A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to 1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas(地方) covered with trees. We call these woods.
Elephants, tigers and many 3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared(消失) because there was not enough food for them. 7 did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon 8 in the same way.
You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong 9 in the zoos. There are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals 11 a rich brown coat and a white patch(補(bǔ)丁) under the tail. They look like deer 12 but they are much like a dog 13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy(敵人)— 14 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(違法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 15 people to protect (保護(hù)) wild animals.
1. A. work B. study C. live D. enjoy
2. A. many B. a few C. no D. not
3. A. other B. others C. the other D. another
4. A. people B. animals C. plants D. things
5. A. grew B. made C. got D. kept
6. A. fire B. hotness C. heat D. stoves(爐子)
7. A. So B. Such C. As D. Nor
8. A. lived B. died C. came D. left
9. A. besides B. except C. and D. or
10. A. live B. to live C. lived D. living
11. A. have B. without C. with D. get
12. A. high B. higher C. short D. shorter
13. A. shouting B. crying C. barking D. talking
14. A. tigers B. men C. wolves D. elephants
15. A. to B. for C. like D. of
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這則短文通過(guò)講述香港的變化來(lái)告誡人們要保護(hù)森林、愛(ài)護(hù)動(dòng)物。
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1. C。表示有了人的居住后，情況才發(fā)生了改變。
2.C。根據(jù)下面一句話得知大面積的森林已經(jīng)消失了。
3. A。many other animals 表示其余的許多種動(dòng)物，但不代表世界上所有的動(dòng)物，故不選the other 。
4. B。由于人多了，動(dòng)物就變少了。
5. D。keep 這里表示“飼養(yǎng)”，而grow意思是“種植”。
6. A。根據(jù)后面的取暖、燒飯、驅(qū)趕動(dòng)物，可見(jiàn)這里他們需要的是火。 #p#分頁(yè)標(biāo)題#e#
7. A。“so 助動(dòng)詞 主語(yǔ)”表示“某人(某物)也這樣”，這里表示狼和老虎也消失了。
8. B。跟上一句表達(dá)同樣的意思。
9. B。besides 表示“除了……還有……”，而except“除……之外”。故選except表示除了動(dòng)物園其它地方就沒(méi)有動(dòng)物了。
10. D。There be sb./sth. doing 為固定搭配。
11. C。with引導(dǎo)的介賓短語(yǔ)常常用來(lái)表示人或物的外貌特征。
12. A。表示長(zhǎng)得和鹿差不多高。
13. C。狗叫聲通常用barking。
14. B。根據(jù)整篇文章的觀點(diǎn)就可得知人類才是動(dòng)物真正的敵人。
15. B。“It be 形 for sb. to do” 表示對(duì)某人來(lái)說(shuō)做某事怎樣(簡(jiǎn)單、困難、重要……)而of sb.表示人的性格或品質(zhì)，如kind, bad, nice 等。
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