Now the woods was silent ________the leaves, and the boy was trembling _______ terror.

选D。

解析：考查介词的用法：第一空填except for表示“整体说明再局部排除”第二空填with，表示原因，句意是：现在树林是安静的，除了树叶，男孩因为害怕颤抖。选D。

silent 英[ˈsaɪlənt]美[ˈsaɪlənt]

adj 不说话的；沉默的；很少说话的；不爱说话的；少言寡语的；无声的；安静的；不喧闹的；

n 无声**；

[例句]When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent。

她出庭时行使了自己保持沉默的权利。

[其他] 复数：silents

with的用法

with表示方式、手段或工具等、表示人或物的特征、表示工具、手段、与某些抽象名词连用时，其作用相当于一个副词、表原因或理由、表想法、信念、态度。

1、表示方式、手段或工具等时（=以，用），注意不要受汉语意思的影响而用错搭配，如“用英语”习惯上用in English，而不是with English。

2、(表示人或物的特征)意为“带有”、“具有”。

如：I like living in aroom with two windows。我喜欢住在带有两个窗子的房间里。

3、(表示工具、手段)意为“以……”、“用……”。如：We listen with our ears。我们用耳朵听。

4、with 表原因或理由。John was in bed with high fever。约翰因发烧卧床。

```都是发泄对现实的不满``写了美国政府的虚伪和社会的冷漠（歌曲里并没有明显指出种族歧视```有一句写到了黑人```所以应该也是包含有这方面的）```表达了对现实社会的憎恶```其中也有为战争中的牺牲者鸣不平的```

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Verse 1

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

A real gangsta-ass nigga plays his cards right

A real gangsta-ass nigga never runs his fuckin mouth

Cuz real gangsta-ass niggas dont start fights

And niggas always gotta high cap

Showin all his boys how he shot em

But real gangsta-ass niggas dont flex nuts

Cuz real gangsta-ass niggas know they got em

And everythings cool in the mind of a gangsta

Cuz gangsta-ass niggas think deep

Up three-sixty-five a year 24/7

Cuz real gangsta ass niggas dont sleep

And all I gotta say to you

Wannabe, gonnabe, cocksuckin, pussy-eatin prankstas

Cuz when the fry dies down what the fuck you gonna do

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Verse 2

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Feedin the poor and hepin out wit they bills

Although I was born in jamaica

Now Im in the us makin deals

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

I mean one that you dont really know

Ridin around town in a drop-top benz

Hittin switches in my black six-fo

Now gangsta-ass niggas come in all shapes and colors

Some got killed in the past

But this gangtsa here is a smart one

Started living for the lord and Ill last

Now all I gotta say to you

Wannabe, gonnabe, pussy-eatin cocksuckin prankstas

When the shit jumps off what the fuck you gonna do

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Verse 3

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

A real gangta-ass nigga knows the play

Real gangsta-ass niggas get the flyest of the bitches

Ask that gangsta-ass nigga little jake

Now bitches look at gangsta-ass niggas like a stop sign

And play the role of little miss sweet

But catch the bitch all alone get the digit take her out

And then dump-hittin the ass with the meat

Cuz gangsta-ass niggas be the gang playas

And everythings quiet in the clique

A gangsta-ass nigga pulls the trigger

And his partners in the posse aint tellin off shit

Real gangsta-ass niggas dont talk much

All ya hear is the black from the gun blast

And real gangsta-ass niggas dont run for shit

Cuz real gangsta-ass niggas cant run fast

Now when you in the free world talkin shit do the shit

Hit the pen and let the mothafuckas shank ya

But niggas like myself kick back and peep game

Cuz damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Verse 4

And now, a word from the president!

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Gettin voted into the white house

Everything lookin good to the people of the world

But the mafia family is my boss

So every now and then I owe a favor gettin down

Like lettin a big drug shipment through

And send em to the poor community

So we can bust you know who

So voters of the world keep supportin me

And I promise to take you very far

Other leaders better not upset me

Or Ill send a million troops to die at war

To all you republicans, that helped me win

I sincerely like to thank you

Cuz now I got the world swingin from my nuts

And damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Scientists say there are now fewer than 2000 pandas living in the forest

句子划分：

scientists 主语

say 谓语

there are 引导宾语从句。

全句意思是：

科学家们说，在野生森林中存活的熊猫数不超过两千只。