泽熙美文Cloze Test
Every second, 1 hectare of the world’s rainforest is destroyed. That’s 1 to two football fields.
This 2 rate of destruction has serious consequences 3 the environment. Scientists estimate, for example, that 137 4 of plant, insect or animal become 5 every day due to logging. In British Columbia, 6 , since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clear cut, 142 species of salmon have already become extinct, and the 7 of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures are threatened. Logging, 8 , provides jobs, profits, taxes for the government and cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government is 9 to restrict or control it. Much of Canada’s forestry production 10 making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada 11 34% of the world’s wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be 12 . Recently, a possible 13 way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp. Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for thousands of years. It produces fibre which can be 14 paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For many centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries 15 it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world-wide trading 16 would not have been possible 17 hemp. Nowadays, ships’ cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibres, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp should be 18 for the production of paper and pulp. According to its proponents, four-times as 19 paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees,
and many environmentalists believe that the 20 scale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada’s forests.
1.
A.matching
B.equivalent
C.mounting
D.reaching
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：形容词搭配和辨析。match意为“相配，相称”，为及物动词，不需跟介词；equivalent相等的，相当的，同意义的；mount意为“登，上，上升，增加”；reach意为“达到”，为及物动词。本句意思是：这相当于两个足球场的面积，B符合题意。
2.
A.great
B.wonderful
C.imaginary
D.alarming
正确答案：D
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：形容词辨析+修饰成分(感情色彩)。从文章的语调和内容可以看出，雨林破坏的后果严重，因此文章的感情色彩上，应该对雨林的破坏持负评价的态度。所以答案不是great伟大的，wonderful奇妙的，imaginary假想的，虚构的，而是alarming惊人的，让人担忧的。
3.
A.for
B.on
C.at
D.to
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：介词辨析。have serious consequences和for构成搭配，意为“给…带来严重后果”。
4.
A.types
B.categories
C.species
D.classes
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：of结构+名词辨析。of结构考查修饰关系。四个词都有“种类，类型”的意思。type指一种类型，如：Cotton is a type of material.棉花是一种材料。category侧重在一大系统中将各种物质进行划分，如：There are different categories of books in a library.图书馆里有各种不同种类的书籍。species(专门指植物或动物的)种，如Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a changing environment.有一些动物已经灭种了，因为它们不能适应环境的变化。class侧重按照质量、等级进行划分，如top class student一流的学生。文中指的是植物、动物的种类，因此C为答案。
5.
A.extinct
B.distinct
C.dead
D.exhausted
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：主系表结构。表语为形容词，所以考查的是修饰关系。extinct意为“灭绝的”；distinct意为“清楚的，不同的”；dead意为“死亡的，呆板的”；exhausted意为“筋疲力尽的”。与物种能形成最恰当的搭配来表达题意的是A。
6.
A.when
B.who
C.where
D.which
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：关系副词。此处是非限制定语从句，先行词是Brirish Columbia，应由where引导。
7.
A.territory
B.land
C.habitat
D.inhabitant
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：of结构。四个选项不是动词的名词化，所以考查的是修饰关系。territory意为“领域，版图，地域”；land意为“国土”；habitat意为“动植物天然的栖息地”；inhabitant意为“居民，栖息动物”。根据文章，能够确切表达动物居住地的是C。
8.
A.however
B.furthermore
C.otherwise
D.instead
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：however用法。思路1：逻辑分析，该句与上文之间为转折关系，however符合题意。思路2：“，______，”结构，如果选项有however，一定是答案。
9.
A.willing
B.likely
C.reluctant
D.intended
正确答案：C
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：形容词辨析。根据文章，伐木搬运业可以带来很多好处，政府对于限制该行业不是willing乐意的、likely很可能的或intended有意的，而是：reluctant勉强的，因此C为答案。
10.
A.goes up
B.goes towards
C.goes into
D.goes at
正确答案：B
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词词组辨析。go up意为“涨价，建造，爆炸，烧毁”；go towards意为“有助于某事，促成某事”；go into意为“进(加、参、纳)入，参加(某一行业)，调查，查究，进入……状态”；go at意为“袭击，着手做，努力去做”。本句的含义是，许多森林里的产物可以制造纸浆和纸张，因此B为答案。
11.
A.supplies
B.offers
C.presents
D.provides
正确答案：A
[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：动词辨析。四个词都有“给”的含义。supply意
