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1、Ⅱ.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperfromofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.IsHothouseEarthAvoidable?Nearly50
2、yearsago,theClubofRome’sreport“LimitstoGrowth”warnedthatifeconomicgrowthcontinuedfastwithoutregardfortheenvironment,theworldcouldfaceecologicalandeconomiccollapseinthetwenty-firstcentury.Yetthatisessentially(21)________hashappened.AsnewresearchfortheClubofRomeshows---andthelatestreportfrom
3、theUnitedNationsIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange(IPCC)states---theworld(22)________wellbeheadedtowardsdisaster.Manywrongly(23)________(interpret)the“LimitstoGrowth”asanstackonuncontrolledeconomicexpansion.Infact,thereportarguedthat(24)________theunlimited-growthpathwaywaschosen,itwoul
4、drequirecomplementarypolicies(includingfunding)(25)________(preserve)theplanet’slimitedlife-supportsystems.Thisargument(26)________(ignore).Instead,theworldhascontinuedtopursuefastgrowth,withoutregardfortheenvironmentalconsequences.Thishasenabledustomakeenormousprogressinreducingpoverty,in
5、creasinglongevity,andincreasingwealth.(27)________ithascomeatahighcosttotheformationofthesocietyandtherestorationoftheplanet.Asscientistshaveconclusivelyshown,inthelastdecade,wehaveenteredanewgeologicalear,theAnthropocene,inwhichhumanactivity–inparticular,economicactivity---hasbeenthedomin
6、antfactor(28)________(influence)Earth’sclimateandenvironment.IntheAnthropocene,ourplanet’slife-supportsystemischangingfasterthanever.Climatechangenowrepresentsaclearandpresentdanger.Ifourplanetbecomesjust2℃Warnerthanpre-industrialtemperatures,wemaybeplacedirreversiblyonthepathtoward“Hothou
7、seEarth”---asituation(29)_______temperaturesaremanydegreeswarmerthantoday,sealevelsareconsiderablyhigher,andextremeweathereventsare(30)_______(common)---andmoredestructive---thanever.SectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwor