He has been called the“missing link”．Half­man，half­beast.He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable(讨厌的)Snowman.The__1__of the Snowman has been around for__2__.Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest.The native people said they__3__this creature and called it the“Yeti”，and they said that they had__4__caught Yetis on two occasions__5__none has ever been produced as evidence(证据)．

Over the years，the story of the Yetis has__6__.In 1916，Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not__7__the tracks of a monkey or bear and__8__that the Abominable Snowman might really__9__.

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis.But the only things people have ever found were__10__footprints.Most believe the footprints are nothing more than__11__animal tracks，which had been made__12__as they melted(融化)and refroze in the snow.__13__，in 1964，a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was__14__and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.But，__15__，no evidence has ever__16__been produced.

These days，only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman__17__.But if they ever__18__catching one，they may face a real__19__：would they put it in a__20__or give it a room in a hotel?

1．A.event　 B．story　 C．adventure　 D．description

解析：event意为“事件”；story意为“故事、传说”；adventure意为“冒险”；description意为“描述”。根据全文可知，关于雪人这件事是一个故事或传说。

答案：B

2．turies　 B．too long　 C．some time　 D．many years

解析：从下文中的“Climbers in the 1920s”可知，关于雪人的故事已有许多年(many years)，不可能是其他选项。

答案：D

3．A.heard from　 B．cared for　 C．knew of　 D．read about

解析：know of意为“听说”，其他选项不符合文章意思。

答案：C

4．A.even　 B．hardly　 C．certainly　 D．probably

解析：even在此用来加强语气，表示甚至有人抓到过雪人。

答案：A

5．A.as　 B．though　 C．when　 D．until

解析：though引导让步状语从句，表示尽管目前还没有证据证明这一问题。

答案：B

6．A.developed　 B．changed　 C．occurred　 D．continued

解析：根据文章意思，雪人的故事应当是还在继续流传。

答案：D

7．A.entirely　 B．naturally　 C．clearly　 D．simply

解析：simply在此处作“仅仅、简单的”讲，此句意为“这不只是猴子或熊的脚印”。

答案：D

8.A.found　 B．declared　 C．felt　 D．doubted

解析：根据前文中believed一词我们可知，Eric Shipton没有什么证据，只能是感觉到(feel)。

答案：C

9．A.exist　 B．escape　 C．disappear　 D．return

解析：本题考查动词词义。exist意为“存在”；escape意为“逃脱”；return意为“归还，回来”。根据上下文很容易确定答案。

答案：A

10．A.clearer　 B．more　 C．possible　 D．rare

解析：从文中的意思来看，后来人们只是发现“更多的(more)脚印。”

答案：B

11．A.huge　 B．recent　 C．ordinary　 D．frightening

解析：由“nothing more than”来暗示“脚印”也不过是普通动物的行迹而已。

答案：C

12．A.strange　 B．large　 C．deep　 D．rough

解析：结合上下文的意思，雪地里的足迹经过融化再冻会变“大”(large)。

答案：B

13．A.In the end　 B．Therefore　 C．After all　 D．However

解析：however此处表示转折，因为下文写的是一名俄罗斯科学家所持的不同观点。

答案：D

14．A.imagined　 B．real　 C．special　 D．familiar

解析：后文讲到一名俄罗斯科学家认为雪人是与史前人类相联系，由此可见这位科学家认为雪人是“真的”(real)。

答案：B

15．A.so　 B．besides　 C．again　 D．instead

解析：上文提到的没有证据证明这种情况又出现了，故用again。

答案：C

16．A.rightly　 B．actually　 C．normally　 D．particularly

解析：actually此处指“事实上”，这位俄罗斯科学家的观点仍然没有得到事实证明。

答案：B

17．A.lightly　 B．jokingly　 C．seriously　 D．properly

解析：联系上下文可知，大部分人都不相信雪人的故事了，只是少数人“认真”(seriously)对待雪人的传说，take sth.seriously意为“认真对待某事”。

答案：C

18．A.succeed in　 B．insist on　 C．depend on　 D．join in

解析：本题考查动词词组的意思。succeed in doing sth.意为“成功做某事”，符合句意。

答案：A

19．A.decision　 B．situation　 C．subject　 D．problem

解析：根据文意，应为面临的“难题”(problem)。

答案：D

20．A.zoo　 B．mountain　 C．museum　 D．laboratory

解析：从文章的意思看，雪人如果是“人”就应当住旅馆；如果是“动物”，就应该进“动物园”(zoo)。

答案：A

5．He may not have finished the work.

4．I was on the point of leaving when the phone rang.

3．When you go to a new country，you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.

2．The kind of tiger has completely died out in this country.

5．他可能还没有完成那项工作。(may not have)

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答案：1.The work is too much for the boy.

4．我正要走的时候，电话铃响了。(on the point of)

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3．当你到一个新的国家时，你必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。(adapt)

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2．这种老虎在这个国家已经绝迹了。(die out)

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1．对于这个男子来说，这活儿太难做了。(too much)

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