2011年4级选词填空.docVIP

With the world’s population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers, businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure and jobs. Underlying all this (47) will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years. ??????? Finding the resources to meet this demand in a (48), sustainable way is the cornerstone of our nation’s energy security, and will be one of the major (49) of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy – bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few – are (50) being funded and developed, and will play a growing (51) in the world’s energy supply. But experts say that even when ()52, alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world’s needs by 2050.??????? For example, even with (53) investments, such as $93 million for wind energy development (54) in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels (55) only about 1% of the market today.??????? Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot of (56) – both traditional and alternative.??????? 首先将15个备选词标上词性：??????? A. stable (a.)?????????????????? I. exactly (ad.)??????? B. solutions (n.)????????????? J. consist (v.)??????? C. significant (a.)?????????? K. comprise (v.)??????? D. role (n.)???????????????????? L. competitions (n.)??????? E. progress (n.)????????????? M. combined (v.)??????? F. marvelous (a.)?????????? N. challenges (n.)??????? G. included (v.)???????????? O. certainly (a.)??????? H. growth (n.)??????? 47、根据this确定此空必然填一单数名词，15词中D/E/H备选，E/H相似，其中必有一个答案，前文所说人口、能源消耗等，均只能用“增长”来指代，而不能说是进步；故选择H.growth，根据相似原则，E和H可以一起划去。??????? 48、本空与后面的sustainable并列，于是需要填一个形容词，与“可持续”的意象相近的选项为A.stable（稳定的）。??????? 49、本空前面为形容词major, 于是这里需要填入名词，之前还有one of，于是填入复数名词，在N与B中选。本句主语是“找寻”某资源，所以这被概括为一种挑战更为恰当，因此选择N.challenges。???