Question

【题目】根据短文内容, 选择适当的单词或短语填空, 使短文意思完整。每个选项仅使用一次。

A. Although B. Noiselessly C. As a result D. Sometimes

E. prefer to stay F. keep away from G. become silent, watchful and suspicious

H. As soon as I. will never see J. However

There are wild elephants in Malaysia, Thailand and several other countries but most people

【1】them. Elephants dislike the hot sun. They 【2】 in the cool shelter of the jungle, coming out at night to feed on the vegetation on the fringe of the jungle.

【3】they are big animals, elephants can move silently when necessary. When there are no hunters（猎人）near them, elephants often make a lot of noise. They tear up young bamboo shoots and eat noisily. But as soon as hunters appear, the elephants 【4】. A big bull elephant stretches out（伸展）his sensitive trunk and moves it round slowly, searching for the scent of his enemy. His large ears protrude from the side of his head and he listens for the slightest sound. 【5】he detects（察觉）any danger, the bull taps on the ground with his trunk. Tonk! Tonk! This is the danger signal（信号）.【6】the elephants disappear into the protection of the jungle.

【7】an elephant will attack（攻击）human beings, particularly if it is defending（保护）its young or it has been wounded. An angry elephant can trample an enemy to death or pick him up with his trunk and smash his hated enemy on the ground. Sometimes hungry elephants damage

（毁坏）crops but usually they 【8】 human beings. In recent years, poachers have killed huge numbers of elephants in Africa to get their ivory tusks.【9】 , many countries have banned（禁止）trade in objects made of ivory.【10】, elephants are still in danger of disappearing completely from many countries where they have lived peacefully for thousands of years.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】E

【3】A

【4】G

【5】H

【6】B

【7】D

【8】F

【9】C

【10】J

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述野生大象的生活习性、遇到危险的反应以及如今野生大象变得越来越少，我们应该保护他们。如今大象在许多地方都能够很安全地生活着，但是仍然有完全消失的危险。

【1】句意“在马来西亚、泰国以及一些其他的国家有野生大象，但是大部分人仍然看不到他们”。根据句意可知，表示马来西亚、泰国和其他的国家有许多的大象，but表示转折，表示“我们看不到他们”，故选I。

【2】句意“他们更喜欢待在丛林中凉爽的遮盖物里”。根据Elephants dislike the hot sun可知，大象不喜欢热的太阳，所以他们更喜欢待在凉爽的这个物里，故选E。

【3】句意“尽管大象是大的动物，但是他们在必要时能够安静地移动”。根据句意可知，大象大，本应该发出很大的声音，但是他们在必要时也会安静地移动，表示让步，although尽管，故选A。

【4】句意“但是猎人一出现，大象就变得安静的、警惕的和多疑的”。根据They tear up young bamboo shoots and eat noisily可知，他们撕碎嫩竹笋并且大声地吃，一旦猎人出现，他们就安静了、变得警惕和多疑，故选G。

【5】句意“公象一察觉到任何危险就用他的象鼻拍打地面”。根据句意可知，译为“一察觉到危险”，as soon as一……就，故选H。

【6】句意“大象在丛林的保护下悄无声息地消失了”。根据全文可知，当遇到危险时，公象用鼻子敲打地面，然后大象悄无声息地离开。空位于句首，用副词，noiselessly悄无声息地，故选B。

【7】句意“有时，一个大象会攻击人类，特别是当它正在保护他的孩子或者他受伤时”。根据Sometimes hungry elephants damage（毁坏）crops but usually they ___8___ human beings可知，大象通常都会远离人类，但是有时会攻击人类，所以空处译为“有时”，且空位于句首，开头字母要大写，故选D。

【8】句意“有时饥饿的大象会毁坏庄稼，但是通常他们都远离人类”。根据句意可知，他们会破坏庄稼但是他们都是远离人类的。keep away from远离，故选F。

【9】句意“因此，许多国家已经禁止交易象牙制品”。根据In recent years, poachers have killed huge numbers of elephants in Africa to get their ivory tusks可知，在非洲，偷猎者猎杀大量的大象来获得象牙，因此，许多国家禁止交易象牙制品。as a result因此，故选C。

【10】句意“然而，大象在许多国家和平地生活了几千年，但它们仍有完全消失的危险”。根据many countries have banned（禁止）trade in objects made of ivory可知，许多国家通过禁止交易象牙制品来保护大象，然而他们仍有完全消失的危险。空前和空后表示转折，且根据空后的逗号可知，用however然而，故选J。