Unit 6 Birdwatching
单元话题短文首字母填空练习
(2022·江苏南通·八年级期末)阅读短文,根据所给的首字母提示,写出一个合适的单词,使短文通顺。
A Special Team at the Winter Paralympics (残奥会)
A special team was doing some voluntary work at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics Games. In fact, these little v____1____ are 68 lovely guide dogs. All of them were strictly c___2___ from a training center in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Months of special training had taught them how to do with complex (复杂的) situations in cold environments.
At the Paralympics, e____3____ of the guide dogs wears a QR code (二维码). By scanning the codes, people can e____4____ learn a lot of detailed information about the dogs, i____5____ their blooding, age, training history and service conditions.
China s____6____ up the first guide dog training center in 2006. Two years l____7____, a guide dog named Lucky made its appearance at the Beijing Paralympics. With its h____8____ , Ping Yali, the first Chinese who got a Paralympic gold medal, completed the torch relay (火炬传递).
Our modern technology will c____9____ to develop. But the special warmth and loyalty of guide dogs are always needed. During the Games, the guide dogs greatly helped the b____10____ athletes to fully enjoy the sports competition.
(2022·江苏·南京钟英中学八年级期末)根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词。Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live. A new study p____11____ an answer.
The lead writer of the new report on koalas is Valentina Mella of the University of Sydney. It was the earlier i____12____, she explains, that the animals got most of the water they needed in the leaves they ate.
In the wild, koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat. But they also get it from water r____13____ down from the trees when it rains. Mella and other scientists w____14____ koalas in the wild every year. They find that koalas are a____15____ at night. They live in trees and depend on them for food, drinking and also for resting places.
Koalas spend most of the time high up in the trees. They eat lots of leaves. An adult koala normally eats b____16____ 0. 5 and 0.8 kg of leaves a day. Koalas sleep about 20 hours a day.
Mella notes that a koala usually spends 98% of its 1____17____ in trees. She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground is to discover another tree with b____18____ leaves.
In fact, the word “koala” means “no drink” in the l____19____ language. Koalas did not go down onto the ground very often. So it was considered that they had no n____20____ to drink water.
The koalas’ living environment is getting worse now because the recent fires in Australia have burned about 30% of the forests where they live.
(2021·江苏·扬州市广陵区教师发展中心八年级期末)根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上,完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)
At the end of summer, the Native Americans began to pack up their camp. It was time to move on. White Fang knew something different was going to happen. He decided to h____21____. He found a good hiding place near the camp and waited there.
At last they went away. White Fang was a____22____. Now he began to be really afraid. He had no mother to care for him. There were no men to throw h____23____ food. There was no warm tent to sleep in. There was only the f____24____ full of strange noises and movements. Suddenly the moon went behind a cloud. White Fang was in the d____25____ place.
There was some movement behind a tree. He wondered if it was a Lynx, the same animal that had killed his father. He started to run. He did not know w____26____ he was going. He only knew that he had to keep moving. After many hours, he came to where the Native Americans had camped the night before. White Fang could smell men, though there was no one there. He followed where his n____27____ led him. For more than 30 hours, he ran without s____28____. He ran along the river bank and through icy streams that flowed into the r____29____. He pushed his way through thick bushes. He became wet, cold and very t_____30_____. He sat down and looked up at the sky. He opened his mouth and howled. It was his first real wolf howl.
(2021·江苏·扬州市广陵区教师发展中心八年级期末)根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入单词的正确形式使短文完整。(每空一词)
White Fang, part-dog, part-wolf, was born in the cold and snowy Northland of Alaska. For a long time, his mother and he fought for survival. From his experiences, he soon learned the law of meat: eat or be e____31____.
