You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, 1 it is not true. In the desert, as we know，there is a little 2 ，but it is not 3 for most plants. Still we can see some plants4 in the desert.

  There is 5 in some places in the desert. We 6 these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow 7 kinds of crops in the fields there.

  People 8 live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend 9 the desert plants for their food and do not need 10 water.

  The 11 are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.

  The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look 12 grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to 13 place. The desert people are 14 . No man in the desert would ever refuse 15 the people in trouble and give them food and water.

(   ) 1. A. and    B. but    C. or    D. so

(   ) 2. A. rain    B. rains    C. wind    D. winds

(   ) 3. A. good    B. good enough    C. enough good    D. enough

(   ) 4. A. live    B. to live    C. lives    D. lived

(   ) 5. A. stones    B. plants C. wood D. water

(   ) 6. A. say    B. tell    C. call    D. find

(   ) 7. A. every    B. all    C. a    D. one

(   ) 8. A. also    B. too    C. either    D. still

(   ) 9. A. with    B. in    C. on    D. by

(   ) 10. A. a little    B. few    C. much    D. any

(   ) 11. A. water    B. plants    C. crops    D. animals

(   ) 12. A. at    B. for    C. up    D. after

(   ) 13. A. other    B. the other    C. the others    D. another

(   ) 14. A. well    B. friend    C. friendly    D. carefully

(   ) 15. A. help    B. helps    C. helping    D. to help

1. B空白部分兩句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選擇并列連詞but。

2. A沙漠中風(fēng)多雨少。rain—詞為不可數(shù)名詞。

3. D這里講沙漠中的一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)雨水并不能滿(mǎn)足大多數(shù)植物生長(zhǎng)的需要，故選擇en0ugh。

4. A see sb. do sth.意為"看見(jiàn)某人做某事"，這里應(yīng)用省去to的動(dòng)詞不定式。

5. D沙漠之所以出現(xiàn)綠洲的根本原因是有了水，故選water。

6. C call在這里意為"將……稱(chēng)為……"，為正確選項(xiàng)。

7. B every,a和one后面都應(yīng)該接可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，不能放在kinds前面。all kinds of意為"各種各樣的"。

8. A表示"也"時(shí)，too—般放在肯定句末，either放在否定句末，also放在句中，在此為正確選項(xiàng)，而still不合題意。

9. C閎定說(shuō)法depend on意為"依靠"、"鉤借"。

10. C一些動(dòng)物能在沙漠中生存下來(lái)，說(shuō)明了他們適應(yīng)了這里雨水稀少的氣候，不像其他動(dòng)物那樣需要太多的水，故選擇much。

11. D通讀本段不難發(fā)現(xiàn)，本段承上文接著講述動(dòng)物的用途，故選animals。

12. B固定說(shuō)法look for意思為"尋找"。

13. D other后接可數(shù)名詞時(shí)應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式;the other后接可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)時(shí)表示兩者中的另一個(gè),不合文意。

14. C根據(jù)下文沙漠里的人從不會(huì)拒絕幫助別人，說(shuō)明他們彼此友好。

15. D固定搭配refuse to do sth.意為"拒絕干某事"。

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