
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空,使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供1—5 小题选用,第二个方框供6—10小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次,每框有一项剩余。
A. dangerous B. dress C. look after D. in surprise E. safe F. appeared
Somewhere deep in the rainforests and mountains of Colombia there’s a very special woman. You may never see her, but she’s there all the same. She wears a ___1___ made of leaves. She’s got no shoes on her feet and she has a ring of wild flowers on her head. Her name is Mother Mountain. Her job is to ___2___ nature and the environment, and to make sure that no one harms it. The animals of the rainforests and mountains love her. She’s their friend, and they know that they’re ___3___ with her.
One day a man came into the forest. He saw a bear. As he was getting ready to catch it with a net (网), Mother Mountain suddenly ___4___ from nowhere and caught the net in her strong hands. The man turned and looked at her ___5___.
A. important B. made a soft noise C. beautiful D. meat E. fell to the ground F. fruit
“Why have you come into the forest?” she asked. “To get ___6___ for my children to eat,” the man said. “You can’t kill any animals,” Mother Mountain said. Slowly her green eyes turned red and she said, “The environment is ___7___ for you and me! Get to sleep now. Then wake up and see!”
The man ___8___ in a deep sleep. The bear touched Mother Mountain and ___9___. It seemed to be saying “Thank you, Mother Mountain.”
The men slept for several hours. Then he woke up from his deep sleep and looked round. He didn’t see Mother Mountain. She wasn’t there. He only saw how ___10___ the forest and its animals were. He walked home and promised never to hurt an animal again.