Humankind’s future safety and longevity of life on Earth largely depend on the environment which we live. Keeping the air we__1__ breathe free of pollution is a major priority towardsmaking this earth a safe place. Other areas of concern arewater, land, the ozone layer, and the preservation of flora andfauna of the planet.
Every country has ecological issues to deal. In South America, __2__ the rain forests are rapidlydisappearing as people burn and cut down trees to make for farmland. Many Middle-Eastern andAsian countries __3__ have a battle to fight with air, water, and land pollution. Lakes and swampsare spread with debris. __4__ Mass chemical spraying is used to kill pests on trees and plants.Abundant __5__ use of water in countries as China has caused major water shortage. __6__Rivers become polluted by factories and the populations that live on their banks. Global warmingis considered a major factor caused __7__ the droughts in eastern China, the Sudan, Ethiopia, andnorthern Kenya.
The reduction of the ozone layer is blamed for the global warming trends in variant countries ofthis globe, and the spread of disease like skin __8__ cancer. Societies at large need to payattention to the existing problems in order to get of the imminent danger of famine, drought anddiseases __9__ that rise from the damage that pollution causes. __10__
參考答案及解析:
1.^which-in 此處的介詞其實(shí)是和live連用的，live in theenvironment。
2.deal^-with。deal with是固定搭配，意思是“解決，處理”。
3.make^-way。根據(jù)上下文可以斷定此處文章要說(shuō)的是“人們燒，伐樹(shù)木為的是給開(kāi)墾農(nóng)田讓路。”make way for something。是“給……讓路”，符合此處需要的意思。
4.spread-polluted/littered。這里的關(guān)鍵是要知道debris的意思是“碎片，殘骸等”，所以根據(jù)上下文這里的意思是“湖泊和濕地被一些碎片殘骸所污染或弄得凌亂不堪”才符合邏輯。
5.^Abundan-the。此處不是泛指，而是特指，所以要有定冠詞。
6.as-like。此處是拿中國(guó)舉例，所以要用介詞like“像……一樣”。
7.cause-causing。此處定于分句是主動(dòng)的意義。
8.variant改為various。variant是“變體的，變種的”，而various表示“不同的”，符合此處意思。
9.get^of-rid。固定搭配get rid of 是“擺脫”的意思。
10.rise-arise