题目内容
【题目】 A drop in tourism during the coronavirus crisis is making it more difficult for some organizations to protect 【1】 (threaten) wildlife in Africa. Wildlife 【2】 (official) fear poaching (偷猎) activity will rise because the collapse of the travel industry leaves less money for guarding animals.
African rhinos have long been 【3】 threat from poachers who kill them for their horns. The illegal trade is fueled by the belief, in some cultures, 【4】 the horns have medicinal value which has not been proven by science.
The number of black rhinos in Africa 【5】 (increase) slowly. But a report in March by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said it still considered the animals “critically endangered”. In part, it credits the comeback of the rhinos to effective law enforcement. 【6】, the enforcement measures are very
costly. The organization spends about $10,000 each year for every rhino to pay for the protection.
The IUCN expects to lose $3 to $ 4 million this year and the 【7】 (lose) severely limits the group’s ability 【8】 (protect) the rhinos. Wildlife activists across Africa are now waiting to see how poachers will react to the current situation, and whether more rare wildlife 【9】 (kill).
The IUCN said the population of black rhinos grew at a 【10】 (year) rate of 2.5 percent between 2012 and 2018. Now, there are more than 5,600 animals. That growth was predicted to continue over the next five years, the environmental group said.
【答案】
【1】threatened
【2】officials
【3】under
【4】that
【5】is increasing/ has been increasing/has increased
【6】However
【7】loss
【8】to protect
【9】will be killed/ is to be killed
【10】yearly
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明,新冠疫情的爆发导致经费紧张,使得野生动物的保护工作更加困难重重。
【1】
考查非谓语动词。句意:新冠疫情使得旅游业衰退,一些保护野生动物组织遭遇困难重重。threaten和wildlife是逻辑动宾关系,应使用过去分词作定语,表被动,意为“受到威胁的”。故填threatened。
【2】
考查名词。句意:保护野生动物的官员担心偷猎行为会攀升。此处指“保护野生动物的官员”,fear是谓语动词,使用了动词原形,主语应是复数形式。故填 officials。
【3】
考查介词。句意:非洲犀牛长久以来遭受威胁,捕猎者猎杀它们来获取犀牛角。be under threat是固定搭配, 意为“在威胁之下,遭受威胁”。故填under。
【4】
考查同位语从句。句意:在一些文化中人们认为犀牛角有药用价值,这一观念助长了非法交易。the horns have medicinal value which has not been proven by science是在介绍说明belief的具体内容,与前面belief是同位语关系;从句句意齐全,应使用只起连接作用、无实意的that引导。故填that。
【5】
考查动词时态。句意:非洲黑犀牛的数量增长缓慢。increase这个动词是延续性动词,由句意可知,数量正在缓慢增长并且可能延续下去,可以用现在进行时表将来的趋势。另外也可以理解为 increase这个动作从过去开始发生持续到现在并会延续下去,可以用现在完成时或者现在完成进行时。故填is increasing/has been increasing/has increased。
【6】
考查副词。句意:犀牛的回归部分归功于有效的执法。但是,执法措施的花费很大。前一句说执法是effective(有效的),后面又说是costly(昂贵的),前后形成反差,且有逗号和主句隔开,应使用转折副词however。故填 however。
【7】
考查名词。句意:IUCN 今年预计会损失三百万到四百万美元,而这一损失会严重削弱他们保护犀牛的能力。limits是谓语动词,空格前是定冠词 the,因此空格处缺句子主语,应使用名词形式。故填loss。
【8】
考查非谓语动词。句意:而这一损失会严重削弱他们保护犀牛的能力。此处是固定搭配:the ability to do sth.“有能力去做某事”。故填 to protect。
【9】
考查动词时态和语态。句意:整个非洲的野生动物保护者都在观望,看猎捕者就如今的局势会作何回应,他们是否会杀害更多的珍稀野生动物。此处与how poachers will react to the current situation为并列关系,也应使用一般将来时;kill与wildlife之间是被动关系,应使用一般将来时的被动语态。故填 will be killed/is to be killed。
【10】
考查形容词。句意:据IUCN报道,2012年至2018年间,黑犀牛的数量以每年2.5% 的速率在增长。此处修饰rate,应使用形容词,表示“每年的速率”。故填yearly。