The International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) decision to retain its ban on whaling does not mean that the killings will stop. Quite the (1) .
Save the Whale. It’s a phrase which became annoying with (2) , an unfavorable shorthand for liberal consciences. How appalling, then, that in the year 2010, it should be pressed (3) service again, to fight the whaling nations: Norway and Iceland, who exempted themselves from the 1986 prohibition (4) by the IWC, and Japan, which hunts whales under cover of " (5) research".
I am completely (6) by this week’s events in Morocco, where talks broke down. In my heart, I agree with those who have (7) the news that this year’s negotiations of the IWC have broken up, and (8) the prohibition would not be lifted (as the US proposed in a desperate (9) to break the deadlock). Yet reason (10) something else. If we do not (11) some kind of new control, the (12) will be able to go on with their slaughter (13) . Membership of the IWC is (14) , and the ban was only ever intended to be (15) . Japan, which has been buying the votes of nations with no interest in whaling (only in the 16 Japan offers in turn), will continue to press its case, having invested millions of dollars in its (17) . Geoffrey Palmer, New Zealand’s Commissioner at the IWC, has proposed a year-long (18) period. In the meantime, more whales will die.
We stand at a crossroad for whales. We see the (19) existence of these animals as an indicator of ecological threat. As symbols of an endangered world, they evoke, and provoke, a feeling that they have the same qualities as human on a scale equal to their size and supposed (20) . To some this is so much sentimental words in the New Age.
10（）
A.reports
B.predicts
C.advises
D.says
参考答案：D
解析：
[试题考点] 上下文语意关系与动词词义辨析。
[解题思路] 本题空格位于句子的谓语部分，该句意为“然而，理智______其他情况”。因为前文提到国际鲸委员会保留了禁令，我们欣然接受，接着，此处yet转折指出“理性______其他情况”，即我们应理性分析关于保护鲸鱼的问题上还会存在的其他情况。观察四个选项，只有选项[D]最符合文意，say意为“发明；表明”，即“理性告诉我们情况并非如此”。
[干扰排除] 选项[A]reports意为“报道”，选项[B]predicts意为“预测；预示”，选项[C]advises意为“建议；提议”，此三项代入文中，语意不通，故可排除。