2014届高三英语二轮专题复习拔高训练：语法填空5.docVIP

1. 阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中单词的正确形式。 The giant panda bear is a _____①_____ of children and animal-lovers throughout the world. Though so well known and loved, the panda _____②_____ (die) out. At present, there are only about 1,230 wild pandas left in the world. They all live in China, in the forests of Sichuan and Shanxi provinces. Pandas used to be common in other areas. _____③_____, as the human population increased and the forests shrank, panda territory gradually disappeared. And so _____④_____ the pandas. Now the Chinese government has created a number of “panda reserves” to protect the pandas. A new born panda is a tiny, helpless little creature. It looks _____⑤_____ a little pink pig, and its eyes remain closed for three to four weeks. Pandas develop fairly slowly, ____⑥______ (compare) to most animals. The babies are completely dependent on their mothers for a long time. In fact they don’t even begin to walk ____⑦______ they are about five months old. The only food they consume for at least a year is their mother’s milk. That doesn’t stop them from growing, however. Pandas may weigh 55 pounds by the time they are a year old. Around that time, the young panda begins to eat bamboo, like _____⑧_____ mother. This may not seem like a fattening food, but young panda bears gain weight quickly on this diet. By the time it is a year and a half old, a panda bear may ____⑨______ over 100 pounds. A recent study of a wild female panda bear with a newborn baby shows that for over two years, the baby stayed with her mother and learned about the ways of the forest. Then the mother chased the young bear away. It was time for the young panda to be ___⑩_____. 2. 阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。 Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it ___16_____(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think ____17____ may be a very healthy thing to do. Some r