填空模拟题

247. The scientist warned that global warming might ______ a ______ of some mosquito-borne diseases, resulting in an increasing number of epidemics around the world.
A. precede, decline
B. stimulate, resurgence
C. eliminate, plague
D. deter, expansion
E. induce, quarantine

248. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were the era when Pueblo pottery was least likely to be ______ and from which, consequently, the fewest authentic examples .
A. discovered, originate
B. preserved, survive
C. promoted, disappear
D. counterfeited, persist
E. mishandled, endure

题意解析及中文释义

题意解析及中文释义：

247.
题意解析：
由分隔可知传染病的增长，空格一应填入一词表示全球变暖引起危害而不是把危害消除，候选B，E，但是E的第二选项quarantine表示隔离，隔离了就变成没危害，错误，所以选择B。
中文释义：
科学家警告全球变暖可能会刺激蚊子携带病毒的复苏，导致全球传染病数量的不断增加。

248.
题意解析：
由consequently引导因果关系，authentic examples和上半句的普艾布罗陶瓷重复，所以两空格填入一组同义词即可，选择B。
中文释义：
17--18世纪是普艾布罗陶瓷最不可能被保存的年代，因此很少有真品保存下来。