A thousand years ago Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest like the forests we now find in Malaysia and Thailand. As more and more ___36___ came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, ___37__ there are still some areas covered with trees. We call these __38__.
Elephants, tigers, monkeys and many other animals used to live in the __39__ forests of Hong Kong, and there were even crocodiles in the ___40__ and along the coast. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the animals began to __41___ out. Early farmers grew rice and kept pigs and chickens in the valleys.
They ___42___ the trees and burnt them. They needed fires to keep themselves ___43___ in the winter, to cook their food, and to keep away from dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared because there was not enough ___44___ for them. So did most of the wolves, and tigers. Monkeys, squirrels and many other animals soon died out in the same __45____.
You might think that there are ___46___ any animals in Hong Kong, except in the __47_____. You might think there can’t be any wild animals in such a __48___ place with so many cars and buildings. But there is __49_____ a good deal of countryside in Hong Kong and New Territories, and there are still about thirty-six different kinds of animals living there.
One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s ____50___ is the barking deer. They are beautiful little creatures with rich, brown coat and a white patch under the tail. They look like deer but they are much ___51___. They are less than two feet high. The male barking deer has two small horns but the female has none. They make a __52____ rather like a dog barking.
Barking deer live in thick shrub（灌木） country and are very good at __53___. They eat grass and shrubs, mainly in the very early morning and late afternoon and evening. This is when you are most likely to see one but you will need to be very quiet and to have very ___54___eyes. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one ___55_____ ---- man. Although it is illegal, people hunt and trap these harmless little animals. As a result there are now not many left. There are a few on Hong Kong Island but none in the New Territories.
小題1:
A．peopleB．childrenC．ladiesD．women
小題2:
A．asB．sinceC．thoughD．because
小題3:
A．desertB．shadesC．fieldsD．woods
小題4:
A．thinB．thickC．shortD．dying
小題5:
A．riversB．hillsC．skyD．mountains
小題6:
A．dieB．lookC．comeD．get
小題7:
A．plantedB．looked afterC．cared forD．cut down
小題8:
A．coldB．coolC．warmD．hot
小題9:
A．airB．foodC．waterD．clothes
小題10:
A．wayB．roadC．streetD．rail
小題11:
A．neverB．alwaysC．noD．no longer
小題12:
A．zoosB．shopsC．kitchensD．parks
小題13:
A．freeB．busyC．bigD．large
小題14:
A．no moreB．nearlyC．stillD．hardly
小題15:
A．animalsB．plantsC．fishesD．birds
小題16:
A．greatB．larger C．smallerD．heavier
小題17:
A．noiseB．voiceC．songD．living
小題18:
A．barkingB．eatingC．plantingD．hiding
小題19:
A．commonB．sharpC．clearD．big
小題20:
A．neighborB．brotherC．enemyD．friend

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:A
小題13:B
小題14:C
小題15:A
小題16:C
小題17:A
小題18:D
小題19:B
小題20:C
這則短文通過講述香港的變化來告誡人們要保護森林、愛護動物。
小題1:考查名詞。結合下文When people came to live in Hong Kong可知答案。隨著越來越多的人（people）到香港居住。此處泛指人，用people。
小題2:考查連詞。前后兩句話之間是轉折關系，故用though。
小題3:考查名詞。these指代前文的areas covered with trees，故我們應稱之為樹林woods。
小題4:考查形容詞。人們來香港后砍伐焚燒樹林，而在此之前，樹林是茂密thick的。
小題5:考查名詞。crocodiles（鱷魚）自然是生活在水里（rivers）。
小題6:考查動詞。由于人多了，動物就變少了。die out 絕種,死光。
小題7:考查動詞。砍伐焚燒樹林。cut down砍倒。
小題8:考查形容詞。他們需要火來在冬天取暖、燒飯、驅趕動物。
小題9:考查名詞。樹木減少，造成大象食物不足。
小題10:考查名詞。in the same way以同樣的方式。
小題11:考查副詞。原先有很多的動物，現(xiàn)在不在（no longer）有了。
小題12:考查名詞。除了動物園其它地方就沒有動物了。
小題13:考查形容詞。結合后面的修飾物with so many cars and buildings可知香港是個繁忙的地方。
小題14:考查副詞。與前面的can’t構成轉折關系，此處應選表示肯定意義的詞。
小題15:考查名詞。與前面的any wild animals呼應。
小題16:考查形容詞。結合下文They are less than two feet high可知其小。
小題17:考查名詞。結合下文a dog barking可知此處指的是他們發(fā)出的聲音。
小題18:考查動詞。結合下文you will need to be very quiet可知這種動物很警覺，善于躲藏。
小題19:考查形容詞。sharp eyes敏銳的眼睛。sharp adj. 敏銳的； 鋒利的。
小題20:考查名詞。結合下文可知人（people）是這種動物的唯一敵人。
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