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
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- satisfy the global demand for beef
- are converted to grazing land
- can do it immediately
Cutting meat consumption isapowerful and personal thing most Americans can do to tackle the climate crisis, and they can do it immediately . 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 are converted to grazing land . 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 satisfy the global demand for beef . By eating less beef, we can start to decrease that demand.
Text Two
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- are many viruses that cause colds
- are still so poorly understood
- is more complicated than it appears
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 is more complicated than it appears at first. Only in the last few years have researchers gained certain knowledge about the agents responsible for it. For one thing, there are many viruses that cause colds 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 are still so poorly understood , 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
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- a signal that in this society men belong in the office
- something going on with British culture
- most men who failed to take the proposal
- two out of five men were afraid of asking for flexible working
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 most men who failed to take the proposal did so because they felt unable to afford it. The research was not restricted to paternity leave. It also found that two out of five men were afraid of asking for flexible working lest it harm their careers by making them appear uncommitted. Clearly there is something going on with British culture , 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 a signal that in this society men belong in the office while women should take the lead at home.