四级新题型选词填空及参考答案.doc

　　Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the blank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 1. Theres no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we 1__________ to slow the devastation by controlling our insatiable 2__________ for fossil fuels? 　　Global warming can seem too 3__________ to worry about, or too uncertain-something projected by the same computer 4__________ that often cant get next weeks weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldnt be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about 5__________ change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles. 　　Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some discomforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally, the 6__________ is up 1°F over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results arent pretty. Ice is 7__________, rivers are running dry, and coasts are 8__________ , threatening communities. 　　The 9__________ are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldnt be out of mind, because they are omens of whats in store for the 10__________ of the planet. 　　[A]remote 　　[B]techniques 　　[C]consisting 　　[D]rest 　　[E]willing 　　[F]climate 　　[G]skill 　　[H]appetite 　　[I]melting 　　[J]vanishing 　　[K]eroding 　　[L]temperature 　　[M]curiosity 　　[N]changes [O]skillful 2. After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles i