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Unit 5 Into the wild
Ⅰ.完形填空
When Arfel CordovaRojas was biking to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last November, she planned to go birdwatching. Bingo! A mile into her walk, she saw a female ____1____ near the water's edge. CordovaRojas had worked at a wild bird rehab (康复) center and ____2____ that swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this time, it didn't ____3____. She was certain that the bird needed ____4____ attention. CordovaRojas put her jacket over the bird's head to keep it calm, ____5____ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought ____6____ her: What should I do now?
Her best ____7____ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17pound swan on her ____8____ all that way? Luckily, some ____9____ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a(n) ____10____ to the rehab center.
Staff members at the rehab center ____11____ that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on her feet. ____12____, the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months after CordovaRojas came to her ____13____, she passed away.
It's a (n)____14____ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to ____15____ animals.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述的是主人公拯救一只天鹅的故事,虽然最后天鹅仍然死去了,但这个故事显示了人们在拯救动物方面的意愿。
1.A.birdwatcher B.passerby
C.duck D.swan
解析:D [考查名词词义辨析。句意:走了一英里后,她在水边看到了一只雌天鹅。A.birdwatcher鸟类观察者;B.passerby过路人;C.duck鸭子;D.swan天鹅。根据下文“...that swans can be aggressive”可知,她知道天鹅是有攻击性的,由此可知,她在水边看到了一只雌天鹅。故选D项。]
2.A.knew B.guessed
C.claimed D.admitted
解析:A [考查动词词义辨析。句意:CordovaRojas曾在一家野生鸟类康复中心工作,她知道天鹅可能具有攻击性。A.knew知道;B.guessed猜测;C.claimed声称;D.admitted承认。根据句中“CordovaRojas had worked at a wild bird rehab (康复) center”可知,她曾在一家野生鸟类康复中心工作,由此可知,她对野生鸟类有一些了解,知道天鹅可能具有攻击性。故选A项。]
3.A.continue B.move
C.leave D.wait
解析:B [考查动词词义辨析。句意:但这次当她靠近时,它没有移动。A.continue持续;B.move移动;C.leave离开;D.wait等待。上文提到天鹅可能具有攻击性,再根据句中转折连词“But”可知,本以为天鹅可能具有攻击性,但这次当她靠近时,天鹅却没有移动。故选B项。]
4.A.medical B.constant
C.public