One day, his mother brought home some strange meat, d_____32_____ from any other meat she had ever brought before. It was a lynx kitten. While he was eating it, he h_____33_____ a great noise from the entrance of the cave. The kitten’s mother followed the she-wolf to the cave. The she-wolf and the she-lynx started to f_____34_____. The lynx cut with her claws and teeth, the she-wolf with her teeth. The next moment, the two mothers s_____35_____, and before they rushed together again, White Fang joined in, biting the lynx’s back leg. It was not a big bite, but it was enough to give his mother the chance of winning. At last the lynx was dead, but the she-wolf was b_____36_____ hurt. She lay by the dead animal’s side for a day and a night w_____37_____ moving. They ate the lynx each day and very quickly they got better.
Since then, White Fang began to go out for food with his mother. He learned how she killed animals, and he started to help her. And he learned the l_____38_____ of meat. There were two kinds of life: his own kind, which was himself and his mother, and the other. The other kind were non-killers and small killers, which his kind could eat. But his kind also had l_____39_____ killers, which could kill and eat them. The centre of life was meat. Life i______40______ was meat. Life lived on life.
(2021·江苏·扬州市梅岭中学七年级期中)根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词,使短文完整。(每空一词)
One day, a toad (蟾蜍)meets a monkey. They decide to look for something to eat. Luckily, they see a woman making some cakes when they come to a farmer’s house. They get an i____41____.
The toad jumps i____42____ the well (井). Hearing something fall into water, the woman quickly runs towards the well. The monkey at once comes into the house, takes a basket with a big cake and r____43____ away to hill.
After a while, the toad meets the monkey there. The monkey wants to eat the cake by h____44____ so he says to the toad. “Let’s roll the basket downhill. Whoever gets the basket first can have the cake.” “But that’s unfair. I can’t run as fast as you,” answers the toad. The monkey says, “You must race(赛跑)with me, o____45____ the whole cake will be mine.”
The toad has to agree. They pushes the basket downhill and the race starts. The monkey runs fast after the basket, but the toad moves s____46____. The toad s____47____ and begins to eat the cake. When the monkey catches the basket, he f____48____ it empty. He climbs up the hill again and sees the toad e____49____ the cake. He becomes angry and wants to take the c_____50_____ back. But to the monkey’s surprise, the toad asks him eat it together.
The monkey feels sorry he cheated his friend. He decides he will never do that any more.
(2021·江苏盐城·八年级期中)根据短文内容及首字母提示, 填写所缺单词, 使短文意思完整。
Bats usually live in dark and wet places with all kinds of viruses(病毒). They always enjoy living in groups. When bats fly, their body temperature can reach as h____51____ as 40℃. Such temperature can kill weak viruses, but s____52____ ones will live on and c____53____ to become newer and more powerful (强大的).
Bats have special systems of their own that let them live with viruses w____54____ getting sick. Since they can fly, bats can spread viruses much farther and q____55____ than other animals. The animals are just like humans. The similar genes (基因) make it easier for u____56____ to become infected (感染的) with the same viruses.
Wild animals c____57____ many viruses, but it doesn’t m____58____ that we should treat them as ghosts. Each kind of animal plays a role in nature and all of them are i____59____ for keeping a good balance (平衡). What we should learn is to p____60____ animals and to live in harmony (和谐)with them, instead of hunting, killing or eating them.
(2020·江苏·镇江第一外国语学校八年级)While Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside(海鸥),they enjoyed w___61___ the seagulls(海鸥). They learned a l___62___ about these lovely birds. They will often come c___63___ to you when you are eating something. If you throw pieces of bread to them, they will at once pick them up.
Seagulls swim very w___64___, but they don’t often dive for fish. They are good at f___65___ with their wings. When a seagull is in the s___66___, he puts his legs under his body. Tom often watched them come to the ground. The seagulls beat(击打) the air w____67____ their wings and brought down their feet before they touched the ground. Mary liked to s___68___ them gliding(滑翔) over the water as they often do, without m___69___ their wings, but she said she didn’t like the n____70____ they make.
(2020·江苏·镇江第一外国语学校八年级)Which animal do we need m___71___ Dogs Horses No! The a___72___ to the question is cows. Why cows Cows give us milk. And milk is one of our most important k___73___ of food.
