二、完形填空(10分)
When Regis and other villagers moved to a new place in south-eastern Zimbabwe, Africa, they were happy to find a 1 nearby. Now, they would no longer have to walk a long way looking for water. At last, they had a source of water that they call their own. But several days later, two boys saw 2 they had never seen before—a big animal standing by the lake. When it saw the boys, it walked into the lake and left.
Regis 3 looked into the big animal. “It was a hippo (河马),” he said.
Twelve hippos were living in the lake. The villagers were 4 . Hippos attack people more often than lions do. This meant that the villagers could not go near the lake 5 the hippos left. It was too long a wait for the villagers, because they needed the water from the lake to 6 . So the women began moving in groups whenever they went to get water from the lake. Before 7 water, they made sure that no hippos were nearby. The men began fishing in pairs, 8 one man always looking out for hippos.
But these days, the hippos and humans live side by side. The villagers say that when the hippos see people 9 , they swim slowly to the other side of the lake. The villagers don’t go into the part of the lake where the hippos usually stay. They have learned to 10 the lake.
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D
) 1. A. house B. country C. village D. lake
(
A
) 2. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. nothing
(
A
) 3. A. carefully B. quickly C. secretly D. finally
(
D
) 4. A. excited B. interested C. angry D. worried
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B
) 5. A. after B. before C. since D. if
(
A
) 6. A. survive B. wash C. cook D. drink
(
B
) 7. A. drinking B. collecting C. leaving D. seeing
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C
) 8. A. by B. as C. with D. at
(
D
) 9. A. dancing B. running C. talking D. coming
(
B
)10. A. protect B. share C. divide D. offer
