Question

【題目】 Imagine living in a place where you and your brother are the only kids, where everyone lives in camps. There’s a fire burning all the time for ______ and cooking, and wild animals walk or run past day and night. The___ village is a 20-minute ride away.

Madison McNutt, 12, and his brother Wilder, 8, live with their____ in the southern African country of Botswana at Wild Dog Research Camp. Their father _______ wild dogs and other such kind of animals. Their mother works with local children, teaching them about the protection of the natural world.

More than a dozen______ live at the camps, including their teachers, workers, and college students who have come to __________ about wildlife. And they have a small museum where they keep all the bones, skulls and teeth of the animals they have found.

The boys live in their own ________ attached to their parents’, several feet off the ground like a tree house. The camp______ is a hole in the ground, and everyone showers and bathes outside under the stars. Sometimes at night the boys _______ animals like hyenas that come to the birdbath in camp for a drink.

The boys ________ classes in camp about four months out of the year. Madison’ s _________ part of the day is when school gets out. “Then I can go to do what I love, like going to the_____ of the college students to study the bones with them. ” Wilder’s favorite animal is the leopard. He says, “They are very strong and they’re beautiful. They were here first and it would be sad_______ they were not here to look at. ”

______ boys have learned a lot about the animals because they have lived and studied here for a long time. And they think their father who works to___ and protect animals is great!

【1】A.darknessB.warmthC.coldnessD.coolness

【2】A.biggestB.smallestC.nearestD.farthest

【3】A.parentsB.friendsC.teachersD.animals

【4】A.hasB.keepsC.studiesD.finds

【5】A.animalsB.childrenC.adultsD.students

【6】A.learnB.talkC.discussD.think

【7】A.campB.roomC.houseD.hotel

【8】A.houseB.toiletC.roomD.tent

【9】A.visitB.catchC.seeD.feed

【10】A.giveB.teachC.attendD.pass

【11】A.meaningfulB.usefulC.favoriteD.important

【12】A.holeB.tentC.museumD.camp

【13】A.ifB.unlessC.sinceD.because

【14】A.AllB.BothC.NoneD.Neither

【15】A.likeB.huntC.understandD.kill

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】A

【7】A

【8】B

【9】C

【10】C

【11】C

【12】C

【13】A

【14】B

【15】C

【解析】

短文介紹了12歲的麥迪遜·麥克納特和他8歲的弟弟懷爾德住在非洲南部國家博茨瓦納的野狗研究營。他們的父親是野狗和其他這樣的動(dòng)物。他們的母親與當(dāng)?shù)氐暮⒆右黄鸸ぷ鳎�教他們有關(guān)保護(hù)自然世界的知識。

【1】句意：為了取暖和做飯，總是有一堆火在燃燒，野生動(dòng)物日日夜夜都在走動(dòng)或奔跑。

考查名詞，A. darkness黑暗；B. warmth溫暖；C. coldness寒冷；D. coolness涼爽。結(jié)合句中“There’s a fire burning all the time”可知應(yīng)該是為了取暖，故選：A。

【2】句意：最近的村莊是20分鐘車程。

考查形容詞，A. biggest最大的；B. smallest最小的；C. nearest最近的；D. farthest最遠(yuǎn)的。根據(jù)后面“a 20-minute ride away”可知是距離，排除AB。結(jié)合上下文，應(yīng)該是最近的村莊，故選：C。

【3】句意：12歲的麥迪遜·麥克納特(Madison McNutt)和他8歲的弟弟懷爾德(Wilder)與父母一起生活在非洲南部國家博茨瓦納的野狗研究營(Wild Dog Research Camp)。

考查名詞，A. parents父母；B. friends朋友；C. teachers老師；D. animals動(dòng)物，根據(jù)后文提到的“Their father”和“Their mother”，可知應(yīng)該是父母，故選：A。

【4】句意：他們的父親研究野狗和其他這樣的動(dòng)物。

考查動(dòng)詞，A. has有，吃；B. keeps擁有，保持；C. studies學(xué)習(xí)，研究；D. finds找到。結(jié)合上下文父親應(yīng)是研究動(dòng)物。故選：C。