Suppose (假设) that all the milk cows make in one year were put i___74___ bottles. And suppose these bottles were put side by side. The line of bottles would go all around the world 400 t___75___. That is a lot of milk, less than half of it is used for d___76___ and cooking. Most of it is u___77___ to make butter cheese, ice cream and many other things. It takes many cows to give us that m___78___ milk. But not as many as it used to. A cow used to give only about 1,500 quarts (夸脱) of milk a year. Now a fine cow may g___79___ more than 3,000 quarts in a year.
Why do cows give more milk today Now farmers have better cows. The cows get better c____80____ and better food.
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参考答案:
1.(v)olunteers
2.(c)hosen
3.(e)ach
4.(e)asily
5.(i)ncluding
6.(s)et
7.(l)ater
8.(h)elp
9.(c)ontinue
10.(b)lind
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了2022年北京冬残奥会上一支由导盲犬构成的特殊的志愿者队伍。
1.句意:事实上,这些小志愿者是68只可爱的导盲犬。根据上文的“A special volunteer team”可知,这是来自一支特殊志愿者队伍的志愿者们,且空格前的these后接名词复数,首字母为v,因此此空应是名词复数volunteers。故填(v)olunteers。
2.句意:它们都是从辽宁省大连市的一个训练中心里精挑细选出来的。根据空格后的“from a training center”可知,这些志愿者狗狗是从训练中心里被严格挑选出来的,因此句子应用被动语态,其结构为:be+过去分词。首字母为c,choose“挑选”,动词,过去分词为chosen。故填(c)hosen。
3.句意:在残奥会期间,每只导盲犬都戴着二维码。由谓语动词wears可知句子的主语应是第三人称单数;根据“of the guide dogs”可知,介词of前应有表示单数的代词,首字母为e,因此代词each表示“每一”符合题意。故填(e)ach。
4.句意:通过扫描二维码,人们可以很容易了解到关于狗狗的大量信息,包括它们的血统、年龄、训练历史和服务状况。由空格前的“can”和空格后的“learn”可知空格处应填入一副词,修饰动词learn。根据上文“By scanning the codes”可知要了解狗狗们的信息只需要扫描二维码,这是非常容易的一件事情,说明可以“很容易地”获取到这些信息。首字母为e,因此这个副词应是easily。故填(e)asily。
5.句意:通过扫描二维码,人们可以很容易了解到关于狗狗的大量信息,包括它们的血统、年龄、训练历史和服务状况。根据空格后的“their blooding, age, training history and service conditions”可知这些都是可了解到的信息,是包括在内的,including“包括在内”符合题意。故填(i)ncluding。
6.句意:中国在2006年就建立了第一家导盲犬训练中心。空格处应填入一谓语动词;由“in 2006”可知句子应用过去时;首字母为s,动词短语set up表示建立,此处set为动词过去式,符合题意。故填(s)et。
7.句意:两年后,一只名为“幸运”的导盲犬在北京残奥会上亮相。由“two years...”可知,此处为句子的时间状语,前文说2006年建立第一家导盲犬中心,2008年的北京残奥会应是其两年后,首字母l,later“后来”符合题意。故填(l)ater。
8.句意:在它的帮助下,获得中国第一枚残奥会金牌的运动员平亚丽,完成了火炬传递。with one’s help意为“在某人的帮助下”,符合题意。故填(h)elp。
9.句意:我们的现代科技将会继续发展。will后接动词原形,首字母为c,动词短语continue to do表示“继续做某事”,符合题意。故填(c)ontinue。
