You probably haven't taken the time to think of all the work that went into creating the shirt on your back. I mean, how hard it could be to create fabric and _26_ it into a shirt shape. Don't machines do all that? Well, creating fabric from cotton, which is the most _27_ clothing material, is actually a process that involves a lot of water, 2,700 liters per shirt to be _28_. Take a look at the video below from National Geographic for some more mind-blowing _29_ about cotton clothing production. Clean water is _30_ becoming one of the most sought-after resources in the world. Given how large the _31_ and cotton industries are, they take up a lot of our fresh water demands across the world, according to The Huffington Post. The video from National Geographic was created to spread _32_ of how environmentally harmful cotton is. But the situation can be made better. Through better water management and farming practices, water usage in cotton production can be cut down by _33_ 40 percent. Called “Better Cotton”, this environmentally conscious product will save millions of liters of water a year simply from _34_ the demands of cotton production. Cotton doesn't have to go, since it is, after all, one of the most useful cash crops across the globe. However, as water supplies _35_ farmers and consumers need to be more conscious of the effect that these products have on the environment as a whole. A) abstracts I) nearly B) abundant J) reckoning C) awareness K) reducing D) conscience L) sew E) exact M) shrink F) increasingly N) statistics G) intense O) textile H) mend
You probably haven't taken the time to think of all the work that went into creating the shirt on your back. I mean, how hard it could be to create fabric and _26_ it into a shirt shape. Don't machines do all that? Well, creating fabric from cotton, which is the most _27_ clothing material, is actually a process that involves a lot of water, 2,700 liters per shirt to be _28_. Take a look at the video below from National Geographic for some more mind-blowing _29_ about cotton clothing production.
Clean water is _30_ becoming one of the most sought-after resources in the world. Given how large the _31_ and cotton industries are, they take up a lot of our fresh water demands across the world, according to The Huffington Post. The video from National Geographic was created to spread _32_ of how environmentally harmful cotton is. But the situation can be made better. Through better water management and farming practices, water usage in cotton production can be cut down by _33_ 40 percent.
Called “Better Cotton”, this environmentally conscious product will save millions of liters of water a year simply from _34_ the demands of cotton production. Cotton doesn't have to go, since it is, after all, one of the most useful cash crops across the globe. However, as water supplies _35_ farmers and consumers need to be more conscious of the effect that these products have on the environment as a whole.
A) abstracts I) nearly
B) abundant J) reckoning
C) awareness K) reducing
D) conscience L) sew
E) exact M) shrink
F) increasingly N) statistics
G) intense O) textile
H) mend
题目解答
答案
26.L) 27.B) 28.E) 29.N) 30.F) 31.O) 32.C) 33.I) 34.K) 35.M)
解析
本题为英语完形填空,主要考查词汇在上下文中的准确运用,涉及动词、形容词、名词等词性辨析。解题核心在于:
- 根据上下文逻辑判断空缺处所需词义;
- 区分近义词(如
abundant与intense); - 注意固定搭配(如
be exact表示“准确无误”)。
第26题
空缺处需填动词,表示“将布料制成衬衫形状”。
sew(缝制)最符合语境,缝纫是制作衣服的关键步骤。
第27题
“most _ clothing material”需形容词修饰“材料”。
abundant(丰富的)指棉花是广泛使用的材料,符合“最常见”的语境。
第28题
“2,700 liters per shirt to be _”需动词短语说明水量的准确性。
exact(精确的)强调数据的准确性,搭配be exact符合逻辑。
第29题
“mind-blowing _ about cotton clothing production”需名词。
statistics(统计数据)与前文“2,700 liters”呼应,指令人震惊的数据。
第30题
“Clean water is _ becoming”需副词修饰动词becoming。
increasingly(日益)强调水资源短缺的加剧趋势。
第31题
“how large the _ and cotton industries are”需名词。
textile(纺织业)与棉花生产密切相关,构成完整语义。
第32题
“spread _ of how environmentally harmful cotton is”需名词。
awareness(意识)指提高环保意识,符合视频的宣传目的。
第33题
“cut down by _ 40 percent”需副词修饰百分比。
nearly(近)表示“减少近40%”,符合实际可行性。
第34题
“save water simply from _ the demands”需动词。
reducing(减少)指降低棉花生产需求,与“节约用水”逻辑一致。
第35题
“as water supplies _”需动词表示“减少”。
shrink(缩减)与前文“sought-after resources”呼应,强调水资源紧张。