1、.完形填空When in trouble, are birds or animals able to seek help from a human?On Monday, May 9, James Givens, a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, was sitting in his police car when he heard what sounded like a knock.He turned around only to find a _1_ pecking(啄) at the car door.It was quite _2_ becaus
2、e the animal usually preferred to observe humans from a safe _3_.But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his _4_ and kept pecking _5_ Givens opened the car door and stepped out._6_ the bird then began to walk away, it kept turning around to make sure he was _7_.When they finally
3、stopped, Givens _8_ why the mother goose had been so _9_she needed help to _10_ her gosling(幼鹅) that had been caught in some balloon string.She was quite _11_ so that she asked the police officer for help.Worried that the mother goose would _12_ him if he got close to the baby, Givens _13_ the local
4、 SPCA(爱护动物协会)_14_， they were unable to send anyone to help right away.Concerned that the gosling could not _15_ for a long time, fellow police officer Cecilia Charron, who had just joined Givens，decided to take on the task herself.It turned out that there was nothing to worry about.The mother goose
5、_16_ to understand that Charron was trying to help.It watched _17_ from a safe distance as the officer saved the _18_ gosling.As soon as the little gosling was free, it rushed to its mom, and they _19_ shortly after.Charron said this would probably be the most _20_ incident in her career!一个警察在执勤的过程中
6、收到了一个特殊的来自一只聪明的鹅妈妈的求救请求。这只鹅妈妈带领警察解救了自己的孩子。1A.duck Bchicken Cgoose Dparrot答案：C解析：根据下文的“But on this day，the goose appeared to be determined to.”可知，是一只鹅在啄车门。2A.unusual Bscary Cfunny Dannoying答案：A解析：警察感觉鹅啄车门很“不寻常”，因为鹅一般不会靠近人类。scary吓人的；funny滑稽的；annoying烦人的。3A.distance Bmirror Cwindow Dpicture答案：A解析：指一般情况
7、下，动物会和人类保持一定的安全“距离”。4A.heart Btrust Cpraise Dattention答案：D解析：指的是这只鹅坚持一定要引起警察的“注意”。5A.after Buntil Cunless Dalthough答案：B解析：鹅妈妈一直啄车门，“直到”警察下车，她才走开。6A.But BSo CThough DBecause答案：C解析：“虽然”这只鹅走开了，但她时不时会回头看警察是否跟着她。7A.resting Bspeaking Cwatching Dfollowing答案：D解析：鹅妈妈一边走，一边不停地回头看，确信警察在“跟着”她。8A.forgot Bchecked
8、 Crealized Dreminded答案：C解析：到了现场，警察才“意识到”事情的原委。forget忘记；check检查；remind提醒。9A.determined Bcurious Cproud Dcareful答案：A解析：警察意识到了鹅妈妈为何会如此的“坚持不懈”。10A.guide Badopt Cfree Dfeed答案：C解析：鹅宝宝被缠绕在气球的线里，需要“解救”。11A.interested Bworried Csatisfied Dangry答案：B解析：鹅妈妈非常“担心”幼鹅，才会求助于警察。12A.touch Bfind Cattack Dkiss答案：C解析：警察
9、担心如果他接近鹅宝宝，鹅妈妈会“攻击”他。13A.reported Bvisited Ccalled Dsupported答案：C解析：由于担心鹅妈妈会攻击自己，Givens给当地的爱护动物协会“打电话”。14A.Unwillingly BUnnecessarily CUnlikely DUnfortunately答案：D解析：警察向有关部门求助，但“不幸的是”，他们不能立刻安排人赶来帮忙。15A.walk Bstudy Cwait Dwork答案：C解析：女警察担心鹅宝宝“等”不了多长时间，就准备自己完成这个任务。16A.pretended Brefused Cused Dappeared答
10、案：D解析：鹅妈妈“仿佛”明白警察是在帮忙解救它的孩子，远远地看着。17A.privately Bpatiently Chopelessly Dhappily答案：B解析：鹅妈妈“耐心地”看着警察解救她的孩子。18A.trapped Brare Cdisabled Dabandoned答案：A解析：trapped被缠住的，陷入困境的；rare稀有的；disabled残疾的；abandoned被遗弃的。19A.turned up Btook off Cwoke up Dgot up答案：B解析：鹅宝宝被救后，就扑向了鹅妈妈，它们一起“匆匆离开”了。20A.serious Bcommon Cmem
11、orable Dfrequent答案：C解析：对于Charron来说，这件事可能是她职业生涯中最“难忘的”事件。.阅读理解John Dalton was born in England in 1766.As a small child, John worked in the fields with his older brother, and helped his father in the clothmaking shop.Most poor boys at that time received no education, but John was lucky to attend a nea
12、rby school.John was a good student and loved learning.His teachers encouraged him to study many things.When he was twelve, he opened his first school in a nearby town, but there was very little money.He had to close his school and work in his uncles field.Three years later, he ran a school in Kendal
13、l, England with his brother and a friend.They taught many subjects.There, John studied the weather and the nature around him.He collected butterflies and snails.He did many other scientific tests.In 1793, John moved to Manchester to teach at New College, and began observing the behavior of gases.He
14、began to think about different elements (元素) and how they are made up of.In 1808, Dalton published a book, A New System of Chemical Philosophy. His atomic masses were not all careful and exact, but they formed the basis for the modern periodic table (元素周期表)John Dalton died in 1844 in England.Today，s
15、cientists everywhere accept Daltons idea of how the atoms were made.A simple country boy showed the world a new way of thinking about the universe and how it is made.1The following statements are true EXCEPT that _.AJohn Dalton was born into a poor family in EnglandBJohn Dalton continued his study i
16、n a nearby town at 12CJohn Dalton worked as a teacher in Kendall at 15DJohn Dalton began to think about how things are formed at 27答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“When he was twelve, he opened his first school in a nearby town.”可知B项不正确。2We can learn that _ from the fifth paragraph.Athe book A New System of Ch
17、emical Philosophy is uselessBJohn Dalton shouldnt have made so many mistakes in his bookCJohn Dalton was the first to publish the modern periodic tableDthe modern periodic table was based on John Daltons work答案：D解析：细节理解题。根据第五段第二句“His atomic masses were not all careful and exact, but they formed the
18、basis for the modern periodic table(元素周期表)”可知D项正确。3According to the passage, we can infer that _.AJohn Dalton showed great interest in science when he was youngBJohn Dalton worked as a school student in most of his early yearsCJohn Dalton was even more famous when he was 40 years oldDif John Dalton had been in the city, he wouldnt have been successful答案：A解析：推理判断题。由第三段可知John Dalton在年轻时就对科学很感兴趣。故选A。