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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可 以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A kind-hearted homeowner kept a baby elephant in her back yard for months during the Second World War. It has been reported that the reason was that zookeepers ________ the animal would be killed in a bombing.
Sheila lived at Belfast Zoo ________ she was moved to her unusual home in 1941 as the city ________ a lightning war called the Belfast Blitz. She was one of the ________ ones at the zoo, in the north of the city. The Ministry of Public Safety ________ 23 zoo animals to be killed in case they got free and ________ people, including a tiger, a black bear, a lynx, a hyena, two polar bears and six wolves. But instead of meeting the same________ , Sheila was walked down the road by ________ to a red-brick house on the Whitewell Road where a woman took her ________ and let her live in the back yard for several months until the________ was over.
Now, as part of the zoo’s 75th anniversary, the zoo managers are trying to ________ the woman who gave the elephant its wartime protection, known ________ as “the elephant angel”. All they have are a couple of black and white ________ of two women sitting on a garden seat________ , Sheila drinking out of a tin bucket beside the back door of the________ .
Zoo manager Mark Challis said, “The ________ provided by our mystery lady is ________ to zoo history and we would like to make contact with her family and ________ document this gap in our past.” ________ , Sheila went on to________ the war, living another 25 years until her death at the zoo in 1966.
1.A. wanted B. imagined C. feared D. protected
2.A. until B. after C. since D. once
3.A. declared B. ignored C. involved D. experienced
4.A. frightening B. lucky C. extinct D. popular
5.A. ordered B. predicted C. warned D. offered
6.A. attracted B. pleased C. attacked D. covered
7.A. hope B. disorder C. Pain D. fate
8.A. soldiers B. zookeepers C. experts D. advisers
9.A. out B. in C. away D. off
10.A. bombing B. searching C. controlling D. struggling
11.A. admit B. realize C. see D. find
12.A. again B. only C. rarely D. yet
13.A. photos B. statues C. scenes D. messages
14.A. allowing B. keeping C. watching D. making
15.A. zoo B. park C. dormitory D. house
16.A. care B. food C. drink D. yard
17.A. useless B. limited C. unique D. valueless
18.A. properly B. secretly C. slowly D. temporarily
19.A. Sadly B. Happily C. Obviously D. Gradually
20.A. fight B. succeed C. fail D. Survive
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1.At last, Mr Smiths declared that they would ______ the production of computers by ten percent.
2.Since he had a(n) ___ with his wife, he hasn’t spoken to her even if they sit next to each other.
3.He ________ other famous scientists and tried to make contributions to the important research.
4.We’d better believe him because he is always ___________________.
5.____________, I wish China Daily European Weekly every success in the Year of the
Monkey and years beyond.
6.She felt guilty about what she had done and _________ to her friend for it.
7.When lying on the sofa, _________ in her book, Mary didn’t notice her parents come in.
8.Yesterday two people are arrested at the train station for bringing animals into China from the Korea ___________.
9.You may also want to _________ some steam(过剩精力) by drawing, writing or anything else that relaxes yourself.
10.Some chemical factories pour waste water into rivers for convenience, _________ serious water pollution.