二、完形填空
When Regis and other villagers moved to a new place in south-eastern Zimbabwe, Africa, they were happy to find a
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nearby. Now, they would no longer have to walk a long way looking for water. Finally, they had a source of water that they could call their own.
But several days later, two boys saw
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they had never seen before—a big animal standing by the lake. When it saw the boys, it walked into the lake and left.
Regis
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looked into the big animal. “It was a hippo (河马),” he said.
Twelve hippos were living in the lake. The villagers were
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. Hippos attack people more often than lions do. This meant that the villagers could not go near the lake
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the hippos left. It was too long a wait for the villagers, because they needed the water from the lake to
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. So the women began moving in groups whenever they went to get water from the lake. Before
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water, they made sure that no hippos were nearby. The men began fishing in pairs,
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one man always looking out for hippos.
But these days, the hippos and humans live side by side. The villagers say that when the hippos see people
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, they swim slowly to the other side of the lake. The villagers don’t go into the part of the lake where the hippos usually stay. They have learnt to
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the lake.
(
D
) 1. A. house B. country C. village D. lake
(
A
) 2. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. nothing
(
A
) 3. A. carefully B. quickly C. secretly D. finally
(
D
) 4. A. excited B. interested C. angry D. worried
(
B
) 5. A. after B. before C. since D. if
(
A
) 6. A. survive B. wash C. cook D. drink
(
B
) 7. A. drinking B. collecting C. leaving D. seeing
(
C
) 8. A. by B. as C. with D. at
(
D
) 9. A. dancing B. running C. talking D. coming
(
B
) 10. A. protect B. share C. divide D. offer
