Unit 5 Wild animals 单元话题短文首字母填空练习-2024-2025学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

Unit 5 Wild animals 单元话题短文首字母填空练习 （23-24八年级上·江苏盐城·期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。 Emperor penguins (帝企鹅) are the largest of all penguin species. They live in Antarctica (南极洲), and their thick (厚的) feathers help them to keep w 1 . Most emperor penguins live with the same one for life. Females (雌性) lay eggs, then give them to the males (雄性). Then, the females go off to the ocean to l 2 for something to eat. The males need to protect the e 3 . Males eat n 4 and just care for the eggs, and it makes them lose half their body weight. Females come back well fed when it is time for the chicks to hatch, filling their stomachs (胃) with f 5 to feed to the newly hatched chicks. At this time, the males will go off to feed. Do you like the emperor penguins in Antarctica? S 6 , these cute animals may nearly die out by the year 2100 because of warming temperatures, according to a recent study published in Nature. Emperor penguins spend part of the year living o 7 the ice. They lay eggs and raise babies on the ice. But with warming temperatures, the sea ice m 8 break earlier than normal. The babies may die in the water, reported CNN. The study looked at five emperor penguin groups in Antarctica. It found that last year, no babies survived (存活) in four of the f 9 groups. Peter did the study and s 10 this is the first time that so many penguin babies have died because of sea ice loss (减少). Let’s take action to help emperor penguins. （24-25八年级上·全国·课后作业）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。 The giant panda is one of the most p 1 animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 metres long and weigh up to 160 kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. So it is not s 2 that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda a 3 its symbol. The WWF tells people that giant pandas are in d 4 and it tries to raise money to save them. The giant panda mostly lives in the w 5 in China. In the early 1980s, there were only about 1,000 1 6 in the wild. The m 7 reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller. The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase (增长) the size of panda reserves. Some reserves need to be joined together by p 8 bamboo between them to make“corridors (走廊)”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let the pandas m 9 from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. People are w 10 very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out (灭绝). （24-25八年级上·全国·课后作业）首字母填空。 Most wild animals live as a family if they have babies. If baby tigers do not watch their mothers, they cannot learn h 1 to chase other animals. Giant pandas often l 2 their babies for two days on their o 3 . If farmers find babies alone, they will take them away. Many wild animals are in d 4 . There are only about one thousand giant pandas l 5 in the world. There are very f 6 tigers and wolves. The n 7 of animals is becoming smaller and smaller because farmers grow vegetables and plants on the land they live on. Wild animals will have no food and nowhere to live if people k 8 cutting down trees in the forests. S 9 , hunters kill giant pandas and tigers for their fur. People should stop b 10 furs. Wild animals will not survive if we do not protect them. （23-24八年级上·天津宁河·期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限填一词。 There’re different k 1 of animals in the zoo. We see the zoo keepers give them food to e 2 . They don’t have to find food by themselves. They just eat, walk and sleep a 3 day. So many of us may think that the animals there are h 4 and lucky. But most of them are sad. Why? Because they aren’t f 5 ! Animals l 6 elephants, monkeys and tigers usually live freely and happily in forests or mountains. Tigers, for e 7 , run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in small rooms in the zoo. Their life in the zoo is quite d 8 from their life in the forests. Now many of us think more animals should go b 9 to forests and mountains so that the earth will b 10 better. （23-24八年级上·江苏镇江·期末）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。 