高考英体验磨练语完形填空(9)

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Timmins was working in Laos to stop people from selling endangered animals when he spotted the species. Criminals who trade illegal wildlife can make a lot of money, but they also push the animals closer to disappearing from the planet.

The kha-nyou live in karsts, or rough rock. Mark Robinson, a scientist with the World Wildlife Foundation, set out with Lao villagers to find a few more of the rodents for study. They climbed onto a karst, trapped with rice, and caught several.

"To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary," said Timmins. "For all we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered."

It's a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though kha-nyous look like rats, they're really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand.

Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos—he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999.

Scientists call the kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means "mysterious mouse that lives among the stones." But if that's too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them "rock rats."

9. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?

A. Karsts. B. Kha-nyou. C. rock rats. D. Laonastes aenigmamus.

10. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent?

A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos.

B. They live on meat of other animals.

C. They look like rats but are of different kind.

D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.

11. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent?

A. A new kind of bats. B. Great apes.

C. A new kind of squirrel. D. A new kind of rabbit.

12. It implies in the passage that ______.

A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easy

B. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rare

C. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discovered

D. animals that look like the same are of the same family

参考答案及详解

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这是一篇人物类短文。本文介绍了登山之王Viesturs的登山成就。他是唯一已经成功地征服了14座世界最高峰的美国人。

1. B 细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句话“But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the world’s 14 highest mountains.”可知：Viesturs已经成功地征服了14座世界最高峰的美国人。

2. C 词义猜测题。根据上文介绍的Viesturs的登山成就推测，hooked意为“感兴趣的”。如果是“被吓倒、泄气或不安”，就不可能取得那么辉煌的成就，显然，这几项不符文意。

3. B 段落主旨题。此段首句“The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect.”就是本段的主题，下文Viesturs所说的话