Every year, butterfly(蝴蝶) lovers in California go out in November to count monarch butterflies. They
英语试题 02-29
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Every year, butterfly(蝴蝶) lovers in California go out in November to count monarch butterflies. They ____61____(get) a worrying result from their fall monarch count in 2018—____62____ number of monarchs had dropped by 86% since 2017.
The orange and black monarch butterflies are famous _____63_____ their long migrations(迁徒)—they fly thousands of miles every year. In the spring and summer they fly north; in the fall they fly south again.
Monarchs, like most butterflies, are _____64_____(terrible) important for plants. They help create more plants by spreading pollen(花粉) between plants. In turn, monarchs depend on plants for food. And they depend completely on a plant called milkweed _____65_____(lay) their eggs.
But monarchs have been facing growing problems for years. As more and more wild land has been turned into large farms, the monarchs have had trouble _____66_____(find) enough milkweed. Many farms also use chemicals _____67_____ will kill insects in order to protect their plants. These chemicals also affect monarchs. Besides, pollution has made milkweed less _____68_____(health) for the monarchs than it used to be.
Scientists say monarchs will be in danger of dying out in the next 20 years if nothing ____69____(do) to save them.
___70___(thing) that people can do to help include planting milkweed, controlling the use of chemicals, protecting wild areas, and planting trees.
【答案】61. got
62. the 63. for
64. terribly
65. to lay 66. finding
67. which/that
68. healthier
69. is done
70. Things
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章讲了帝王蝶这种蝴蝶的数量在下降，造成它们数量下降的原因、它们的重要性以及人们可以做些什么去拯救它们。
【61题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：他们在2018年秋季的帝王蝶得到了一个令人担忧的结果。2018年是过去时间，谓语动词用过去式，故填got。
【62题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：自从2017年帝王蝶的数量已经下降了86%。短语the number of...“......的数量”，故填the。
【63题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：橙色和黑色相间的帝王蝶因它们的长途迁徙而闻名。短语be famous for...“因......闻名”，故填for。
【64题详解】
考查副词。句意：帝王蝶和大多数蝴蝶一样，对植物非常重要。terrible意为糟糕的、非常严重的，是形容词，important意为重要的，是形容词，用副词修饰，terrible的副词形式是terribly，意为很、非常，故填terribly。
【65题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：它们完全依赖一种叫做乳草的植物产卵。短语depend on...to do...“依靠......去做某事”，to do不定式表目的，故填to lay。
【66题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：随着越来越多的野生土地变成大型农场，帝王蝶很难找到足够乳草。have trouble doing...“做某事有困难”，故填finding。
【67题详解】
考查定语从句连接词。句意：许多农场也使用杀虫剂来杀死昆虫，以保护他们的植物。chemicals在此指化学药品，是定语从句的先行词，定语从句中少主语成分，用关系代词，代指前面的名词并且指物应该用关系代词which/that，故填which/that。
【68题详解】
考查形容词比较级。句意：此外，污染使得乳草对帝王蝶的健康状况不如从前。less应修饰形容词比较级，health意为健康，是名词，其形容词形式是healthy，意为健康的，健康的的比较级是healthier，故填healthier。
【69题详解】
考查动词时态语态。句意：科学家表示，如果不采取措施拯救帝王蝶，它们将在未来20年面临灭绝的危险。此处事情是被做，用被动语态，结构为be done，if引导的条件状语从句用一般现在时，nothing意为什么也没有，谓语动词用单数，be动词的单数形式是is，故填is done。
【70题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：人们可以做的事情包括种植乳草，控制化学品的使用，保护野生地区，植树。后面列举出了很多人们可以做的事情，故此处可数名词thing用其复数形式，句首单词首字母大写，故填Things。
Every year, butterfly(蝴蝶) lovers in California go out in November to count monarch butterflies. They ____61____(get) a worrying result from their fall monarch count in 2018—____62____ number of monarchs had dropped by 86% since 2017.
The orange and black monarch butterflies are famous _____63_____ their long migrations(迁徒)—they fly thousands of miles every year. In the spring and summer they fly north; in the fall they fly south again.
Monarchs, like most butterflies, are _____64_____(terrible) important for plants. They help create more plants by spreading pollen(花粉) between plants. In turn, monarchs depend on plants for food. And they depend completely on a plant called milkweed _____65_____(lay) their eggs.
But monarchs have been facing growing problems for years. As more and more wild land has been turned into large farms, the monarchs have had trouble _____66_____(find) enough milkweed. Many farms also use chemicals _____67_____ will kill insects in order to protect their plants. These chemicals also affect monarchs. Besides, pollution has made milkweed less _____68_____(health) for the monarchs than it used to be.
Scientists say monarchs will be in danger of dying out in the next 20 years if nothing ____69____(do) to save them.
___70___(thing) that people can do to help include planting milkweed, controlling the use of chemicals, protecting wild areas, and planting trees.
【答案】61. got
62. the 63. for
64. terribly
65. to lay 66. finding
67. which/that
68. healthier
69. is done
70. Things
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。文章讲了帝王蝶这种蝴蝶的数量在下降，造成它们数量下降的原因、它们的重要性以及人们可以做些什么去拯救它们。
【61题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：他们在2018年秋季的帝王蝶得到了一个令人担忧的结果。2018年是过去时间，谓语动词用过去式，故填got。
【62题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：自从2017年帝王蝶的数量已经下降了86%。短语the number of...“......的数量”，故填the。
【63题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：橙色和黑色相间的帝王蝶因它们的长途迁徙而闻名。短语be famous for...“因......闻名”，故填for。
【64题详解】
考查副词。句意：帝王蝶和大多数蝴蝶一样，对植物非常重要。terrible意为糟糕的、非常严重的，是形容词，important意为重要的，是形容词，用副词修饰，terrible的副词形式是terribly，意为很、非常，故填terribly。
【65题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：它们完全依赖一种叫做乳草的植物产卵。短语depend on...to do...“依靠......去做某事”，to do不定式表目的，故填to lay。
【66题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：随着越来越多的野生土地变成大型农场，帝王蝶很难找到足够乳草。have trouble doing...“做某事有困难”，故填finding。
【67题详解】
考查定语从句连接词。句意：许多农场也使用杀虫剂来杀死昆虫，以保护他们的植物。chemicals在此指化学药品，是定语从句的先行词，定语从句中少主语成分，用关系代词，代指前面的名词并且指物应该用关系代词which/that，故填which/that。
【68题详解】
考查形容词比较级。句意：此外，污染使得乳草对帝王蝶的健康状况不如从前。less应修饰形容词比较级，health意为健康，是名词，其形容词形式是healthy，意为健康的，健康的的比较级是healthier，故填healthier。
【69题详解】
考查动词时态语态。句意：科学家表示，如果不采取措施拯救帝王蝶，它们将在未来20年面临灭绝的危险。此处事情是被做，用被动语态，结构为be done，if引导的条件状语从句用一般现在时，nothing意为什么也没有，谓语动词用单数，be动词的单数形式是is，故填is done。
【70题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：人们可以做的事情包括种植乳草，控制化学品的使用，保护野生地区，植树。后面列举出了很多人们可以做的事情，故此处可数名词thing用其复数形式，句首单词首字母大写，故填Things。
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