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【题目】 Imagine living in a place where you and your brother are the only kids, where everyone lives in camps. There’s a fire burning all the time for ______ and cooking, and wild animals walk or run past day and night. The___ village is a 20-minute ride away.

Madison McNutt, 12, and his brother Wilder, 8, live with their____ in the southern African country of Botswana at Wild Dog Research Camp. Their father _______ wild dogs and other such kind of animals. Their mother works with local children, teaching them about the protection of the natural world.

More than a dozen______ live at the camps, including their teachers, workers, and college students who have come to __________ about wildlife. And they have a small museum where they keep all the bones, skulls and teeth of the animals they have found.

The boys live in their own ________ attached to their parents’, several feet off the ground like a tree house. The camp______ is a hole in the ground, and everyone showers and bathes outside under the stars. Sometimes at night the boys _______ animals like hyenas that come to the birdbath in camp for a drink.

The boys ________ classes in camp about four months out of the year. Madison’ s _________ part of the day is when school gets out. “Then I can go to do what I love, like going to the_____ of the college students to study the bones with them. ” Wilder’s favorite animal is the leopard. He says, “They are very strong and they’re beautiful. They were here first and it would be sad_______ they were not here to look at. ”

______ boys have learned a lot about the animals because they have lived and studied here for a long time. And they think their father who works to___ and protect animals is great!

【1】A.darknessB.warmthC.coldnessD.coolness

【2】A.biggestB.smallestC.nearestD.farthest

【3】A.parentsB.friendsC.teachersD.animals

【4】A.hasB.keepsC.studiesD.finds

【5】A.animalsB.childrenC.adultsD.students

【6】A.learnB.talkC.discussD.think

【7】A.campB.roomC.houseD.hotel

【8】A.houseB.toiletC.roomD.tent

【9】A.visitB.catchC.seeD.feed

【10】A.giveB.teachC.attendD.pass

【11】A.meaningfulB.usefulC.favoriteD.important

【12】A.holeB.tentC.museumD.camp

【13】A.ifB.unlessC.sinceD.because

【14】A.AllB.BothC.NoneD.Neither

【15】A.likeB.huntC.understandD.kill

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】C

【11】C

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

短文介绍了12岁的麦迪逊·麦克纳特和他8岁的弟弟怀尔德住在非洲南部国家博茨瓦纳的野狗研究营。他们的父亲是野狗和其他这样的动物。他们的母亲与当地的孩子一起工作，教他们有关保护自然世界的知识。

【1】句意：为了取暖和做饭，总是有一堆火在燃烧，野生动物日日夜夜都在走动或奔跑。

考查名词，A. darkness黑暗；B. warmth温暖；C. coldness寒冷；D. coolness凉爽。结合句中“There’s a fire burning all the time”可知应该是为了取暖，故选：A。

【2】句意：最近的村庄是20分钟车程。

考查形容词，A. biggest最大的；B. smallest最小的；C. nearest最近的；D. farthest最远的。根据后面“a 20-minute ride away”可知是距离，排除AB。结合上下文，应该是最近的村庄，故选：C。

【3】句意：12岁的麦迪逊·麦克纳特(Madison McNutt)和他8岁的弟弟怀尔德(Wilder)与父母一起生活在非洲南部国家博茨瓦纳的野狗研究营(Wild Dog Research Camp)。

考查名词，A. parents父母；B. friends朋友；C. teachers老师；D. animals动物，根据后文提到的“Their father”和“Their mother”，可知应该是父母，故选：A。

【4】句意：他们的父亲研究野狗和其他这样的动物。

考查动词，A. has有，吃；B. keeps拥有，保持；C. studies学习，研究；D. finds找到。结合上下文父亲应是研究动物。故选：C。

【5】句意：营地里住着十几个成年人，包括他们的老师，工人和来学习野生动物的大学生。

考查名词，A. animals动物；B. children小孩；C. adults 成年人；D. students学生。根据后文“including their teachers, workers, and college students”可知应该是成年人，故选：C。

【6】句意：营地里住着十几个成年人，包括他们的老师，工人和来学习野生动物的大学生。

考查动词，A. learn学习；B. talk谈论；C. discuss讨论；D. think思考。根据后面定语从句部分“who have come to learn about wildlife.”。可知，应该是学习，故选：A。

【7】句意：男孩们住在他们自己的营地里，与父母的营地相连，离地面几英尺，就像一个树屋。

考查名词，A. camp营地；B. room房间；C. house房屋；D. hotel酒店。根据第一句“Imagine living in a place where you and your brother are the only kids, where everyone lives in camps.”可知应该是营地，故选：A。

【8】句意：营地的厕所是地上的一个洞，每个人都在外面星空下洗澡和沐浴。

考查名词，A. house房屋；B. toilet卫生间；C. room房间；D. tent帐篷。根据“and everyone showers and bathes outside under the stars.”可知应该是卫生间，故选：B。

【9】句意：有时在晚上，男孩们看到像鬣狗这样的动物来到营地的水盆喝一杯。

考查动词，A. visit 拜访；B. catch抓住；C. see看见；D. feed喂。结合句意，应该是男孩看见，故选：C。

【10】句意：男孩子们一年中大约有四个月在夏令营上课。

考查动词，A. give给；B. teach教；C. attend参加；D. pass通过。结合句意，应该是表示上课，选项C符合，故选：C。

【11】句意：麦迪逊一天中最喜欢的一天是放学的时候。

考查形容词，A. meaningful有意义的；B. useful有用的；C. favorite最喜欢的；D. important重要的。根据后文“Then I can go to do what I love”，应该是最喜欢的是放学，故选：C。

【12】句意：然后我可以去做我喜欢做的事情，比如去大学生博物馆和他们一起研究骨头。

考查名词，A. hole洞；B. tent帐篷；C. museum博物馆；D. camp营地。结合上下文，应该是去博物馆，故选：C。

【13】句意：他们首先在这里，如果他们不在这里看，那将是可悲的。

考查连词，A. if如果；B. unless除非；C. since自从；D. because因为，结合句子逻辑，应该是如果不怎样，将会怎么，故选：A.

【14】句意：两个男孩都学到了很多关于动物的知识，因为他们在这里生活和学习了很长一段时间。

考查代词，A. All所有，三者或以上；B. Both两周都；C. None没有人；D. Neither两个都不。观察句子。这里说的是两个男孩子，并且后面说的是学到了知识，应该用all，故选：B。

【15】句意：他们认为他们的父亲是伟大的，他致力于理解和保护动物！

考查动词，A. like喜欢；B. hunt狩猎；C. understand理解；D. kill杀。结合句意“他们的父亲是伟大的”，应该是理解小动物，故选：C。