Question

【題目】 How are you getting on with your subjects? Maybe you are the _______ in your class. In the last few exams one or two even several your classmates ______ higher marks than you. How do you feel? Are you jealous(嫉妒的) of them? Are you _____ them? Please think it over after reading the following text. You will probably learn a lot.

Once a zoologist _____ antelopes(羚羊) which were living on both sides of a river in the Public of South Africa. He discovered that the antelopes on the east side multiplied more and ran faster than _____ on the west.

The zoologist puzzled after long pondering(深思) about the differences. As the two groups of antelopes lived in the same environment and they _____ the same kind of grass.

One year, _______ the help of the Animal Protecting Society, he caught ten antelopes on each side and exchanged them. A year later, the ten antelopes _____ to the west bank multiplied by fourteen while only three remained of the ones sent to the east. Where were the other seven? They had been eaten by wolves!

At last the zoologist understood why the antelopes on the east were stronger. That was because on the east side there _____ a group of wolves-their natural enemy!

Not everything is plain sailing in your life. It is your opponents(對手) that ______ you indeed. So thanks must go to your opponents. It's true!

【1】A.bestB.topC.badD.excellent

【2】A.gotB.had gotC.have gotD.has got

【3】A.grateful toB.afraid ofC.pleased withD.angry with

【4】A.learnedB.foundC.noticedD.worked on

【5】A.the oneB.othersC.thoseD.any other

【6】A.fed onB.raisedC.offeredD.grew up

【7】A.underB.forC.toD.with

【8】A.sendB.sentC.returnD.returned

【9】A.wereB.wasC.hadD.owned

【10】A.is raisingB.are raisingC.is improvingD.are improving

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】A

【10】D

【解析】

兩群羚羊生活在同樣的環(huán)境中，吃同樣的草。生活在東邊的羚羊的數(shù)量越來越多，而西邊羚羊的數(shù)量越來越少。原因是生活在東邊的羚羊面臨著一群狼。故事告訴我們是對手讓我們變得更強(qiáng)大，因此，我們要感謝對手。

【1】句意：也許你是你班里最好的。

A. best最好的，B. top 最高的，C. bad壞的，D. excellent優(yōu)秀的。根據(jù)in your class可知，此處用最高級，故選A。

【2】句意：在最近幾次考試中，有一兩個甚至幾個同學(xué)的分?jǐn)?shù)比你高。

A. got是一般過去時，B. had got 是過去完成時，C. have got 是現(xiàn)在完成時，D. has got是現(xiàn)在完成時。根據(jù)in the last few exams可知，此處用現(xiàn)在完成時，主語your classmates是復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故選C。

【3】句意：你感激他們嗎？

A. grateful to 對……表示感激，B. afraid of害怕，C. pleased with對……感到滿意，D. angry with生……的氣。根據(jù)前文的Are you jealous(嫉妒的) of them?可知，羨慕嫉妒他們，因此感激他們，故選A。

【4】句意：從前，一位動物學(xué)家研究生活在南非一條河兩岸的羚羊。

A. learned學(xué)習(xí)，B. found找到，C. noticed注意到，D. worked on從事。結(jié)合句意，動物學(xué)家從事羚羊的研究，故選D。

【5】句意：他發(fā)現(xiàn)東邊的羚羊比西邊的多，跑得也快。

A. the one那個，B. others其他的（人或物），C. those那些，D. any other任何其他的，此處代指the antelopes用those，故選C。

【6】句意：由于這兩群羚羊生活在同一環(huán)境中，以同一種草為食。

A. fed on以……為食，B. raised提高，C. offered提供，D. grew up長大。根據(jù)賓語the same kind of grass可知，此處表示以草為食，故選A。

【7】句意：有一年，在動物保護(hù)協(xié)會的幫助下，他在兩邊各抓了十只羚羊，并交換了。

A. under在…..下面，B. for 為了，C. to向，D. with和……一起。with the help of在……的幫助下，故選D。

【8】句意：一年后，被送到西岸的10只羚羊增加了14只，被送到東部的只剩下3只。

A. send發(fā)送，是動詞原形；B. sent發(fā)送，是過去分詞；C. return 回來，是動詞原形；D. returned回來，是過去分詞；根據(jù)while only three remained of the ones sent to the east.可知，此處表示被送到西岸，故選B。

【9】句意：那是因?yàn)樵跂|邊有一群狼——它們的天敵!

A. were是，B. was是，C. had有，D. owned擁有。There be表示存在，主語a group of wolves-their natural enemy是復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故選A。

【10】句意：確實(shí)是你的對手在提高你。

A. is raising正在升起，B. are raising正在升起，C. is improving正在提高，D. are improving正在提高，根據(jù)后文的So thanks must go to your opponents.可知，要感謝你的對手，因此你的對手在提高你，主語your opponents是復(fù)數(shù)形式，謂語用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故選D。

根據(jù)前后文的語境，認(rèn)真辨析選項(xiàng)里的單詞或短語的詞義，結(jié)合詞性，短語，句型，時態(tài)，語態(tài)和主謂一致，選出正確的選項(xiàng)。例如小題7，句意：有一年，在動物保護(hù)協(xié)會的幫助下，他在兩邊各抓了十只羚羊，并交換了。A. under在…..下面，B. for為了，C. to向，D. with和……一起。with the help of在……的幫助下，故選D。