五、根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
The Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox. It lives in the Arctic. It grows 50 to 75 centimetres long (not including its tail) and weighs from 2.5 to 7.5 kilograms.
1. The white ones are white in winter, but gray - brown in summer. The blue ones are blue - gray all year round. 2. And the long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds' eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food. 3.
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don't open their eyes until a week after their birth. 4. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Now the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats. 5. Let's take action now!
A. They don't like to do that alone.
B. They have long and thick fur.
C. The Arctic foxes are white or blue in colour.
D. We must do something to protect the Arctic foxes.
E. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food.

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D

六、阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。
many fan it zoo because only appear besides national send
With its black - white coat, the animal is one of the most precious (珍贵的) animals in the world. It is native to China, proudly called the "1. treasure". 2. name is the panda. The panda now usually refers to the giant panda.
In China, 3. the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors, the giant panda also attracts the world - wide tourists.
As the most famous animal in China, the giant panda 4. in the logo (标志) of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). It also has 5. chances than other animals to be the mascot (吉祥物) of international games in China.
The giant panda is seen as the symbol of peace. In Japanese history records, the emperor in the Tang Dynasty once 6. a couple of bears and seventy pieces of fur as national gifts to Japan. The "two bears" were giant pandas.
A mother panda usually has 7. one baby every year, and it is not easy for wild pandas to have twins. If you want to see pandas, you'd better go to Chengdu 8. the main breeding (繁育) centres are around this area. Certainly, some city 9. also have giant pandas, such as Beijing Zoo and Chongqing Zoo.
The giant pandas are so lovely that more and more people have become 10. of them.

1. national
2. Its
3. Besides
4. appears
5. more
6. sent
7. only
8. because
9. zoos
10. fans

1. “national treasure”是固定搭配，表示“国宝”，这里说熊猫是中国国宝，所以填national。
2. 这里指熊猫的名字，用its，且位于句首，首字母大写，即Its。
3. “besides”表示“除……之外（还）”，在中国，除了长城和兵马俑，大熊猫也吸引着世界各地的游客，所以填Besides。
4. “appear in”表示“出现在”，大熊猫出现在世界自然基金会的标志上，主语是单数，时态为一般现在时，所以填appears。
5. 由“than”可知这里要用比较级，many的比较级是more，“more chances”表示“更多机会”。
6. “send...to...”表示“把……送给……”，这里是过去时，send的过去式是sent。
7. “only”表示“仅仅，只”，母熊猫通常一年只生一个宝宝，所以填only。
8. 后面解释去成都的原因是因为主要的繁育中心在这附近，“because”引导原因状语从句。
9. “city zoo”表示“城市动物园”，some后接可数名词复数，所以填zoos。
10. “become fans of...”表示“成为……的粉丝”，越来越多的人成为熊猫的粉丝，所以填fans。