Question

完形填空  从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。（10分）

Save the Wild Tiger

When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal is calling for our help.

There were once eight kinds of   1  in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the    2  of Siberian tigers（东北虎）has gone from as many as 300 to_____3____22 somewhere The Siberian tiger has been___4____ dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any efforts, it’s quite___5____ that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in the to twenty years.

In order to double the number of wild tigers  in the __6___ ten years the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently It ___7___save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China together with twelve other____8___, has joined in.

Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main ____9____ of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat(威胁)to tigers. So the most important thing is ___10___ the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.

1.                A．pigs           B．tigers          C．deer D．lions

2.                A．name          B．kind           C．number  D．type

3.                A．less than        B．more than       C．bigger than    D．over

4.                A．in need of       B．in danger of     C．in front of     D．out of

5.                A．possible        B．impossible       C．necessary     D．sure

6.                A．last            B．next           C．past D．later

7.                A．aims to         B．used to         C．refuses to     D．in order to

8.                A．cities          B．provinces       C．countries D．towns

9.                A．friends         B．food           C．members D．groups

10.               A．to sell          B．to kill          C．to save    D．to keep

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了世界上的老虎处于灭绝的危险中，重点介绍了中国东北虎的生存状况，并介绍了为了保护东北虎，世界上已经采取的措施，号召我们也行动起来保护东北虎。

1.联系上下文可知此处指的是世界上曾经有八种老虎，故选B，老虎。

2.联系下文描述可知此处指的是老虎的数目，故选C，数目。

3.词义辨析。A.少于；B.多于C.大于；D.超过。结合语境可知此处是少于22只的意思。故选A。

4.短语辨析。A.需要……时；B.处于……危险中；C.在……前面；D.由于，缺乏。结合语境可知东北虎处于灭绝的危险之中。故选B。

5.词义辨析。A.可能的；B.不可能的；C.必要的；D.确定的。联系下文，可知此处是相当可能的意思，故选A。

6.词义辨析。A.最后的，最近的；B.下一个的；C.过去的；D.更迟的。根据下文时间副词recently最近，可知此处指的是接下来的十年中，故选B。

7.短语辨析。A. 旨在；B.习惯于，过去常常；C. 拒绝；D.为了。It指的是前文提到的计划，目的是拯救野生老虎。In order to不能用作谓语。故选A。

8.联系上文，可知此处指的是其它十二个国家，故选C。

9.联系上文马鹿和野猪，可知指的是老虎的食物，故选B，食物。

10.结合语境可知指的是拯救这些老虎吃的动物。故选C，拯救。

考点：有关野生动物保护的说明文