2014年中考英语复习阅读理解训练（50） 2页

初中英语：阅读理解 (50)‎ A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to ‎1 in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is 2 forest left, though there are still some small areas(地方) covered with trees. We call these woods.‎ Elephants, tigers and many 3 animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the 4 began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and 5 pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed 6 to keep themselves warm in winter, to cook their food and to keep away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly disappeared(消失) because there was not enough food for them. 7 did most of the wolves and tigers. Monkeys and many other animals soon ‎8 in the same way.‎ You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong ‎9 in the zoos. There are still about 36 different animals 10 there. One of the most interesting of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. These are beautiful little animals ‎11 a rich brown coat and a white patch(补丁) under the tail. They look like deer 12 but they are much like a dog 13 . In Hong Kong the barking deer has only a real enemy(敌人)— 14 . People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(违法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important 15 people to protect (保护) wild animals.‎ ‎1. A. work B. study C. live D. enjoy ‎2. A. many B. a few C. no D. not ‎ ‎3. A. other B. others C. the other D. another ‎4. A. people B. animals C. plants D. things ‎5. A. grew B. made C. got D. kept ‎6. A. fire B. hotness C. heat D. stoves(炉子)‎ ‎7. A. So B. Such C. As D. Nor ‎8. A. lived B. died C. came D. left ‎9. A. besides B. except C. and D. or ‎10. A. live B. to live C. lived D. living ‎11. A. have B. without C. with D. get ‎12. A. high B. higher C. short D. shorter ‎13. A. shouting B. crying C. barking D. talking ‎ ‎ ‎14. A. tigers B. men C. wolves D. elephants ‎15. A. to B. for C. like D. of 名师点评 这则短文通过讲述香港的变化来告诫人们要保护森林、爱护动物。‎ 答案简析 ‎1. C。表示有了人的居住后，情况才发生了改变。‎ ‎2.C。根据下面一句话得知大面积的森林已经消失了。‎ ‎3. A。many other animals 表示其余的许多种动物，但不代表世界上所有的动物，故不选the other 。‎ ‎4. B。由于人多了，动物就变少了。‎ ‎5. D。keep 这里表示“饲养”，而grow意思是“种植”。‎ ‎6. A。根据后面的取暖、烧饭、驱赶动物，可见这里他们需要的是火。‎ ‎7. A。“so+助动词+主语”表示“某人（某物）也这样”，这里表示狼和老虎也消失了。‎ ‎8. B。跟上一句表达同样的意思。‎ ‎9. B。besides 表示“除了……还有……”，而except“除……之外”。故选except表示除了动物园其它地方就没有动物了。‎ ‎10. D。There be sb./sth.+ doing 为固定搭配。‎ ‎11. C。with引导的介宾短语常常用来表示人或物的外貌特征。‎ ‎12. A。表示长得和鹿差不多高。‎ ‎13. C。狗叫声通常用barking。‎ ‎14. B。根据整篇文章的观点就可得知人类才是动物真正的敌人。‎ ‎15. B。“It be + 形+for sb. + to do” 表示对某人来说做某事怎样（简单、困难、重要……）而of sb.表示人的性格或品质，如kind, bad, nice 等。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