Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Starting a wildlife conservation center is a necessary 1. important job, but it hardly brings money to its founder and so it is for Jane Thomas. She spent several years 2. (build) Motley Zoo, devoted to wildlife 3. (protect) in Redmond, Washington, but all money she made was spent straight back on the zoo. She was determined 4. (continue) to do her work, even though there was little money to reward her.

But things changed this year. “As crazy as it sounded, because of my efforts, I received a secret donation: $9,000,” Thomas said. She decided to use the money 5. was donated by a stranger this year to rescue more animals. She advertised the animal rescue on the street and received much support from 6. public.

Thomas said, “Ever since I advertised the animal rescue on the street, I 7. (attract) many people. Now when I walk on the street, many 8. (passer-by) wave and even shout to me ‘I adopted (收养)my dog from you!’ I feel 9. (shock) that people treat me 10. (nice) than ever.”

Answer

1.and

2.building

3.protection

4.to continue

5.which/that

6.the

7.have attracted

8.passers-by

9.shocked

10.nicer

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。Jane Thomas把自己赚的钱全部投进了一家叫做Motley Zoo的拯救小动物机构。一位陌生人向她捐了9000美元，解决了机构的资金困难问题，她也决心拯救更多的小动物，她的行动得到了很多人的认可。

1.考查连词。句中形容词necessary和 important是并列关系，肯定句中，用并列连词and，故填and。

2.考查非谓语动词。spent(spend)时间/钱doing sth. 花时间/钱做某事，固定搭配，所以要用动词的-ing形式，故填building。

3.考查名词。devoted to中to为介词，后面跟名词，所以要填protect的名词形式，故填protection。

4.考查非谓语动词。be determined to do sth.决心做某事，固定用法，was determined后跟动词不定式，故填to continue。

5.考查定语从句。定语从句中先行词是the money，指物，关系代词在定语从句中做主语，故填which/that。

6.考查冠词。句中public用作名词时表示“公众，民众”，是集合名词，常与定冠词the连用，the public公众，民众，固定用法，故填the。

7.考查时态。前面的状语从句用Ever since引导，主句要用完成时，主句的动词的动作对现在有影响，所以用现在完成时，主语是I，第一人称单数，故填have attracted。

8.考查名词复数。passer-by为合成名词，可数，前面的many提示名词要用复数，合成名词的复数是以主要的名词变复数来表示，故填passers-by。

9.考查形容词。句子为系表结构，形容词作表语，主语为I，指人，所以要用ed结尾的形容词，故填shocked。

10.考查形容词比较级。由填空词后的than ever，可知是两种情况的比较：现在和以前，所以要用形容词的比较级，故填nicer。