大学英语四级阅读选词填空模拟题及答案解析2021年整理.pdfVIP

第一篇 Climatechangehasclaimeditslatestvictim ：Limacinahelicina，aplanktonic，predatory(捕 食 的)seasnailthat’samemberofthetaxonomicgroupmore(36)__________knownasseabutterflies ．(Thenameis(37)__________fromthewing-likelobes(叶 瓣)thetinycreaturesusetogetaround．)Inastudy(38)__________publishedinjoumalProceeding softheRoyalSocietyB， agroupofscientistsfromtheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA)andOreg onStateUniversityhavefoundthatthePacificOcean’sdecreasingpH—itsacidifying(酸化)， inotherwords-isdissolvingL．helicina’sthinshells． Theresearcherscollectedseabutterfly(39)__________from13sitesalongthePacificcoast(betwee nWashingtonandsouthernCalifornia， goingovereachwithascanningelectronmicroscope．Morethanhalfoftheshells(53％)fromonsho reindividuals(40)__________signsof“severedissolutiondamage，”while24 ％ of(41)__________individualssuffereddissolutiondamage．Thestudy’s(42)__________investig ator,Dr.NinaBednarsekofNOAA， describedtheaffectedL．helicinashellsashavingatexturenotunlike“cauliflower”or“sandpaper ．” Accordingtothepaper， therewasa“strongpositive(43)__________”betweentheproportionofseabutterflieswithseveresh elldissolutiondamageand“thepercentageof undersaturated(未达到饱和 的)water”neartheocean’ssurface．Theresearchersconclude“shelldissolutionowingto(human ．causedocean(44)_________hasdoubledinnearshorehabitatssincepre ．industrialconditions acrossthisregionandisontracktotripleby2050，”atruly(45)__________prediction ．Moreover, thebroaderimplicationsforecosystemareunclear,asdamagedshellsmakeitharderforL．helicin atofightinfections，staybuoyant，andprotectthemselvesfrompredators． A.showed I.noticed B.recently J.correlation C.protected K.encouraging D.commonly L.seaward E.derived M.acidification F.samples