Notes on Environmental Discussion

题目与答案

1. Notes on Environmental Discussion

   Mexican settlers did too much 21_____ , resulting in destroying the environment.

   答案：farming

   原文定位：There are too many farmers doing too much farming. It's really destroying the forests and ruining the soil. Deforestation is a major problem there now

2. According to Dick, vegetation problems caused 22_____ .

   答案：environmental damage

   原文定位：He said the place looked more like the desert than jungle in some parts. It brought environmental damage

   同义替换：「caused」↔「brought」

3. A back issue of periodical reported interviews with 23_____ .

   答案：tourists

   原文定位：It's an old issue of National Geographic. It includes interviews with tourists who have been there in the past few years

4. The articles showed that land 24_____ are tough for plant growth.

   答案：samples

   原文定位：the first thing it points out is how soil samples show it's hard for anything to grow there

   同义替换：「land」↔「soil」，「tough」↔「hard」

5. Large area of 25_____ has disappeared in recent years.

   答案：21,000

   原文定位：It says how an area of twenty-one thousand square kilometers has lost most of its forest in the past ten years

   同义替换：「has disappeared」↔「lost」，「in recent years」↔「in the past 10 years」

6. Growing area is about 26_____ .

   答案：10.5

   原文定位：There's lots of else. Scientists say there's a growing area of about ten point five square kilometers where nothing can grow at all

7. Scientists have taken 27_____ of the soil in the Yucantan.

   答案：measurements

   原文定位：Scientists who have gone there have taken measurements. They do this by gathering a sample of the soil and running a simple test that shows the ionization of the solution

8. The Geology department has also analysed the 28_____ at the site.

   答案：soil

   原文定位：The geology department in our own university has reviewed the soil at the site too

   同义替换：「analysed」↔「reviewed」

9. The 29_____ in Horst`s book are very useful for study.

   答案：photographs

   原文定位：Here, study these photographs and check the damage yourself. That's what Dr. Horst who wrote the book here did

10. The student needs a 30_____ to do the presentation.

    答案：map

    原文定位：I'm headed over to the geography department to borrow a map for my presentation