Question

The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some   26  in the dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt   27 .

One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could   28  the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her   29  also learned this new way and they taught their mothers, too.

All the younger monkeys   30  learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them   31  to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the   32  sweet potatoes.

Then something very surprising   33 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby   34  began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was   35  from one island to another.

1.	A．sweet potatoes B．green plants C．hard stones D．fresh nuts

 

2.	A．beautiful B．terrible C．difficult D．interesting

 

3.	A．find B．reach C．solve D．understand

 

4.	A．children B．brothers C．sisters D．friends

 

5.	A．quietly B．easily C．angrily D．awfully

 

6.	A．nicer B．smaller C．lighter D．drier

 

7.	A．small B．large C．new D．dirty

 

8.	A．took on B．took off C．took place D．took away

 

9.	A．trees B．islands C．beaches D．rivers

 

10.	A．lost B．dropped C．passed D．left

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.3C

9.B

10.C

【解析】

1.由下文语句“One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could   28   the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river.”提示可知。

2.根据上文理解可知。

3.通过语境可知她找到了解决问题的方法。

4.此题考查名词，根据句意可知她的朋友也学会了这个方法。

5.此题考查副词，这个方法很简单，所以很容易学习。

6.此题考查句型结构make sth+形容词。

7.此题考查形容词老猴子还是吃脏土豆。

8.此题考查动词短语，take place表示发生。

9.此题考查名词island，表示附近的小岛

10.此题考查动词表示传递。