阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。The heat wave that broke high temperature record-组卷网

题型：语法填空-短文语填难度：0.4 引用次数：278 题号：8839392

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The heat wave that broke high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, 1 (cause) the surface of the islands vast ice sheet to melt at near-record levels and a huge 2 (lose) of ice in the Arctic. On Wednesday alone, more than 10 billion tons of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt, which is equal 3 about 4,000,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, said Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist with the Danish Meteorological Institute.

Melting 4 (increase) in recent decades because of climate change and has been decreasing accumulation from snow. Previously, during the 1970s and the 1980s, Greenland lost 5 average of 50 billion tons of ice each year. From 2010 to 2018, that figure shot up to 290 billion tons 6 (annual). This summer, the extent of the melt could surpass (超过) the record set in 2012, 7 about 97% of the ice sheets surface began to melt. NASA-JPL Caltech reported at the time.

Greenland, the worlds largest island, 8 (lie) between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans, with 82 per cent of its surface 9 (cover) in ice. A June 2019 study by scientists in the U. S. and Denmark said melting ice in Greenland alone will add between 5 and 33 centimeters to the rising 10 (globe) sea levels by the year 2100. If all the ice in Greenland melted, which would take centuries, the world’s oceans would rise by 7.2 meters.

19-20高三上·湖北襄阳·阶段练习查看更多[2]

更新时间：2019-10-31 20:24:11 |

纠错收藏下载加入试卷

【知识点】人与动植物

相似题推荐

语法填空-短文语填(约190词) | 较难 (0.4)

名校

文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了保护中国大熊猫栖息地以及它带来的好处。

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Preserving more habitats for China’s giant pandas is providing a giant payoff. 1 (save) the giant panda from dying out isn’t just good for the panda, but it’s also good for economy, a new analysis by an international team of scientists shows.

The results, 2 (publish) in the magazine Current Biology, stress the economic bene-fits that go hand in hand with environmental protection. Giant pandas are one of the 3 (rare) species around the world. But pandas fell on hard times in recent decades, thanks largely 4 human encroachment (侵入). In 1980 alone,many habitats 5 (destroy) artificially, and in 1990, their habitats covered only 12,340 square kilometers, 6 is a major threat to the pandas in large part because bamboo, their main food source, is so low in nutrients that they must wander a lot of land in order to find and eat enough of it.

Because of this, Chinese officials began making significant efforts to save the panda from 7 (extinct), establishing more reserves and increasing the reserve area three times. Panda numbers 8 (gradual) began to recover, hitting 1,596 in 2000 and 1,864 in 2010.

“ 9 is clear that society’s investment (投资) 10 (start) to pay off so far in terms of panda population recovery,” the study authors wrote.

2022-11-14更新 | 518次组卷

相似题纠错收藏详情加入试卷

语法填空-短文语填(约170词) | 较难 (0.4)

名校

【推荐2】Natural resources are things 1 exist in nature and can be used by people. Some natural resources are renewable, like trees. When one tree is cut down, we can plant a new tree to replace it. Others, 2 , are not renewable, like the coal dug out of the ground. Once it is used, it is 3 . (go)

Although we all know that our natural resources are limited, we often waste them in our daily life. Paper, bottles and cans 4 (throw) away carelessly; food is wasted just because of its poor taste; clothes are rejected 5 (simple) due to their old fashion. These valuable natural resources will run out before long 6 better use is made of them.

Actually, everyone can make contributions (贡献) to 7 (protect) our natural resources. For example, 8 riding a bicycle or walking instead of driving, we can save lots of petrol. Water is a very important natural resource because we all need 9 to stay alive. We can make wise 10 (choose) to save water, like reusing the water that has been used to wash vegetables to water flowers.

2017-05-11更新 | 490次组卷

相似题纠错收藏详情加入试卷

语法填空-短文语填(约210词) | 较难 (0.4)

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处适当的内容(l个单词 )或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2,200 years ago in 1 is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6000 square kilometers of farmland and provide water for 50 cities in the province.

In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods 2 (cause) by overflow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a 3 (solve).

Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei 4 would take away floodwater while 5 (leave) the river flowing naturally. 6 (Well) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it suitable for farming.

After eight years of work, the 20-meter-wide canals had been carved through the mountain.

Once the system was finished, no more floods 7 (occur) and the people were able to live peacefully and 8 (happy).Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams where the water 9 (block) with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish population to exist 10 harmony.

2020-11-29更新 | 201次组卷

相似题纠错收藏详情加入试卷