Question

    A scientist _______ several monkeys in order to study animal psychology. He took a glass bottle, _______ its cork (瓶塞) and put two peanuts inside it. The peanuts dropped to the bottom and were easily seen from the outside. He then passed the bottle to a monkey, who shook it _______ for a long while and was able to get the peanuts when they _______ fell out. The scientist then put some peanuts into the bottle again _______ he had done before and showed the monkey that it only needed to turn the bottle upside down for the peanuts to drop out. _______ the monkey always ignored his _______. Each time it just shook the bottle frantically, with great _______ but without necessarily achieving _______ result.

Now the question is why the monkey was unable to understand ________ the scientist instructs. ________ because all its attentions was focused on the peanuts. Instead, it must take its eyes off the peanuts and quickly ________ its attention to the ________ movement of the scientist and the way the bottle was turned upside down. To achieve this, it had to calm down and not be ________ by the impulse (诱惑) of its appetite. Yet the monkey was not able to understand this. It is the instance like this that reveals the monkey’s some psychology is just like ________ of human beings.

1.A.kept B.rose C.fed D.caught

2.A.moving B.removed C.discovered D.covered

3.A.happily B.anxiously C.hurriedly D.instantly

4.A.suddenly B.accidentally C.occasionally D.quickly

5.A.as B.that C.what D.until

6.A.But B.When C.Therefore D.Thus

7.A.directions B.explanations C.performances D.instructions

8.A.effort B.strength C.power D.force

9.A.expecting B.interesting C.satisfying D.desired

10.A.what B.how C.why D.which

11.A.Probably B.Likely C.Simply D.Nearly

12.A.put B.send C.pay D.shift

13.A.gesture B.mouth C.hand D.eye

14.A.taken away B.taken off C.taken over D.taken on

15.A.that B.the C.those D.this

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.C

15.A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。为了研究动物心理学，一位科学家养了几只猴子做实验，发现猴子与人类的一些心理有相似之处。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了研究动物心理学，一位科学家养了几只猴子。A. kept饲养；B. rose上升；C. fed喂养；D. caught抓到。既然是搞研究，自然是要长期的饲养，故A项正确。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他拿起一个玻璃瓶，取出瓶塞，放了两颗花生进去。A. moving移动；B. removed移除，去掉；C. discovered发现；D. covered覆盖。根据空后的put two peanuts inside it.可知，他放了两颗花生进去，这说明他拔掉了瓶塞，故B项正确。

3.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后把瓶子递给一只猴子，猴子焦急地摇晃了很久，当花生意外掉下来的时候，它能得到花生。A. happily高兴地；B. anxiously焦急地；C. hurriedly匆匆；D. instantly立即。猴子想要吃瓶子里的花生，自然是焦急地晃动瓶子，故B项正确。

4.考查副词词义辨析。句意：然后把瓶子递给一只猴子，猴子焦急地摇晃了很久，当花生意外掉下来的时候，它能得到花生。A. suddenly突然；B. accidentally意外地；C. occasionally偶尔；D. quickly很快。然后他把瓶子递给一只猴子，上文说 花生掉到了瓶子的底部，正常情况下是很难晃出来的，只能是在意外情况下掉出来，故B项正确。

5.考查连接词辨析。句意：科学家像之前一样又往瓶子里放了一些花生，向猴子展示只需要把瓶子倒过来花生就可以掉出来。A. as像；B. that那个；C. what什么；D. until直到。根据空后的he had done before可知，科学家像之前一样又往瓶子里放了一些花生，用as引导方式状语从句，故A项正确。

6.考查连词辨析。句意：但是猴子总是无视他的指示。A. But但是；B. When当；C. Therefore因此；D. Thus因此。科学家向猴子展示只需要把瓶子倒过来花生就可以掉出来，猴子却总是无视他的指示，前后是转折关系，故A项正确。

7.考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是猴子总是无视他的指示。A. direction说明；B. explanations解释；C. performances表演；D. instructions指示。上文说科学家向猴子展示只需要把瓶子倒过来花生就可以掉出来，这是他给猴子的指示，下文的instructs也是提示，故D项正确。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：每次它只是疯狂地摇瓶子，努力地摇，但不一定能达到它想要的效果。A. effort努力；B. strength力量；C. power权力；D. force武力。根据空前的it just shook the bottle frantically可知，猴子很努力地摇瓶子，故A项正确。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：每次它只是疯狂地摇瓶子，努力地摇，但不一定能达到它想要的效果。A. expecting期待的；B. interesting有趣的；C. satisfying令人满意；D. desired想要的。猴子努力地药瓶子是想让里面的花生掉出来，这是它想要的结果，故D项正确。

10.考查宾语从句。句意：现在的问题是为什么猴子不能理解科学家的指示。understand后的部分为宾语从句，从句中的instructs缺少宾语，应该用what引导这个宾语从句，故A项正确。

11.考查副词词义辨析。句意：只是因为它所有的注意力都集中在花生上。A. Probably可能；B. Likely可能；C. Simply简单地；D. Nearly几乎。此处解释猴子不能理解科学家的指示的原因——只是因为它所有的注意力都集中在花生上，故C项正确。

12.考查动词词义辨析。句意：相反，它必须把目光从花生上移开，迅速地将注意力转移到科学家的手部动作上。A. put放置；B. send发送；C. pay支付；D. shift转移。根据空后的its attention to the ___13___ movement of the scientist可知，它必须将注意力转移到科学家的手部动作上，故D项正确。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：相反，它必须把目光从花生上移开，迅速地将注意力转移到科学家的手部动作上。A. gesture手势；B. mouth嘴；C. hand手；D. eye眼睛。根据上文的介绍可知科学家是通过手来向猴子演示把瓶子倒过来花生就会掉出来的，故C项正确。

14.考查动词短语辨析。句意：它必须冷静下来，不要被它的食欲所控。A. taken away带走；B. taken off 起飞；C. taken over接管；D. taken on承担。根据空后的by the impulse (诱惑) of its appetite.可知，它必须冷静下来，不要被食欲所控（接管），故选C项正确。

15.考查代词词义辨析。句意：正是这样的例子，揭示了猴子的某些心理与人类的相似之处。A. that那个（指代与前面提到的同一类人或物，表单数）；B. the定冠词，表特指；C. those那些；D. this这个。此处指代与前面的some psychology同一类事物，故A项正确。