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1、2013年职称英语考试理工类教材新增内容：完形填空(2)第八篇WhyIndiaNeedsItsDyingVulturesThevulturesinquestionmaylookuglyandthreatening,butthesuddensharp__1__inthreespeciesofIndia’svulturesisproducingalarmratherthancelebration,anditpresentstheworldwithanewkindofenvironmental__2__

2、Thedramaticdeclineinvulturenumbersiscausingwidespreaddisruptiontopeoplelivinginthesameareasasthe__3__.Itisalsocausingseriouspublichealthproblems__4__theIndiansub-continent.WhiletheirreputationandappearancemaybeunpleasanttomanyIndians，vultureshave__5__

3、playedaveryimportantroleinkeepingtownsandvillagesalloverIndiaclean.Itis__6__theyfeedondeadcows.InIndia,cowsaresacredanimalsandare__7__leftintheopenwhentheydieintheirthousandsuponthousandseveryyear.Thedisappearanceofthevultureshas__8__anexplosioninthen

4、umbersofwilddogsfeedingontheremainsofthesedeadanimals.Therearefearsthatrabiesmay__9__asaresult.Andthisterrifyingdiseasemayultimatelyaffecthumansintheregion,sincewilddogsareitsmaincarriers.Rabiescouldalsospreadtootheranimalspecies,causinganevengreaterp

5、robleminthe__10__.Theneedforactionis__11__,soanemergencyprojecthasbeenlaunchedto__12__asolutiontothisseriousvultureproblem.Scientistsaretryingtoidentifythediseasecausingthebirds，deathsand,ifpossible,developacure.Large-scalevulture__13__werefirstnotice

6、dattheendofthe1980sinIndia.Apopulationsurveyatthattimeshowedthatthethreespeciesofvultureshaddeclined__14__over90percent.Allthreespeciesarenowlistedas“criticallyendangered”.Asmostvultureslayonlysingleeggsand__15__aboutfiveyearstoreachmaturity,reversing

7、theirpopulationdeclinewillbealonganddifficultexercise.词汇：vulturen.秃鹰ultimatelyadv.最终地speciesn.物种，种类endangerv.危及，濒危disruptionn.破坏，毁坏maturityn.成熟期rabiesn.狂犬症注释：1.Thevultureinquestion:讨论中的秀鹰（问题)。inquestion意为“讨论中的，考虑中的”。2.ratherthan：而不是。例:Yourproposalispo

8、sitiveratherthannegative.(你的提议是积极的，而不是消极的。）3.theIndiansub-continent:印度次大陆4.while:虽然。例:Whilehehaspublishedmanypapers,heismodest.(虽然他发表了多篇论文，他还是很谦虚。）5.thousandsuponthousands:成千上万的6.intheopen:在户外，在野外7.asaresult:结果8.listedas“criticallyendangered”：