Question

    When we are talking about animals in China,the most precious (珍贵的) animal we would think of is the panda. In fact,we have another kind of bird as precious as the panda,21 many people don't know much about it. The bird is called crested ibis (朱鹮） .It is as 22 as snow with a red face and looks very beautiful. It is also in 23 like the panda.

     Crested ibises live in tall trees by small rivers or rice fields. They look for small fish and other small 24 for food. About one hundred 25 ago,a lot of crested ibises lived inChina,RussiaandJapan. Later,as they lost their 26

, the number of them was getting smaller and smaller. Between 1965 and 1980,people didn’t see any of them living in the wild. Luckily,on May 23,1981 scientists  seven of them in the south of Shaanxi Province. In order to 28 crested ibises in the wild,the Chinese gov?ernment is setting up nature parks and developing other plans. Now scientists are doing a lot of research to help them to 29 more babies. Today there are about 1 ,500 crested ibises living in the wild. Zoos and research centres are 30 after about 500 crested ibises.

  21. A. because   B. so      C. and      D. but

  22. A. black     B. white     C. yellow   D. brown

  23. A. danger    B. fact      C. peace   D. practice

  24. A. plants   B. birds     C. animals    D. flowers

  25. A. weeks     B. months   C. days      D. years

  26. A. homes     B. houses   C. families   D. rooms

  27. A. answered   B. bought

     C. found     D. changed

  28. A. catch     B. remember   C. teach      D. protect

  39. A. choose   B. produce   C. collect   D. touch

  30. A. turning    B. taking   C. looking   D. sending

Answer 1

21.D  所填词前后分句在意义上存在转折关系，中间需一个 表示转折关系的连词连接，故选D.

22.B  根据常识，雪是白色的，故此处意思为“和雪一样白 (white) ”。

23.A  句意:它也像熊猫一样处于危险之中。表示“处于危险 之中”，用 in danger。

24.C  句意:它们寻找小鱼和其他小动物作为食物。表示“其 他小动物”，用 other small     animals。

25.D  根据常识可知，大量的朱鹮生活在中国、俄罗斯和日本 已经是大约一百“年(year) ”前的事情了，因为它们现在是 濒危动物了。

26.A  句意:后来，随着它们失去自己的“家园”(homes) ，它们 的数量就变得越来越少了。

27.C   短文前面提到人们多年没有看到野外朱鹮的踪迹了，由 此可推知所缺词的意思为“(科学家)  发现(七只朱鹮) ”，用 find的过去式found。

28.D  根据常识知，政府建立自然公园的目的是“保护”  (protect) 生活在野外的朱鹮。

29.B  句意:现在，科学家们正在做研究以帮助它们“繁殖 (produce) ”更多的幼崽。

30.C  句意:动物园和研究中心在“照料(look after) ”大约500 只朱鹮。