Question

【题目】 A BBC film crew was working on the remote Lord Howe Island for a new wildlife documentary called Drowning in Plastic. They filmed many birds that 【1】 (die) for no clear reason. After some research, they found out the truth—【2】 caused the death of the birds was that their stomachs were literally too full of plastic. The documentary team also filmed biologists 【3】 (work) on the island to save the birds. The scientists captured hundreds of chicks and removed plastic from their stomachs to give them a chance of 【4】 (survive).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】had died / died

【2】what

【3】working

【4】survival / surviving

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了英国广播公司的一个摄制组在豪勋爵岛拍摄的一部名为《塑料溺亡》的野生动物纪录片。

【1】考查时态。句意：他们拍摄了许多因不明原因死亡的鸟。“filmed”表明此处用一般过去时，也可理解成die这一动作发生在filmed之前，也就是过去的过去，用过去完成时，故填had died / died。

【2】考查主语从句。句意：经过一番研究，他们发现导致这些鸟死亡的真相是它们的胃里满是塑料。此处为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，故填what。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：纪录片摄制组还拍摄了生物学家在岛上拯救鸟类的过程。分析句子可知，biologists与work在逻辑上是主动关系，故填working。

【4】考查名词/动名词。句意：科学家们捕获了数百只小鸟，并从它们的胃中取出塑料，给它们一个存活的机会。介词of后接名词或动名词作宾语，表示“存活”，故填survival / surviving。