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【題目】通讀全文,根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容的理解,選擇最佳答案填空。 Elephants are the largest living animals on land. More than 500 1 kinds of elephants were found on the earth over the last 55 million years. Only 2 kinds are still alive today: the African elephant and the Asian (or Indian) elephant. These elephants can only be found in 3 places. However, the older kinds lived in cold places a long time4. An example is the mammoth (猛犸象) — the largest hairy elephant.
The mammoth was the largest living elephant, which was about seven tons. 5 the elephants today, mammoths had black or dark brown hairs 6their bodies. All the mammoths had tusks (長牙).
Scientists found most of the extinct (滅絕的) animals by 7 the fossils, 8 their bones and teeth that could be found. However, mammoths are quite different. During the Ice Age, mammoths died and were covered 9 in the ice. The ice kept them very well. So scientists could find the 10 body of the mammoth.
（1）A.same B.different C.large D.small
（2）A.two B.three C.four D.five
（3）A.hot B.cold C.cool D.warm
（4）A.after B.later C.ago D.away
（5）A.Aside B.Unlike C.As D.For
（6）A.filling B.covering C.laying D.pushing
（7）A.dealing B.studying C.buying D.fixing
（8）A.for sure B.as well C.aside from D.such as
（9）A.sadly B.gently C.deeply D.easily
（10）A.whole B.all C.part D.piece

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【答案】（1）、B
（2）、A
（3）、A
（4）、C
（5）、B
（6）、B
（7）、B
（8）、D
（9）、C
（10）、A

【解析】文章大意：本文主要介紹大象的祖先—猛犸象。
（1）B考查語境理解題。句意：在過去的5500萬年里,在地球上發(fā)現(xiàn)了超過500不同種類的大象。A. same相同的;B. different不同的;C. large巨大的;D. small小的。Different kinds of各種各樣的;結合句意可知選B。
（2）A考查語境理解題。句意：今天只有兩種還活著。A. two兩個;B. three三;C. four四;D. five五。根據(jù)下文the African elephant and the Asian (or Indian) elephant.可知選A。
（3）A考查語境理解題。句意：這些大象只能在炎熱的地方發(fā)現(xiàn)。A. hot熱;B. cold冷的;C. cool涼的;D. warm溫暖的。根據(jù)下文However, the older kinds lived in cold places a long time .及上文非洲象和印度象可知選A。
（4）C考查語境理解題。句意：然而,很久以前老種類象居住在寒冷的地方A. after在……之后;B. later以后,遲的;C. ago以前;D. away離開。時間段+ago,在……以前,用于過去式,結合句意可知選C。
（5） B考查語境理解題。句意：不像今天大象。A. Aside在……旁邊;B. Unlike和……不同,不像;C. As作為;D. For為,為了;因為;給;對于;至于;適合于。根據(jù)下文mammoths had black or dark brown hairs their bodies.及語境可知選B。
（6）B考查語境理解題。句意：猛犸有黑色或深棕色頭發(fā)覆蓋身體。A. filling填滿;B. covering 覆蓋; C. laying放置;產(chǎn)卵;D. pushing推;促進;逼迫。結合句意和語境可知選B。
（7）B考查語境理解題。句意：通過研究化石科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)大部分的滅絕動物。A. dealing交易,處理;B. studying學習;考慮;C. buying購買;獲得;D. fixing安裝;修理。結合句意可知選B。
（8）D考查語境理解題。句意：例如可能被發(fā)現(xiàn)的他們的骨骼和牙齒。A. for sure確實;毫無疑問地;B. as well也;同樣地;C. aside from除……以外;D. such as例如,比如。結合句意和語境可知選D。
（9）C考查語境理解題。句意：在冰河時代,猛犸象死亡,并被深冰覆蓋。A. sadly悲哀地;悲痛地;B. gently輕輕地;溫柔地,溫和地;C. deeply深刻地;濃濃地;在深處;D. easily容易地;無疑地。結合句意和語境可知選C。
（10）A考查語境理解題。句意：因此科學家們能找到猛犸象的整個身體。A. whole整個的;B. all 全部,都;C. part 部分;D. piece篇,片,部分,件等。根據(jù)上文The ice kept them very well.結合句意可知選A。