Question

完形填空 A  (20 分) (2015 •南京)

   Have you ever taken a tour of a zoo? If

 so,it's likely that the person who led you through the zoo helped you to learn a lot about the  1 .

   Amelia Rinas is a high school student who lives in Ohio. One day Amelia 2 the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The moment she saw the gorillas there,she felt 3 about them. She wondered if they were getting the right foods.

   Amelia read all she could about gorillas and learned what they like to 4   .Then she started a “gorilla garden”. She grows the fruits and vegetables that gorillas love to eat. Some of those foods are tomatoes,carrots,and strawberries. Amelia works with other volunteers in her community who use their 5 time to help Amelia and the gorillas. When they take the food to the zoo,the gorillas are thrilled. They look so excited!

   Who is responsible for Amelia’s interest in animals? Amelia is a member of Roots & Shoots. Its members are young people who 6 animals and the environment. They helped Amelia understand that animals need our care,too. The slogan on the Roots & Shoots Website is “Inspire,take action,make a difference. ” These words tell 7 the group is all about. The group urges (力劝) kids and grownups,including parents and teachers,to do what they can to make a 8 where they live.

   When interviewed about her project,Amelia said ,“I joined Roots & Shoots 9 I wanted to make a difference in the world ”

   There are many 10 to make a difference in the world. Amelia Rinas’s gorilla garden has helped make gorillas happier and healthier.

() 1. A. gardens      B. foods       C. plants      D. animals

() 2. A. opened       B. bought      C. visited     D. started

() 3. A. bored        B. tired       C. worried     D. relaxed

() 4. A. eat          B. bite        C. fight       D. kick

() 5. A. paid         B. last        C. extra       D. lost

() 6. A. care about   B. look for    C. run after   D. laugh at

() 7. A. when         B. what        C. how         D. where

() 8. A. living       B. mistake     C. note        D. difference

() 9. A. because      B. but         C. though      D. unless

() 10.A. ways         B. mysteries   C. courses     D. inventions

Answer 1

1.D 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.A

1.D

(考查名词辨析。garden花园;food食物;plant植物;animal动 物。句意:如果是这样，那个领你游览动物园的人可能帮你理解很多有关的情况。联系上句，在动物园游玩是了解更多有关动物的知识。故选   D. )

2.C 

(考查动词辨析。open开放;buy买;visit参观;start开启。联 系下句知:一天Amelia Rinas“参观”了克利夫兰动物园。故选   C. )

3. C 

(考查形容词辨析。bored无聊的;tired累的;worried担心的; relaxed放松的。句意：当她看到大猩猩的那一刻，她对它们感到。由后句中 She wondered if they were getting the right foods.可推知，她对大猩猩感到担心，才符合语境。故选   C. )

4. A  

(考查动词辨析。eat吃;bite咬;fight打架;kick踢。句意： Amelia阅读了她所能阅读的有关大猩猩的书籍，了解了它们喜欢 什么。根据前后文可知，Amelia更关心它们吃什么。故 选A。)

5. C 

(考查形容词辨析。paid已付款的;last最后的;extra额外的; lost失去的。句意:Amelia和她社区里其他志愿者一起工作，那些 志愿者们用他们的   时间来帮助Amelia和大猩猩。根据句意和常识可知，志愿者们花费他们的额外时间工作。故选C符 合语境。)

6. A  

(考查动词短语辨析。care about关心;look for寻找;run after跟 在……后面跑;laugh at嘲笑。句意:它的成员是那些动物和环境的年轻人。阅读下文知，这些人关爱动物和环境。故选八。)

7. B 

(考查连接词辨析。when“什么时间”，连接副词;what“什么”， 连接代词;how “怎么样”，连接副词;where “什么地方”，连接副词。句意:这些话语告诉我们这个组织是   。根据句意推知“这些话语告诉我们这是个什么组织”。故选   B. )

8. D 

(考查动词短语辨析。make a living谋生;make a mistake犯错 误;make a note做笔记;make a difference产生影响。句意:这个组 织力劝孩童和成年人，包括家长和老师，去做他们所能做的一切去对他们所居住的地方产生   。根据句意，可知此处指“带来变化，有影响”。故选   D. )

9. A  

(考查连词辨析。because“因为”引导原因状语从句；but“但是”引导前后是转折关系的句子“hough “虽然”引导让步状语从 句;unless “除非”引导条件状语从句。句意:我参加“根和芽组织” 是 我想给世界带来变化。后句是前句的原因。故选A. )

10. A  

(考查名词辨析。way方法，途径;mystery秘密;course课程;invention发明。句意:有许多给世界带来变化的   。由上文谈到Amelia的故事，由此推知，有许多给世界带来变化的途径。 故选A. )