Color is very important to most animals for it helps them to get along in the world. Color【C1】______ to make an animal difficult for its enemies to【C2】______ Many animals match their surroundings so well that as long as they do not move no one is【C3】______ to see them. You probably have often "jumped" a rabbit. If you【C4】______ , you know how the rabbit sits perfectly still until you are just a few feet away. You【C5】______ see the rabbit till it runs for its【C6】______ matches very closely the place where it is sitting. Many times you may have walked past a rabbit【C7】______ didn't run and you never knew it was there at all. One of the most usual color schemes that helps animals to keep from being seen, is a dark back and light underpants, if an animal is the same color all 【C8】______ , there is always a dark shadow along the animal's belly (腹部).【C9】______ an enemy couldn't see the animal he could see this dark shadow. The shadow makes the animal stand out to view. But if the belly is【C10】______ than the rest of the animal, the shadow will not be noticed.
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:A项helps意为“帮忙,帮助”,符合题意。contributes意为“贡献”tries意为“试图”;manages意为“设法”。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:本句可译为“有了颜色的帮助,动物的天敌就很难看到它。”watch是“观看,注视”see是“看见,了解”;catch是“抓住”;kill是“杀死”。B项符合题意。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:本句可译为:“只要他们不动,没人能看到他们。”谓语不完整,缺少表语部分,A项可排除;B项hardly无法使意思成立;possible常用形式为It’s possible...。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:此处为省略句,根据前一句You probably have often“jumped”a rabbit,完整的句子应为:If you have often jumped a rabbit.A、B、C三项均无法使句子正确。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:seldom意为“很少,不常”,有否定含义,符合题意。occasionally意为“偶尔”,A、B、D三项是三个频度副词,均无否定含义。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:coat意为“覆盖物(动物的毛)”,使句子意思完整,符合题意。A项surface意为“表面”;C项shape意为“形状”;D项appearance意为“面貌”均不符合题意。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:此处缺少定语从句的关系代词,只有that可指代无生命及有生命的东西。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:该句译为“遍及……每一部分,浑身(all over)”。all alone意为“独自”;all together意为“总共”;all right意为“可以”,均不正确。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:Even if意为“即使”,可引导让步状语从句,此处前后句子有让步的关系,故A项正确。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:这里表示颜色的深浅,而由上文,腹部颜色浅则较难被注意到,故而D项lighter“比……浅”符合题意。