Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in
America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had
been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken
seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate(堆积，积累),
experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the
descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were
extraordinarily similar.
The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman
picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from
her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed
that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is
cornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）. The search proved difficult, for the puma
was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place
twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind
it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints
were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to
bushes. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and
a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts
were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had
it come from ? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo
in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a
private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on
for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to
think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet
countryside.
搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见“一只大猫”，离她仅5码远，她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物，在许多地方看见爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。有人抱怨说夜里听见“像猫一样的叫声”；一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢？由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。
【New words and expressions】
puma
n. 美洲狮
spot
v. 看出，发现
evidence
n. 证据
accumulate
v. 积累，积聚
oblige
v. 使…感到必须
hunt
n. 追猎；寻找
blackberry
n. 黑莓
human being
人类
corner
v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境
trail
n. 一串，一系列
print
n. 印痕
cling (clung, clung )
v. 粘
convince
v.使…信服
somehow
adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因
disturb
v. 令人不安
学习词汇时仅知道汉语语义是不够的，要把单词放在语句中体会其应用
学习关键句型结构时则要把它放在段落结构或文章里
【New words and expressions】
1. puma n. 美洲狮
例句：The descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
声称目击了这只美洲狮的人所描述的情况竟出奇的相似。
2.spot v. 看出，发现
例句：My father spotted several spelling mistakes in my composition.
我父亲在我作文里发现了好几个拼字错误。
一起来找近义词 :
spot(做动词时候) = see:强调结果、辨别出、看见、识别、发现。
find 强调发现的结果。
discover 做出重大发现
notice 注意到
observe 观察
watch 观察活动中的人或画面
on the spot 在现场
例句：
Because of her beauty, I spotted her on the spot .
Wherever he is needed , he is on the spot.
3.evidence n. 证据
例句：When the police arrived, he had already destroyed the evidence.
当警察赶到时，他已经把证据给销毁了。
4. accumulate v. 积累，积聚
例句： By working hard you may accumulate a fortune.
这份工作给了他积累了宝贵的经验的机会。
一起来找近义词
Accumulate：积累、积淀、注重积累过程
Collect：收集、采集
Gather：召集、集合
Assemble：集合、集中 （与gather意思相近）
5. oblige v. 使……感到必须
例句：We'd be happy to oblige.
我们乐于效劳。
feel obliged to do sth. 感到有必要做某事
例句：
The experts felt obliged to investigate the event.
She felt obliged to break up with him.
6. hunt n. 追猎；寻找 v 猎捕、打猎、搜寻
例句：I took part in the tiger hunt.
我参加了猎虎。
hunter n.猎人、猎犬
例句:The hunter tried his best to hunt the puma.
7.blackberry n.黑莓
8.human being n.人类
9. corner
v. 使走投无路，使陷入困境
例句：The question cornered me.
这个问题难倒了我。
n .角落
例句：Coming across my lover at the corner of the street, I believe in what's called miracle.
转角遇到爱，相信奇迹的出现。
10. trail n. 一串，一系列
例句：The car raised a trail of dust. 汽车掀起了一股尘土。
11. print n. 印痕
例句：The prints were underdeveloped. 这些照片显影不足。
footprint 脚印
12. cling v. 粘
例句：Dewdrops were still clinging on the trees. 露珠仍沾在树上。
cling to sth 坚持
例句：Yu Min Hong always clings to the hope that he will succeed.
13.convince v. 使……信服
例句：Compulsion will never result in convincing them.
强迫永远不会使他们信服。
Convince sb of sth 使某人信服
He convinced me of his innocence. 他使我相信他是无辜的。
14. somehow adv. 不知怎么搞地，不知什么原因
例句：Somehow we lost our way.
不知怎么地我们迷了路。
15.disturb v. 令人不安，打扰
例句： Please do not disturb us when we are working.
请不要在我们工作的时候打扰我们。
【Notes on the test】
1. at large
(1)逃遁的, 没有被控制的
The thief is still at large.
(2)详细地（= in detail）
I need talk to you at large.
总体来讲（= as a whole）
The students at large are hungry for English
2. Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
cat-like 猫一样的, 偷偷摸摸的
例句：Pandas are large cat-like animals which are found in Asia.
dog-like 狗一样的
life-like 栩栩如生的
child-like 孩子气的
3.When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.
当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里的地方发现一头野生美洲狮时。
语法点：这个从句中以that引导从句是reports的同位语，用于进一步说明报告的内容。
举例：I have got an information that the pretty girl likes me.
4. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.
clinging 是现在分词，此处作主语puma fur的主语补足语。
下文中：
As no pumas had been reported missing…
此句中，missing也是现在分词做主语补足语。
5. As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
知识点：
sth be in the possession of sb
= sth be in sb’s possession
某物归某人所有(主语是物)
举例：The beautiful car is in my possession.
= The beautiful car is in the possession of me.
【Exercises】
A. Complete these sentences by adding a suitable word to the end of each one:
1 What are you looking ?
2 Where is your mother going ?
3 Whom has the letter been sent ?
4 This is the house I was born ?
5 What does your decision depend ?
key: 1 at / for 2 to 3 to 4 in 5 on
B. Write these sentences again changing the position of the words in italics. Where possible, omit the words whom or which.
1 He is the man about whom we have heard so much.
2 The shelf on which you put those books has collapsed.
3 From whom did you receive a letter?
4 This is the road by which we came.
5 Where is the pencil with which you were playing?
key:
1 He is the man we have heard so much.
2 The shelf you put those books has collapsed.
3 whom did you receive a letter from?
4 This is the road we came by.
5 Where is the pencil you were playing?
注意：3 whom不能省略
定语从句中which以及指代人的做宾语的whom, 在非正式用法当中可以省略。省略时，介词不能前置到关系代词whom,which前，只能用于非固定的动词短语后面。
以look 为例
look at: 注视
look for: 寻找 介词不能前置
live in: 居住 介词可以前置
eg: This is the old house in which he lived. / This is the old house he lived in
【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题
1. Experts eventually decided to investigate .
a. because they did not believe that pumas existed in England.
b. because they wanted a puma for the London Zoo.
c. when a woman saw a puma in a small village.
d. because people’s descriptions of the puma had a lot in common.
要求陈述原因：
1． D
in common-similar
2. What particular piece of evidence persuaded the experts that a puma had been seen in the village?
a. The puma had not attacked the woman.
b. The woman had described the animal she had seen as ‘a large cat’.
c. A puma had come very close to a human being.
d. The puma had behaved like a cat.
A 只是一个具体的特定的事例，阅读理解题的时候要把握中心大意
B large cat 关键性用词
2. B
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America.
3. What was the problem the experts were unable to solve?
a. How the puma had managed to cover such great distances within a day.
b. How the puma had escaped from a zoo.
c. Whom the puma had belonged to.
d. How the puma had climbed a tree.
A 文章中未提到
3． C
做理解题时要紧扣主题，紧扣中心大意
文章最后一句话总结了大意：
It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
句型结构题和词汇题是关键
4. The accumulating evidence made the experts the animal was a puma. (lines 4-6)
a. to think b. thinking c. think d. thought
make----make sb. do, be made to do
主动语态中不定式to的符号应该省略
被动语态中不定式to的符号必须补充完整
5 People said the puma.(lines 5-6)
a. to have seen b. to see c. they saw d. they had seen
把say改成claim---People claimed to have seen the puma.
5. D---清楚的道明了动作发生的先后关系
6 , it immediately ran away. (lines 8-9)
a. Observing her b. On being observed c. Having been observed d. On her being observed
与原句中的when意思要一致，when引导的时间状语从句表示一
结构形式和as soon as 相一致的
如果用主动： On observing her, it immediately ran away.
On seeing me, he waved to me.
6．B
7 Pumas never attack a human being except cornered.(lines 9)
a. they are b. being c. that they are d. when they are
原句中unles----if…not / except on the condition that
when=if
except可以和名词/名词性从句进行搭配，也可以是when / if 引导的从句形式。
7． D
8 The experts were now fully convinced that the animal a puma. (lines 13-14)
a. must be b. should have been c. can only be d. could only have been
must be 只是对客观现实的推测，时态不一致
8． D
情态动词表达推测的语意概念时，对于过去事实推测一定要用于情态动词have以及过去分词形式进行搭配。
9 The woman saw ‘a large cat’ five yards away from her.(lines 7-8)
a. at least b. four or c. no more than d. within
no more than = only
within = not more than
9. C
10 A puma will not attack a human being unless it feels itself to be .(line 9)
a. in a corner b. in a trap c. at an angle d. under cover
in a corner 表示处于困境、尴尬的境地
in a trap 表示落于陷阱中
at an angle 表示弯曲的、不直的
10． B
11 A businessman on a fishing trip is probably someone who .(line 13)
a. sells fish b. fishes for pleasure c. nets fish d. earns his living as a fisherman
fishes for pleasure 钓鱼为了游玩
12 A private collector is a man who collects .(lines 15-16)
a. for his own benefit b. on his own c. in private d. unknown to the public
12． A
on his own = alone
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