10.句意:在残奥会期间,导盲犬们极大地帮助了那些盲人运动员们尽情地享受这场体育盛宴。由“the guide dogs”可知,导盲犬帮助的是那些有视力障碍的运动员选手们。首字母为b,blind“失明的,盲的”,形容词,符合题意。故填(b)lind。
11.(p)rovides
12.(i)dea
13.(r)unning
14.(w)atch
15.(a)ctive
16.(b)etween
17.(l)ife
18.(b)etter
19.(l)ocal
20.(n)eed
【分析】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了澳大利亚的考拉是怎样获取生存所需要的水分的,以及介绍了它们的生活习性等。
11.句意:一项新的研究提供了答案。根据上文“Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live”可知,科学家很久以来就想知道考拉是怎样得到生存需要的水的,于是一项研究提供了答案。provide“提供”,动词,陈述客观事实,句子是一般现在时,主语是单数形式,动词用三单形式。故填(p)rovides。
12.句意:她解释说,这是早期的想法,动物在它们吃的叶子中获得了它们所需的大部分水分。根据“that the animals got most of the water they needed in the leaves they ate”可知,“动物在它们吃的叶子中获得了它们所需的大部分水分”这是早期的想法,idea“想法”,故填(i)dea。
13.句意:但是它们也能从下雨时从树上流下来的水里得到水分。根据“But they also get it from water …down from the trees during it rains”及首字母可知,考拉也能从树上流下来的雨水中获取水分。run down from…“从……中跑下来”,固定短语,跟在句中water后面作后置定语,所以应用其现在分词形式running表主动关系,即滴落下来的水。故填(r)unning。
14.句意:梅拉和其他科学家每年都在野外观察考拉。根据下文“They find that koalas…”可知,科学家们每年都会在野外观察考拉。watch“观察”,动词,根据句中every year可知,本句时态为一般现在时,且主语Mella and other scientists为复数形式,故此处应用其原形。故填(w)atch。
15.句意:他们发现考拉晚上很活跃。根据首字母及生活常识可知,考拉晚上非常活跃。active“活跃的”,形容词,在句中作表语。故填(a)ctive。
16.句意:一只成年考拉通常每天吃0.5到0.8公斤的树叶。between…and“在……和……之间”,故填(b)etween。
17.句意:梅拉指出,考拉一生中98%的时间都在树上度过。根据下文“She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground…”可知,考拉一生中大部分时间都在树上度过。life“一生”,可数名词,根据句中its可知,此处用其单数形式。故填(l)ife。
18.句意:她还指出,它们来到地面的唯一时间是为了发现另一棵叶子更好的树。根据“She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground is to discover another tree with…leaves”及首字母可知,考拉大部分时间都待在树上,发现有更好的树叶才会来到地面,better“更好的”,故填(b)etter。
19.句意:事实上,“考拉”一词在当地语言中的意思是“不喝水”。根据“the word “koala” means “no drink” in the … language”可知,此处指在当地的语言里,local“本地的”,形容词,作定语形容名词language。故填(l)ocal。
20.句意:所以人们认为它们不需要喝水。根据“In fact, the word “koala” means “no drink” ”及首字母可知,人们认为考拉不需要喝水,need“需要”,故填(n)eed。
21.(h)ide
22.(a)lone
23.(h)im
24.(f)orest
25.(d)ark
26.(w)here
27.(n)ose
28.(s)topping
29.(r)iver
30.(t)ired
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了夏末北美土著人收拾好他们的营地,打算继续前进,此时雪地黄金犬(白牙)担心被北美土著人打,所以他藏了起来,当他独自一人时担心被山猫杀死,所以他不停地在森林里跑了三十多个小时,变得又湿又冷又累,最后对着天空狼嚎起来。
