Question

【題目】 Do you want to be a volunteer? _______ this past winter vacation, I attended an SSP volunteer trip to Hua Xin, Thailand (泰國華欣). It was a beautiful seaside town. At the elephant base, my fellow volunteers and I saw many old and sick Asian elephants. Our task was_______ them.

_______ we arrived at the base, we had learned what Asian elephants eat— fruits, sticky rice (糯米), the skin of corn (玉米) and the bark (樹皮) of banana trees. After we had prepared these special foods for the elephants, we tried to feed them. We stood still (站著不動) outside the elephant cage. The elephants came over to get food using their trunks (象鼻). _______, I felt very nervous. Would the elephants hurt me? But it turned out that the elephants were very docile (溫順的). They took food from my hand gently（溫柔地）. How lovely they were! One of the elephants took food only from me. I guess it probably liked me_______ than others.

After lunch, it was_______for the elephants to take a bath. Three volunteers needed to work _______ to bathe an elephant. One stood in the middle to hold the hose (水龍帶), and the other two brushed the two sides of the animal. It _______ that the elephants enjoyed their baths very much.

We also helped to clean the _______ living areas. Through this volunteer trip, I found that Asian elephants were very lovely. I hope ________ of us can help to protect them and learn to live in harmony with nature.

【1】A.InB.DuringC.AtD.On

【2】A.takes careB.takes care ofC.to take care ofD.took care of

【3】A.WhenB.AfterC.AsD.Before

【4】A.At firstB.At lastC.At leastD.At most

【5】A.muchB.moreC.manyD.a lot

【6】A.changeB.yearC.timeD.turn

【7】A.upB.togetherC.withD.alone

【8】A.lookedB.likedC.soundsD.seemed

【9】A.elephant’sB.elephantsC.elephants’D.elephants’s

【10】A.allB.bothC.neitherD.none

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章講述了作者去泰國華欣做志愿者的故事。在大象基地，作者給大象喂食物，清洗大象和大象住的地方。作者呼吁人們保護大象，學會和大自然相處。

【1】句意：在上個寒假期間，我參加了去泰國華欣SSP志愿者旅行。

考查介詞。in在，通常用于年、月、季節(jié)等；during在……期間；at在，通常用于某一點鐘；on在，通常用于具體的某一天或上下午晚上有修飾詞時；根據this past winter vacation上個寒假，可知是“在寒假期間”；故選B。

【2】句意：我們的任務是照顧它們。

考查非謂語動詞。根據句子結構，可知這里是動詞作表語，所以用不定式結構；故選C。

【3】句意：在我們到達基地之前，我們學習了大象吃什么。

考查介詞辨析。when當……時候；after在……之后；as當……時候；before在……之前；根據we had learned what Asian elephants eat我們學習了大象吃什么，因為是去照顧大象，所以應該是去之前學習；故選D。

【4】句意：開始的時候我感覺非常緊張。

考查介詞短語。at first開始；at last最后；at least至少；at most最多；根據Would the elephants hurt me? But it turned out that the elephants were very docile (溫順的).大象會傷害我嗎？但是大象很溫順，可知是“開始的時候緊張”；故選A。

【5】句意：我猜它也許更喜歡我。

考查副詞比較級。much許多；more更多；many許多；a lot很，非常；根據than可知用比較級，like more更喜歡；故選B。

【6】句意：午飯后到了大象洗澡的時間了。

考查名詞辨析。change變化；year年；time時間；turn轉動；根據句意和it’s time for sb. to do sth.到了某人做某事的時間了；故選C。

【7】句意：三個志愿者需要一起工作來洗一頭大象。

考查副詞。up向上；together一起（副詞）；with和……一起（介詞）；alone獨自；根據One stood in the middle to hold the hose (水龍帶), and the other two brushed the two sides of the animal.一個人站在中間拿著水龍頭，其他兩個人刷大象的兩邊，可知是三個志愿者一起工作，這里用副詞修飾動詞work；故選B。

【8】句意：好像大象非常享受它們的洗浴。

考查動詞辨析。looked看；liked喜歡；sounds聽起來；seemed好像；根據句意和it seems that好像……；故選D。

【9】句意：我們也幫著清洗大象住的地方。

考查名詞復數和所有格。elephant’s大象的（單數）；elephants大象；elephants’大象的（復數）；elephants’s錯誤表達；根據areas可知用復數形式，根據句子結構，可知用名詞所有格修飾；故選C。

【10】句意：我希望我們所有的人能幫著保護它們學會和大自然和平相處。

考查不定代詞。all所有的（三者或三者以上）；both兩個都；neither 兩個都不；none沒有一個（三者或三者以上）；根據句意可知用all of us；故選A。