Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into the London Zoo that a wild puma 【1】 (spot) forty miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts decided to investigate.

The hunt 【2】 the puma began in a small village where a woman 【3】 (pick) blackberries saw “a large cat” only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being 【4】 it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at 【5】 place twenty miles away in the evening. 【6】 it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a 【7】 (fish) trip saw the puma up a tree.

The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, 【8】 where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one 【9】 have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing 【10】 (think) a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】had been spotted

【2】for

【3】picking

【4】unless

【5】another

【6】Wherever

【7】fishing

【8】but

【9】must

【10】to think

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了有人发现一只野生美洲狮出现在伦敦以南40英里处的一个村子里，专家们已经展开调查，这引发了人们的不安。

【1】考查时态语态。句意：当伦敦动物园接到报告说在伦敦以南40英里处发现了一只野生美洲狮时，他们并没有认真对待。a wild puma 与spot是被动关系，而且这一动作发生在came之前，也就是过去的过去，所以用过去完成时的被动语态，故填had been spotted。

【2】考查介词。句意：搜寻美洲狮的行动始于一个小村庄，在那里一位摘黑莓的妇女看到“一只大猫”离她只有五码远。hunt常于for搭配，表示“搜寻、寻找”，故填for。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意同上，a woman与pick之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，表示主动，用现在分词作后置定语，故填picking。

【4】考查条件状语从句。句意：专家证实，美洲狮除非被逼入绝境，否则不会攻击人类。此处表示一种条件，根据“it is cornered”可知此处表示“除非”，故填unless。

【5】考查固定搭配。句意：事实证明，寻找美洲狮是困难的，因为人们常常在早晨的一个地方发现美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的另一个地方发现它。此处与前面的one构成固定搭配，one... another...表示“一个……，另一个……”，故填another。

【6】考查让步状语从句。句意：它所到之处，总会留下一串死鹿和死兔子之类的小动物。根据句意可知此处用wherever引导让步状语从句，相当于no matter where, 表示“无论什么地方、所到之处”，故填Wherever。

【7】考查名词。句意：有几个人说晚上听到猫一样的叫声，一个商人在钓鱼时看见美洲狮在树上。根据句意可知此处用名词作定语，on a fishing trip表示“钓鱼时（路上）”，故填fishing。

【8】考查连词。句意：现在专家们已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪里来的呢？根据句意可知前后是转折关系，故填but。

【9】考查“情态动词+have done”结构。句意：由于没有报告说这个国家的任何一个动物园有美洲狮失踪，这只美洲狮一定是一个私人收藏家藏着的，不知怎的设法逃走了。根据“As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country”可知此处用must have done表示对过去事情的肯定推测，故填must。

【10】考查非谓语动词。句意：一想到一种危险的野生动物仍在安静的乡村逍遥法外就令人不安。此处为“it is+adj +to do”结构，故填to think。