21.句意:他决定躲起来。根据“He found a good hiding place”他找到了一个藏身的好地方。可知,此处说的是“躲,藏”;decide to do sth决定做某事。故填(h)ide。
22.句意:白牙是孤独的。根据“Now he began to be really afraid. He had no mother to care for him.”可知,他真的开始害怕了,没有母亲照顾他。说明此时他是“独自的;孤独的”。故填(a)lone。
23.句意:没有人给他扔食物。动词后跟宾语,根据“he”可知,宾格是him。故填(h)im。
24.句意:只有森林里充满了奇怪的声音和移动。根据下文“He ran along the river bank and through icy streams that flowed into the…He pushed his way through thick bushes.”可知,有河流,茂密的灌木丛。可知是“森林”。故填(f)orest。
25.句意:白牙处在一个黑暗的地方。根据“Suddenly the moon went behind a cloud.”可知,月亮躲到云后面去了,因此此处是处在一个“黑暗的”地方。故填(d)ark。
26.句意:他不知道自己要去哪里。根据“He started to run.”可知,他太害怕了,只知道跑,但是不知道跑“哪里”。故填(w)here。
27.句意:他跟着鼻子走。根据“White Fang could smell men, though there was no one there.”可知,能闻到人的气味,虽然那里没有人。本句是定语从句,题空作主语,因此指的是他的鼻子带领着他。故填(n)ose。
28.句意:他连续跑了30多个小时。根据“He ran along the river bank and through icy…cold and very”可知,此处指的的是他一直在跑,without后跟动词ing。故填(s)topping。
29.句意:他沿着河岸跑,穿过流进河里冰冷的溪水。根据“He ran along the river bank and through icy streams”可知,他沿着河岸跑,穿过结冰的小溪,因此可知此处指的是“河流”。故填(r)iver。
30.句意:他浑身湿透,又冷又累。上文说他连续跑了30多个小时,因此可知此处他很累。故填(t)ired。
31.(e)aten
32.(d)ifferent
33.(h)eard
34.(f)ight
35.(s)topped##(s)eparated
36.(b)adly
37.(w)ithout
38.(l)aw
39.(l)arge
40.(i)tself
【分析】本文讲述出生在寒冷多雪的阿拉斯加北国的白牙,在他和母亲一起猎食过程中明白生命的法则:生命靠生命生存,要么吃,要么被吃。
31.句意:从他的经历中,他很快学会了肉的法则:要么吃,要么被吃。根据下文“And he learned the law of meat. There were two kinds of life…”白牙在和妈妈一起猎食过程中明白“要么杀要么被杀”;可知此处指“要么吃,要么被吃”;eat“吃”,此处填过去分词与be动词构成被动语态;故填(e)aten。
32.句意:一天,他的母亲带回家一些奇怪的肉,与她以前带回来的任何其它肉都不一样。根据“some strange meat”和“from any other meat she had ever brought before”提示可知此处指“不同于她以前带回来的肉”;be different from“不同于……”;故填(d)ifferent。
33.句意:当他正在吃的时候,他听到洞口传来巨大的声音。根据“a great noise”提示可知此处指“听到巨大的声音”;hear“听”;此处填动词当谓语,陈述发生过的动作用一般过去时;故填(h)eard。
34.句意:母狼和母猞猁开始打架。下文“The lynx cut with her claws and teeth, the she-wolf with her teeth”根据母狼和母猞猁互咬的动作可知此处指“他们在打架”;fight“打架”;start to do sth“开始做某事”,可知填动词原形;故填(f)ight。
35.句意:下一刻,两位母亲停下来/分开了,在他们再次冲到一起之前,白牙加入了,咬着猞猁的后腿。根据“and before they rushed together again”可知此处指“母狼和母猞猁停止打架分开”;stop“停止”/separate“分开”;此处填动词当谓语,陈述发生过的动作用一般过去时;故填(s)topped/(s)eparated。