What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the b 1 . There would be no bugs or flies in your room. But in fact, this could cause really serious p 2 . The bad news is that the number of insects keeps d 3 these years. Scientists say it’s m 4 because of the use of pesticides (农药). They destroy the places that insects live in. What would happen if all insects died out? It’s almost impossible to predict (预测), but the r 5 would be terrible. We need insects to pollinate (授粉) crops. They also break down dead plants and animals and turn them into new u 6 things. We need them to keep the soil (土壤) healthy. W 7 insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and d 8 . The first thing we need to do is to let more people understand the i 9 of the natural world, both for what it does for us and for i 10 . The best place to start is with our children. We should teach them environmental awareness (环保意识) at an early age. （23-24八年级上·江苏南京·期末）首字母填空。 A group of Przewalski’s horses are being introduced (引进) to the Iberian Highlands in Spain (西班牙). People hope that the animals will help p 1 wildfires. The Iberian Highlands is a mountainous area w 2 lots of juniper, oak and pine trees growing there. Wildfires are often a problem in the area, caused by rising t 3 that the dry out plants and trees cause. Then the dry plants and trees catch fire very e 4 . The horses’ job is to eat the dry leaves and undergrowth and keep the g 5 clear, which will slowdown the spread of wildfires. The przewalski’s are from a nature reserve in France. There are seven females and three males now, and the plan is to introduce m 6 of them over time. Przewalski’s, known as “the last truly wild horse”, are an ancient and endangered breed. Cave paintings in Spain s 7 that horses look like Przewalski’s. Like what we see in the paintings, they have shorter l 8 than most horses and tufty manes. In the 1960s the horses died out in the w 9 but they have since been reintroduced to parts of China, France, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Around the world, many other c 10 are using the similar ways to deal with wildfires. In Chile (智利) and South America, goats (山羊) have been grazing the forests of Bosques de Chacay since 2017, and in the Greater Coa Valley, Portugal (葡萄牙), traditional breeds of cattle and horses have been reintroduced. （23-24八年级上·山东东营·期末）阅读短文, 根据内容及首字母提示, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词。 Wild animals are important to us. They live together with us on the earth. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, e 1 . So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a healthy life. But some people still don’t r 2 the importance of protecting them. They kill animals for food and o 3 things. Every day there are many animals being killed. So lots of wild animals have died out. We can’t see them any m 4 . Today the number of wild animals is becoming less and less. If people don’t protect them, they will all die out. If this g 5 on, there will be no animals left on the earth. L 6 , many people have begun to save wild animals. They ask others to stop killing them. They teach others about the i 7 of protecting wild animals. Now many countries have made some laws（法律）to protect wild animals and to stop people f 8 killing them. Protecting wild animals is the d 9 of each of us. We should do our best to protect them, because protecting them is protecting o 10 too. （23-24八年级上·天津宁河·期末）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。 