Part V 短文完成
Text Completion · 20 分
There are three incomplete texts. First, use the choices in the box to complete the phrases. Second, use the completed phrases to fill in the blanks of the text.
Text One
第一步：补全短语
- satisfy the global for beef
- are converted to grazing
- can do it
第二步：把短语填回短文
Cutting meat consumption isapowerful and personal thing most Americans can do to tackle the climate crisis, and they . About 40 percent of greenhouse gases come from agriculture, deforestation and other land-use changes. Meat-particularly beef --- drives climate change in two ways: first, through cows' emission ofagreenhouse gas, and second, by destroying forests as they . Despite the economic slowdown in recent years, atmospheric greenhouse gas levels continued to rise in 2020, in large part because of an emissions increase in the Amazon as rain forests were changed into land for cattle to . By eating less beef, we can start to decrease that demand.
Text Two
第一步：补全短语
- are many viruses that colds
- are still so understood
- is more than it appears
第二步：把短语填回短文
One would think that with so many people having colds and so many hours of productivity being lost, scientists would know very well about the common cold. But the disease at first. Only in the last few years have researchers gained certain knowledge about the agents responsible for it. For one thing, there The fact that colds are caused by viruses suggests some means of prevention and treatment. Because the environmental and physiological circumstances for the development of colds , there is little one can do to prevent them beyond avoiding persons with "new colds" or staying away from others when one hasanew cold.
Text Three
第一步：补全短语
- a signal that men belong in the office
- something with British culture
- most men who take the proposal
- two out of five men asking for flexible working
第二步：把短语填回短文
A report showed that almost half of all men failed to take up their offering of two weeks paternity leave (陪产假). The institution which carried out the research found did so because they felt unable to afford it. The research was not restricted to paternity leave. It also found that lest it harm their careers by making them appear uncommitted. Clearly there is , and one thing driving our culture is the legal framework in which it operates. Compared to the two-week paternity leave for men, women have a one-year offering. The unequal offerings are while women should take the lead at home.