36.句意:最后猞猁死了,但母狼严重受伤。空格在助动词和实意动词之间,填副词;上文“The lynx cut with her claws and teeth, the she-wolf with her teeth”根据母狼和母猞猁互咬的动作可知此处指“母狼受了重伤”;badly“严重地”;故填(b)adly。
37.句意:她躺在那只动物尸体的身边一天一夜,一动不动。根据上文“but the she-wolf was badly hurt”可知此处指“母狼严重受伤,躺着一动不动”;分析句子成分可知此处填without“没有”,介词,后接动名词当状语;故填(w)ithout。
38.句意:他学会了食肉的法则。空格在定冠词后,填名词;下文“There were two kinds of life: his own kind…”可知此处指“白牙在和妈妈一起猎食过程明白的生命法则——要么吃要么被吃”;law“法则”;故填(l)aw。
39.句意:但他这种类型也有大型杀手,可以杀死并吃掉它们。上文“The other kind were non-killers and small killers, which his kind could eat”白牙这种类型可以杀死非杀手和小杀手;根据but句意转折可知此处指“也有大型杀手,可以杀死白牙这类的杀手”;空格在名词前填形容词;large“大的”;故填(l)arge。
40.句意:生命本身就是肉。上文“The centre of life was meat”生命的中心是肉;结合下文“Life lived on life”生命靠生命生存;可知此处指“生命本身就是肉”,分析句子成分,此处填反身代词itself“它自己”当同位语;故填(i)tself。
41.(i)dea
42.(i)nto
43.(r)uns
44.(h)imself
45.(o)r
46.(s)lowly
47.(s)tops
48.(f)inds
49.(e)ating
50.(c)ake
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了一只蟾蜍和一只猴子想吃妇女做的蛋糕,于是相互配合将蛋糕拿走,猴子想独吞蛋糕,于是要和蟾蜍比赛,后来蟾蜍先得到蛋糕,猴子拿到篮子后发现是空的,回来找蟾蜍,发现他正在吃蛋糕,非常生气,但是令他吃惊的是,蟾蜍请他一起吃,这让猴子很后悔。
41.句意:他们有了主意。根据下文内容和首字母提示可知,空处应是idea,主意,可数名词,因之前有不定冠词an修饰,故名词应用单数形式。故填(i)dea。
42.句意:蟾蜍跳进井里。根据后句“Hearing something fall into water, the woman quickly runs towards the well.”和首字母提示可知,应是蟾蜍跳进井里,故空处应是into,到……里。故填(i)nto。
43.句意:猴子立刻走进房子,拿着一个篮子和一个大蛋糕,跑向小山。根据前句“The monkey at once comes into the house, takes a basket with a big cake”和首字母提示可推知,空处应是run,跑;句子是一般现在时,主语是第三人称单数形式,故动词应用单三式runs。故填(r)uns。
44.句意:猴子想自己吃蛋糕,所以他对蟾蜍说。根据下文““But that’s unfair. I can’t run as fast as you,” answers the toad.”和首字母提示可知,应是猴子想自己吃蛋糕,故空处应是himself。故填(h)imself。
45.句意:你必须和我赛跑,否则整个蛋糕都是我的。分析空前后句句意和首字母提示可知空处应是or,否则。故填(o)r。
46.句意:猴子追着篮子跑得很快,但蟾蜍前进得很慢。根据前句“The monkey runs fast after the basket,”和but以及首字母提示可知,空处应是slowly,慢地。故填(s)lowly。
47.句意:蟾蜍停下来开始吃蛋糕。根据空后“and begins to eat the cake.”和首字母提示可推知,应是停下来,故空处应是stop,停下来;句子是一般现在时,主语是第三人称单数形式,故动词应用单三式stops。故填(s)tops。
48.句意:当猴子抓住篮子时,他发现篮子是空的。根据空后“it empty”句意和首字母提示可知,应是发现篮子是空的,故空处应是find,发现;句子是一般现在时,主语是第三人称单数形式,故动词应用单三式finds。故填(f)inds。
49.句意:他又爬上山,看见蟾蜍在吃蛋糕。根据前文“The toad s…and begins to eat the cake.”和首字母提示可知,空处应是eat,吃;看见某人正干某事:see sb. doing sth.,故填(s)eeing。
