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16 大学英语四级答案 篇一：英语四级阅读理解练习及答案 16 年 6 月】 p class=txt2) lost count 弄不清楚 be in another world 精神恍惚 ; 魂不守舍 make yourself at home 随意，随便 save your breath 省口气吧 ; 别白费口舌了 make sense 有意义，理解 cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂贵 burn a hole in ones pocket 很快地被花光 fill ones shoes 很好地顶替 ; 令人满意地替代 is ice cold 表示理所当然 like apples and oranges 用来表示无法相比的事物 lose ones train of 忘记 meet each other half way 相互妥协，让步 on the dot 准时 ; 正点 once and for all 最后一次 ; 干脆 out of earshot 不在听力所及范围 out of this world 非常好 play by ear 随机应变，视情形而定 ring a bell 令人想起某件事 ; 听起来耳熟 1 ．。。 if the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet.by the middle of the 21st century,if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars,for example.even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race,the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for lus to look for open space somewhere else. but none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. one possible solution to the problem, however,has recently been suggested by american scientist, professor carl sagan. sagan believes that before the earths resources are compleetely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmophere of venus and so create a new world almost as large as earth itself. the difficult is that venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there. sagan proposes that algae organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen,should be bred in condition similar to those on venus.as soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. spaceship will then fly to venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere .in a fairly short time, the alge will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon. when the algae have done theri work, the atmosphere will become cooler,but befor man can set foot on