Ⅰ.單項(xiàng)填空
1.Global warming ________ an average increase in the Earth’s temperature that, in turn, leads to climate change.
A. appeals to B. occurs to
C. refers to D. belongs to
答案 C
解析 考查動詞短語辨析。句意:全球變暖指的是地球平均溫度增長,繼而導(dǎo)致氣候變化。appeal to“吸引”; occur to“想起”; refer to“提到;意指”; belong to“屬于”。
2. Reduced rainfall has affected large areas of Africa for years, ________ irrigation canals dry and many other zones are becoming drier.
A. leaving B. to leave
C. left D. having left
答案 A
解析 考查非謂語動詞。句意:多年來減少的降雨影響了非洲的大片地區(qū),使得灌溉渠干涸,許多其他地區(qū)則更加干旱。leaving ...是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作結(jié)果狀語。
3. A number of nations have already been in armed conflict over water, and reduced rainfall