Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Facts you don’t know about animals

People have already known a lot about animals. However, there are still some things about animals that may surprise you. Here are some facts about animals you probably didn’t know.

Cows

Cows do have best friends and feel stressed (焦虑的) when they are separated (分开). Sometimes they even a【1】 humans when they are too nervous and angry. However, scientists also found that cows are very social animals and a cow always makes friends with other cows in the herd (兽群). When a cow is with its friend, its heart rate is reduced compared with when it is a【2】 or with a cow from another herd.

Penguins

During breeding (繁殖) season, a male penguin will offer a pebble (卵石) to a female penguin as a g【3】. If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her husband may c【4】 it on their feet, because some penguins don’t build nests.

Crocodiles

When crocodiles eat something, they always swallow (吞) their prey. They don’t chew it like other animals. To help with digestion (消化), they swallow stones which grind up the food in their stomachs. But these stones can h【5】 be defecated (排泄掉), so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives.

Elephants

Elephants use plants to get rid of p【6】 or other illness. Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days, while this kind of plant was not part of her regular d【7】. Four days later, she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly. The same plant was used by the local women to help with labor (分娩).

Do you find these facts amazing? Maybe you can introduce some of them to your friends and see how surprised they are when they know the facts!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】attack

【2】alone

【3】gift

【4】carry

【5】hardly

【6】pain

【7】diet/dinner

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了牛、企鹅、鳄鱼、大象四种动物的一些事情。

【1】句意：有时它们过于紧张和愤怒的时候甚至来攻击人类。

根据句子结构可知，所缺空应该填入动词，由后句when they are too nervous and angry“当他们是紧张不安并且生气时候”可知，他们袭击人类，故答案填attack。

【2】句意：当一头母牛和它的朋友在一起时，它的心率比它单独或和另一头母牛在一起时要低。

根据所给空前面的is可知，需要填入形容词，由前句When a cow is with its friend, its heart rate is reduced compared with“与一头牛与它的朋友在一起相比”，可知，这里是单独的且单词以a开头，故答案填alone。

【3】句意：在繁殖季节，雄性企鹅会把鹅卵石作为礼物送给雌性企鹅。

根据空缺处在a后面可知填入名词，由后句If she takes it, they will become partners.“如果她拿着它，他们就会成为情侣”，可知，雄性企鹅在赠送礼物，故答案填gift。

【4】句意：当雌企鹅下一个蛋时，她和她的丈夫可以把它放在脚上，因为有些企鹅不筑巢。

根据所给空前面的may，可知，应填入动词，由文章后句because some penguins don’t build nests“他们不筑巢”，可知他们把蛋放在脚上，carry可表示“携带”，故答案填carry。

【5】句意：但是这些石头很难被排泄掉，所以它们可能一辈子都呆在肚子里。

根据后句so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives.“所以他们一直呆在肚子里”，因此填入的词表示否定的，几乎不，故答案填hardly。

【6】句意：句意：大象用植物来消除疼痛或其他疾病。

根据所给空前面的of可知，需要填入名词，由and illness，可知这个词与疾病有相同含义，后文第五段第三行“Four days later, she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly.”“四天后，她可以安静地生下一头小象。”推出它吃这种草，能消除疼痛和疾病，故答案填pain。

【7】句意：科学家曾在肯尼亚发现一头怀孕的大象，它连续几天不停地吃某种植物，而这种植物并不是它日常饮食的一部分。

根据所给空前面的regular可知，应填入名词，由前句Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days,“科学家曾在肯尼亚发现一头怀孕的大象，它连续几天不停地吃某种植物，”while一词表转折，推出意思是：这种植物并不是它日常饮食的一部分，故答案填diet。