阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 During the 1940s, only 15 whooping cranes (美洲鹤) survived worldwide,
英语试题 02-15
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
During the 1940s, only 15 whooping cranes (美洲鹤) survived worldwide, due to overhunting and the ___41___(destroy) of their natural habitat. Since 2001, Operation Migration has played a lead role in reintroducing the birds into eastern North America, with nearly 500 cranes ___42___(survive) today in the wild and nature reserves.
“Southern Company ___43___(support) efforts such as Operation Migration through the Power of Flight program since 2008,“ said Leslie Cox, program manager for Southern Company. “These innovative programs ___44___(be) a great way to connect people, to understand that we share this planet and to identify things we can all do to work together and coexist with these species.”
Southern Company participates in Operation Migration and many other programs ___45___(conserve) wildlife and natural resources. These partnerships promote environmental improvements to ensure the Southeast continues to be a healthy and ____46____ (desire) place to live.
Operation Migration used aircraft to guide young whooping cranes south each winter, leading them through a series of ___47___(stop) from Wisconsin to a wildlife reserve in northwest Florida. Once the cranes have learned the route, ___48___ can make the return migration on their own in the spring.
There are no words to express our gratitude to all of those ___49___ have sponsored Operation Migration over the last 15 years,“ Cox wrote. “We have a hundred birds in the eastern migratory population that would not be there ____50____ your efforts and support. They survive, they migrate, they pair, and they are wild.”
【答案】41. destruction
42. surviving
43. has supported
44. are 45. to conserve
46. desirable
47. stops 48. they
49. who 50. without
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。在20世纪40年代，由于过度捕猎和自然栖息地的破坏，世界范围内只有15只美洲鹤存活下来。自2001年以来，Operation Migration在将美洲鹤重新引入北美东部起到了主导作用，目前有近500只鹤生存在野生和自然保护区。文章主要介绍了Operation Migration组织对于引入美洲鹤所付出的努力。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意：在20世纪40年代，由于过度捕猎和自然栖息地的破坏，世界范围内只有15只美洲鹤存活下来。空处作宾语，表示“破坏”应填名词destruction，为不可数名词。故填destruction。
【42题详解】
During the 1940s, only 15 whooping cranes (美洲鹤) survived worldwide, due to overhunting and the ___41___(destroy) of their natural habitat. Since 2001, Operation Migration has played a lead role in reintroducing the birds into eastern North America, with nearly 500 cranes ___42___(survive) today in the wild and nature reserves.
“Southern Company ___43___(support) efforts such as Operation Migration through the Power of Flight program since 2008,“ said Leslie Cox, program manager for Southern Company. “These innovative programs ___44___(be) a great way to connect people, to understand that we share this planet and to identify things we can all do to work together and coexist with these species.”
Southern Company participates in Operation Migration and many other programs ___45___(conserve) wildlife and natural resources. These partnerships promote environmental improvements to ensure the Southeast continues to be a healthy and ____46____ (desire) place to live.
Operation Migration used aircraft to guide young whooping cranes south each winter, leading them through a series of ___47___(stop) from Wisconsin to a wildlife reserve in northwest Florida. Once the cranes have learned the route, ___48___ can make the return migration on their own in the spring.
There are no words to express our gratitude to all of those ___49___ have sponsored Operation Migration over the last 15 years,“ Cox wrote. “We have a hundred birds in the eastern migratory population that would not be there ____50____ your efforts and support. They survive, they migrate, they pair, and they are wild.”
【答案】41. destruction
42. surviving
43. has supported
44. are 45. to conserve
46. desirable
47. stops 48. they
49. who 50. without
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。在20世纪40年代，由于过度捕猎和自然栖息地的破坏，世界范围内只有15只美洲鹤存活下来。自2001年以来，Operation Migration在将美洲鹤重新引入北美东部起到了主导作用，目前有近500只鹤生存在野生和自然保护区。文章主要介绍了Operation Migration组织对于引入美洲鹤所付出的努力。
【41题详解】
考查名词。句意：在20世纪40年代，由于过度捕猎和自然栖息地的破坏，世界范围内只有15只美洲鹤存活下来。空处作宾语，表示“破坏”应填名词destruction，为不可数名词。故填destruction。
【42题详解】
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