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(2015·东北育才学校一模)
Snake dishes have become popular __1__ recent years. Snake meat in various flavors (风味) is often seen in restaurant ads. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and if you haven't eaten snake yet, you __2__(consider) “out of date”. But I wonder __3__ all the trends are worth following.
Some people may defend themselves __4__ saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don't realize that many parasites(寄生虫)，__5__ do harm to our health, are found inside snakes.
According __6__ a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as __7__ as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
These figures warns us that if no action is taken, __8__ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which will result __9__ a decrease(减产) of crop output. Who will see such tragedy happen?
So let's start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect __10__.”
1．______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6．______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______
答案：
1．in in recent years固定搭配，用现在完成时。
2．are considered 被认为过时。
3．if/whether 宾语从句，根据句意只能填if/ whether, 我不知道是否所有的潮流都值得追随。
4．by by doing作方式状语。
5．which 非限制性定语从句。
6．to according to固定短语：根据。
7．many as many as 10 tons多达10吨。
8．the the number of...……的数量，这儿指的是蛇的数量。
9．in result in导致。导致庄稼减产。
10．ourselves 根据句意，保护蛇就是保护我们自己。
