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  3. The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause______ of vegetables in the coming days.

The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause______ of vegetables in the coming days.

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问题 The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause______ of vegetables in the coming days.
选项 A、rarity
B、scarcity
C、invalidity
D、variety
答案B
解析 invalidity“无效力”；variety“各种各样”，均与句意不符，可排除。rarity和scar—city是同义词，均表示“稀少，罕见”。rarity多指在同类事物中，在任何时候，任何地方不仅少见而且很珍贵，强调罕见，它的反义词是commonness。如：Snow in May is ararity．“5月降雪很少见。”A man over a hundred years old is a rarity．“100岁以上的人很少见。”scarcity“缺乏，稀少”，它的反义词是abundance，plenty。如：Lastyear’s drought caused the scarcity of fruit this year． “去年干旱使得今年水果缺少。”Because of the scarcity of labour，the project was given up halfway．“由于劳力不足，工程中途下马。”题句的意思是缺少蔬菜是暴风引起的，但蔬菜并不罕见，所以正确的选择应该是B。如果将本句改一下，这两词的区别就更明显了：The rare storm sweep—ing over this area now is sure to cause scarcity of vegetables in the coming year．
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