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One of the most pressing challenges the world will face in the next few decades is how to alleviate the growing stress that huma

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问题     One of the most pressing challenges the world will face in the next few decades is how to alleviate the growing stress that human activities are placing【C1】________the environment. The consequences are just too great to【C2】________. Wildlife habitats are being degraded or disappearing altogether as new developments【C3】________more land. Plant and animal species are becoming【C4】________at a greater rate now than at any time in Earth’s history.【C5】________many as 30 percent of the world’s fish stocks are over-exploited. And the list goes on.
    【C6】________, there is reason to have hope for the future. Advances in computing power and molecular biology are among the tremendous increases in scientific capability that【C7】________helping resear-chers【C8】________a better understanding of these problems. Recent development in science and technology could provide the【C9】________for some major and timely actions that would【C10】________our understanding of how human activities affect the environment.
    One priority for research is improving hydrological forecasting. It has been【C11】________that the world’s water use would triple in the next two decades. Already, widespread water【C12】________have occurred in parts of China, India, and North Africa. The need for water also is taking its toll on fresh water ecosystems in the United States. Only 2 percent of the nations’ stream are considered in good【C13】________, and【C14】________to 40 percent of native fish species are rare to extinct.
    To prevent outbreaks of【C15】________diseases in plants, animals and human, more study is needed on how parasites and disease-carrying species—as【C16】________as humans and other species they【C17】________—are affected by changes in the environment. The overuse of antibiotics both in humans and in farm animals has【C18】________ to the growth of antibiotic-resistant micro organism. Researchers can take【C19】________of new technologies in genetics and computing to better monitor and【C20】________the effects that environment changes might have on diseases outbreaks.
【C18】
选项 A、referred
B、distributed
C、contributed
D、attributed
答案C
解析 本填空考查动词词组，其主语为The overuse of antibiotics both in humans and in farm animals(在人体以及牲畜中过量使用抗生素)；其宾语为the growth of antibiotic-resistant micro organism (抗生素抗药能力的增长)。分析这两个线索之间的关系，很容易定位出本句缺少的动词应意为“导致……现象的发生”。四个选项中A项referred(to)、B项distributed(to)与题意无关；D项attributed(to)意为“把某事归因于”，且attributed是应该有宾语的，不符合本填空；最佳选项为C项contributed(to)，意为“导致，造成”。
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