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1、2017七宝高三3月测试试卷II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirectionsAfterreadingthepassagesbelowfillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenwordfor.Theotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.Inthecountriesofsouthand
2、SoutheastAsiatheelephanthasbeenanintimatepartoftheculture,economyandreligion,andnowheremoresothaninThailand.UnlikeitsAfricancousin,theAsianelephantiseasilydomesticated(驯化).Therareso-calledwhiteelephantshaveactuallylenttheauthorityofkingshiptoitsrulersand21_______the1920sthenationalflagwasawhite
3、elephantonaredbackground.TotheearlyWesternvisitorsthecountry'sromanticnamewas“LandoftheWhiteElephant”.Today,however,thestoryisverydifferent.Outofworkandoutofland,theThaielephantstruggles22______survivalinanationthatnolongerneedsit.Theelephanthasfounditselfmoreorlessabandonedbypreviousownerswhoh
4、avemovedontoadifferenteconomicworldandawesternizedsociety.And23________theelephant'sproblemsbeganmanyyearsago,nowitratesaverylownationalpriority. How24________thisreversalfromnationalicon(圣像)toneglectedanimalcameaboutisataleofworseningenvironmentalandthechanginglivesoftheThais25_______.Accordin
5、gtoRichardLair,Thailand’sexpertsontheAsianelephantandauthorofthereportGoneAstray,attheturnofthecenturythere26________wellhavebeenasmanyas100,000domesticelephantsinthecountry.InthenorthofThailandaloneitwasestimatedthatmorethan20,000elephantswereemployedintransport,1,000ofthemaloneontheroadbetwee
6、nthecitiesofChiangMaiandChiangSaen.Thiswasatatimewhen90percentofThailandwasstillforest—ahabitat(栖息地)27________notonlysupportedtheanimalsbutalsomadethemnecessarytocarrygoodsandpeople.Nothingploughsthroughdenseforest28______(well)thanamassivebutsure-footedelephant.By1950theelephantpopulation29___
7、_____(drop)toastillsubstantial13,397,buttodaythereareprobablynomorethan3,800,withanother1,35030________(wander)freeinthenationalparks.Butnow,Thailand’sforestcoversonly20percentoftheland.Thisdeforestation(采伐森林)isthecentralpointofth
