题目内容
【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.
Wildlife Secrets of Nigeria’s Last Wilderness
Researchers from Chester Zoo, working with the Nigeria National Park Service, surveyed over 1,000 square kilometres of the national park. Known 【1】 its mountain rainforests and rolling grasslands, it is home to some of West Africa’s most threatened animals.
The cameras 【2】 (spot) some animals that have never been recorded before in the area and others, like chimps(黑猩猩), 【3】 are rarely seen. Stuart Nixon, the Africa Field Programme Co-ordinator at Chester Zoo, said confirmation of the locations of chimps was an important discovery. “Gashaka’s been regarded for many years as 【4】 (have) the biggest population of this Nigeria-Cameroon chimp,” he said. “We consider it the most important population—that’s really 【5】 we need to count it and see what the status of the chimp is right now—that will eventually affect what we know about this subspecies elsewhere.”
The chimp 【6】 (endanger) across its range in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its total population is down to fewer than 9,000 individuals, of which about 1,000 are thought 【7】 (live) within the borders of the national park. “It’s an amazing tool to use these camera traps and to reveal that this park—which is a 【8】 (forget) wilderness, really, for Nigeria—still has a really important store of important species for Nigeria and Africa in general,” said Stuart Nixon.
Chester Zoo is funding guards for the rangers and providing training in wildlife monitoring and protection. “This work is helping us learn more about the secrets of one of our last wilderness areas and we must continue to work together to ensure 【9】 survival for future generations,” said Stuart Nixon, “ 【10】 all this beauty were lost, it would be a terrible tragedy for all.”
【答案】
【1】for
【2】spotted
【3】which
【4】having
【5】why
【6】is endangered
【7】to live
【8】forgotten
【9】its
【10】If
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍了切斯特动物园正在资助护林员，并提供野生动物监测和保护方面的培训以了解尼日利亚最后一片荒野的野生动物的秘密。
【1】考查介词。句意：它因山地雨林和起伏的草原而闻名，是西非一些最受威胁的动物的家园。be known for表示“因……而闻名”，故填for。
【2】考查时态。句意：摄像机发现了一些以前从未在该地区记录过的动物，还有一些像黑猩猩这样很少被看到的动物。事情发生在过去，应该用一般过去时，故填spotted。
【3】考查非限定性定语从句。句意同上，此处为非限定性定语从句，关系词指代先行词chimps并在从句中作主语，故填which。
【4】考查非谓语动词。句意：多年来，加沙卡一直被认为是尼日利亚—喀麦隆黑猩猩种群最多的地方。作介词as的宾语用动名词，故填having。
【5】考查表语从句。句意：这就是为什么我们要弄清楚黑猩猩的数量和它们现在的状况。此处为表语从句，从句中不缺主宾表，缺少原因状语，故填why。
【6】考查时态语态。句意：黑猩猩在喀麦隆和尼日利亚的整个范围内都濒临灭绝。The chimp 与endanger之间是被动关系，而且陈述的是客观事实，所以用一般现在时的被动语态，主语是The chimp，谓语动词用第三人称单数，故填is endangered。
【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：它们的总数下降到不足9000只，其中约1000只被认为生活在国家公园的边界内。be thought to do表示“被认为……”，用不定式作主语补足语，故填to live。
【8】考查非谓语动词。句意：这真是一个很好的工具——用摄像头捕捉并揭示这个公园是一个被遗忘的荒野。wilderness与forget之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，表示被动，用过去分词作定语，故填forgotten。
【9】考查代词。句意：这项工作有助于我们进一步了解最后一片荒野的秘密，我们必须继续共同努力，确保它为子孙后代而存在下去。此处指代one of our last wilderness areas，修饰名词survival用形容词性物主代词，表示“它的”，故填its。
【10】考查状语从句。句意：如果所有这些美好都消失了，对所有人来说都将是一场可怕的悲剧。根据句意可知此处是一个条件，表示“如果”，用if引导条件状语从句，故填If。
