Question

   Sand cats come from deserts like the Sahara (撒哈拉沙漠) .They have wide faces and big eyes. If you are lucky enough to see 1 in person,you will find it is one of the cutest animals.

   In the deserts of Africa and Asia,sand cats like living 2 lives. They usually live in holes made by other 3 animals. At their largest,they are a little less than two feet long. Their wide heads are what give them their young,lovely faces. They 4 food at night,feeding on small animals like snakes.

   There are not many sand cats in the world,so it's important to keep them  5 . However,it is difficult to keep them in zoos. Sand cats in zoos easily get kinds of common diseases,so, in order to successfully 6 sand cats,zoos have to create very special environment just for them. This means that,if sand cats are in danger,it's 7 to save them. It wasn’t until 2010 that a sand cat baby was successfully 8 in the zoo for the first time. Luckily,people have done something to 9 the sand cats from being in danger. Outside their native living places,there are not many opportunities to see sand cats. In the United States,there are only 26 sand cats in 10 . Most of us will just have to look at pictures and videos of these lovely wild animals online.

1. A. it   B. this   C. that   D. one

2. A. alone   B. noisy   C. loud   D. lonely

3. A. small   B. big   C. cute   D. dangerous

4. A. look at   B. wait for   C. take out   D. look for

5. A. free   B. busy   C. safe   D. dangerous

6. A. keep   B. stay   C. live   D. take

7. A. easy   B. interesting   C. boring   D. difficult

8. A. sold   B. bought   C. raised   D. brought

9. A. finish   B. stop   C. have   D. fight

10. A. zoos   B. parks   C. homes   D. houses

Answer 1

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A

   沙貓原產(chǎn)于沙漠，是瀕危動物。除了在動物園，人們難以在野外目睹沙貓，只能通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)從圖片或是視頻上看到它們。

1. D上文提及沙貓來自沙漠，下文用erne指沙貓中的任何一個，而不是特指。

2. D由短文最后一段中的“…there are not many opportunities to see sand cats.”可知沙貓“單獨”生活.

3. A由“最大的沙貓不過兩英尺長”推斷，沙貓通常寄居在其他“小”動物的洞穴里。

4. D由下文“以像蛇之類的小動物為食”推斷，沙貓晚上“尋找”食物。

5. C由“世界上沙貓不多”推斷，保護沙貓“安全”非常重要。

6. A由“沙貓在動物園里很難存活”推斷這里指為了成功“飼養(yǎng)”沙貓。keep表示“伺養(yǎng)”。

7. D由“動物園不得不為沙貓創(chuàng)造非常特殊的環(huán)境”推斷，如果沙貓有生命危險就很“難”救活。

8. C句意:直到2010年才第一次在動物園成功“培育”了一只沙貓寶寶。raise表示“培育”。

9. B由Luckily推斷，人們做了一些事以“防止”沙貓?zhí)幱谖ｋU的狀態(tài)中D stop... from doing sth.為常用結(jié)構(gòu)，故選B.

10. A由“人們只能通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)在圖片或視頻上看到沙貓”推 斷，美國“動物園”里只有26只沙貓。

feed on 以……為食 opportunity n.機會

障礙句分析

   It wasn’t until 2010 that a sand cat baby was successfully raised in the zoo for the first time.直到 2010 年，沙貓寶寶才第一次被成功地在動物園培育。

   該句是強調(diào)句型：It be +被強調(diào)部分+ that +其他; not... until…是固定搭配，意為“直到……才……”；was raised是一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，意為“被培育”。