【5】句意：營地里住著十幾個(gè)成年人，包括他們的老師，工人和來學(xué)習(xí)野生動(dòng)物的大學(xué)生。

考查名詞，A. animals動(dòng)物；B. children小孩；C. adults 成年人；D. students學(xué)生。根據(jù)后文“including their teachers, workers, and college students”可知應(yīng)該是成年人，故選：C。

【6】句意：營地里住著十幾個(gè)成年人，包括他們的老師，工人和來學(xué)習(xí)野生動(dòng)物的大學(xué)生。

考查動(dòng)詞，A. learn學(xué)習(xí)；B. talk談?wù)摚?/span>C. discuss討論；D. think思考。根據(jù)后面定語從句部分“who have come to learn about wildlife.”。可知，應(yīng)該是學(xué)習(xí)，故選：A。

【7】句意：男孩們住在他們自己的營地里，與父母的營地相連，離地面幾英尺，就像一個(gè)樹屋。

考查名詞，A. camp營地；B. room房間；C. house房屋；D. hotel酒店。根據(jù)第一句“Imagine living in a place where you and your brother are the only kids, where everyone lives in camps.”可知應(yīng)該是營地，故選：A。

【8】句意：營地的廁所是地上的一個(gè)洞，每個(gè)人都在外面星空下洗澡和沐浴。

考查名詞，A. house房屋；B. toilet衛(wèi)生間；C. room房間；D. tent帳篷。根據(jù)“and everyone showers and bathes outside under the stars.”可知應(yīng)該是衛(wèi)生間，故選：B。

【9】句意：有時(shí)在晚上，男孩們看到像鬣狗這樣的動(dòng)物來到營地的水盆喝一杯。

考查動(dòng)詞，A. visit 拜訪；B. catch抓��；C. see看見；D. feed喂。結(jié)合句意，應(yīng)該是男孩看見，故選：C。

【10】句意：男孩子們一年中大約有四個(gè)月在夏令營上課。

考查動(dòng)詞，A. give給；B. teach教；C. attend參加；D. pass通過。結(jié)合句意，應(yīng)該是表示上課，選項(xiàng)C符合，故選：C。

【11】句意：麥迪遜一天中最喜歡的一天是放學(xué)的時(shí)候。

考查形容詞，A. meaningful有意義的；B. useful有用的；C. favorite最喜歡的；D. important重要的。根據(jù)后文“Then I can go to do what I love”，應(yīng)該是最喜歡的是放學(xué)，故選：C。

【12】句意：然后我可以去做我喜歡做的事情，比如去大學(xué)生博物館和他們一起研究骨頭。

考查名詞，A. hole洞；B. tent帳篷；C. museum博物館；D. camp營地。結(jié)合上下文，應(yīng)該是去博物館，故選：C。

【13】句意：他們首先在這里，如果他們不在這里看，那將是可悲的。

考查連詞，A. if如果；B. unless除非；C. since自從；D. because因?yàn)�，結(jié)合句子邏輯，應(yīng)該是如果不怎樣，將會怎么，故選：A.

【14】句意：兩個(gè)男孩都學(xué)到了很多關(guān)于動(dòng)物的知識，因?yàn)樗麄冊谶@里生活和學(xué)習(xí)了很長一段時(shí)間。

考查代詞，A. All所有，三者或以上；B. Both兩周都；C. None沒有人；D. Neither兩個(gè)都不。觀察句子。這里說的是兩個(gè)男孩子，并且后面說的是學(xué)到了知識，應(yīng)該用all，故選：B。

【15】句意：他們認(rèn)為他們的父親是偉大的，他致力于理解和保護(hù)動(dòng)物！

考查動(dòng)詞，A. like喜歡；B. hunt狩獵；C. understand理解；D. kill殺。結(jié)合句意“他們的父親是偉大的”，應(yīng)該是理解小動(dòng)物，故選：C。