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Cows
Cows do have best friends and feel stressed (焦虑的) when they are separated (分开). Sometimes they even a__81__ humans when they are too nervous and angry. However, scientists also found that cows are very social animals and a cow always makes friends with other cows in the herd (兽群). When a cow is with its friend, its heart rate is reduced compared with when it is a__82__ or with a cow from another herd.
Penguins
During breeding (繁殖) season, a male penguin will offer a pebble (卵石) to a female penguin as a g___83__ . If she takes it, they will become partners. When the female penguin lays an egg, she and her husband may c___84___ it on their feet, because some penguins don’t build nests.
Crocodiles
When crocodiles eat something, they always swallow (吞) their prey. They don’t chew it like other animals. To help with digestion (消化)， they swallow stones which grind up the food in their stomachs. But these stones can h___85__ be defecated (排泄掉)，so they may stay in their stomachs all their lives.
Elephants
Elephants use plants to get rid of p__86__ or other illness. Scientists once found a pregnant (怀孕的) elephant in Kenya who kept eating a kind of plant for a few days, while this kind of plant was not part of her regular d__87___. Four days later, she could give birth to a baby elephant quietly. The same plant was used by the local women to help with labor (分娩).
Do you find these facts amazing? Maybe you can introduce some of them to your friends and see how surprised they are when they know the facts!
【答案】attack; alone; gift; carry; hardly; pains; diets
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【分析】
81.根据句意当牛与它的同类被分开，它有时会在紧张和生气的情绪下攻击人类，因此填attack。
82.根据句意当一只牛在和它朋友在一起时，它的心率跟它独自或者和另一牛群里的牛呆在一块时相比，会有所降低。故此填alone。
83.根据句意一只雄性企鹅会在繁殖期送一枚卵石给雌性企鹅作为礼物。故此填gift。 84.根据题意，当雌性企鹅产下蛋卵时，她跟她的配偶会用脚掌携带，因为有些企鹅并不会筑巢。
85.根据题意，这些石头是很难被消化排泄掉的，因此这些石头会终生积在鳄鱼的胃中。“hardly”有“几乎不”的意思，故填此。
86.根据题意，大象通过食用一些植物来拜托痛苦和疾病。所以填pain/pains。当pain表示肉体上的痛苦时，可以用可数或不可数形式；当pain表示精神上的痛苦时，只用不可数形式。
87.根据题意，科学家发现，在肯尼亚有怀孕的大象在几天内持续吃一种植物，然而这种植物并不是它日常所食用的。因此填diets.
D. Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答问题) （12分）
Travelers’ tales
Every year, a magazine called Executive Travel organizes a competition to find the best airline of the year. Travelers from all over the world are invited to vote (投票) for the most punctual (准时的)， the safest and the friendliest airline. The competition also invites them to tell their most horrible stories during their travels. Now let’s read some travelers’ tales of bad flying experiences.
One traveler shared his story which happened on a certain African airline. Even if some
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passengers had boarding cards, they couldn’t still get the seats. They complained and shouted at the airport. Finally, the flight attendants solved the problem by setting a funny rule. Those passengers who ran fastest around the plane twice could get the seats at last.
An overbooked flight that was going from Heathrow Airport to America gave another traveler a bit of a shock. Dressed only in trousers, a shirt and socks, the traveler had been allowed by the flight attendants to leave the aircraft to see if he could get a workmate aboard. But when he returned a few minutes later, he found the plane closed up and about to start moving --- with his shoes, wallet, passport and luggage on board. He knocked heavily on the door and then was allowed to get back inside.
Luggage is also a rich source of horror stories. There was the unlucky traveler who left Chicago where the temperature was minus (零下) 11 degrees centigrade. He was going to attend an important meeting in Dallas where the temperature was as high as 26.7 degrees centigrade. Unfortunately, his suitcase had gone to Los Angeles and wasn’t able to him before the meeting. So he had to ______________________________________________________________________. 88. Whom does Executive Travel invite to take part in the vote?
89. Why couldn’t some passengers with boarding cards still get the seats on the African airline? 90. In the second tale, why did the traveler leave the aircraft? 91. How did the traveler get back inside the aircraft later?
92. Where could the traveler possibly find his suitcase in the last paragraph?
93. What can be filled in the blank of the last sentence to make the tale complete (完整的) and reasonable (合理的) 【Please design two different endings】(本题3分)
（要求： 按照最后一段提供的信息，请在横线上，设计二种不同的故事结尾情节，来补
全文本，设计内容必须具有完整性和合理性）
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【答案】
88. Travelers from all over the world.
89. Because those passengers who ran fastest around the plane twice could get the seats at last. 90. To see if he could get a workmate aboard. 91. Knocking heavily on the door. 92. Los Angeles.
93. ? So he had to buy himself new clothes and went for the meeting straight.
? So he had to call the administrative staffs of the airport for the help, and bought a ticket for the suitcase so that it could be sent back as soon as possible. 【分析】
88. 从文中第一段第二句和第三句可知。Travelers from all over the world are invited to vote
(投票) for the most punctual (准时的)，the safest and the friendliest airline.
89. 从文章第二段第三句和第四句可知。Those passengers who ran fastest around the plane
twice could get the seats at last.
90. 从文章第三段第二句和第三句可知。Dressed only in trousers, a shirt and socks, the traveler
had been allowed by the flight attendants to leave the aircraft to see if he could get a workmate aboard.
91. 从文章第三段最后一句可知。He knocked heavily on the door and then was allowed to get
back inside.
92. 从文章最后一段第三句和第四句可知。Unfortunately, his suitcase had gone to Los Angeles
and wasn’t able to him before the meeting.
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