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【題目】Global warming could make humans shorter. Scientists claim to have found evidence that it caused the world's first horses 【1】 （shrink） nearly 50 million years ago. In fact,a team from the universities of Florida and Nebreaks says 【2】 has found a link between the Earth heating up and the size of mammals-homes，during the last time the world heated up. The scientists used fossils to follow the evolution of homes from their earliest 【3】 （appear) 56 million years ago. As temperatures went up．their size went 【4】 . The scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect 【5】 mammals and could even make humans 【6】 （small）．“Horses started out small，about the size of a small dog. What's 【7】 （surprise）is that after they first appeared，they then became even smaller and then dramatically increased in size, and that【8】（exact）corresponds to the global warming event, followed by cooling.”"It had been known that mammals 【9】 small during the last warm time， 【10】 we hadn't realized that temperature specifically was driving the evolution of body size”Dr. Bloch said in the "Science”journal.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to shrink

【2】it

【3】appearance

【4】down

【5】on

【6】smaller

【7】surprising

【8】exactly

【9】were

【10】but

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇調(diào)查報告。文章講述了全球氣候變暖會使人類變矮。

【1】考查非謂語動詞的用法。cause sb./sth. to do意為“使某人/某物做某事”，故填to shrink。

【2】考查代詞的用法。it指代前面提到的a team，故填it。

【3】考查名詞的用法。形容詞earliest后用appear的名詞形式，故填appearance。

【4】考查副詞和邏輯。溫度上升，馬的體型會變小，故填down。

【5】考查介詞的用法。have an effect on表示對某事有影響，故填on。

【6】考查形容詞比較級的用法。even修飾形容詞比較級，故填smaller。

【7】考查形容詞的用法。be動詞后形容詞作表語，用surprise的ing形式，故填surprising。

【8】考查副詞的用法。修飾動詞corresponds要用exact的副詞形式，故填exactly。

【9】考查主謂一致。哺乳動物mammals用的是復(fù)數(shù)形式，后面的系動詞也要搭配復(fù)數(shù)形式，故填were。

【10】考查連詞的用法。句意：我們已經(jīng)知道哺乳動物在那個時期個頭較小，而那個時期氣候也較暖，但我們還未意識到正是溫度驅(qū)動著身體大小的進化。句意間是表示轉(zhuǎn)折的語氣，故填but。

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