Question

【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）

Facts you don’t know about animals

People have already known a lot about animals. However, there are still some things about animals that may surprise you. Here are some facts about animals you probably didn’t know.

Cows

Cows do have best friends and feel stressed (焦慮的) when they are separated (分開). Sometimes they even a【1】 humans when they are too nervous and angry. However, scientists also found that cows are very social animals and a cow always makes friends with other cows in the herd (獸群). When a cow is with its friend, its heart rate is reduced compared with when it is a【2】 or with a cow from another herd.

Penguins

During breeding (繁殖) season, a male penguin will offer a pebble (卵石) to a female penguin as a g【3】. If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her husband may c【4】 it on their feet, because some penguins don’t build nests.

Crocodiles

When crocodiles eat something, they always swallow (吞) their prey. They don’t chew it like other animals. To help with digestion (消化), they swallow stones which grind up the food in their stomachs. But these stones can h【5】 be defecated (排泄掉), so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives.

Elephants

Elephants use plants to get rid of p【6】 or other illness. Scientists once found a pregnant (懷孕的) elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days, while this kind of plant was not part of her regular d【7】. Four days later, she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly. The same plant was used by the local women to help with labor (分娩).

Do you find these facts amazing? Maybe you can introduce some of them to your friends and see how surprised they are when they know the facts!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】attack

【2】alone

【3】gift

【4】carry

【5】hardly

【6】pain

【7】diet/dinner

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了牛、企鵝、鱷魚、大象四種動物的一些事情。

【1】句意：有時它們過于緊張和憤怒的時候甚至來攻擊人類。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，所缺空應(yīng)該填入動詞，由后句when they are too nervous and angry“當他們是緊張不安并且生氣時候”可知，他們襲擊人類，故答案填attack。

【2】句意：當一頭母牛和它的朋友在一起時，它的心率比它單獨或和另一頭母牛在一起時要低。

根據(jù)所給空前面的is可知，需要填入形容詞，由前句When a cow is with its friend, its heart rate is reduced compared with“與一頭牛與它的朋友在一起相比”，可知，這里是單獨的且單詞以a開頭，故答案填alone。

【3】句意：在繁殖季節(jié)，雄性企鵝會把鵝卵石作為禮物送給雌性企鵝。

根據(jù)空缺處在a后面可知填入名詞，由后句If she takes it, they will become partners.“如果她拿著它，他們就會成為情侶”，可知，雄性企鵝在贈送禮物，故答案填gift。

【4】句意：當雌企鵝下一個蛋時，她和她的丈夫可以把它放在腳上，因為有些企鵝不筑巢。

根據(jù)所給空前面的may，可知，應(yīng)填入動詞，由文章后句because some penguins don’t build nests“他們不筑巢”，可知他們把蛋放在腳上，carry可表示“攜帶”，故答案填carry。

【5】句意：但是這些石頭很難被排泄掉，所以它們可能一輩子都呆在肚子里。

根據(jù)后句so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives.“所以他們一直呆在肚子里”，因此填入的詞表示否定的，幾乎不，故答案填hardly。

【6】句意：句意：大象用植物來消除疼痛或其他疾病。

根據(jù)所給空前面的of可知，需要填入名詞，由and illness，可知這個詞與疾病有相同含義，后文第五段第三行“Four days later, she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly.”“四天后，她可以安靜地生下一頭小象�！蓖瞥鏊�吃這種草，能消除疼痛和疾病，故答案填pain。

【7】句意：科學家曾在肯尼亞發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭懷孕的大象，它連續(xù)幾天不停地吃某種植物，而這種植物并不是它日常飲食的一部分。

根據(jù)所給空前面的regular可知，應(yīng)填入名詞，由前句Scientists once found a pregnant (懷孕的) elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days,“科學家曾在肯尼亞發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭懷孕的大象，它連續(xù)幾天不停地吃某種植物，”while一詞表轉(zhuǎn)折，推出意思是：這種植物并不是它日常飲食的一部分，故答案填diet。