seek to ( ) their influence in this powerful new educational approach.
A. detain
B. retrieve
C. maintain
D. detect
【答案】C。许多地方和州一级的项目都试图在这种强有力的新教育方法中( )自己的影响力。A 选项“拘留、留住”侧重于留住某人,后面一般加 sb;B 选项“找回、挽回”当“挽回”讲时,侧重指想要挽回某种形式或者局面。C 选“保持”;D 选项“察觉、发现”指察觉不容易感知的事情。根据题意,“保持影响力”符合题意,故正确选项为 C。