2017年职称英语 考试 报名:2017年职称英语(理工类)常考完形填空文章模拟练习及译文8

　Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures

　　The vultures in question1 may look ugly and threatening, but the sudden sharp____1____ in three species of India’s vultures is producing alarm rather than2 celebration, and it presents the world with a new kind of environmental____2____. The dramatic decline in vulture numbers is causing widespread disruption to people living in the same areas as the____3____. It is also causing serious public health problems____4____ the Indian sub-continent.3

　　While4 their reputation and appearance may be unpleasant to many Indians, vultures have____5____ played a very important role in keeping towns and villages all over India clean. It is____6____ they feed on dead cows. In India, cows are sacred animals and are____7____ left in the open6 when they die in their thousands upon thousands5 every year.

　　The disappearance of the vultures has____8____ an explosion in the numbers of wild dogs feeding on the remains of these dead animals. There are fears that rabies may____9____ as a result7. And this terrifying disease may ultimately affect humans in the region, since wild dogs are its main carriers. Rabies could also spread to other animal species, causing an even greater problem in the____10____.

　　The need for action is____11____, so an emergency project has been launched to____12____ a solution to this serious vulture problem. Scientists are trying to identify the disease causing the birds’ deaths and, if possible, develop a cure.

　　Large-scale vulture____13____ were first noticed at the end of the 1980s in India. A population survey at that time showed that the three species of vultures had declined____14____ over 90 per cent. All three species are now listed as “critically endangered”8. As most vultures lay only single eggs and____15____ about five years to reach maturity, reversing their population decline will be a long and difficult exercise.

　　词汇：

　　vulture / 'v?lt?? / n.秃鹰

　　species / 'spi??i?z / n.物种，种类

　　disruption / d?s'r?p??n / n.破坏，毁坏

　　rabies / 're?bi?z / n.狂犬症

　　ultimately / '?lt?m?tl? / adv.最终地

　　endanger / ?n'de?nd?? / v.危及，濒危

　　maturity / m?'tj??r?t? / n.成熟期
注释：

　　1.The vulture in question：讨论中的秀鹰(问题)。in question意为“讨论中的，考虑中的”。

　　2.rather than：而不是。例：Your proposal is positive rather than negative.(你的提议是积极的，而不是消极的。)

　　3.the Indian sub-continent：印度次大陆

　　4.while：虽然。例：While he has published many papers, he is modest.(虽然他发表了多篇论文，他还是很谦虚。)

　　5.thousands upon thousands：成千上万的

　　6.in the open：在户外，在野外

　　7.as a result：结果

　　8.listed as “critically endangered”：被列为极度濒危动物

　　练习：

　　1.A　decline B　rise C　teeth D　eyes

　　2.A　benefit B　debate C　problem D　solution

　　3.A　plants B　birds C　humans D　cows

　　4.A　over B　with C　through D　across

　　5.A　sometimes B　long C　suddenly D　hardly

　　6.A　who B　when C　because D　where

　　7.A　traditionally B　occasionally C　possibly D　finally

　　8.A　came from B　adjusted to C　resulted from D　led to

　　9.A　drop B　increase C　disappear D　change

　　10.A　future B　past C　villages D　mountains

　　11.A　recent B　urgent C　frequent D　rare

　　12.A　neglect B　use C　remove D　find

　　13.A　cures B　arrivals C　deaths D　journeys

　　14.A　along B　on C　in D　by

　　15.A　take B　adopt C　consume D　waste

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