2013年职称英语考试理工类B级考试真题
2013-12-20来源:和谐英语
第6部分：完形填空(第51-65题，每题l分，共15分)下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
51、根据材料，完成{TSE}题。
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 subcontinent.
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 their 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 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 1980s in India. A population survey at that time showed that the three species of vultures had declined (64) over 90 percent. 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 difficult exercise.
请在第__(51)__处填上正确答案。
A．increase
B．threat
C．risk
D．decline
52、请在第__(52)__处填上正确答案。
A．small
B．different
C．same
D．safe
53、请在第__(53)__处填上正确答案。
A．above
B．with
C．across
D．through
54、请在第__(54)__处填上正确答案。
A．rarely
B．long
C．recently
D．seldom
55、请在第__(55)__处填上正确答案。
A．dangerous
B．clean
C．smelly
D．beautiful
56、请在第__(56)__处填上正确答案。
A．immediately
B．occasionally
C．hardly
D．traditionally
57、请在第__(57)__处填上正确答案。
A．acted as
B．led to
C．come from
D．slowed down
58、请在第__(58)__处填上正确答案。
A．dead
B．strange
C．wild
D．endangered
59、请在第__(59)__处填上正确答案。
A．when
B．so
C．whether
D．since
60、请在第__(60)__处填上正确答案。
A．improving
B．causing
C．predicting
D．finding
61、请在第__(61)__处填上正确答案。
A．frequent
B．regular
C．urgent
D．sudden
62、请在第__(62)__处填上正确答案。
A．identify
B．prove
C．test
D．check
63、请在第__(63)__处填上正确答案。
A．injuries
B．deaths
C．arrivals
D．attacks
64、请在第__(64)__处填上正确答案。
A．in
B．on
C．along
D．by
65、请在第__(65)__处填上正确答案。
A．waste
B．consume
C．take
D．adopt
51、根据材料，完成{TSE}题。
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 subcontinent.
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 their 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 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 1980s in India. A population survey at that time showed that the three species of vultures had declined (64) over 90 percent. 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 difficult exercise.
请在第__(51)__处填上正确答案。
A．increase
B．threat
C．risk
D．decline
52、请在第__(52)__处填上正确答案。
A．small
B．different
C．same
D．safe
53、请在第__(53)__处填上正确答案。
A．above
B．with
C．across
D．through
54、请在第__(54)__处填上正确答案。
A．rarely
B．long
C．recently
D．seldom
55、请在第__(55)__处填上正确答案。
A．dangerous
B．clean
C．smelly
D．beautiful
56、请在第__(56)__处填上正确答案。
A．immediately
B．occasionally
C．hardly
D．traditionally
57、请在第__(57)__处填上正确答案。
A．acted as
B．led to
C．come from
D．slowed down
58、请在第__(58)__处填上正确答案。
A．dead
B．strange
C．wild
D．endangered
59、请在第__(59)__处填上正确答案。
A．when
B．so
C．whether
D．since
60、请在第__(60)__处填上正确答案。
A．improving
B．causing
C．predicting
D．finding
61、请在第__(61)__处填上正确答案。
A．frequent
B．regular
C．urgent
D．sudden
62、请在第__(62)__处填上正确答案。
A．identify
B．prove
C．test
D．check
63、请在第__(63)__处填上正确答案。
A．injuries
B．deaths
C．arrivals
D．attacks
64、请在第__(64)__处填上正确答案。
A．in
B．on
C．along
D．by
65、请在第__(65)__处填上正确答案。
A．waste
B．consume
C．take
D．adopt
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