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专题07 完形填空
(2022春·河北邯郸·八年级统考期末)
Have you ever been near an animal you were afraid of? How close have you been to a ____1____ snake? Well, Tony Kepler raises killer snakes for a living and he loves his ____2____. He has been working with them ____3____ he was a little boy. Tony’s father has been a snake handler(驯蛇师)for twenty years and he has taught his son a lot about them. Now Tony is ____4____ to make money from snakes. In order to ____5____ the venom(毒液), he has to find rattlesnakes(响尾蛇)in the western part of the United States. People use the venom to make into something called “antivenin”(抗毒素). This antivenin is really helpful in ____6____ the person who has been bitten.
Many people heard ____7____ stories about snakes when they were children and have been afraid of them. Tony has been trying to ____8____ people about the positive things snakes do. Snakes are also very clean and they ____9____ trouble humans. Tony’s job is very different from any other job I’ve heard of, but it is a really important one. ____10____ venom collectors, many people would be in real danger and some would die.
1.A.safe B.dangerous C.dead D.careless
2.A.family B.job C.hobby D.pay
3.A.since B.until C.when D.if
4.A.honest B.lucky C.able D.careful
5.A.discover B.collect C.produce D.taste
6.A.calming B.testing C.saving D.protecting
7.A.modern B.honest C.moving D.scary
8.A.explain B.ask C.tell D.cause
9.A.seldom B.always C.sometimes D.often
10.A.With B.Without C.On D.For
【答案】
1.B 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.A 10.B
【导语】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了许多人都怕蛇,但Tony Kepler以饲养毒蛇为生,喜爱自己的工作,并介绍了他的工作内容。
1.句意:你曾经离一只危险的蛇有多近?
safe安全的;dangerous危险的;dead死的;careless粗心的。根据上文“Have you ever been near an animal you were afraid of?”可知空处是指蛇是“危险的”,故选B。
2.句意:Tony Kepler以饲养毒蛇为生,他喜爱他的工作。
family家庭;job工作;hobby爱好;pay工资。根据空前“Well, Tony Kepler raises killer snakes for a living”可知他喜欢他的工作,故选B。
3.句意:自从他是个小男孩,他一直和它们一起工作。
since自从;until直到;when当……时;if如果。根据空前“He has been working with them”和“he was a little boy”可知