乌龟为什么生活在水里？（完形填空）
乌龟为什么生活在水里？（完形填空）

Do you know where turtles live? Turtles used to live on the land, they say, ___1___ the time a clever turtle was caught by some people. They brought him to ___2___ village and placed the turtle before the leader, who said, “How shall we ___3___ him?”
“You’ll have to kill me first,” said the turtle, “and take me out of this shell (壳).”
“We’ll break your shell with sticks,” they said.
“That’ll never ___4___,” said the turtle, “Why don’t you throw me in the ___5___ and drown (淹死) me?!”
“___6___ idea,” said the Chief. They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to drown him.
They were ___7___ for their success in drowning the turtle, when ___8___ little green eyes poked up (突然出现) in the water and the laughing turtle said, “Don’t get those cooking pots out too ___9___, foolish (愚蠢的) people!” As he swam away he said, “I think I’ll ___10___ most of my time from now on, safely in the water.”
It has been that way ever since!
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1.1.

A until

B when

C so

D because

解析：选A。A 考查连词辨析。根据前半句“Turtles used to live on the land”以及后文它们现在生活在水里可知，“直到”一只聪明的海龟被一些猎人捕获，这种情况才发生了改变。故选A。

2.2.

A his

B their

C her

D its

解析：选B。B 考查代词辨析。指代前文的they，且题空后有名词village，应该用形容词性物主代词their。故选B。

3.3.

A cook

B save

C dig

D mix

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。根据后文“‘You’ll have to kill me first,’ said the turtle, ‘and take me out of this shell.’”可知，首领问怎样“烹煮”这只海龟。故选A。

4.4.

A fill

B serve

C work

D invite

解析：选C。C 考查动词辨析。海龟反驳了猎人说的用棍子敲碎他的壳这一观点，他觉得这样不“起作用”，于是下文中他提议把自己淹死。故选C。

5.5.

A sand

B oil

C rock

D water

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据后面的“drown me”和“They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to drown him.”可知，他向人们提议把自己扔进“水”里淹死。故选D。

6.6.

A Modern

B Terrible

C Excellent

D Patient

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。根据后面的“They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to drown him.”可知，他们认可了海龟的提议并把他扔进了水里，因此他们觉得这是一个“很好的”主意。故选C。

7.7.

A beating

B cheering

C hiding

D cheating

解析：选B。B 考查动词辨析。根据后面的“for their success”可知，他们正在“庆祝”成功地淹死了海龟。故选B。

8.8.

A two

B three

C four

D five

解析：选A。A 考查数词辨析。根据常识可知，海龟有两只眼睛。故选A。

9.9.

A luckily

B far

C cheaply

D fast

解析：选D。D 考查副词辨析。根据后面的“foolish people”可知，猎人以为自己成功地淹死了海龟可以烹煮海龟了，这时海龟从水中探出头，笑着说：“愚蠢的人，别把锅拿出来得太快！”这是他对人们的嘲讽。故选D。

10.10.

A spend

B take

C pay

D cost

解析：选A。A 考查动词辨析。海龟进入水里，逃脱了人们的杀害，因此他以后要在水里“度过”他的大半生了。故选A。