Question

阅读短文，用括号内单词的适当形式填空。

Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, 1. (kill) by one of the elephants he loved. This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future of London Zoo—and maybe for all of Britain’s city zoos.

London Zoo said that it 2. (move) its three elephants to a wild animal park outside London. Its director-general（总经理）, Michael Dixon, said, “We are sorry that the elephants 3. (leave); there 4. (be) elephants at London Zoo since 1831.”

One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals—and most of all elephants.

London Zoo is not only losing its elephants. The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears have already gone. Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman 5. (call) Mary said she wished the zoo 6. (keep) big animals. “This is the only way the young people can see animals without 7. (travel) to other countries,” she said.

Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them. Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos.

Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry. “If the elephants 8. (send) back to the wild, they will die. If you take away big animals, people will stop 9. (visit) London Zoo. It can survive （继续生存）at the moment, but it 10. (not survive) in the future. "

However, Mary Rosevear, director of the Federation of Zoos, believes that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals.

 

Answer 1

1.Was killed

2.would move

3.will leave

4.have been

5.called

6.to keep

7.travelling

8.are sent

9.visiting

10.won’t survive

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在伦敦动物园的大象杀死了饲养员后，动物园决定把大象转移到野生公园。人们对此持有不同的看法。但是动物园的主管却认为没有大型动物，动物园也能生存下去。

1.被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者，即行为动作的对象。被动语态由“助动词be＋及物动词的过去分词”构成。一般过去式的被动语态构成was／were＋done.根据句意，上一周伦敦动物园大象饲养员,吉姆?罗布森被他所爱的大象杀死了。故填Was killed

2.伦敦动物园表示,它将会把三头大象移到伦敦外的野生动物公园。根据句意，可知用过去将来时，故填would move

3.很抱歉,大象将要离开。因为是直接引语，根据句意，故用将来时态，故填will leave

4.

5.在伦敦动物园大象的房子外面,一个叫)玛丽女人说。过去分词做后置定语，故填called

6.

7.这是年轻人不用到其他国家就可以看到动物的唯一途径。without，介词，后加名词或动名词，故填travelling

8.

9.

10.

考点：社会现象类短文。