一、单项选择

  1. Special attention should be paid        our earth from       .

    A. to stop; polluted   B. to stopping; being polluted   C. to stopping; polluting   D. to stop; polluting

  2. It took a long time for the excitement to       .

    A. die down       B. die out       C. die off        D. die away

  3. It seemed that he was       losing his life. Luckily, he was       in the end.

    A. in the danger of; out of danger      B. in danger of; out of danger

    C. in the danger of; out of the danger    D. in danger of; out of the danger

  4. With a lot of difficult problems       , the newly-elected president is having a hard time.

    A. settled          B. settling       C. to settle       D. being settled

  5.       two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.

    A. With           B. Besides        C. As for        D. Because of

  6. Most oceans       35 parts of salt per thousand parts of water.

    A. hold            B. drink          C. contain       D. include

  7. He went away,       , and all the valuable things were stolen.

    A. leaving the door be opened   B. with the door left open 

    C. with the door leaving open   D. left the door being open

  8. It was obvious that the matter had never        .

    A. paid attention      B. paid attention on   C. been paid attention to   D. pay attention

  9. He is now paying       attention to what the article says than to the way       the language is used.

    A. much more; on which   B. a lot more; that   C. very more; in which   D. even more; by which

 10. It’s absolutely       that our team will win the game.

    A. exact             B. right            C. sure                D. certain

 11. Your duty will       putting the children to bed besides cooking.

    A. include            B. contain          C. hold               D. conclude

 12. They were lost at sea,       the mercy of wind and weather.

    A. in                B. without          C. at                 D. on

 13. The prisoner       the judge       mercy.

    A. begged; for        B. beg; for          C. begs; with         D. begged; with

 14.        in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.

    A. Losing            B. Having lost        C. Lost             D. To lost

 15. Do you feel like        today?

    A. having something eaten  B. having something to eat  C. to have something eaten  D. to have something to eat

二、完形填空

A thousand years ago Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest like the forests we now find in Malaysia and Thailand. As more and more   16  came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left,  17   there are still some areas covered in trees. We call these   18 .

Elephants, tigers, monkeys and many other animals used to live in the   19 forests of Hong Kong, and there were even crocodiles in the   20  and along the coast. When people came to live   21  Hong Kong, the animals began to die out. Early farmers drained (排干) the valleys to  22  rice and to keep pigs and chickens. They   23   the trees and burnt them. They needed fires to keep themselves  24  in winter, to cook their food, and to keep away from  25  animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough  26  for them. So did most of the wolves, leopards and tigers. Monkeys, squirrels and many other animals soon died out in the same way.

You might think that there are   27  any animals in Hong Kong, except in the zoos. You might think that there cannot be any wild animals in such a   28   place, with so many cars and buildings. But there is   29  a good deal of countryside in Hong Kong and the New Territories (新界), and there are still about thirty-six different kinds of animals living there.

One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s  30  is the barking (吠叫) deer. These are beautiful little creatures (生物) with a rich, brown coat and a white patch (斑点) under the tail. They look like deer but they are much   31  . They are less than two feet high. The male barking deer has two small horns (角) but the female has none. They make a  32   rather like a dog barking。

Barking deer live in thick shrub (灌木) country and are very good at  33  . They eat grass and shrubs, mainly in the very early morning and late afternoon and evening. This is when you are most likely to see one but you will need to be very quiet and to have very sharp   34 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one  35   — man. Although it is illegal (非法的), people hunt and trap (诱杀) these harmless little animals. As a result, there are now not many left. There are a few on Hong Kong Island but hardly any in the New Territories.

16. A. people                          B. children                              C. ladies                                  D. women

17. A. as                                 B. since                                   C. though                                D. because

18. A. deserts                          B. shades                                C. fields                                  D. woods

19. A. thin                               B. thick                                   C. short                                   D. dying

20. A. rivers                            B. hills                                    C. sky                                     D. mountains

21. A. far from                        B. near                                    C. in                                        D. outside

22. A. look for                        B. sell                                     C. harvest                               D. grow

23. A. planted                         B. looked after                        C. cared for                             D. cut down

24. A. cold                              B. cool                                    C. warm                                  D. hot

25. A. gentle                           B. useful                                 C. safe                                    D. dangerous

26. A. air                                 B. food                                   C. water                                  D. clothes

27. A. never                            B. always                                C. no                                       D. no longer

28. A. free                               B. busy                                   C. big                                      D. large

29. A. no more                        B. nearly                                 C. still                                     D. hardly

30. A. animals                         B. plants                                 C. fishes                                 D. birds

31. A. greater                          B. larger                                  C. smaller                               D. heavier

32. A. noise                            B. voice                                  C. song                                   D. living

33. A. barking                         B. eating                                 C. planting                              D. hiding

34. A. ears                              B. eyes                                    C. mouths                               D. noses

35. A. neighbor                       B. brother                               C. enemy                                D. friend

三、阅读理解

Modern zoos are very different from zoos built fifty years ago. At that time, zoos were places where people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages (笼子) with iron bars (栅), which were easy to keep clean. However, for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. Although the 200 keepers took good care of them, many of the animals did not feel comfortable, and they often became ill.

In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural conditions. The animals are given more freedom in lager places so that they can live more as they would in nature. Even the appearance (外貌) of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and water flows through the places that the animals live in. There are few bars; instead, there is often a deep ditch (沟) filled with water, which surrounds a space where several sorts of animals live together as they would naturally. In an American zoo, the visitor can walk through a huge special cage that is filled with trees, some small animals and many birds, and large enough for the birds to live naturally. In a zoo in New York, because of special night, people can observe certain animals that are active only at night, when most zoos are closed. Some zoos have special places for visitors to watch animals that live in the desert, or under water. Some other zoos have special places for animals that live in cold conditions like the bear from the Arctic.

Modern zoos not only show animals for visitors, but also keep and save rare animals. For this reason, fifty years from now, the grandchildren of today’s visitors will still be able to enjoy watching these animals.

36. Fifty years ago, animals in zoos often became ill because they        .

   A. were from different countries       B. lived in dirty cages  

C. were not taken good care of        D. lived in unnatural conditions

37. In modern zoos,          .

   A. different kinds of animals are all kept separately    

B. animals are not so well taken care of

   C. animals have more freedom that animals did in zoos fifty years age   

D. visitors can walk through large cages as they like

38. According to the passage, in modern zoos          feel more comfortable than in old ones.

   A. the animals, not the visitors          B. the visitors, not the animals

   C. neither the animals nor the visitors     D. the animals and the visitors

39. In some modern zoos visitors can          .

   A. walk through a huge cage to watch closely all kinds of animals

   B. walk at day time and observe those animals active only at night

   C. see animals which live in special conditions

   D. watch all the rare animals which will not be seen by their grandchildren

40. The main idea of this passage is that          .

   A. zoos are now places where animals can live naturally

   B. zoos are places where people can see animals from all over the world

   C. there are different kinds of modern zoos

   D. rare animals are also kept in modern zoos

 

【练习答案】

一、单项选择 1—5 BABCA   6—10 CBCBD   11—15  ACACB

二、完形填空 16—20 ACDBA  21—25 CDDCD  26—30 BDBCA   31—35 CADBC

三、阅读理解 36—40 DCDCA