Module 6 Animals in danger
语篇填空练习
A
I am 1.__________ (感兴趣的) in animals, especially wild animals. A lot of 2.__________ (研究) on wild animals shows that the 3._________ (情况) of wild tigers is not so good. They are in 4._________ (危险) now.
The WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) said the 5._________ (数量) of wild tigers was 3, 890 in April, 2016. China is one of the places where wild tigers live. In order to 6._________ (保护) them, our government 7._________ (想出) of many ways and did a lot.
For example, the government set up many 8._________ (大自然) parks, stopped people killing and selling wild tigers, and helped 9._________ (繁殖) more tiger babies. We hope to see more and more wild tigers in the future.
Let’s live on the earth with animals in 10._________ (和平).
B
Rebecca is a wildlife camera-woman from the UK. She felt a 1.__________ (深深的) sadness when she was filming a documentary for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean. The 2.__________ (沙滩) should have been lively. But she sadly found that they were covered with plastic bags, toys, and 3.__________ (瓶子) and dead animals.
Plastic bags have many advantages, so they are 4.__________ (广泛地) used in people’s daily life. Britain uses nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year. The numbers are amazing.
Rebecca 5._________(决定)she had to do something. In her own 6.________(家乡), Modbury, she made a suggestion that local shopkeepers should 7._________(避免)using plastic bags. To her surprise, they 8.__________ (接受) her suggestion and Modbury became the first plastic bag-free place in Britain.
Now the “bag for life” is part of the national 9.__________ (文化), and the task of cutting down the use of plastic bags has become the 10.__________ (法律): Since October 2015, all shops in the UK must pay five pence for each plastic bag. It’s not enough, but it’s a start.
C
come, dangerous, animals, for, be, run, friendly, live, but, do
There is a zoo in our city. There are many 1.__________. Some animals are very 2.__________. But some other animals are not. Tigers, lions and some snakes are 3.__________. That’s why they must be in cages (笼子). But I don’t think it’s good 4.__________ animals to be in cages. They need to 5.__________ free. The animals in cages cannot be happy.
Tigers usually 6.__________ in forests (森林) and mountains. They are strong and can 7.__________ very fast. They run after and eat small animals like rabbits and deer (鹿), 8.__________ now they are in small cages. They have nothing to 9.__________ every day. So they walk around in the cages, and they want to 10.__________ out. When they are tired, they sleep. I am kind of sorry for them.
D
safe pick find have count know useful peace large number
It is a basic ability for humans to tell more from less. Surprisingly, a number of animals 1.__________ this ability too.They will 2.__________ more of something. Horses, for example, will go for a group of three apples instead of two apples.This ability is 3.__________ to animals in lots of ways. It helps them 4.__________ the larger group of friends.
Many fishes, for example, join groups for 5.__________. If a predator（掠食动物）comes, a fish in a group of 40 is less possible to become lunch than a fish in a group of 10.So if a fish has a choice between two groups, it’s safer to join the 6.__________ one. A sense of number even helps keep the 7.__________.
For example, a monkey group will avoid（避免）fights with other groups when they find their 8.__________ is not an advantage（优势）.Also, the ability to do simple 9.__________ is a sure thing for some animals.They 10.__________ the difference between one, two, and three. Some others can count much higher than three.
E
save less next aim tiger food danger number country possible
When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. 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.________ than 30. The Siberian tiger has been in 4.________ of dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any efforts, 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 WWF has started a programme recently.
It 7.________to 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 the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat（威胁）to the tigers.
So the most important thing is to 10.________ the animals that the tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.
参考答案
A
1.interested 2.research 3.situation 4.danger 5.number 6.protect 7.thought 8.nature 9.produce 10.peace
B
1.deep 2.beaches 3.bottles 4.widely 5.decided 6.hometown 7.avoid 8.accepted 9.culture 10.law
C
1. animals 2. friendly 3. dangerous 4. for 5. be 6. live 7. run 8. but 9. do e
D
1. have 2. pick 3. useful 4. find 5. safety 6. larger 7. peace 8. number 9. counting 10. know
E
1. tigers 2. number 3. less 4. danger 5. possible 6. next 7. aims 8. countries 9. food 10. save