阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Two old homeless were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city.They watched ____________ as a lot of people walked by without looking at them.Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would _____________ a few coins in the hats in front of them.

Today was not a ____________ day for begging.The men were able to ___________ enough for a big meal.As it was getting dark, they started to ____________ their things.

Just as they were getting ready to leave, they ____________ a man walking toward them.He was a ___________ man — they could tell that from his fine clothes.The first beggar said to the second with _____________, “He’s coming our way!” The man stopped, ____________ into his pocket and took something out.What looked like a piece of hard ___________, wrapped (包裹) in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats.The rich man turned and _____________ his way.

“He could have easily left us a few ___________ or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar.He looked at the offering ____________.“There’s no way we can___________ this — we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away.Then he collected his things and _____________.

The second beggar wanted to do the same, ___________ a second thought made him change his _____________.“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” he thought.“How ____________ of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper.To his ___________, there was no hard rock candy inside.____________, a shiny white pearl (珍珠) worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.

1.A.helplessly B.happily C.uselessly D.quickly

2.A.steal B.lose C.drop D.send

3.A.cloudy B.bad C.rainy D.cold

4.A.collect B.pick C.buy D.find

5.A.carry B.hide C.place D.pack

6.A.felt B.heard C.noticed D.believed

7.A.kind B.strong C.tall D.rich

8.A.worry B.excitement C.fear D.politeness

9.A.turned B.looked C.went D.reached

10.A.candy B.cake C.rock D.bread

11.A.forgot B.changed C.missed D.continued

12.A.books B.coins C.sweets D.flowers

13.A.angrily B.proudly C.nervously D.quietly

14.A.smell B.eat C.like D.put

15.A.slept B.sat C.left D.cried

16.A.if B.although C.after D.but

17.A.habit B.way C.mind D.rule

18.A.nice B.funny C.clever D.strange

19.A.interest B.sadness C.surprise D.pity

20.A.Besides B.Instead C.However D.Again

Australia’s koalas could die out within 30 years unless immediate action is taken to stop the losing in population, according to researchers. They say development, climate change and bushfires have all combined to reduce the number of wild koalas sharply.

The Australian Koala Foundation said a recent survey showed the population could have dropped by more than half in the past six years. The number of koalas was once estimated to be more than 100,000, but now is as few as 43,000.

The foundation collected field data from 1,800 sites and 80,000 trees to calculate the numbers. In one area in northern Queensland estimated to have 20,000 koalas a decade ago, a team of eight people could not find a single animal in four days of searching.

The foundation said besides problems caused by cutting down forests, hotter and drier conditions because of global warming had reduced the nutritional value of their main food, eucalyptus (桉树) leaves, leading to poor nutrition for them. Koalas, which live in the forests in Australia’s east and south, are very picky about what types of the leaves they eat.

Foundation chief Deborah Tabart said: “The koalas are missing everywhere we look. It’s really no tree, no me. If you keep cutting down trees you don’t have any koalas.”She is hoping the new figures will persuade the government’s Threatened Species Steering Committee (TSSC) to list the koala as threatened. But committee chairman Bob Beeton said a decision was not likely recently and the koala’s status as one of the country’s favorite animals would not be a factor. “There’s a number of species which are attractive and people have special feelings towards them. We don’t consider that,” Mr Beeton said.

1.The writer gives the example of the area in northern Queensland in Paragraph 3 to show that _____.

A. the forests are being damaged heavily

B. the environment is being polluted seriously

C. koalas usually live in wild mountainous areas

D. the number of koalas is dropping quickly

2.Global warming is an important cause of koalas’ reduction because _____.

A. koalas can hardly stand the hot weather

B. the leaves koalas eat are losing nutritional value

C. koalas cannot get enough water to drink

D. the leaves koalas eat cannot grow in hotter and drier weather

3.According to Bob Beeton, _____.

A. the koala is one of his favorite animals

B. a decision will be made to protect koalas in the future

C. they needn’t pay special attention to koalas

D. koalas needn’t be protected at all

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网