Part IV   Cloze （10%）

    Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。

    The mysterious tiger has been a symbol of power and strength for centuries. Its power is a  56  to hunters,   57  have tried to kill it to prove their own skill and  58 .In India   59  the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large parties of   60  from around the world  61  go out on huge tiger hunts. Hundreds of tigers could be killed in a few weeks. As a  62  of this over-hunting, 63  with loss of habitat（栖息地），the population of tigers in India dropped from about 40,000  64  the turn of the twentieth century to about 2,000 by 1972.

    With the help of India and other concerned countries, the World Wildlife Fund  65  Operation Tiger in 1972 to save the tiger  66  dying out. Since then, seventeen tiger preserves（保护区）have been  67  ,and the tiger population in India has risen to  68  4,000 and 5,000.

    But when people live on the  69  of the tiger preserves, tigers sometimes kill their farm animals and attack people -about 600 people in India have been killed by tigers in the last dozen years. 70  tigers do not eat humans. But“old, wounded and homeless”tigers can become habitual（习惯的） man-eaters. In one area in India, villagers have  71  a clever solution. They wire lifelike human dummies（假人） to electricity  72  the tigers get a（n） 73  shock when they attack. It is hoped that in this way tigers will learn to 74 people. But the conflict between human and tiger  75  .Only if people have enough food, shelter and fuel will the tiger survive in the long run. And only if the tiger and its forest survive will people have a natural world they can return to 。

    56.  A. succession         B. challenge     C. guarantee   D. intelligence

    答案为B。 challenge的意义为“挑战”，  a challenge to…/对…的挑战。

    57.  A. that        B. which          C. who              D. those

    答案为C。该题考who引导的定语从句。

    58.  A. bravery     B. intention        C. ambition         D. harmony

    答案为A。bravery是“勇气”， 与skill（技能）形成并列结构。

    59.  A. on         B. throughout      C. with            D. for

    答案为B。throughout是“贯穿”。 Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries是“在整个19世纪核20世纪初期”。

    60.  A. statesmen   B. salesmen       C. sportsmen       D. chairmen

    答案为C。sportsman在句中的意义为“冒险家”。

    61.  A. had better   B. would rather     C. ought to        D. used to

    答案为D。used to do…/过去常常…

    62. A. result        B. condition       C. lack            D. cause

    63. 答案为A。as a result of…/作为…的结果。

    63. A. provided     B. guided         C. perceived        D. combined

    答案为D。combined with…加之…

    64. A. with         B. for            C. at               D. in

    答案为C。at the turn of the twentieth century（在二十世纪之交）

    65. A. fastened     B. founded        C. surveyed         D. interfered

    答案为B。found是句中的谓语动词，意义为“出资创建”。

    66. A. through      B. from          C. away           D. out

    答案为B。save…from…保护…以防止…

    67. A. set up       B. stood up       C. paid back        D. hold back

    答案为A。set up 是“建立”。

    68. A. among      B. through        C. between        D. from

    答案为C。between …and…/在…和…之间。

    69. A. edge        B. bake                   C. front           D. center

    答案为A。 at the edge of…/ 在…的边缘

    70. A. Occasionally       B. Usually    C. Rarely             D. Repeatedly

    答案为B。usually是“通常”。

    71. A. looked up to     B. passed by     C. kept in touch with   D. come up with

    答案为D。 come up with是“想出”

    72. A. as soon as      B. so that       C. as long as       D. for fear that

    答案为B。  so that 在句中引出结果状语从句，意义为“以至于”

    73. A. delicate      B. sensitive       C. electric         D. magnificent

    答案为C。 electric shock 是“电击”

    74. A. protect      B. attack         C. avoid           D. penetrate

    答案为C。avoid是“避开”。

    75. A. remains     B. removes        C. releases        D. relieves

    答案为A。remain是“继续”。