Question

【題目】

Flamingos, a kind of birds, are famous for their bright pink feathers, thin legs, and S-shaped necks. They can ___________to be 50 inches tall and nearly 9 pounds in weight. Their wings can be ___________ to 60 inches long. Their favorite foods are shrimp, snails and some water plants.

As social animals, flamingos enjoy___________friendships. It is reported that friendships between flamingos usually last for years.

From a five-year study, we know that flamingos often spend time with their close friends, but they___________some other flamingos that they don’t like.

Researchers at the University of Exeter, UK, did a_____________ on four flamingo types and found several social bonds (紐帶), including “married” couples, same-sex friendships and even groups of three and four close friends. “Our results___________that flamingo societies are complex. They have long-standing friendships rather than random (隨意的) connections.” said Paul Rose, one of the researchers.

They don’t_____________find a partner and spend all of their time with them. When they have found partners, they still have other friends. It tells us that long-lasting friendships may be important for them to_________in the wild.

This finding could help zookeepers take better care of flamingos. They can be careful not to___________flamingos that are close with each other.

According to an international report, flamingos are not threatened ( 受到威脅的) at present.____________, Chilean and James’ flamingos are near threatened because their numbers are small or going down. For example, the total James’s flamingo population is about 106,000.

【1】A.feedB.jumpC.growD.raise

【2】A.collectedB.spreadC.discoveredD.brought

【3】A.lastingB.excitingC.challengingD.interesting

【4】A.remainB.avoidC.checkD.expect

【5】A.researchB.systemC.courseD.reply

【6】A.showB.compareC.attractD.shape

【7】A.simplyB.luckilyC.secretlyD.terribly

【8】A.saveB.fightC.increaseD.survive

【9】A.forceB.admireC.separateD.connect

【10】A.SoB.HoweverC.OtherwiseD.Moreover

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【6】A

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

文章主要介紹了火烈鳥的一些情況。包括它的習(xí)性、特點等，重點介紹了它的持久的友誼以及對其進行的研究。文章最后還指出一些火烈鳥的數(shù)量正在下降。

【1】

句意：它們可以長到50英寸高，將近9磅重。

feed喂養(yǎng)；jump跳；grow生長；raise飼養(yǎng)；根據(jù)句意理解及后句50 inches tall and nearly 9 pounds in weight可知，這里表達的是“成長”，故選C。

【2】

句意：它們的翅膀可以伸展到60英寸長。

collected收集；spread伸展；discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)；brought帶來；根據(jù)句意理解及空格后面的60 inches long可知，這里表達的是“伸展”，故選B。

【3】

句意：火烈鳥喜歡持久的友誼。

lasting持續(xù)；exciting興奮；challenging挑戰(zhàn)；interesting感興趣；根據(jù)句意理解及后句It is reported that friendships between flamingos usually last for years.可知，這里表達的是“持續(xù)”，故選A。

【4】

句意：但是他們會避開一些他們不喜歡的火烈鳥。

remain仍然；avoid避免；check檢查；expect期待；根據(jù)句意理解及后句some other flamingos that they don’t like.可知，這里表達的是“避開”，故選B。

【5】

句意：英國�？巳�特大學(xué)的研究人員對四種火烈鳥進行了研究。

research研究；system系統(tǒng)；course課程；reply回復(fù)；根據(jù)句意理解及前句Researchers at the University of Exeter以及后句and found several social bonds (紐帶), including “married” couples, same-sex friendships and even groups of three and four close friends.可知，這里表達的是“研究”，故選A。

【6】

句意：我們的研究結(jié)果表明，火烈鳥群體是復(fù)雜的。

show顯示；compare比較；attract吸引；shape形成；根據(jù)句意理解及空格后的句子that flamingo societies are complex.可知，這里表達的是“顯示”，故選A。

【7】

句意：他們并不是簡單地找到一個伴侶。

simply簡單地；luckily幸運地；secretly秘密地；terribly糟糕的；根據(jù)句意理解及前句They have long-standing friendships rather than random (隨意的) connections.以及后句When they have found partners, they still have other friends.可知，這里表達的是“簡單地”，故選A。

【8】

句意：長久的友誼對它們在野外生存可能很重要。

save拯救；fight打架；increase增加；survive生存；根據(jù)句意理解及空格前的句子It tells us that long-lasting friendships may be important以及空格后的in the wild可知，這里表達的是“生存”，故選D。

【9】

句意：他們可以小心不要把彼此靠近的火烈鳥分開。

force強迫；admire羨慕；separate分開；connect連接；根據(jù)句意理解及空格后的句子flamingos that are close with each other可知，這里表達的是“分開”，故選C。

【10】

句意：然而，智利和詹姆斯的火烈鳥幾乎受到威脅。

So所以；However可是；Otherwise否則；Moreover此外；根據(jù)句意理解可知，flamingos are not threatened ( 受到威脅的) at present.與Chilean and James’ flamingos are near threatened because their numbers are small or going down.兩句之間是表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，所以這里應(yīng)該用表達轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的詞，故選B。