Ⅲ. 完形填空(20分)

India is the　1　of tigers. Every year many people are killed by tigers. 　2　, the tiger does not always eat men. It likes wild animals　3　. It is only when the tiger is old or wounded(受伤的)that it eats men. But once it has tasted the flesh of men, it goes on killing men　4　food. When a man-eater　5　this is discovered, people are very　6　. They have to stop　7　in the field.

There are many ways　8　such dangerous animals. One way is that some men　9　long guns ride on elephants while other men drive the tiger towards them. 　10　way of all is to hunt a tiger on foot. Because the man must be brave and can shoot well or he would be killed by the tiger.

1. A. house　　  B. room　 　　C. door　　　 D. home

2. A. However   B. And   C. Because   D. Why

3. A. well    B. good  C. better   D. best

4. A. at     B. with   C. on    D. for

5. A. at     B. on   C. like    D. in

6. A. happy   B. afraid  C. excited   D. friendly

7. A. work    B. working C. worked   D. to work

8. A. to kill   B. killing  C. kill    D. killed

9. A. with    B. in   C. for    D. by

10. A. The dangerous     B. The more dangerous

C. The safest       D. The most dangerous

Ⅳ. 任务型阅读(10分)

Many years ago, lots of zoos kept many kinds of animals in small cages. Small cages made it easy for people(A) ______ (see)the animals, (B)but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in. Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and little lakes. The cages look like the animals’ habitats(栖息地).

Zoos help to protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to protect the animals’ wild habitats. 【 】

Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths(猛犸象), which are related(有关的)with Asian elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventy-four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!

Zoos are working together to stop animals(C) ______ going extinct.

阅读短文, 完成下列任务。

1. 用(A)处所给单词的适当形式填空: _________

2. 将(B)处画线部分翻译成汉语。

_____________________________________________

3. 在(C)处填入适当的介词: ________

4. To protect animals, zoos ______.

A. want people to feed the animals

B. teach people more about animals

C. are trying to keep all the animals

D. are trying to free the animals

5. An animal or a plant is“extinct”means it ______ .

A. becomes very dangerous

B. can’t be found in the world any more

C. is becoming more and more

D. has fewer and fewer friends