Question

【题目】动词应用

根据短文内容，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

One of the world’s most important and lovely animals is quickly disappearing (消失). Can you guess which one it is? It 【1】 (have) the longest neck among all animals. Yes, it’s the giraffe.

In 1985, there were between 152,000 and 163,000 giraffes, and they 【2】 (live) in the plains(平原) and forests in Africa, “The number of giraffes has fallen by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s,” says a new reporter on endangered wild animals and plants.

Why are there fewer and fewer giraffes? Because humans 【3】 (cut) down many trees to build more houses. And they are also killing the animals 【4】 (get) their meat. A report from the International Union for Conversation of Nature (国际自然保护联盟) says, “ Giraffes 【5】 (disappear) silently in the near future. And it is time that we do something for the giraffe before it is too late.”

People think giraffes are everywhere. Kids’ books are full of giraffes, and there 【6】 (be) always giraffes in zoos. But giraffes are in great danger now. Humans 【7】 (stop) killing off certain endangered wild animals and try hard to help save them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】has

【2】lived

【3】are cutting/have cut

【4】to get

【5】will disappear

【6】are

【7】should/must stop

【解析】

文章分析了长颈鹿正频临危险状态，数量正逐年递减，原因是人类对森林的砍伐破坏；吃长颈鹿的肉等，为了保护长颈鹿，自然保护国际联盟呼吁人类应该停止杀戮，保护长颈鹿。

【1】句意：它的脖子是所有动物中最长的。

考查动词。根据空格处前后句子的时态都是一般现在时态，可知此处的时态也是一般现在时，主语是三单式it，have的第三人称单数是has。故答案为has。

【2】句意：它们住在非洲的平原和森林里。

考查动词。根据前面的时间In 1985，可知说的是过去，用一般过去时，live的过去式是lived，故答案为lived。

【3】句意：因为人类正在/已经砍伐树木以建造更多的房屋。

考查动词时态。根据语境可知这里用现在进行时或现在完成时，都符合题意。现在进行时的结构是be doing的形式；主语是复数，be动词用are。现在完成时的结构是have done形式。短语cut down砍倒，砍下。根据句意，故答案为are cutting/have cut。

【4】句意：他们也正在屠杀动物来吃肉。

考查动词，根据句意，可知是动词不定式表目的，to get their meat为了得到它们的肉。故答案为to get。

【5】句意：长颈鹿将在不久的将来悄无声息地消失。

考查动词。根据后面的时间状语 in the near future在不久的将来，可知是一般将来时，结构是will+动词原形，disappear动词，消失，故答案为will disappear

【6】句意：动物园里总有长颈鹿。

考查动词。根据题干，可知是there be句型，主语是 giraffes，复数名词，结合前后句子都是一般现在时，故答案为are。

【7】句意：人类应该/必须停止杀害某些濒危野生动物，并努力帮助拯救它们。

考查情态动词加动词原形。根据下文“try hard to help save them.”可知，人们应该或必须停止杀害某些濒临危险的动物。故答案为should/must stop。