五、阅读理解。(阅读短文,从方框内所列选项中,选出最佳选项填入对应空白处,使短文通顺、连贯。选项中有一项多余。)
Have you heard of dodos(渡渡鸟)? 1 You might not think it was a bird at all because the dodo could not fly. It was a member of the chicken family. 2.
In the 16th century European sailors(水手) found those birds on Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean. When the sailors found the strange birds that could not fly, they were surprised. They also found the birds very delicious. 3 And no living dodos were found on the island in the following years. Later, the samples(标本) of some dodos were brought to England in the 17th century for the future study. 4 This was how the phrases “as dead as a dodo” came.
5 If we are not able to get along with nature, we will lose the things more than we would expect. And we should stop the activities that will be bad for the environment or other animals.

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

1. 第1空：前文询问是否听说过渡渡鸟，后文提到“你可能不觉得它是鸟”，此处需介绍渡渡鸟的基本特征，F选项“渡渡鸟是一种非常大的鸟”符合语境。2. 第2空：前文说明渡渡鸟属于鸡家族，后文讲述人类发现渡渡鸟的时间，此处需描述渡渡鸟在人类到来前的状态，D选项“它在人类到来之前快乐又安全地生活着”符合逻辑。3. 第3空：前文提到水手觉得渡渡鸟美味，后文说之后岛上没有活的渡渡鸟，此处需说明渡渡鸟被大量捕杀，B选项“所以大量渡渡鸟被杀死”衔接合理。4. 第4空：前文提到渡渡鸟标本被带到英国，后文引出“as dead as a dodo”的短语，此处需说明渡渡鸟灭绝的原因，C选项“人类的活动导致了渡渡鸟的灭绝”符合语境。5. 第5空：后文讲述与自然相处的教训，此处需总结渡渡鸟事例给我们的启示，A选项“它给我们上了重要的一课”衔接自然。多余选项为E。

六、短文填空。(阅读下面短文,从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空,使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词,每词仅用一次。)
than / life / on / high / danger / thick / climb / top / condition / mountain
Alaska Range(阿拉斯加山脉) is famous for its valleys and glaciers(冰川). It has many 1 forests and big glaciers which are over millions of years old. It attracts more 2 2 million tourists from all over the world. It is also one of the most dangerous places 3 the earth.
Of all the peaks(山峰), Mount Denali is the 4. It's one of the most popular places to go for 5 climbing. It's very difficult to climb Mount Denali because the 6 of the mountain is covered by thick snow all year round. And there are many other difficulties like freezing weather 7, avalanches(雪崩) and heavy storms.
It is extremely 8 to climb Mount Denali. Many people have lost their 9 on this mountain. However, the mountain 10 have never given up climbing it, and they enjoy the great challenges in climbing the mountain.
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1. thick
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4. highest
5. mountain
6. top
7. conditions
8. dangerous
9. lives
10. climbers

1. 修饰名词forests，用形容词thick，意为“茂密的”，符合语境；2. 固定搭配more than，意为“超过”，用于表示数量；3. 固定短语on the earth，意为“在地球上”，符合句意；4. 由范围“of all the peaks”可知，用形容词high的最高级highest，意为“最高的”；5. 固定短语go for mountain climbing，意为“去登山”，故填名词mountain；6. 固定短语the top of，意为“……的顶部”，此处指山顶，故填top；7. weather condition意为“天气状况”，condition为名词，符合语境；8. extremely后接形容词，danger的形容词形式是dangerous，意为“危险的”，符合句意；9. lose one's life表示“失去生命”，主语是many people，故用life的复数形式lives；10. 此处表示“登山者”，用climb的名词复数形式climbers，符合语境。