共用题干 Why India Needs Its Dying VulturesThe vultures（秃鹰）in question may look ...

问题共用题干 Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures

The vultures（秃鹰）in question may look ugly and threatening , but the sudden sharp decline in three
species of India'S vultures is producing alarm rather than celebration,and it presents the world with a new
kind of environmental problem.The dramatic__________(51)in vulture numbers is causing widespread
disruption to people living in the__________(52)areas as the birds.It is also causing serious public health
problems__________(53)the Indian sub-continent.
While their reputation and appearance may be unpleasant to many Indians,vultures have___________(54)
played a very important role in keeping towns and villages all over India___________(55).It is because they
feed on dead cows.In India,cows are sacred animals and are___________(56) left in the open when they
die in thousands upon thousands every year.
The disappearance of the vultures has___________(57)an explosion in the numbers of wild dogs
feeding on the remains of these___________(58)animals. There are fears that rabies（狂犬症）may increase as
a result. And this terrifying disease may ultimately（最终）affect humans in the region,___________(59)wild
dogs are its main carriers.Rabies could also spread to other animal species, __________(60)an even
greater problem in the future.
The need for action is___________(61),so an emergency project has been launched to find a solution
to this serious vulture problem?Scientists are trying to___________(62)the disease causing the birds'
deaths and,if possible,develop a cure.
Large-scale vulture___________(63)were first noticed at the end of the l980s in India. A population
survey at that time showed that the three species of vultures had declined___________(64)over 90 per
cent. All three species are now listed as"critically endangered".As most vultures lay only single eggs and
___________(65)about five years to reach maturity,reversing their population decline will be a long and dif-
ficult exercise.

选项 _________(55) A:dangerous B:smelly C:clean D:beautiful

答案 C

解析由本段第一句“… but the sudden sharp decline in three species of India ' s vultures...”可缸此处是说秃鹰数量急剧下降。
由空后的"as”可知此处是考查固定搭配hte same as (和……相同的）。这里是说“和这些鸟住在同一地区的人。
此处只能填across(在……各处，遍及），此处across the Indian sub-continent 表示"整个印度次大陆"。above（在……上方）with (伴随，和……一起），through（穿越）用在此处均不合适。
第一段说秃鹰的急剧减少是一种警示而非值得庆贺的事，这给当地居民的生活带来了很大的不便并造成了新的环境问题。这说明秃鹰在保护该区的环境上作用很大，所以秃鹰不会是很少（rarely/seldom）起作用，或最近（recently)才起作用。只有选long（长期以来一直）起作用才合乎上下文的意思。
下文说秃鹰以牛的尸体为食，秃鹰的急剧减少，导致同样以牛的尸体为实物的野狗大量繁殖，而狗是狂犬病毒的主要携带者，所以说秃鹰的存在对整个印度城乡环境的清洁起了很大的作用。其他选项均不符合题意。smelly意为“难闻的，有臭味的”。
文章说，在印度，牛是一种神圣的动物，每年有成千上万头牛死亡后尸体暴露在野外。既然是这样，这些牛的尸体就不会是偶尔（occasionally)、立即（immediately）或几乎不（hardly) 暴露在野外。所以traditionally（历来，传统上）是正确答案。
本段第一句表达的是因果关系。"The disappearance of the vultures”是因，"an explosion in the numbers of wild dogs feeding on the remains of...”是果。lead to（导致）可以表达因果关系，所以选A。
联系上文可知此处的“these…animals”指的是前边的死去的牛。这里是说，以牛的尸体为食的秃鹰大量减少后，同样以此为食的野狗数量激增。
前边讲这种可怕的疾病最终可能会影响人类，空后说野狗是这种疾病病毒的主要携带者，可见前后为因果关系，前边为果，后边是因。since可以表示“因为”，符合语境。
由后边的“an even greater problem”并联系前文即可确定答案为D。
从后面的“an emergency project has been launched（已启动了应急方案）”可以推断出要选的形容词是urgent (紧迫的）。
科学家们是在寻找引起秃鹰死亡的疾病，如果可能的话找到治愈方法。identify表示 “找到，发现”，符合语境。prove（证明）,test (测试）,check(核实，检查）不合语境。
本段说秃鹰数量急剧减少，其中三种已被列为濒危物种。本题选deaths，正好与本段后面一句“All three species are now listed as 'critically endangered'.”所表达的意思相照应。本句的意思是，大规模的秃鹰死亡于19世纪80年代末在印度首次被注意到。
在四个选项中，along, on,in明显不合适。by有“到……的程度”的意思。"...the three species of vultures had declined by over 90 per cent”的意思是“……三种秃鹰的数量减少了 90％以上”。
“花费或用多少时间”英语的常用表达法是“……take＋时间＋其他”。故take是正确答案。consume指“消耗”，虽也可指消耗时间，但用在这儿不如take合适。

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