40天攻克大学英语四级冲刺模拟三(3)
74 they just fly round our heads or crawl round our houses and gardens. And we do not like any of them — 75 those lovely butterflies.
But insects are interesting. First, they are very 76 animals. Three hundred and twenty million years ago there were no men or other 77 in the world but there were insects. Today, 78 every square mile of land there are millions of them flying and crawling 79 . Second, insects are very 80 to their habitat, to their food and to the weather. Now there are about a million different 81 in the world. Then
82 do people use insecticides?
Not many insects 83 us. In many cases we do not see the insects and we do not think much about them. The 84 is that insects eat so much of man’s food,
85 there are so many billions of them. So we must use insecticides to 86
them.
An insecticide is simply a special chemical 87 with some poisonous elements. Farmers 88 their crops very often and the insects die quickly. Of course some poisonous chemicals 89 on the crops or in the 90 , and that is also dangerous to our health.
71. A) wicked B) shocked C) troubling D) annoying
72. A) wounds B) diseases C) hurts D) cuts
73. A) places B) points C) spots D) scraps
74. A) and B) but C) or D) because
75. A) besides B) let alone C) except for D) except
66. A) old B) young C) small D) weak
77. A) mammals B) cats C) reptiles D) birds
88. A) on B) with C) throughout D) in
79. A) over B) above C) about D) up
80. A) suitable B) adaptable C) agreeable D) changeable
81. A) species B) samples C) models D) examples
82. A) when B) how C) where D) why
83. A) stab B) wound C) hurt D) pin
84. A) difference B) condition C) method D) reason
85. A) so that B) due to C) and D) owing to
86. A) put an end to B) get rid of C) take care of D) get hold of
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