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.

Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into the London Zoo that a wild puma 【1】 (spot) forty miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts decided to investigate.

The hunt 【2】 the puma began in a small village where a woman 【3】 (pick) blackberries saw “a large cat” only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being 【4】 it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at 【5】 place twenty miles away in the evening. 【6】 it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a 【7】 (fish) trip saw the puma up a tree.

The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, 【8】 where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one 【9】 have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing 【10】 (think) a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】had been spotted

【2】for

【3】picking

【4】unless

【5】another

【6】Wherever

【7】fishing

【8】but

【9】must

【10】to think

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了有人發(fā)現(xiàn)一只野生美洲獅出現(xiàn)在倫敦以南40英里處的一個村子里，專家們已經(jīng)展開調(diào)查，這引發(fā)了人們的不安。

【1】考查時(shí)態(tài)語態(tài)。句意：當(dāng)倫敦動物園接到報(bào)告說在倫敦以南40英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只野生美洲獅時(shí)，他們并沒有認(rèn)真對待。a wild puma 與spot是被動關(guān)系，而且這一動作發(fā)生在came之前，也就是過去的過去，所以用過去完成時(shí)的被動語態(tài)，故填had been spotted。

【2】考查介詞。句意：搜尋美洲獅的行動始于一個小村莊，在那里一位摘黑莓的婦女看到“一只大貓”離她只有五碼遠(yuǎn)。hunt常于for搭配，表示“搜尋、尋找”，故填for。

【3】考查非謂語動詞。句意同上，a woman與pick之間是邏輯上的主謂關(guān)系，表示主動，用現(xiàn)在分詞作后置定語，故填picking。

【4】考查條件狀語從句。句意：專家證實(shí)，美洲獅除非被逼入絕境，否則不會攻擊人類。此處表示一種條件，根據(jù)“it is cornered”可知此處表示“除非”，故填unless。

【5】考查固定搭配。句意：事實(shí)證明，尋找美洲獅是困難的，因?yàn)槿藗兂３Ｔ谠绯康囊粋�地方發(fā)現(xiàn)美洲獅，晚上卻在20英里外的另一個地方發(fā)現(xiàn)它。此處與前面的one構(gòu)成固定搭配，one... another...表示“一個……，另一個……”，故填another。

【6】考查讓步狀語從句。句意：它所到之處，總會留下一串死鹿和死兔子之類的小動物。根據(jù)句意可知此處用wherever引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，相當(dāng)于no matter where, 表示“無論什么地方、所到之處”，故填Wherever。

【7】考查名詞。句意：有幾個人說晚上聽到貓一樣的叫聲，一個商人在釣魚時(shí)看見美洲獅在樹上。根據(jù)句意可知此處用名詞作定語，on a fishing trip表示“釣魚時(shí)（路上）”，故填fishing。

【8】考查連詞。句意：現(xiàn)在專家們已經(jīng)完全肯定那只動物就是美洲獅，但它是從哪里來的呢？根據(jù)句意可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故填but。

【9】考查“情態(tài)動詞+have done”結(jié)構(gòu)。句意：由于沒有報(bào)告說這個國家的任何一個動物園有美洲獅失蹤，這只美洲獅一定是一個私人收藏家藏著的，不知怎的設(shè)法逃走了。根據(jù)“As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country”可知此處用must have done表示對過去事情的肯定推測，故填must。

【10】考查非謂語動詞。句意：一想到一種危險(xiǎn)的野生動物仍在安靜的鄉(xiāng)村逍遙法外就令人不安。此處為“it is+adj +to do”結(jié)構(gòu)，故填to think。