英銘國考英文周刊-No.64-克漏字篇

英文克漏字一向是考生頭痛的考題，尤其是看到一長串的文章大概都想先跳過讓過最後再來寫吧！只要多點耐心，先大致上看完整篇文章再來作答，會發現其實這篇克漏字題組的四個題目真的都不難喔，不信就看看英銘老師的逐題分析喔！

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Why is the world producing so much garbage? Garbage is an

unavoidable result of consumption. And to __1__ the high standard of

living that has been reached in many industrialized countries, we

must continue to consume, as the consumption keeps the wheel of

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industry turning. We use the rapidly disappearing natural resources of

the earth to feed the machines of industry, which __2__ produce

endless quantities of consumer goods. What we haven’t been able to

do, however, is to find a successful way to __3__ all the by-products

of industry and the products themselves when they are used up, worn

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out, or outdated.

One of the biggest causes of the garbage problem is the world’s

exploding population. More and more people mean more and more

waste. Before the industrial revolution, when the world population

was very small, the problem of garbage did not exist. Whatever waste

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was produced then could be absorbed by the earth without __4__

nature’s balance, but nature can no longer cope with the amount of

garbage that is currently being produced.

(  ) 1. (A) contain  (B) entertain  (C) maintain  (D) ordain

(  ) 2. (A) by contrast  (B) in turn  (C) more or less  (D) to the contrary

(  ) 3. (A) take off  (B) consist of  (C) dispose of  (D) put off

(  ) 4. (A) corrupting  (B) disrupting  (C) retaining  (D) sustaining

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第1題：根據文章的第2行至第3行，得知要維持高生活水準，就要持續消費，所以答案是(C)。

補充：

contain  v.  包含、控制     (always)

This textbook contains a good glossary.

這本教科書有一個很好的詞彙表。

同義：include, embrace, cover.

entertain  v. 使歡(娛)樂、款待、懷(抱)著、接受、準備考慮      (always)

Watching TV can entertain us.

看電視可以娛樂我們。

Mr. Sharpton entertained his guests extravagantly.

Sharpton先生大宴賓客。

Terrance will never entertain the idea of such an unsociable job.

Terrance永遠不考慮從事這種不跟人打交道的工作。

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