Ⅴ. 完形填空。
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Once upon a time, a good-looking hawk (鹰) lived in a tree alone. He felt lonely because he had __1__ friends.
One day, he saw a beautiful she-hawk and wanted to __2__ her. But the she-hawk refused, because he had no friends. “Will you be with me if I make three friends?” he asked. She answered yes.
The hawk flew to __3__ friends. Along the way, he met some animals, including a huge bear, a fox and a tiger. He asked them __4__ they could make friends with him. They said, “Of course. Call us when you are __5__ need and we shall come to your side.”
The hawk was very happy. He flew back and became the she-hawk's __6__. Some months later after their marriage (结婚), they got two baby hawks and had a happy life.
One day, two hungry hunters (猎人) came and sat under that tree. They had __7__ to eat. Suddenly, they __8__ the baby hawks crying. And then they decided to catch them and eat them.
The parent hawks became worried, __9__ they had to turn to their friends and told them the whole thing. With their help, the two hunters ran away, and the babies became safe.
The hawk thanked his three friends. He found that the she-hawk was very __10__ in advising him to make friends before marriage.
()1. A. a few
B. no
C. a couple of
D. several
()2. A. marry to
B. get married
C. get married with
D. marry
()3. A. look for
B. look after
C. look like
D. look through
()4. A. when
B. what
C. whether
D. how
()5. A. on
B. in
C. with
D. into
()6. A. husband
B. wife
C. child
D. parent
()7. A. something
B. nothing
C. anything
D. everything
()8. A. made
B. heard
C. shot
D. got
()9. A. so
B. because
C. if
D. though
()10. A. silly
B. nervous
C. smart
D. honest

1 - 5 BDACB 6 - 10 ABBAC

Ⅵ. 短文填空。
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。
My name is Pingo. I am a two-year-old emperor penguin (帝企鹅). I live in Antarctica (南极洲) 1. ____ all the other emperor penguins. There 2. ____ (be) no emperor penguins anywhere else in the world.
Together with many other penguins, we make up 3. ____ group. We spend 4. ____ (we) whole lives in Antarctica and here the temperature can drop to -75°F. We have very special ways of 5. ____ (keep) warm.
Emperor penguins are the 6. ____ (large) penguins in the world. The tallest in my group is Pablo — 4 feet tall. Emperor penguins are heavy too. Pablo 7. ____ (weigh) more than 100 pounds. I'm not as 8. ____ (tall) as Pablo. 9. ____ I was 9 months old, I was fully grown.
A funny thing about us is that we are birds with wings (翅膀), 10. ____ we can't fly. We use our wings 11. ____ (help) us swim faster under water.
Most emperor penguins live 12. ____ 15 to 20 years. Polly, a member of our group, is 25 this year. She's 13. ____ (real) old for a penguin.
I am getting a little 14. ____ (worry) about the future of emperor penguins. The weather is causing changes in the Antarctic sea ice, and that could really hurt us. Scientists say we could all have died by the year 2100 if it keeps getting 15. ____ (warm) and warmer. That's very scary.

1. with 2. are 3. a 4. our 5. keeping 6. largest 7. weighs 8. tall 9. When 10. but 11. to help 12. for 13. really 14. worried 15. warmer