2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：完形填空33.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：完形填空 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Man - made causes probably do the most damage．There are many man-made causes． 21 is one of the biggest man-made problems．Pollution 22 in many shapes and sizes．Burning fossil（化石） fuels is one thing that causes pollution．Fossil fuels are fuels made of organic matter such as coal or oil．When fossil fuels are burned, they 23 a green house gas called CO2．Also mining coal and oil allows methane（甲烷）to escape．How does it escape? Methane is 24 in the ground． 25 coal or oil is mined, you have to dig up the earth a little．When you dig up the fossil fuels, you dig up the methane as well． Another major man-made 26 of global warming is population．More people 27 more food, and more transportation, right? That means more methane because 28 will be more burning of fossil fuels, 29 more agriculture．Now you are probably thinking, Wait a minute．You said agriculture will be damaged by global warning, but 30 you are saying agriculture is going to help cause global warning? Well, have you 31 been in a bam filled with animals and you smell something terrible? You are 32 methane．Another source of methane is manure（粪肥）．Because more food is needed, we have to 33 food．Animals like cows are a source of food which means more manure and methane．Another problem 34 the increasing population is 35 ．More people means more cars, and more cars means more pollution．Also, many people have more than one car． Since CO2 contributes to global warning, the increase in population makes the problem worse because we breathe out CO2. 36 , the trees that change our CO2 to oxygen are being destroyed because we are using the land 37 we cut the trees down from as property for our homes and buildings. We are not replacing the trees (an important part of our ecosystem), so we are 38 taking 39 of our natural resources and giving nothing back