2011年5月23日
考试类型:Critical Reading > Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The ------- of trees in East Africa has caused the number of native antelopes to ------- sharply because they can live only where the forest is most dense.
A. planting . . decline
B. planting . . decline
C. planting . . decline
D. planting . . decline
E. protection . . drop
正确答案:C
解析:
This sentence asks you to recognize a cause and effect relationship: a decreasing number of trees causes antelope populations to decrease. The only option in which both terms have a logical cause and effect relationship is “felling . . decrease.”
