阅读理解。
Years ago, as we know, zoos kept animals in cages. Cages made it easy for visitors to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in.
Today animals live in open areas. There are usually plants and a little lake around, like the animals' habitats. Visitors usually stay in the bus to see the animals outside.
Zoos help to protect all kinds of animals. They protect animals in the zoo as well as animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos tell people how animals live in the wild and how to help protect their environment.
The number of many kinds of plants and animals is becoming smaller and smaller. Mammoths, which are related with Asia elephants, are now extinct(已灭绝的.Scientists say that 4 different kinds of living things are disappearing a day!
Zoos are working together to help animals-our friends.
1.In the past, zoos kept animals in cages so that people can .
A. protect them B. see them better
C. feed them D. save them
2.Today, zoos keep animals .
A. in open areas B. in bigger cages
C. in smaller cages D. in the buses
3.To protect animals, zoos .
A. are trying to keep all kinds of animals
B. are trying to free the animals
C. tell people more about animals
D. want people to feed the animals
4. A mammoth is a kind of that has gone extinct.
A. plant B. bird
C. animal D. tree
5. An animal or a plant that is going extinct .
A. has more and more living members
B. comes into this world soon
C. becomes very dangerous
D. has fewer and fewer living member
先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意, 然后从每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, the principal asked me to see a special student. An __________ had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.
He was Matthew. __________ he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see
five, then they were told he would not make it to __________. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. He spoke about __________ and succeeding and seeking (追寻)his dreams.
When we finished talking, I went to my bag and pulled out the first gold __________ I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about __________ and overcoming obstacles (克服障碍) than I ever would. He looked at it for a while, then took it off and handed it __________ to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I got the news that Matthew had __________ and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter. The doctors are __________ to tell me that I don't have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.
I told you that in the future I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I'll __________ . I know I'm a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.
Thank you for loving me.
Your friend
Matthew
1.A. excuse B. effect C. operation D. illness
2.A. While B. When C. Although D. Because
3.A. three B. ten C. twenty D. thirty
4.A. winning B. teaching C. playing D. working
5.A. cup B. coin C. watch D. medal
6.A. failure B. success C. luck D. smile
7.A. around B. in C. back D. down
8.A. went away B. passed away C. stayed away D. moved away
9.A. surprised B. brave C. sorry D. happy
10.A. never B. ever C. often D. seldom
Nick has________ money than Tony, but he has ________ friends in the class.
A. fewer; more B. more; less
C. less; more D. less; fewer
Mr. Black isn’t here.He _________ to the library.
A.has been to B.has gone to
C.went to D.goes to
I am too tired, so I have to stop ______ a rest
A .to have B. having
C. have D. Had
----Your father never watches the drama series on TV, __________?
-----_____________________. He thinks these drama series are boring and dull.
A. does he; Yes, he does.
B. does he; No, he doesn’t
C. doesn’t he ; Yes, he does.
D. doesn’t he ; No, he doesn’t .