Question

    When we are talking about animals in China,the most precious (珍貴的) 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  所填詞前后分句在意義上存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，中間需一個 表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連詞連接，故選D.

22.B  根據(jù)常識，雪是白色的，故此處意思為“和雪一樣白 (white) ”。

23.A  句意:它也像熊貓一樣處于危險之中。表示“處于危險 之中”，用 in danger。

24.C  句意:它們尋找小魚和其他小動物作為食物。表示“其 他小動物”，用 other small     animals。

25.D  根據(jù)常識可知，大量的朱鹮生活在中國、俄羅斯和日本 已經(jīng)是大約一百“年(year) ”前的事情了，因為它們現(xiàn)在是 瀕危動物了。

26.A  句意:后來，隨著它們失去自己的“家園”(homes) ，它們 的數(shù)量就變得越來越少了。

27.C   短文前面提到人們多年沒有看到野外朱鹮的蹤跡了，由 此可推知所缺詞的意思為“(科學(xué)家)  發(fā)現(xiàn)(七只朱鹮) ”，用 find的過去式found。

28.D  根據(jù)常識知，政府建立自然公園的目的是“保護”  (protect) 生活在野外的朱鹮。

29.B  句意:現(xiàn)在，科學(xué)家們正在做研究以幫助它們“繁殖 (produce) ”更多的幼崽。

30.C  句意:動物園和研究中心在“照料(look after) ”大約500 只朱鹮。