Discussionsof impending water shortages are often couched in apocalyptic rhetoric, yet ifthe language is somewhat _____, the basic message is sound: water is indeedscarce and growing scarcer.
A. abstract
B. complacent
C.ambiguous
D.unfamiliar
E.overblown
解析
答案:
E
解析:
同義重復(fù)文中的couched in apocalyptic rhetoric,正確答案選E選項(xiàng)。overblown過分的。
翻譯:
關(guān)于即將發(fā)生的水資源短缺經(jīng)常被表達(dá)成世界末日一樣的夸張,但即使這些話說的有些過分,但基本的信息還是正確的:水資源的確短缺且正在變得更加短缺。