Question

   Sand cats come from deserts like the Sahara (撒哈拉沙漠) .They have wide faces and big eyes. If you are lucky enough to see 1 in person,you will find it is one of the cutest animals.

   In the deserts of Africa and Asia,sand cats like living 2 lives. They usually live in holes made by other 3 animals. At their largest,they are a little less than two feet long. Their wide heads are what give them their young,lovely faces. They 4 food at night,feeding on small animals like snakes.

   There are not many sand cats in the world,so it's important to keep them  5 . However,it is difficult to keep them in zoos. Sand cats in zoos easily get kinds of common diseases,so, in order to successfully 6 sand cats,zoos have to create very special environment just for them. This means that,if sand cats are in danger,it's 7 to save them. It wasn’t until 2010 that a sand cat baby was successfully 8 in the zoo for the first time. Luckily,people have done something to 9 the sand cats from being in danger. Outside their native living places,there are not many opportunities to see sand cats. In the United States,there are only 26 sand cats in 10 . Most of us will just have to look at pictures and videos of these lovely wild animals online.

1. A. it   B. this   C. that   D. one

2. A. alone   B. noisy   C. loud   D. lonely

3. A. small   B. big   C. cute   D. dangerous

4. A. look at   B. wait for   C. take out   D. look for

5. A. free   B. busy   C. safe   D. dangerous

6. A. keep   B. stay   C. live   D. take

7. A. easy   B. interesting   C. boring   D. difficult

8. A. sold   B. bought   C. raised   D. brought

9. A. finish   B. stop   C. have   D. fight

10. A. zoos   B. parks   C. homes   D. houses

Answer 1

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A

   沙猫原产于沙漠，是濒危动物。除了在动物园，人们难以在野外目睹沙猫，只能通过网络从图片或是视频上看到它们。

1. D上文提及沙猫来自沙漠，下文用erne指沙猫中的任何一个，而不是特指。

2. D由短文最后一段中的“…there are not many opportunities to see sand cats.”可知沙猫“单独”生活.

3. A由“最大的沙猫不过两英尺长”推断，沙猫通常寄居在其他“小”动物的洞穴里。

4. D由下文“以像蛇之类的小动物为食”推断，沙猫晚上“寻找”食物。

5. C由“世界上沙猫不多”推断，保护沙猫“安全”非常重要。

6. A由“沙猫在动物园里很难存活”推断这里指为了成功“饲养”沙猫。keep表示“伺养”。

7. D由“动物园不得不为沙猫创造非常特殊的环境”推断，如果沙猫有生命危险就很“难”救活。

8. C句意:直到2010年才第一次在动物园成功“培育”了一只沙猫宝宝。raise表示“培育”。

9. B由Luckily推断，人们做了一些事以“防止”沙猫处于危险的状态中D stop... from doing sth.为常用结构，故选B.

10. A由“人们只能通过网络在图片或视频上看到沙猫”推 断，美国“动物园”里只有26只沙猫。

feed on 以……为食 opportunity n.机会

障碍句分析

   It wasn’t until 2010 that a sand cat baby was successfully raised in the zoo for the first time.直到 2010 年，沙猫宝宝才第一次被成功地在动物园培育。

   该句是强调句型：It be +被强调部分+ that +其他; not... until…是固定搭配，意为“直到……才……”；was raised是一般过去时的被动语态，意为“被培育”。