Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Wildlife Secrets of Nigeria’s Last Wilderness

Researchers from Chester Zoo, working with the Nigeria National Park Service, surveyed over 1,000 square kilometres of the national park. Known 【1】 its mountain rainforests and rolling grasslands, it is home to some of West Africa’s most threatened animals.

The cameras 【2】 (spot) some animals that have never been recorded before in the area and others, like chimps(黑猩猩), 【3】 are rarely seen. Stuart Nixon, the Africa Field Programme Co-ordinator at Chester Zoo, said confirmation of the locations of chimps was an important discovery. “Gashaka’s been regarded for many years as 【4】 (have) the biggest population of this Nigeria-Cameroon chimp,” he said. “We consider it the most important population—that’s really 【5】 we need to count it and see what the status of the chimp is right now—that will eventually affect what we know about this subspecies elsewhere.”

The chimp 【6】 (endanger) across its range in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its total population is down to fewer than 9,000 individuals, of which about 1,000 are thought 【7】 (live) within the borders of the national park. “It’s an amazing tool to use these camera traps and to reveal that this park—which is a 【8】 (forget) wilderness, really, for Nigeria—still has a really important store of important species for Nigeria and Africa in general,” said Stuart Nixon.

Chester Zoo is funding guards for the rangers and providing training in wildlife monitoring and protection. “This work is helping us learn more about the secrets of one of our last wilderness areas and we must continue to work together to ensure 【9】 survival for future generations,” said Stuart Nixon, “ 【10】 all this beauty were lost, it would be a terrible tragedy for all.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】for

【2】spotted

【3】which

【4】having

【5】why

【6】is endangered

【7】to live

【8】forgotten

【9】its

【10】If

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了切斯特動物園正在資助護林員，并提供野生動物監(jiān)測和保護方面的培訓(xùn)以了解尼日利亞最后一片荒野的野生動物的秘密。

【1】考查介詞。句意：它因山地雨林和起伏的草原而聞名，是西非一些最受威脅的動物的家園。be known for表示“因……而聞名”，故填for。

【2】考查時態(tài)。句意：攝像機發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些以前從未在該地區(qū)記錄過的動物，還有一些像黑猩猩這樣很少被看到的動物。事情發(fā)生在過去，應(yīng)該用一般過去時，故填spotted。

【3】考查非限定性定語從句。句意同上，此處為非限定性定語從句，關(guān)系詞指代先行詞chimps并在從句中作主語，故填which。

【4】考查非謂語動詞。句意：多年來，加沙卡一直被認(rèn)為是尼日利亞—喀麥隆黑猩猩種群最多的地方。作介詞as的賓語用動名詞，故填having。

【5】考查表語從句。句意：這就是為什么我們要弄清楚黑猩猩的數(shù)量和它們現(xiàn)在的狀況。此處為表語從句，從句中不缺主賓表，缺少原因狀語，故填why。

【6】考查時態(tài)語態(tài)。句意：黑猩猩在喀麥隆和尼日利亞的整個范圍內(nèi)都瀕臨滅絕。The chimp 與endanger之間是被動關(guān)系，而且陳述的是客觀事實，所以用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)，主語是The chimp，謂語動詞用第三人稱單數(shù)，故填is endangered。

【7】考查非謂語動詞。句意：它們的總數(shù)下降到不足9000只，其中約1000只被認(rèn)為生活在國家公園的邊界內(nèi)。be thought to do表示“被認(rèn)為……”，用不定式作主語補足語，故填to live。

【8】考查非謂語動詞。句意：這真是一個很好的工具——用攝像頭捕捉并揭示這個公園是一個被遺忘的荒野。wilderness與forget之間是邏輯上的動賓關(guān)系，表示被動，用過去分詞作定語，故填forgotten。

【9】考查代詞。句意：這項工作有助于我們進一步了解最后一片荒野的秘密，我們必須繼續(xù)共同努力，確保它為子孫后代而存在下去。此處指代one of our last wilderness areas，修飾名詞survival用形容詞性物主代詞，表示“它的”，故填its。

【10】考查狀語從句。句意：如果所有這些美好都消失了，對所有人來說都將是一場可怕的悲劇。根據(jù)句意可知此處是一個條件，表示“如果”，用if引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，故填If。