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【题目】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】

试题分析：本文是一篇调查报告。文章讲述了全球气候变暖会使人类变矮。

【1】考查非谓语动词的用法。cause sb./sth. to do意为“使某人/某物做某事”，故填to shrink。

【2】考查代词的用法。it指代前面提到的a team，故填it。

【3】考查名词的用法。形容词earliest后用appear的名词形式，故填appearance。

【4】考查副词和逻辑。温度上升，马的体型会变小，故填down。

【5】考查介词的用法。have an effect on表示对某事有影响，故填on。

【6】考查形容词比较级的用法。even修饰形容词比较级，故填smaller。

【7】考查形容词的用法。be动词后形容词作表语，用surprise的ing形式，故填surprising。

【8】考查副词的用法。修饰动词corresponds要用exact的副词形式，故填exactly。

【9】考查主谓一致。哺乳动物mammals用的是复数形式，后面的系动词也要搭配复数形式，故填were。

【10】考查连词的用法。句意：我们已经知道哺乳动物在那个时期个头较小，而那个时期气候也较暖，但我们还未意识到正是温度驱动着身体大小的进化。句意间是表示转折的语气，故填but。

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