There are many animals in danger such as pandas, elephants, and South China tigers. The South China tiger is the smallest tiger in Asia. It is also one o 1 the endangered (濒临灭绝的) tigers in the world. Scientists think that there might be a f 2 South China tigers living in the wild, but they are still not s 3 about it. The South China tiger i 4 special in its face, but it shares the same height with c 5 tigers. In the past, South China tigers l 6 in the forest. But today more than half of them are living in the z 7 . If there are not safe places for t 8 , they will die out soon. Baby South China tigers need mothers’ milk in the first two months. The mother teaches her babies h 9 to hunt (狩猎). Scientists hope that people should also do something to protect the rare animals. If people all take action together, these animals will have a b 10 place to live in. We’ll also live in a better world. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 5 Wild animals 单元话题短文首字母填空练习 （23-24八年级上·江苏盐城·期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。 Emperor penguins (帝企鹅) are the largest of all penguin species. They live in Antarctica (南极洲), and their thick (厚的) feathers help them to keep w 1 . Most emperor penguins live with the same one for life. Females (雌性) lay eggs, then give them to the males (雄性). Then, the females go off to the ocean to l 2 for something to eat. The males need to protect the e 3 . Males eat n 4 and just care for the eggs, and it makes them lose half their body weight. Females come back well fed when it is time for the chicks to hatch, filling their stomachs (胃) with f 5 to feed to the newly hatched chicks. At this time, the males will go off to feed. Do you like the emperor penguins in Antarctica? S 6 , these cute animals may nearly die out by the year 2100 because of warming temperatures, according to a recent study published in Nature. Emperor penguins spend part of the year living o 7 the ice. They lay eggs and raise babies on the ice. But with warming temperatures, the sea ice m 8 break earlier than normal. The babies may die in the water, reported CNN. The study looked at five emperor penguin groups in Antarctica. It found that last year, no babies survived (存活) in four of the f 9 groups. Peter did the study and s 10 this is the first time that so many penguin babies have died because of sea ice loss (减少). Let’s take action to help emperor penguins. 【答案】 1．(w)arm 2．(l)ook 3．(e)ggs 4．(n)othing 5．(f)ood 6．(S)adly 7．(o)n 8．(m)ay 9．(f)ive 10．(s)aid 【导语】本文主要介绍了生活在南极洲的帝企鹅的生存现状及面临的危机。 1．句意：它们厚厚的羽毛帮助它们保持温暖。根据“and their thick (厚的) feathers help them to keep…”及首字母提示可知，羽毛帮助它们保持温暖，固定短语keep warm“保持温暖”，应用形容词warm“温暖的”。故填(w)arm。 2．句意：然后，雌性会前往海洋寻找食物。根据“t…for something to eat.”及首字母提示可知，此处为固定短语look for“寻找”，空前有不定式符号to，应用动词原形。故填(l)ook。 3．句意：雄性企鹅需要保护这些蛋。根据“The males need to protect the…”及首字母提示可知，此处是指雄性企鹅需要保护这些蛋，用名词复数形式eggs“蛋”。故填(e)ggs。 4．句意：雄性企鹅什么都不吃，只照顾这些蛋。根据“Males eat…and just care for the eggs, and it makes them lose half their body weight.”可知，此处是指雄性企鹅什么都不吃，用代词nothing表示。故填(n)othing。 5．句意：当雏鸟孵化的时候，雌鸟会吃饱喝足地回来，用自己的胃填满食物来喂养刚孵出的小鸟。根据“filling their stomachs (胃) with…to feed to the newly hatched chicks.”及首字母提示可知，此处是指用食物填满胃，应用名词food“食物”。故填(f)ood。 6．句意：可悲的是，根据《自然》杂志最近发表的一项研究表明，由于气温变暖，到2100年这些可爱的动物可能濒临灭绝。根据“…, these cute animals may nearly die out by the year 2100”及首字母提示可知，这些动物可能濒临灭绝，因此很可悲，应用副词sadly修饰后面的整个句子，位于句首首字母大写。故填(S)adly。 7．句意：帝王企鹅一年中有一部分时间生活在冰上。根据“Emperor penguins spend part of the year living…the ice.”及首字母提示可知，生活在冰上，应用介词on“在……上”。故填(o)n。 8．句意：但随着气温升高，海冰可能会比正常情况更早破裂。根据“the sea ice…break earlier than normal.”及首字母提示可知，海冰可能会比正常情况更早破裂，应用情态动词may“可能”。故填(m)ay。 9．句意：研究发现，去年在五个组中，有四个组中无一企鹅宝宝存活。根据前文“The study looked at five emperor penguin groups in Antarctica.”及首字母提示可知，此处是指五个组，应用基数词five“五”。故填(f)ive。 10．句意：彼得做了这项研究，并说这是第一次有这么多的企鹅宝宝因为海冰融化而死亡。根据“Peter did the study and…this is the first time”及首字母提示可知，此处是指彼得说，时态为一般过去时，应用动词过去式said“说”。故填(s)aid。 （24-25八年级上·全国·课后作业）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。 