Ⅵ.完形填空

Wood mice spend the day resting and come out at nig ht to look for food. Most wood mice stay in the same general area.

The wood mouse has diffe rent kinds of ___1___, like plants, peanuts, fruit and so on. It will also eat insects. In very cold weather, wood mice sometimes go into a torpid (不活泼的) state. In this way they use ___2___ energy than usual.

The female wood mice have 4 to 7 babies at a time. Baby mice’s ___3___ are closed when they are born. At 6 days old, they open their eyes and by then they will have a full coat of ___4___, darker than that of the adult. After 3 weeks, the mother makes ___5___ babies go out of the nest and they are then on their own. Many do not ___6___ for more than 3 to 4 months. However, the number of wood mice doesn't change a lot. The number of wood mice is the ___7___ in the early autumn, but the smallest in the early spring.

Wood mice often live in gardens and outbuildings (附属建筑物). Sometimes, people ___8___ they are house mice. However, unlike house mice, wood mice do not smell strongly ___9___ they have larger eyes and ears than house mice. Gardeners ___10___wood mice because they often eat the seeds under the ground.

(  )1. A. friends    B. hobbies      C. foods         D. homes

(  )2. A. more      B. less         C. much         D. fewer

(  )3. A. mouths    B. eyes         C. noses          D. ears

(  )4. A. chess      B. hair         C. fur           D. colour

(  )5. A. your       B. their        C. his           D. her

(  )6. A. grow      B. live          C. stay         D. exercise

(  )7. A. least       B. fewest       C. largest        D. most

(  )8. A. plan        B. dream        C. believe       D. think

(  )9. A. if          B. or           C. so           D. and

(  )10. A. love       B. hate         C. popular       D. unusual