Question

    Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction(灭绝), because the environment that they are living in has ___________greatly. For example, with the development of cities, the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas have become ___________. Many of the wild animals are lack of food. People hunt wild animals in large areas. Tigers are hunted for fur or bones ____________they can only live in the nature reserves ___________living in the wild. Some grassland is destroyed so that the sandstorms come into being influencing distant cities, ___________cities in northern China or north- western China.

Luckily, human beings have realized the ___________of protecting wild animals and environment and have taken some practical actions. Don’t  _____________trees, don’t abuse agrochemical or insecticide. We should protect headwaters and air which help protect habitat(栖息地). Some organizations raise money for animals and   ____________leaflets in the street to call on more people to focus on the environment and wild animals.

The ___________has made some laws to prevent people from hunting wild animals and shut down some factories which do harm to the environment. We believe the number of some endangered wild animals will ___________in the near future. Animals are important to our life and we should protect them.

1.A.changed B.improved C.donated D.devoted

2.A.more and more B.less and less C.better and better D.smaller and smaller

3.A.in order to B.enough to C.so that D.such that

4.A.because of B.instead of C.instead D.without

5.A.especially B.generally C.continuously D.specially

6.A.importance B.disadvantage C.advantage D.adventure

7.A.cut off B.cut down C.cut in D.cut up

8.A.give off B.give up C.give out D.give in

9.A.public B.organizations C.government D.schools

10.A.grow B.disappear C.lose D.reduce

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.A

【解析】

文章大意：主要介绍许多野生动物正面临灭绝的危险，随着城市的发展，杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，它们的生活区已经变得越来越小，动物对我们的生活很重要，我们应该保护它们。

1.句意：因为他们生活的环境发生了很大的变化。

changed改变；improved改善，提高；donated捐赠；devoted致力于，根据前文“Many wild animals are facing the danger of extinction(灭绝)”“许多野生动物面临灭绝的危险”可知，应该是生活环境发生了改变，故选A。

2.句意：随着城市的发展，杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，他们的生活区域变得越来越小。

more and more越来越多；less and less越来越少；better and better越来越好；smaller and smaller越来越小，根据前文“the using of insecticide and serious pollution, their living areas”“杀虫剂的使用和严重的污染，他们的生活区域”可知，应该是生活区域变得越来越小，故选D。

3.句意：老虎被捕猎以获取皮毛或骨骼，所以它们只能生活在自然保护区而不是野外。

in order to为了，后面接动词原形；enough to足够……；so that以便，所以；such that不常搭配，根据前文“Tigers are hunted for fur or bones”“虎被捕猎以获取皮毛或骨骼”和后文的“they can only live in the nature reserves”“它们只能生活在自然保护区”可知，应该是结果，故选C。

4.句意：老虎被捕猎以获取皮毛或骨骼，所以它们只能生活在自然保护区而不是野外。

because of因为；instead of而不是；instead反而；without没有，根据前文“they can only live in the nature reserves”“它们只能生活在自然保护区”和后文的“living in the wild”“生活在野外”可知，应该是而不是，由living是动名词形式，所以应该用instead of，故选B。

5.句意：一些草原被破坏，沙尘暴开始影响到遥远的城市，特别是中国北方或西北地区的城市。

especially尤其地；generally一般地；continuously接连地；specially特别地，根据前文“the sandstorms come into being influencing distant cities”“沙尘暴开始影响到遥远的城市”和后文的“cities in northern China or north- western China”“中国北方或西北地区的城市”可知，应该是尤其是，故选A。

6.句意：幸运的是，人类已经意识到保护野生动物和环境的重要性。

importance重要性；disadvantage劣势；advantage优势；adventure冒险，根据后文的“have taken some practical actions”“已经采取了实际行动”可知，应该是意识到保护野生动物和环境的重要性，故选A。

7.句意：不要砍伐树木。

cut off切断；cut down把……砍倒、砍伐；cut in插嘴；cut up切碎，根据所给空后面的“trees”“树木”可知，应该是不要砍伐树木，故选B。

8.句意：一些组织为动物筹集资金并发放传单在街上呼吁更多的人关注环境和野生动物。

give off发出；give up放弃；give out分发；give in屈服，根据后文“leaflets in the street”“在街上传单”可知，应该是发传单，故选C。

9.句意：政府制定了一些法律，防止人们猎杀野生动物，并关闭了一些对环境有害的工厂。

public公共场所；organizations组织；government政府；schools学校，根据后文“has made some laws to prevent people from hunting wild animals”“制定了一些法律，防止人们猎杀野生动物”可知，应该是政府，故选C。

10.句意：我们相信，在不久的将来，一些濒危野生动物的数量会增加。

grow种植，生长，增加；disappear消失；lose失去；reduce减少，根据前文“The government has made some laws to prevent people from hunting wild animals and shut down some factories which do harm to the environment”“政府制定了一些法律，防止人们猎杀野生动物，并关闭了一些对环境有害的工厂”可知，在不久的将来，一些濒危野生动物的数量会增加，故选A。