The giant panda is one of the most p 1 animals in the world. A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 metres long and weigh up to 160 kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely. So it is not s 2 that the World Wide Fund for Nature chose the giant panda a 3 its symbol. The WWF tells people that giant pandas are in d 4 and it tries to raise money to save them. The giant panda mostly lives in the w 5 in China. In the early 1980s, there were only about 1,000 1 6 in the wild. The m 7 reason why pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller. The WWF works to help giant pandas in the wild in many ways. One of the ways that helps them is to increase (增长) the size of panda reserves. Some reserves need to be joined together by p 8 bamboo between them to make“corridors (走廊)”. These are paths that lead from one reserve to another. No one may harm the pandas in these areas. The corridors let the pandas m 9 from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food. People are w 10 very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out (灭绝). 【答案】 1．(p)opular 2．(s)urprising 3．(a)s 4．(d)anger 5．(w)ild 6．(l)eft 7．(m)ain 8．(p)lanting 9．(m)ove 10．(w)orking 【导语】本文主要介绍了大熊猫的特征、现状以及世界自然基金会为保护大熊猫所做的努力。 1．句意：大熊猫是世界上最受欢迎的动物之一。根据“A giant panda can grow up to 1.5 metres long and weigh up to 160 kg. People think the giant panda is very lovely.”和常识可知，大熊猫很受欢迎。popular“受欢迎的”，形容词作定语。故填(p)opular。 2．句意：因此，世界自然基金会选择大熊猫作为其象征也就不足为奇了。根据“People think the giant panda is very lovely.”和首字母提示可知，大熊猫很可爱，因此被世界自然基金会选择为标志不足为奇。修饰事物，用形容词surprising“令人惊讶的”。故填(s)urprising。 3．句意：因此，世界自然基金会选择大熊猫作为其象征也就不足为奇了。根据“its symbol.”和首字母提示可知，此处是指作为象征。as“作为”，介词。故填(a)s。 4．句意：世界自然基金会告诉人们大熊猫处于危险之中，并努力筹集资金来拯救它们。根据“it tries to raise money to save them.”和常识可知，大熊猫现在处于危险之中，in danger“处于危险之中”，介词短语。故填(d)anger。 5．句意：大熊猫主要生活在中国的野外。根据“in the wild.”可知，此处是指生活在野外。故填(w)ild。 6．句意：20世纪80年代初，野外只剩下大约1000只大熊猫。根据“In the early 1980s, there were only about 1,000 l...in the wild.”和首字母提示可知，野外只剩下大约1000只大熊猫。leave“剩下”；此处需用过去分词作后置定语。故填(l)eft。 7．句意：大熊猫濒临灭绝的主要原因是它们的栖息地变得越来越小。根据“The m...reason”和首字母提示可知，是指大熊猫濒临灭绝的主要原因；main“主要的”，作定语修饰其后名词。故填(m)ain。 8．句意：一些保护区需要通过在它们之间种植竹子来连接在一起，形成“走廊”。根据“bamboo”和首字母提示可知，此处是指种植竹子。planting“种植”；介词by后跟动名词形式。故填(p)lanting。 9．句意：这些走廊让大熊猫可以从一个栖息地移动到另一个栖息地寻找食物。根据“m...from one habitat (栖息地) to another to look for food.”和首字母提示可知，走廊的作用是方便大熊猫移动。move“移动”；；let sb do sth“让某人做某事”。故填(m)ove。 10．句意：人们正在努力工作，以确保大熊猫不会灭绝。根据“very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out (灭绝).”和首字母提示可知，此处是短语work hard，表示“努力工作”；空处需用现在分词working，与空前are构成现在进行时。故填(w)orking。 （24-25八年级上·全国·课后作业）首字母填空。 Most wild animals live as a family if they have babies. If baby tigers do not watch their mothers, they cannot learn h 1 to chase other animals. Giant pandas often l 2 their babies for two days on their o 3 . If farmers find babies alone, they will take them away. Many wild animals are in d 4 . There are only about one thousand giant pandas l 5 in the world. There are very f 6 tigers and wolves. The n 7 of animals is becoming smaller and smaller because farmers grow vegetables and plants on the land they live on. Wild animals will have no food and nowhere to live if people k 8 cutting down trees in the forests. S 9 , hunters kill giant pandas and tigers for their fur. People should stop b 10 furs. Wild animals will not survive if we do not protect them. 【答案】 1．(h)ow 2．(l)eave 3．(o)wn 4．(d)anger 5．(l)eft 6．(f)ew 7．(n)umber 8．(k)eep 9．(S)adly 10．(b)uying 【导语】本文主要介绍了现在很多动物都处于在危险中，我们应该要保护这些动物。 1．句意：如果小老虎不观察它们的母亲，它们无法学习如何追逐其它动物。根据“they cannot learn … to chase other animals.”及首字母提示可知，这里指的是不能学习如何追赶其它动物。how“如何，怎么”。故填(h)ow。 2．句意：大熊猫经常离开它们自己的孩子两天。根据“If farmers find babies alone…”及首字母提示可知，这里指的是大熊猫离开它们的孩子。leave“离开”，原句是一般现在时，主语是复数，谓语动词用原形。故填(l)eave。 3．句意：大熊猫经常离开它们自己的孩子两天。根据“If farmers find babies alone…”及首字母提示可知，这里指的是大熊猫离开它们的孩子，它们的孩子会自己待两天。on one’s own“独立地”。故填(o)wn。 4．