Question

    Because of the COVID outbreak, zoos and wildlife parks around the world have closed their doors to visitors. At Australian's Dreamworld, almost all of its 1,000 staff (职员)are off work and staying at home. B1. nine tiger carers (看护者)have remained. They play with the park's tigers to keep them from feeling l2..

Dreamworld's tiger carers know from experience how i3. it is to keep playing with their tigers. The park once closed in 2016 after an accident. Its carers d4. that without crowds(人群),their tigers showed symptoms of depression(沮丧).

This time around, Tiger Island's manager Partrick said every effort was being made to 5.sure the big cats were happy.

Partrick has been part of Tiger Island since it was created in 1995. He has t6. care of many of the tigers for their whole lives.

Recently, people all over the world are feeling a bit sad, the tiger carer said. But our tigers are doing r7. well.

The tiger carers are putting on performances(表演) with tigers, a8. there are no visitors. They are still taking the big cats for walks. As the park is closed, they have been taking. The tigers seem to enjoy the c9. to explore a bit further.

Before opening their doors to visitors again, many zoos and wildlife parks have set u10. cameras around the animals. People can easily check in on their favorite animals from home.

Answer

1.But

2.lonely

3.important

4.discovered

5.make

6.taken

7.really/rather

8.although

9.chance

10.up

【解析】

短文讲述了由于COVID疫情的爆发，世界各地的动物园和野生动物园都对游客关闭了大门。但是在澳大利亚的梦幻世，9名老虎看护者留了下来。他们和公园里的老虎玩耍，让它们感觉不到孤独。

1.

句意：但仍有9名老虎看护者留了下来。

观察句子，前面提到“At Australian's Dreamworld, almost all of its 1,000 staff (职员)are off work and staying at home. 在澳大利亚的梦幻世界，几乎所有的1000名员工都下班在家。”以及后面“nine tiger carers have remained. 9名老虎看护者留了下来”，可知这里是表转折之意，结合首字母B提示，故答案为But。

2.

句意：他们和公园里的老虎一起玩耍，让它们不会感到孤独。

观察句子，系动词feel后接形容词，表示“感受…….”，我们可知老虎看护者留下来照顾和陪老虎玩耍，是为了不让它们感受到孤独，结合首字母l提示“lonely孤独的，寂寞的”，符合句意，故答案为lonely。

3.

句意：梦幻世界的老虎看护者从经验中知道继续和他们的老虎玩耍是多么重要。

观察句子，这里是how引导的感叹句，how + adj.+主谓。根据“without crowds(人群),their tigers showed symptoms of depression没有人群，他们的老虎就会表现出抑郁的症状。”可推知他们知道陪老虎玩耍时重要的，故答案为important。

4.

句意：它的照顾者发现，没有人群，他们的老虎就会表现出抑郁的症状。

观察句子，这是一个that引导的宾语从句，主句缺少谓语部分，根据“The park once closed in 2016 after an accident.该公园曾在2016年发生事故后关闭。”那么应该是一般过去式，结合首字母“d”提示，discover发现，符合句意，故答案为discovered。

5.

句意：这一次，虎岛的经理帕特里克说，正在尽一切努力确保大型猫科动物开心。

观察句子，这里应该是运用动词不定式to do表目的，尽一切努力去做…….，结合首字母提示“m”，make sure确保，符合句意，故答案为make。

6.

句意：他照顾了许多老虎一辈子。

观察句子，这里考查的是固定短语“take care of照顾”，这里是缺少谓语动词，要考虑时态，这里表达的是动作从过去一直持续到现在，可能会一直持续下去，应该用现在完成时（have/has +done），故答案为taken。

7.

句意：但是我们的老虎做得真的/相当不错。

根据前面提到“Recently, people all over the world are feeling a bit sad, the tiger carer said. 这位老虎看护人员说，最近，世界各地的人们都感到有点悲伤。”再结合“but但是”一词，可知“我们的”老虎应该是还不错，结合首字母“r”，“really/rather真地，相当”符合句意，故答案为really/rather。

8.

句意：老虎看护人正在与老虎一起表演，尽管没有参观者。

根据前后句逻辑“The tiger carers are putting on performances(表演) with tigers”，“there are no visitors.”和首字母“a”提示，应该是although引导的让步状语从句，表示老虎看护人正在与老虎一起表演，尽管没有参观者，故答案为although。

9.

句意：老虎们似乎很享受进一步探索的机会。

观察句子，这里应该缺少的是一个名词，根据首字母提示“c”，chance n.机会，符合句意，故答案为chance。

10.

句意：在再次向游客敞开大门之前，许多动物园和野生动物园已经在动物周围安装了摄像头。

观察句子，结合首字母提示“u”，这里考查的是固定短语“set up搭起，建起，设立”符合句意，故答案为up。