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。

You may not want to admit it,but actually at one time in your life,you've talked to an animal.Maybe it was letting a dog know it was a good dog 【1】 asking a cat where it had been.Maybe you gave words of 【2】(encourage)to an elephant or scolded a sheep. Whichever animal it was you talked to,one thing is for sure:it probably didn't talk back. What if it could? 【3】（science)are working on ways to not only understand what animals are saying,but also study whether they can talk back one day.Maybe their work will change 【4】way we think about animals in the future.

So far,no one 【5】 (prove)that an animal or a species has a language,partly because there is no 【6】(universe)idea of what can be considered as a language.But 【7】(broad)speaking,language should be a distinct and organized form of communication, 【8】has been learned and used willingly.When your dog barks,you don't consider it as language.The reason is that dogs are born with the ability.But some studies suggest that some animals do communicate in a very complex manner 【9】（show)characteristics of language.So,maybe we are close 【10】talking with animals.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】or

【2】encouragement

【3】Scientists

【4】the

【5】has proved/proven

【6】universal

【7】broadly

【8】which

【9】showing

【10】to

【解析】

本文是说明文。生活中存在人和动物对话的情况，其实动物也有自己的语言表达形式。科学家们不仅在研究动物们说什么，而且还在研究有朝一日它们是否会回应。

【1】考查连词。句意：也许是让一只狗知道它是一只好狗，或者是问一只猫它去了哪里。此处指你和动物谈话的内容，二者是选择关系，故填or。

【2】考查名词。此处和of连用修饰名词words，用名词。指“鼓励的话”，故填encouragement。

【3】考查名词。此处做主语用名词，根据句意可知表示“科学家”，与动词are一致用复数。故填Scientists。

【4】考查冠词。此处特指我们对未来动物的看法，表特指用定冠词，故填the。

【5】考查动词时态。句中时间状语So far与现在完成时连用，与主语no one一致用单数，故填has proved/proven。

【6】考查形容词。修饰句中名词idea用形容词，指“普遍的想法”，故填universal。

【7】考查副词。修饰speaking用副词，指“一般地说，广义地说”，故填broadly。

【8】考查定语从句。句意：语言应该是一种独特的、有组织的交流方式，这种方式是人们乐于学习和使用的。根据句意和标点可知，句中包含非限制性定语从句，指代前面form用关系代词which引导，故填which。

【9】考查非谓语动词。宾语从句中已有谓语动词do communicate，此处用非谓语动词。主语some animals和动词show是主动关系，用现在分词作定语。故填showing。

【10】考查介词。句意：所以，也许我们接近于和动物说话了。表示“接近于”是close to，是固定短语。故填to。

分析定语从句关键抓住两点：第一、找准先行词；第二、看先行词在定语从句中所作的成分。如小题8根据句意和标点可知，句中包含非限制性定语从句，指代前面form要用关系代词which引导。