Question

    We sometimes call the lion “the king of the forest” , because it is stronger and more dangerous than other animals. It can _____________  faster than many animals and hunt the best. It is the highest animal in the_________  food chain.

In the sea, the shark is one of the animals at the top of the food chain. It can swim faster than  _______________ other sea animals, and it can use its big teeth to eat them.

What is at the top of the world’s food chain? People are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the_____________. We could not run faster than cheetahs ( 猎 豹 ), so we _________  cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than lions, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best.

People’s inventions are clever, but they can be ___________, too. For example, people built _____________, and now they make the air and rivers dirty.  This can make terrible changes._______ rivers kill  fish. Then bears cannot eat the fish. If we kill one part of the food chain, other parts will also die. Remember that we are a part of the food chain, ___________we are in danger, too! If we protect animals, we are protecting ________________! We could and we should do something for the world!

1.A.walk B.swim C.run

2.A.sea B.land C.mountain

3.A.most B.another C.any

4.A.strongest B.cleverest C.most important

5.A.used B.drove C.invented

6.A.interesting B.dangerous C.helpful

7.A.factories B.hotels C.schools

8.A.Dry B.Deep C.Dirty

9.A.or B.so C.but

10.A.ourselves B.oneself C.yourselves

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了人是食物链中最顶端的，人类是非常聪明的，他们发明了很多东西，但是人类也在给世界带来危害，他们也在破坏着环境。告诉人们我们保护动物就是在保护我们自己。

1.

句意：它跑得比很多动物快，而且捕猎最好。

考查动词辨析。walk走；swim游泳；run跑步。根据常识可知“狮子跑得比其他动物快”。根据题意，故选C。

2.

句意：它是陆地食物链中最高的动物。

考查名词辨析。sea大海；land土地；mountain山脉。根据上文“We sometimes call the lion‘the king of the forest’”和常识可知，狮子在陆地的食物链中，故选B。

3.

句意：它可以游得比大多数其他海洋动物快，而且它可以用它的大牙齿吃它们。

考查不定代词。most最多（的）；another（三个及以上）另一，又一；any任何（的）。根据常识结合上文“In the sea, the shark is one of the animals at the top of the food chain.”鲨鱼是海洋食物链中顶端的之一，可知这里是指大部分其他的海洋动物，故选A。

4.

句意：但是我们是最聪明的。

考查形容词辨析。strongest最强壮的；cleverest最聪明的；most important最重要的。根据下文“We could not run faster than cheetahs (猎豹), so we ___5___ cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than lions, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best.”人类可以发明各种各样的物品来打败动物，可知我们是最聪明的。故选B。

5.

句意：因此我们发明了汽车，现在我们能跑得最快。

考查动词辨析。used使用；drove开车，驾驶；invented发明。根据下文“现在我们能跑得最快”可知是因为“我们发明了汽车”。故选C。

6.

句意：但是他们可是也是危险的。

考查形容词辨析。interesting有趣的；dangerous危险的；helpful有帮助的。根据下文“For example, people built ___7___，and now they make the air and rivers dirty. This can make terrible changes.”可知，这里是说人类可能是危险的，故选B。

7.

句意：例如，人们建造工厂，现在他们使空气和河流变脏。

考查名词辨析。factories工厂； B. hotels旅馆；C. schools学校。根据下文“ now they make the air and rivers dirty.”使河流和空气变脏，可知这里是说人们建造工厂。故选A。

8.

句意：脏水杀死了鱼。

考查形容词辨析。Dry干的；Deep深的；Dirty脏的。根据上文“now they make the air and rivers dirty”可知“脏水杀死了鱼。”故选C。

9.

句意：记住我们是食物链的一部分，因此我们也处于危境。

考查连词辨析。or或者；so因此；but但是。这里是表示因果关系。故选B。

10.

句意：如果我们保护动物们，我们就是在保护我们自己。

考查反身代词。ourselves我们自己；oneself某人自己；yourselves你自己。根据上文“If we protect animals”可知下文是说“在保护我们自己”。主语是we，故用ourselves，故选A。