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完形填空 　　When people think of tigers, they think：strong and dangerous (危险的)．But now, the big animal is calling for our help． 　　There were once eight kinds of 　　1　　 in the world, but three died out during the 20th century．In the last 70 years, the 　　2　　 of Siberian tigers (东北虎)has gone from as many as 300 to 　　3　　 22 somewhere．The Siberian tiger has been 　　4　　 dying (死亡)out completely．If the government doesn't make any efforts(努力), it's quite 　　5　　 that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years． 　　In order to double the number of wild tigers in the 　　6　　 ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会)has started a program recently．It 　　7　　 save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing．China, together with twelve other 　　8　　 , has joined in． 　　Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main 　　9　　 of tigers．The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (危险)to tigers．So the most important thing is 　　10　　the animals that tigers eat．To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild ani-mals． (1) [　　] A． pigs B． tigers C． deer (2) [　　] A． name B． kind C． number (3) [　　] A． less than B． more than C． bigger than (4) [　　] A． in need of B． in danger of C． in front of (5) [　　] A． possible B． impossible C． necessary (6) [　　] A． last B． next C． past (7) [　　] A． aims to B． used to C． refuses to (8) [　　] A． cities B． provinces C． countries (9) [　　] A． friends B． food C． members (10) [　　] A． to sell B． to kill C． to save

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．B;5．A;6．B;7．A;8．C;9．B;10．C;
解析：

(1)	根据前后文可知，世界上曾经有八种老虎，故选B。
(2)	根据后文的“300”可知，这里指的是东北虎的数量，故选C。
(3)	这里的选项A与前面的“as many as”形成对比关系，为最佳答案。
(4)	由句意可知，东北虎正面临灭绝的危险，故选B。
(5)	句意为：如果政府不作出努力，在十到二十年后，中国将很可能不会有东北虎了，故选A。
(6)	根据句意可知：为了在接下来的十年里，使野生虎的数量翻番，世界自然基金会启动了一个项目。
(7)	由语境可知：这个项目的目的在于拯救野生虎，结束猎杀老虎的行为。
(8)	由“other”可知，中国和其他12个国家已经参加了这个项目。
(9)	由生活常识及本段倒数第二句中的“tigers eat”可知：红鹿和野猪等野生动物是老虎的主要食物。
(10)	要保护老虎，最重要的是保护好它所吃的动物。