In 2000 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year
_______According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a
_______one. The world will be more
_______ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be
_______ 6, 900 million, almost 2, 450 million more than in 1995. More people would move into cities, especially cities in
_______ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would
_______ have 15 million by then.
Food production will
_______, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1995,
_______ most of the increase would be in countries that
_______ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is
________ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are
________ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is
________as cities become larger and more houses are built.
________ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s
________ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2020
________ They only carried out the situation that
________ today. By changing the situation, by
________the problems, the picture can be changed. There is
________time for the nations of the world to work
________ a plan of action. But they warned that
________too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
21. A.learning | B.project | C.notice | D.study |
22. A.pleased | B.pleasant | C.safe | D.blue |
23. A.dangerous | B.beautiful | C.crowded | D.terrible |
24. A.no more than | B.as many as | C.as much as | D.as large as |
25. A.developing | B.developed | C.big | D.mountainous |
26. A.none | B.each | C.all | D.neither |
27. A.insist | B.reduce | C.increase | D.continue |
28. 29. A.already | B.hardly | C.partly | D.never |
30. A.wanted | B.lacked | C.found | D.expected |
31. A.destroying | B.protecting | C.disturbing | D.interrupting |
32. A.saved | B.lost | C.discovered | D.found |
33. A.Air pollution | B.Water pollution | C.Some diseases | D.All farmland |
34. A.animals | B.plants | C.forests | D.people |
35. A.must be true | B.will come true | C.can't be true | D.may be wrong |
36. A.happens | B.develops | C.exists | D.appears |
37. A.settling | B.working out | C.answering | D.dealing |
38. A.no | B.still | C.less | D.plenty of |
39. 40. A.working | B.suggesting | C.spending | D.waiting |