Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Scientists say crocodiles have outlived dinosaurs 【1】some 65 million years. One reason why they are such good 【2】 (survive) is that they can go for a very long time without eating. And they are expert hunters,【3】(use) their strong jaws to bite their prey(猎物) and then swallow it whole. When they lose a tooth they grow one right back. A crocodile can go through 8,000 【4】(tooth) in one lifetime!

What does the expression “crocodile tears” mean? Simply put, “crocodile tears” are fake sadness. You pretend 【5】(cry) and feel bad for something when in fact you could not care 【6】(little). A great word to describe it is insincere. The phrase “crocodile tears” comes from an old myth that crocodiles would shed tears while eating their prey. A religious worker wrote that 【7】 a crocodile found a man by the water, it would kill him if it could. Then the crocodile would cry tears on the man, but then finally swallow 【8】(he). Another myth suggests【9】crocodile is very clever indeed. Crocodiles, the story goes, would cry tears as a false show of guilt or sadness to trick their prey. The prey would come closer and then become dinner.

Scientists explain that crocodiles DO create tears, but they do not cry. The tears help to clean their eyes. Crying is purely emotional and it 【10】 (reserve) for us humans.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】by

【2】survivors

【3】using

【4】teeth

【5】to cry

【6】less

【7】if/when/once

【8】him

【9】the

【10】is reserved

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要解释了短语“鳄鱼的眼泪”的含义，它表示虚假的悲伤。科学家解释说，鳄鱼的确会流泪，但它们不会哭。眼泪有助于清洁他们的眼睛。哭纯粹是感情用事，是人类的天性。

【1】考查固定短语。句意：科学家说，鳄鱼比恐龙寿命长约6500万年。固定短语outlive by“比……寿命长”，故填by。

【2】考查名词的数。句意：它们是如此优秀的幸存者的一个原因是它们可以长时间不吃东西。根据上文good为形容词修饰名词可知应填名词survivor“幸存者”，且主语they are可知应填复数形式，故填survivors。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：它们是专业的捕猎者，用它们强有力的下颚来咬它们的猎物，然后把它整个吞下去。本句中use做非谓语动词，与逻辑主语they构成主动关系用现在分词，故填using。

【4】考查名词的数。句意：一条鳄鱼一生能咬掉8000颗牙!tooth为可数名词，由8000修饰应用复数形式，故填teeth。

【5】考查固定短语。句意：你假装哭泣，为某事感到难过，而实际上你根本不在乎。固定短语pretend to do sth.“假装做某事”，故填to cry。

【6】考查形容词比较级。句意：你假装哭泣，为某事感到难过，而实际上你根本不在乎。根据上文you could not可知为“否定词+形容词比较级”表示最高级结构，故填less。

【7】考查连词。句意：如果/当/一旦一条鳄鱼在水边发现了一个人，它会杀死他。本句可理解为条件状语从句，表示“如果”，可填if；也可理解为时间状语从句，表示“当……时候”或“一旦”，可填when或once，故填if/when/once。

【8】考查代词。句意：然后鳄鱼会对着他哭，最后把他吞下去。做动词swallow的宾语应用人称代词的宾格形式，故填him。

【9】考查冠词。句意：另一个传说表明鳄鱼确实很聪明。此处表示特指“鳄鱼”这个物种，应用定冠词，故填the。

【10】考查动词时态语态。句意：哭纯粹是感情用事，是人类的天性。本句中it指代上文crying，且与谓语动词构成被动关系，且描述客观事实用一般现在时，主语为it，故填is reserved。