常春藤解析英语【14】不会飞的大鸟:鸵鸟(在线收听) |
by Rachel A. Black In the past, you saw exotic animals at the zoo. When you went to a farm, you saw common animals that might _(1)_ on your dinner table. Nowadays, the lines have been blurred and what was once considered wild is now a commercial product that people eat and wear. The farming of ostriches is a new trend that has made its way across the globe. Although an ostrich's natural _(2)_ is the savannahs and deserts of Africa, it can survive anywhere where sufficient food supplies can be found. Ostriches are the world's largest and heaviest birds. _(3)_ flightless, they are incredibly fast runners. The male ostrich is black and white, while its female counterpart is grayish brown and smaller in size. In the wild, a male will have about six hens in his flock. While he mates with all of these hens, he selects one as his main mate. This female puts her eggs in the middle of the nest to _(4)_ their survival over the other hens' eggs. Nests are actually holes dug in the earth. _(5)_ to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. Instead, they lay their bodies atop the eggs and place their necks along the ground. Both males and females incubate eggs, which can weigh _(6)_ 1.5 kg and are the largest in the world. Males also help care for chicks after they are born. However, observers note that ostrich parents can be a bit absent-minded _(7)_ it comes to watching over their eggs. If left unattended, other adult ostriches may roll the eggs from the nest and even enjoy them as a snack. 1. (A) catch up (B) wind up (C) make up (D) stand up 原来如此 1. When you went to a farm, you saw common animals that might wind up on your dinner table. a. (A) catch up (with sb) 赶上(某人) b. 空格后为介词词组 on your dinner table(在餐桌上),而根据上述用法,catch up 与 make up 之后多与介词 with 并用,再接对象,故 (A)、(C) 不可选。stand up 表『站立』,置入空格后语意不合,故 (D) 亦不可选。仅 wind up 填入后符合语意、用法,故选 (B)。 2. Although an ostrich's natural habitat is the savannahs and deserts of Africa... a. (A) vacancy n. 空位;空缺 b. 空格前为形容词 natural(自然的),得知此处应是指鸵鸟的『自然栖息地』,故选 (D) habitat。 3. Though flightless, they are incredibly fast runners. a. 本句原为: b. 本空格在测试副词子句化简为副词词组的用法: c. 根据上述分析,可知应选 (C)。 4. This female puts her eggs in the middle of the nest to ensure their survival over the other hens' eggs. a. (A) ensure vt. 确保 b. 本空格位于不定词 to 之后,可知此处应置入原形动词,故 (D) 不可选。而根据上述 ensure, insure 及 assure 之用法,可知应选 (A)。 5. Contrary to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand. a.(A) owing to N/V-ing 由于…… 6. Both males and females incubate eggs, which can weigh up to 1.5 kg... a.(A) such as... b. 空格后有数字 1.5 kg,而根据上述,可知 up to 之后与数字并用,故应选 (C)。 7. ...ostrich parents can be a bit absent-minded when it comes to watching over their eggs. a. 空格前后皆为完整子句,可知此处应置入连接词。 b. 四个选项皆可作连接词,但唯有 when 置入后符合语意,且形成下列固定用法: c. 根据上述,可知应选 (D)。 精解字词词组 1. blur vt. 使模糊 2. survive vi. 存活 & vt. 熬过;生还 3. incredibly adv. 不可思议地 4. counterpart n. 相对应的人或物 5. flock n. 鸟群 & vi. 聚集 6. bury one's head in the sand 把头埋进沙里面;(引申为)逃避现实 7. absent-minded a. 心不在焉的 单字小铺 1. exotic a. 异国情调的 2. commercial a. 商业的 3. farming n. 养殖 4. ostrich n. 鸵鸟 5. trend n. 趋势 6. savannah n. 大草原 7. sufficient a. 足够的 8. supply n. 供应(量) 9. flightless a. 无法飞行的 10. grayish a. 略带灰色的 11. survival n. 存活 12. atop prep. 在……上面 13. incubate vt. 孵(蛋) 14. observer n. 观察者 15. unattended a. 无人看管∕照料的 词组小铺 1. move over 让开 2. in the middle of... 在……中间 3. watch over... 看守……,照顾…… 中文翻译&标准答案 过去你在动物园里看到的是异国动物。到农场时,你看到的则是可能成为桌上佳肴的一般动物。现在,这两种动物的界线变得模糊,过去被视为野生的动物现在成了人类吃的和穿的商品。饲养鸵鸟现在已是风行全球的新潮流。虽然鸵鸟的栖息地在非洲的大草原和沙漠,但只要食物供应充足的地方,牠们就能生存。 标准答案: |
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