50.句意:他变得很生气,想把蛋糕拿回去。根据前句“He climbs up the hill again and sees the toad e…the cake.”和首字母提示可知,空处应是cake,蛋糕。故填(c)ake。
51.(h)igh
52.(s)trong
53.(c)ontinue
54.(w)ithout
55.(q)uicker
56.(u)s
57.(c)arry
58.(m)ean
59.(i)mportant
60.(p)rotect
【分析】本文讲述的是蝙蝠携带的病毒为什么会进化,我们人类为什么容易感染,蝙蝠为什么感染性那么强。最后指出,我们应该尊重保护动物。
51.句意:蝙蝠飞的时候,它们的体温高达40摄氏度。as...as意为“和……一样”,as...as中间加形容词副词的原形,“ their body temperature can reach as...as 40℃”可知,这里填填副词high,意为“高”;as high as 40℃高达40摄氏度。故填(h)igh。
52.句意:这样的温度可以杀死弱病毒,但强大的病毒将继续生存,并继续变得更新和更强大。由weak viruses以及空前面的but转折关系,可知这里表示“强大的病毒会生存下来”。strong意为“强大的”,修饰ones;故填(s)trong。
53.句意:这样的温度可以杀死弱病毒,但强大的病毒将继续生存,并继续变得更新和更强大。will后面加动词原形,构成一般将来时,and并列两个动词原形,根据“ but...ones will live on and...to become newer and more powerful (强大的).”以及首字母c,可知这里填动词continue,意为“持续,继续”,符合题意。故填(c)ontinue。
54.句意:蝙蝠有自己的特殊系统,可以与病毒共存而不会生病。根据“let them live with viruses”可知,蝙蝠可以与病毒共存,不会生病;根据首字母w,可知这里填without,意为“没有”。故填(w)ithout。
55.句意:由于蝙蝠能飞,它们能比其他动物传播病毒更远更快。由than可知,这里构成形容词或者副词的比较级;根据“bats can spread viruses much farther and...than other animals.”以及首字母q,可知这里填副词quick的比较级,表示“病毒传播得比其他动物又远又快”。故天(q)uicker。
56.句意:相似的基因让我们更容易被用同样的病毒感染。根据“The similar genes (基因) make it easier for... to become infected (感染的) with the same viruses.”以及首字母可知u可知,这里填人称代词宾格us,意为“我们”,表示“对于我们来讲,更容易感染病毒”。故填(u)s。
57.句意:野生动物都会携带很多病毒,但是这并不意味着我们应该把它们当成鬼魂来看待。Wild animals是主语,后接动词作谓语,根据首字母提示以及“Wild animals...many viruses”可知,这里填carry符合题意,时态是一般现在时,主语是复数形式。故填(c)arry。
58.句意:野生动物都会携带很多病毒,但是这并不意味着我们应该把它们当成鬼魂来看待。doesn’t助动词后面加动词原形,根据“but it doesn’t ...that we should treat them as ghosts.”以及首字母m,可知这里填mean,意为“意味着”。故填(m)ean。
59.句意:每种动物在自然界中都扮演着角色,它们对保持良好的平衡都很重要。are后面加形容词作表语,根据“Each kind of animal plays a role in nature”以及首字母i,可知动物对于保持平衡很重要。所以填important,形容词,意为“重要的”。故填(i)mportant。
60.句意:我们应该学会的是保护动物和它们和谐相处,而不是猎杀或吃掉它们。to do不定式放在be动词后面作表语,所以空上填动词原形;根据“instead of hunting, killing or eating them.”表示,不要猎杀或者吃掉动词,我们要保护他们。protect是动词,意为“保护”。故填(p)rotect。
61.(w)atching
62.(l)ot
63.(c)lose
64.(w)ell
65.(f)lying
66.(s)ky
67.(w)ith
68.(s)ee
69.(m)oving
70.(n)oise
【分析】这篇短文主要讲述了汤姆和玛丽在海边度假,他们喜欢看海鸥,并且他们了解到许多关于海鸥的情况。
