2. The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England ________.

　　A) will soon become a problem for people living in central England

　　B) has now become a threat to the local residents

　　C) can be stopped if proper measures are taken

　　D) is quickly changing the map of England(B)

　　3. The experts’ study on the problem of erosion can ________.

　　A) warn people whose homes are in danger(D)

　　B) provide an effective way to slow it down

　　C) help to prevent it from worsening

　　D) lead to its eventual solution

　　4. It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because ________.

　　A) house agents along the coast do not support the idea

　　B) it is too costly and will endanger neighboring areas

　　C) the government is too slow in taking action

　　D) they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents(A)

　　5. According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should ________.

　　A) take the quality of the house into consideration

　　B) guard against being cheated by the house agent

　　C) examine the house carefully before making a decision

　　D) be aware of the potential danger involved(A)

　　答案：CBABD

　　文章分析：典型問題解答型文章，提出問題、分析問題、解決問題各成一段。

　　第1題針對(duì)問題成因發(fā)問，一段前兩句交代問題本身，有現(xiàn)象就會(huì)有解釋，第三句解釋原因，C選項(xiàng)的washing-away對(duì)應(yīng)原文的eaten into。

　　第3題針對(duì)experts’ study發(fā)問，也就是分析問題，對(duì)應(yīng)在二段三行找到定位，A選項(xiàng)的warn對(duì)應(yīng)原文的forecasting。BCD都同時(shí)找到了有效的方案，原文僅僅forecast無(wú)方案，故排除。

　　第4題針對(duì)sea defenses這個(gè)解決方案發(fā)問，對(duì)應(yīng)在三段開頭，題干not feasible對(duì)應(yīng)原文impossible，有觀點(diǎn)就會(huì)有原因，為什么不可行，原因就在impossible后面，原因有12兩點(diǎn)，對(duì)應(yīng)B選項(xiàng)。