三、完形填空
Many animals do strange things before an
1
. This is because they can sense environmental changes. The fact may be
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. Earthquakes can kill people and
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down houses. The animals may help to save lives.
Some animals make a lot of
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before an earthquake. Farmers know this well.
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that are usually quiet start to bark (吠). Horses on farms run around in circles. Mice leave their
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and run away. What’s unexpected is that cows give less
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.
In a town in Italy, cats once raced down the street in a group. That
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only a few hours before an earthquake. In San Francisco, a man kept small pet
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. One Sunday, the frogs
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around him more than ever and croaked (呱呱地叫)
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. That night, an earthquake hit the city.
People want to know
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an earthquake is coming. Then they can get away
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. Right now, there is no sure way to
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ahead of time. Maybe one of the workable ideas is watching the
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.
(
A
) 1. A. earthquake B. flood C. lightning D. typhoon
(
C
) 2. A. surprising B. easy C. important D. interesting
(
A
) 3. A. knock B. kick C. keep D. kill
(
B
) 4. A. moves B. noises C. voices D. winds
(
C
) 5. A. Fish B. Ducks C. Dogs D. Geese
(
C
) 6. A. pools B. caves C. holes D. forests
(
C
) 7. A. eggs B. wastewater C. milk D. mud
(
C
) 8. A. hurt B. hit C. happened D. held
(
B
) 9. A. cats B. frogs C. foxes D. pigs
(
D
) 10. A. swam B. jogged C. ran D. jumped
(
D
) 11. A. highly B. beautifully C. slowly D. loudly
(
B
) 12. A. why B. when C. where D. what
(
C
) 13. A. hard B. loudly C. safely D. carefully
(
A
) 14. A. know B. understand C. find D. hear
(
C
) 15. A. food B. people C. animals D. buildings
