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.
11（）
A.exert
B.carry
C.punish
D.refuse
参考答案：A
解析：
[试题考点] 上下文语意关系与动词词义辨析。
[解题思路] 本题空格是条件状语从句的谓语。整句话意为“如果不______新的控制手段，捕鲸行为将会继续”，将四个选项代入空格中，只有选项[A]exert符合文意。exert意为“运用；施加”，代入文中意为“如果我们不采取新的控制手段”。
[干扰排除] 选项[B]carry意为“携带；具有”，空格后的宾语是“新的控制手段”，因为只有carry out才意为“实施；执行”，而carry不能与control构成搭配，据此排除选项[B]。选项[C]modify意为“修改；修订”，选项[D]refuse意为“拒绝；回绝”，与宾语“新的控制措施”搭配不合文意，故可排除。