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Test 1 (2018届福建省百所重点校联合考试)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
体裁 说明文 话题 爱丁堡动物园雌性大熊猫被怀孕 词数 难度 ★★★☆☆ 参考用时 10分钟 正确率 “The only female giant panda in Britain 1 (believe) to be pregnant,” Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday. The zoo said, “Tian Tian is being 2 (close) monitored, but it’s unclear 3 she will give birth. It’s hard to predict exactly and the panda breeding (繁殖) season can last until late September.”
Tian Tian and male panda Yang Guang, who are both 14, 4 (arrive) in Edinburgh on a decade-long loan from China in 2011 and are 5 only giant pandas in Britain. Tian Tian, or Sweetie, has been pregnant several 6 (time) before in the U. K. but has never given birth. Giant pandas have difficulty breeding and their pregnancies are very difficult 7 (follow). The animals also experience “pseudo-pregnancies (伪怀孕)”, during 8 their behavior and hormonal (生理的) changes indicate they are pregnant even when they are not.
The zoo’s statement came after the Edinburgh Evening Nevus used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain communication between the zoo and Scottish government 9 (show) that Tian Tian had been artificially inseminated and could give birth as early as this week. In a July 25 email, Iain Valentine, panda 10 (direct) at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said he thought Tian Tian was about 30 days away from giving birth.
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【文章大意】来自英国爱丁堡动物园的消息，英国唯一的雌性大熊猫被怀孕了，在不久的未来就要生小宝宝了。 1.is believed
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【解析】考查时态和语态、主谓一致。句子最后一句那个主语是The only female giant panda，是单数；与believe之间是被动关系；根据后面的内容可知，此处用一般现在时态。故填is believed。 2.closely
【解析】考查副词。此处指“被密切监视”，用副词修饰谓语动词。故填closely。 3.when
【解析】考查连词。句意：还不确定她什么时候生小宝宝。此处it是形式主语，when引起真正的主语从句。故填when。 4.arrived
【解析】考查时态。根据后面的时间状语“in 2011”可知，句子用一般过