英语阅读答案2023

第十章测试

1.Each of us needs to ________________ at least 5 liters of water per day, and everything we eat and drink contains water.（ ）
A:complete
B:consume
C:deplete
D:resume

答案:B
2.If disease is allowed to spread among the crops, it will cause wide spread _____________. （ ）
A:deforestation
B:extinction
C:desertification
D:devastation
3.I strongly suggest that you grow a collection of wild flowers in your own garden rather than pick them from the countryside and assist in _____________ the stocks.（ ）
A:extricating
B:consuming
C:flourishing
D:depleting
4.The Black Death , an unprecedented______________ in history, had a great impact on the European culture.（ ）
A:devastation
B:extinction
C:calamity
D:withdrawal
5.Doctors demanded the ________ of the drug from the market after several cases of dangerous side-effects were reported.（ ）
A:extinction
B:withdrawl
C:retreat
D:retirement
6.The pigeons were picked up and piled in heaps, until each has as many as he could possibly _____________.（ ）
A:rope off
B:dispose of
C:expire
D:unfold
7.The government has put an end to new efforts to ________ hazardous waste in sensitive environmental areas.（ ）
A:put away
B:dispose of
C:pile up
D:use up
8.If we had carried out the survey after a drought or another ________, the responses might have been different. （ ）
A:matter
B:incident
C:calamity
D:accident
9.The risk of diarrhea(腹泻) was lower among those ________ boiled water but this finding was not statistically significant. （ ）
A:consuming
B:depleting
C:extirpating
D:generating
10.In longer periods of poverty past savings are ________, household goods deteriorate and cannot be replaced, and debts accrue and become unsustainable. （ ）
A:occupied
B:renewed
C:depleted
D:expired