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【题目】In many African cultures,the elephant is a 【1】 (象征) of strength, power and good luck. But will there be still good luck if there are no elephants in the world?
At the beginning of the 【2】 (第二十) century, there were about 10 【3】 (百万)
African elephants, but now there are about 500,000. Last year about 20,000 elephants were killed.
So African elephants are in【4】 (危险). In the next ten years, the elephant 【5】(数量)will reduce by more than a quarter.
Luckily, some countries’【6】 (政府) in Africa are taking steps to stop people killing
elephants.People kill elephants for their ivory(象牙). Female (雌性的) elephants are at a【7】 (较高的) risk because they have very large ivory.
The demand (需求) for elephant ivory in China is 【8】 (尤其) great. It has become even more valuable than gold. Although the international ivory trade has been banned (禁止) since 1989 in order to【9】 (保护) African elephants, many people are trying to kill elephants in some African countries.
At the end of the 1990s, the ivory ban was not so strict that it allowed some countries to sell ivory again. Some people say this is a great 【10】 (错误).
【答案】
【1】symbol
【2】twentieth
【3】million
【4】danger
【5】population
【6】governments
【7】higher
【8】especially
【9】protect
【10】mistake
【解析】短文介绍了非洲的大象。在非洲文化中,大象是力量、权力和好运的象征。但是现在非洲大象处于危险之中,因为人们为了得到象牙而肆意地捕杀大象。幸运的是,非洲一些国家的政府正在采取措施阻止人们捕杀大象。在20世纪90年代末,象牙禁令没有那么严格,允许一些国家再次出售象牙,有人说这是一个很大的错误。因此保护大象任重而道远。
【1】句意:大象是力量、权力和好运的象征。不定冠词a后跟可数名词的单数形式,根据汉语提示可知,答案为symbol。
【2】句意:在二十世纪初,大约有1000万头非洲大象。根据汉语提示可知,此处考查twenty的序数词形式,故答案为twentieth。
【3】句意:在二十世纪初,大约有1000万头非洲大象。million前面有具体数字时要用单数形式,本句空格的前面有基数词ten,故答案为million。
【4】句意:因此非洲大象处于危险之中。be in danger处于危险之中,故答案为danger。
【5】句意:在未来的十年里,大象的数量将减少超过四分之一。根据汉语提示可知,答案为population,注意population为集合名词,无复数形式。
【6】句意:幸运的是,非洲一些国家的政府正在采取措施阻止人们捕杀大象。some后跟可数名词时要用复数形式,指多个国家政府,故答案为governments。
【7】句意:雌性大象之所以有更高的风险是因为它们有非常大的象牙。tall与high都有“高”的意思,但表示抽象意义的高,只能用high,此处是雌性大象与雄性大象相比较,要用比较级的形式,故答案为higher。
【8】句意:在中国对象牙的需求量特别大。副词修饰形容词,根据汉语提示可知,答案为especially。
【9】句意:尽管为了保护非洲大象,国际象牙贸易组织自1989起就被禁止使用象牙制品。动词不定式to后跟动词原形,根据汉语提示可知,答案为protect。
【10】句意:有人说这是一个很大的错误。不定冠词a后跟可数名词的单数形式,根据汉语提示可知,答案为mistake。
【题目】阅读填空先通读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容,在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。
Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Canada.He was a determined little boy who never liked to miss a day of school.Fox enjoyed playing baseball and basketball very much in his free time.In secondary school he won the Athlete of the Year Award. He wanted to be a physical education teacher.
Terry Fox's future changed in 1977 when doctors told him there was cancer in his right knee.To stop the spread of cancer, doctors amputated (截肢) most of his leg.Fox learned how to use an artificial leg, and three weeks after the operation, he was walking.
Terry Fox made a plan to raise money for cancer research by running across Canada.His goal was to raise $1 from every Canadian.People said it was a crazy idea but Terry could not be stopped.He started his running on the Atlantic coast in Newfoundland in April 1980 and planned to finish on the Pacific coast in September.
The people of Newfoundland were welcoming and generous.Fox was treated to many meals at people's homes.A small town of 10,000 people raised $10,000.Fox ran about 45 km each day.He ran through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.As he ran he gave speeches about cancer and how the money he collected would go to finding a cure for cancer.The 8,000 people in the town of Gravenhurst donated $14,000.By the time he ran half-way across Canada he had raised $11.4 million.
At the end of August he thought he was getting a bad cold and stopped running for a few days.Doctors said the cancer had come back and was now in his lungs.Terry went into hospital for treatment.People kept donating money.There were 24 million people in Canada in 1980.Over $24 million had been raised by February 1981.Terry had met his goal.The treatment did not cure Terry. He died on June 28, 1981.That September, the first Terry Fox Run was held in Canada.Terry Fox Runs are now held yearly in 60 countries and millions of people have taken part.More than $ 360 million has been raised for cancer research.The donations for cancer research don't stop.His dream lives on.
The Man Who Never 【1】 Up — Terry Fox | |
Personal information | ·He was born on July 28, 1958 in Canada. ·He worked hard at school and enjoyed playing baseball and basketball in his free time. ·He died of cancer on June 28, 1981. |
Main events | ·In secondary school he won the Athlete of the Year Award. ·In 1977, cancer was found in his right knee and he 【2】 his right leg in the operation, but he was walking again three weeks later with an artificial leg. ·In April 1980, he started running from Newfoundland in the east of Canada all the way to the 【3】 coast to raise money for cancer research. ·In August 1980, doctor found the cancer had 【4】 and this time it was in his lungs. ·After he died, an event called Terry Fox Run is held 【5】 a year in 60 countries and millions of people have taken part. |