2017年中山大学240英语(单考)考研真题及详解【圣才出品】

2017年中山大学240英语（单考）考研真题及详解

Section Ⅰ: Use of English (10 points)

Directions:Read the following text Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.

One of the most pressing challenges the world will face in the next few decades is how to alleviate the growing stress that human activities are placing (1)_____ the environment. The consequences are just too great to (2)_____ . Wildlife habitats are being degraded or disappearing altogether as new developments (3)_____ more land. Plant and animal species are becoming (4)_____ at a greater rate now than at any time in Earth history. (5)_____ many as 30 percent of the world’s fish stocks are over-exploited. And the list goes on.

(6)_____ there is reason to have hope for the future. Advances in computing power and molecular biology are among the tremendous increases in scientific capability that (7)_____ helping researchers (8)_____ a better understanding of these problems. Recent development in science and technology could provide the (9)_____ for some major and timely actions that would (10)_____ our understanding of how human activities affect the environment.

One priority for research is improving hydrological forecasting. It has been (11)_____ that the world’s water use would triple in the next two decades. Already, widespread water (12)_____ have occurred in parts of China, India, and North Africa.

The need for water also is taking its toll on fresh water ecosystems in the United States. Only 2 percent of the nations’ streams are considered in good (13)_____ , and (14)_____ to 40 percent of native fish species are near to extinct.

To prevent outbreaks of (15)_____ diseases in plants, animals and human, more study is needed on how parasites and disease-carrying species—as (16)_____ as humans and other species they (17)_____ —are affected by changes in the environment. The overuse of antibiotics both in humans and in farm animals has

(18)_____ to the growth of antibiotic-resistant micro-organism. Researchers can take

(19)_____ of new technologies in genetics and computing to better monitor and

(20)_____ the effects that environment changes might have on diseases outbreaks.

1. A. at

B. in

C. with

D. on

2. A. notice

B. think

C. ignore

D. emphasize

3. A. take over

B. take off

C. take down

D. take up

4. A. dangerous

B. risky

C. extinct

D. insecure

5. A. At

B. So

C. As

D. Such

6. A. Moreover

B. Yet

C. Though

D. Since

7. A. are

B. is

C. was

D. were

8. A. hold

B. receive

C. gain

D. pay

9. A. basis

B. base