上海市部分区2023-2024学年高三上学期期末考试（一模）英语汇编：完形填空

上海市部分区 2023-2024学年高三上学期期末考试（一模）英语试题分类汇编 完形填空 2024届上海市崇明区高三上学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷 Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Sea levels along coastlines in the United States will rise about one foot by 2050, with larger increases on the East and Gulf coasts, according to a comprehensive new report by climate scientists. Oceans have already risen about one foot in the last century, as climate change melts glaciers (冰川) and ice caps around the world. But the pace is 41 , scientists warn, and the next 30 years will see the same amount of sea level rise as the previous 100. The report gives the most concrete and certain sea level 42 ever published for the U.S. And advances in computer models and real-world information about rising seas make it possible to see the future more 43 than ever. Sea level rise 44 dramatically for different parts of the U.S. coast. The ocean is not like a bucket of water that rises at the same time as more liquid is 45 . Ocean 46 push more water into some areas than others. Ice in different regions melts at different rates. In many parts of the world, sea level rise is 47 because coastal land is sinking. The new report adds up all those factors to give 48 estimates for different parts of the U.S. The authors predict about a foot and a half of sea level rise for the Gulf Coast by 2050, with particular hot spots from Texas to Mississippi, where exploitation of underground oil, gas and drinking water is causing the land to rapidly 49 into the rising ocean water. There are 50 hot spots in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Annapolis, Md. and Norfolk, Va. Overall, the East Coast is 51 to experience a little more than a foot of sea level rise in the next 30 years. Sea level rise is happening more 52 on the West Coast, including much of southern and western Alaska, the re