This week in Japan, some 10, 000(1) from across the globe will meet to examine what, for many of the world’s poorest people, are issues of life and death. At sessions in Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, the 3rd World Water Forum will (2)a crisis that currently forces more than one billion people to (3) sources contaminated with human waste, and leaves countless millions more with insufficient supplies to (4) their crops, or to spur industrial development. The meeting is the culmination of the International Year of Freshwater 2003, declared by the United Nations to (5) awareness of the worsening state of the world’s water resources.
(6)that goal, the forum could hardly have been held at a less opportune moment. Events in Iraq may limit media(7) of the 3rd World Water Forum to mere footnote status. “Our discussions will have far more effect on humankind in the twenty-first century than the current crisis in the Middle East,” claims William Cosgrove, vice-president of the World Water Council, a think-tank dedicated to (8) water resources. But the forum’s organizers must know that there is little hope of gaining firm(9) from nations that are (10) war.
问题1选项
A.delegates
B.dedicates
C.dictators
D.decision-makers
问题2选项
A.spotlight
B.highlight
C.brighten
D.show
问题3选项
A.make use of
B.eat with
C.drink from
D.grope for
问题4选项
A.plant
B.cultivate
C.transplant
D.water
问题5选项
A.realize
B.achieve
C.gain
D.raise
问题6选项
A.For
B.But for
C.Given
D.Giving
问题7选项
A.cover
B.covering
C.coverage
D.discover
问题8选项
A.improve
B.improving
C.promote
D.promoting
问题9选项
A.commitments
B.commitment
C.promises
D.promise
问题10选项
A.focusing with
B.focused with
C.focusing on
D.focused on
第1题:A
第2题:B
第3题:C
第4题:D
第5题:D
第6题:C
第7题:C
第8题:B
第9题:A
第10题:D
(1)名词词义辨析。delegate “代表”;dedicate “致力,动词”;dictator “独裁者”;decision-makers “决策者”。根据句子结构,可知空格填入一个名词,选项B可排除。句意:本周在日本,来自世界各地的约一万名代表将齐聚一堂,探讨对世界上许多最贫穷的人来说,什么是生死攸关的问题。选项A符合题意。
(2)动词词义辨析。spotlight “聚焦”;highlight “突出,强调”;brighten “使明亮”;show “展示,出示”。句意:在京都、志贺和大阪的会议上,第三节水资源大会将强调一场危机。选项B符合题意。
(3)词汇辨析。make use of “使用,利用”;drink from “从……喝”;grope for “探索”;eat with “用……吃”。句意:目前迫使超过10亿人饮用被人类废弃物污染的水源。选项C符合题意。
(4)动词词义辨析。Plant “种植”;cultivate “培养,培育”;transplant “移植,迁移”;water “浇水”。句意:这使得数以百万计的人没有足够的水来灌溉他们的庄稼,或者刺激工业发展。选项D符合题意。
(5)动词词义辨析。realize “意识到,认识到”;achieve “实现,达到”;gain “获得,增加”;raise “提高,提升”。句意:提高对世界水资源日益恶化状况的认识。选项D符合题意。
(6)语法题。Given引导条件状语从句,表鉴于、出于。句意:鉴于这一目标,本会议几乎不可能在不合时宜的时候举行。选项C符合题意。
(7)固定搭配。Media coverage “媒体报道”。句意:伊拉克事件可能会将媒体对第三届世界水资源会议的报道限制在脚注地位。选项C符合题意。
(8)语法题。Dedicate to后接名词或动名词形式,因为to为介词。选项A和C可排除。Improve “改善”;promote “促进,提升”。句意:致力于改善水资源。选项B符合题意。
(9)词汇辨析。Promise和commitment都有承诺的意思,但promise用于口语中,随意一些,commitment用于正式语中,更加正式。选项C和D可排除。又因为空格后的nations为复数,所以commitment也应该保持一致。选项A符合题意。
(10)固定搭配。Be focused on “集中注意力”,没有be focused with搭配,选项A和B可排除。句意:但是,该论坛的组织者必须知道,从关注战争的国家那里获得坚定承诺的希望微乎其微。选项D符合题意。