Chinese scientists are again becoming excited about the fact that a large hairy animal may live in central China. Now they hope it won't be too long before they are able to __71 its existence. Their confidence is the __72 of a new discovery of the mystery animal in Hubei Province.
Ten Chinese __73 , enjoying a holiday in a National Forest Park, were driving down a road. As their bus turned a corner, the men were suddenly __74 by what they saw. Three __75 animals, covered with long dark hair, were crossing the road. On seeing the animals, the engineers immediately stopped and __76them. __77 ,when they saw how the animals moved through the forest with great __78 and strength, they did not dare to follow any further.
The men did not take any __79 . However, scientists are __80 by the discovery, because the engineers were all very educated people and scientists feel they can __81 what they described.
After the discovery, scientists returned to the forest and __82 some hair and measured footprints. About 20 inches appears to be the length of the animal's foot! Chinese scientists have now set up a special group to exchange information and make a __83 of the forest. But in the meantime,some people __84to believe that this halfman, halfmonkey exists. They will not believe that it is __85 until one of the animals has been caught.
71. A. prove B. analyze C. protect D. check
72. A. basis B. requirement C. result D. preparation
73. A. travellers B. engineers C. scientists D. explorers
74. A. frightened B. amazed C. upset D. inspired
75. A. trained B. rejected C. tall D. violent
76. A. shot at B. looked at C. fought with D. ran after
77. A. However B. Indeed C. Meanwhile D. Anyway
78. A. difficulty B. speed C. care D. pleasure
79. A. bullets B. tools C. medicines D. photographs
80. A. surprised B. delighted C. disturbed D. supported
81. A. rely on B. deal with C. write down D. pass on
82. A. cut B. pulled C. collected D. tore
83. A. film B. tour C. choice D. study
84. A. come B. refuse C. prefer D. have
85. A. wrong B. alive C. real D.correct
71--85 ACBBC DABDB ACDBC
71.第一句话交待了语篇的中心。科学家需要证据来证明这个事情。B项analyze“分析(将某事物分解成各部分以研究其性质或结构)；观察并解释某事物，研究；C项protect“保护，警戒”；D项check“检查，检验，核对”均不合文意。答案为A。
72.科学家的信心来自于湖北发现了这种动物的结果。答案为C。
73.从下文“the engineers immediately stopped and可知第二段讲述了十个中国工程师的度假经历。答案为B。
74.B项amazed“惊奇的，愕然的”。行进途中，偶遇动物而感到惊讶。A项frightened“受惊吓的，害怕的”；C项upset adj “伤心的，悲伤的”；D项inspired“受鼓舞的”。答案为B。
75.A项trained adj “受过训练的”。从上文可知此动物是hairy animal所以不可能是受过训练的；B项rejected adj“抛弃的，剔除的”；C项tall，从“a large hairy animal可知tall应为此空的答案；D项violent adj“使用暴力的，显示暴力的”。全文上下并没提到hairy animal使用暴力。答案为C。
76.这段最后一句话“they did not dare to follow any further”的意思是“他们不敢再跟着动物”。因此，此处应为“他们停车去追赶动物”。答案为D。
77.把握住语篇的行文逻辑，此处含有转折意味。答案为A。
78.动物穿过森林的方式为“with great… and strength”。“strength”的意思是“尽全力”。由此可知行进的速度快。答案为B。
79.第三段最后一句“…what they described”的意思是“他们描述的事”，暗示他们无凭据。A项bullets“子弹”；B项tools“工具”；C项medicines“药品”，均不合文意。答案为D。
80.第一段第一句已说科学家对此事很感兴趣。答案为B。
81.工程师是受过良好教育的，他们有能力把所见描述清楚。答案为A。
82.第三段讲述科学家去森林取证研究。答案为C。
83.为了获得更多的资料，科学家建立了专门小组对森林状况进行研究。答案为D。
84.“But”暗示此空应与前文所描述的相反，那些相信halfman的科学家去寻找证据。与之相反的应为refuse接受这种观点。因此答案为B。refuse to do sth拒绝做某事；come to do sth“来到为了做某事”；prefer to do sth“更喜欢做某事”；have to do sth“不得不做某事”。根据文意，答案为B。
85.在They will not believe that it is…中it指代语篇中“动物存在”的事。答案为C。
