专题06 综合测试(六)(测)(含解析)
I.语法填空(15分)
【2015届广东省实验中学高三第一次阶段考试】语法填空(共10题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31 ~ 40 的相应位置上。
If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources (1)________(leave) to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we (2)_________(use)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 the earth will make (3) ______ necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But (4)______ of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting lif e at present. One possible solution (5)______ the problem, (6)_________, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes (7)_______ before the Earth’s resources are (8)_________(complete) exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth (9)__________. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. (10)_________, there is only a tiny amount of water there.