61.句意:他们喜欢看海鸥。enjoy doing sth.“喜欢做某事”;根据下文“They will often come …to you when you are eating something. If you throw pieces of bread to them, they will at once pick them up.”可知,此处是他们喜欢看海鸥,watch是动词,观看。故填(w)atching。
62.句意:他们对这些可爱的鸟了解很多。learn a lot about…“对……有很好的了解”。他们观察海鸥,对他们有很多了解。故填(l)ot。
63.句意:当你吃东西的时候,它们常常会靠近你。根据“when you are eating something.”可知,此处是当你吃东西时,他们会靠近你。故填(c)losee。
64.句意:海鸥游泳很好。根据“but they don’t often dive for fish.”可知,此处是海鸥游泳很好,此处是副词修饰动词,well是副词,好地,修饰动词,故填(w)ell。
65.句意:他们擅长用翅膀飞行。be good at doing sth.“擅长做某事”,根据“with their wings”可知,此处是擅长用翅膀飞行。故填(f)lying。
66.句意:当海鸥在空中时,他把腿放在身体下面。根据下文“he puts his legs under his body.”可知,此处是在空中飞的时候,sky是名词,飞行,in the sky“在空中”。故填(s)ky。
67.句意:海鸥用翅膀拍打着空气,在触地前把脚放下。根据“their wings”可知,此处是用他们的翅膀,此处用介词with“用……”,故填(w)ith。
68.句意:玛丽喜欢看到它们像往常一样在水面上滑行,不动翅膀。like to do sth.“喜欢做某事”。see是动词,看,see sb. doing sth.“看某人做某事”。故填(s)ee。
69.句意:玛丽喜欢看到它们像往常一样在水面上滑行,不动翅膀。without是介词,没有,后加动名词,此处是不移动翅膀,move是动词,移动,此处用动名词,故填(m)oving。
70.句意:但她说她不喜欢他们发出的噪音。根据“they make”可知,在这里是定语从句,修饰名词,noise是名词,噪音,此处是他们制造的噪音。短语make noise“制造噪音”,故填(n)oise。
71.(m)ost
72.(a)nswer
73.(k)inds
74.(i)nto
75.(t)imes
76.(d)rinking
77.(u)sed
78.(m)uch
79.(g)ive
80.(c)are
【分析】牛是人们最需要的动物。奶牛贡献给我们牛奶。牛奶是我们的最重要的食品之一。不到一半是用于饮用和烹饪。大部分是用来做奶油奶酪,冰淇淋和许多其他的东西。
71.句意:哪种动物是我们最需要的?根据“Dogs Horses No! The ... to the question is cows.”可知问那种最需要,most最。故填(m)ost。
72.句意:对该问题的回答是牛。根据“to the question”可知是问题的答案,answer回答,答案;根据“is”可知用单数。故填(a)nswer。
73.句意:牛奶是我们的最重要的食品之一。根据“one of”可知填名词复数,kinds of种类。故填(k)inds。
74.句意:假设把所有的奶牛在一年内生产的牛奶都装到瓶里。put into放入……里。故填(i)nto。
75.句意:一整条瓶子可以绕世界400圈。根据“The line of bottles would go all around the world 400 t...”可知这条线能绕世界400圈,结合首字母t可知用time表示“次,回”,符合语境;400后用其复数形式。故填(t)imes。
76.句意:不到一半是用于饮用和烹饪。根据“That is a lot of milk”可知牛奶是用来喝的,drink喝,for后接其动名词形式。故填(d)rinking。
77.句意:大部分是用来做奶油奶酪、冰淇淋和许多其他的东西。be used to do sth.被用来做某事。故填(u)sed。
78.句意:我们需要许多头奶牛才能产那么多牛奶。根据“It takes many cows”可知能产出很多牛奶,much很多,修饰不可数名词milk。故填(m)uch。
79.句意:现在的一头好奶牛一年可生产超过3000夸脱的牛奶。根据“A cow used to give only about 1,500 quarts of milk a year.”可知用give表示“产生”,may后接其原形。故填(g)ive。
80.句意:奶牛可以得到更好的照料和更好的食物。根据“Why do cows give more milk today ”可知能产更多牛奶是因为得到了更好的照料,结合首字母c可知用care表示“照料”,不可数名词。故填(c)are。