句意：许多野生动物都处于在危险中。根据“There are only about one thousand giant pandas…”及首字母提示可知，熊猫的数量只剩下大约一千只，数量在变少，所以它们处在危险中。in danger“处在危险中”。故填(d)anger。 5．句意：在世界上只剩下大约一千只熊猫。根据“Many wild animals are in…”及首字母提示可知，许多动物处在危险中，熊猫只剩下大约一千只。left“剩下”。故填(l)eft。 6．句意：老虎和狼也几乎没有了。根据“The … of animals is becoming smaller and smaller”及首字母提示可知，动物变得越来越少，老虎和狼也几乎没有了。few“几乎没有”。故填(f)ew。 7．句意：动物的数量变得越来越少，因为农民在它们生活的土地上种植蔬菜和植物。根据“The … of animals is becoming smaller and smaller”及首字母提示可知，动物的数量变得越来越少。number“数量”。故填(n)umber。 8．句意：如果人们继续在森林里砍伐树木，那么野生动物将没有食物吃，没有地方安身。根据“Wild animals will have no food and nowhere to live if people … cutting down trees in the forests.”及首字母提示可知，这里指的是人们继续砍树，野生动物将没有食物和安身的地方。keep doing“继续做某事”，并且这是if引导的条件状语从句，从句应该用一般现在时，主语是复数，谓语动词用原形。故填(k)eep。 9．句意：难过的是，猎人捕杀熊猫和老虎是为了它们的毛皮。根据“hunters kill giant pandas and tigers for their fur.”及首字母提示可知，这是令人难过的事。sadly“难过地”。故填(S)adly。 10．句意：人们应该停止买皮毛。根据“People should stop … furs.”及首字母提示可知，人们要保护野生动物，停止买动物的皮毛。buy“买”，stop doing表示“停止做某事”。故填(b)uying。 （23-24八年级上·天津宁河·期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限填一词。 There’re different k 1 of animals in the zoo. We see the zoo keepers give them food to e 2 . They don’t have to find food by themselves. They just eat, walk and sleep a 3 day. So many of us may think that the animals there are h 4 and lucky. But most of them are sad. Why? Because they aren’t f 5 ! Animals l 6 elephants, monkeys and tigers usually live freely and happily in forests or mountains. Tigers, for e 7 , run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in small rooms in the zoo. Their life in the zoo is quite d 8 from their life in the forests. Now many of us think more animals should go b 9 to forests and mountains so that the earth will b 10 better. 【答案】 1．(k)inds 2．(e)at 3．(a)ll 4．(h)appy 5．(f)ree 6．(l)ike 7．(e)xample 8．(d)ifferent 9．(b)ack 10．(b)ecome/(b)e 【导语】本文讨论了动物园里的动物虽然看起来幸福，但实际上它们失去了自由，应该回到自然环境中生活。 1．句意：动物园里有不同种类的动物。根据“elephants, monkeys and tigers”可知，此处是指有不同种类的动物，kind表示“种类”；different后跟名词复数。故填(k)inds。 2．句意：我们看到饲养员给它们喂食。根据“We see the zoo keepers give them food to”和首字母可知，给食物是喂给动物吃。eat“吃”；空前有不定式符号，其后跟动词原形。故填(e)at。 3．句意：它们整天只吃、走和睡。根据“They just eat, walk and sleep a...day.”和首字母可知，此处是指一整天。all day“一整天”。故填(a)ll。 4．句意：所以我们很多人可能认为那里的动物是快乐和幸运的。根据“and lucky.”和“But most of them are sad.”可知，空处是褒义词，happy表示“快乐的”，符合题意，故填(h)appy。 5．句意：因为它们不自由。根据常识和首字母可知，动物们都在动物园，很不自由。free表示“自由的”，作表语。故填(f)ree。 6．句意：像大象、猴子和老虎这样的动物通常在森林或山里自由快乐地生活。根据“elephants, monkeys and tigers”和首字母可知，此处表示列举，like表示“像”，故填(l)ike。 7．句意：例如，老虎跑、跳、和它们的孩子玩耍并捕捉小动物作为食物。根据“for”和首字母可知，此处是短语for example，表示“例如”。故填(e)xample。 8．句意：它们在动物园的生活与在森林里的生活完全不同。根据“Their life in the zoo is quite d...from their life in the forests.”和首字母可知，此处是指在动物园的生活与在森林里的生活完全不同。be different from“与……不同”，故填(d)ifferent。 9．句意：现在我们很多人认为更多的动物应该回到森林和山里。根据“Now many of us think more animals should go b...to forests”和首字母可知，此处是短语go back to，表示“回到”。故填(b)ack。 10．句意：这样地球会变得更好。根据“so that the earth will b...better.”和首字母可知，此处表示变得更好。become/be表示“变得”；will后跟动词原形，故填(b)ecome/(b)e。 （23-24八年级上·江苏镇江·期末）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空一词。 What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the b 1 . There would be no bugs or flies in your room. But in fact, this could cause really serious p 2 . The bad news is that the number of insects keeps d 3 these years. Scientists say it’s m 4 because of the use of pesticides (农药). They destroy the places that insects live in. What would happen if all insects died out? It’s almost impossible to predict (预测), but the r 5 would be terrible. We need insects to pollinate (授粉) crops. They also break down dead plants and animals and turn them into new u 6 things. We need them to keep the soil (土壤) healthy. W 7 insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and d 8 . The first thing we need to do is to let more people understand the i 9 of the natural world, both for what it does for us and for i 10 . The best place to start is with our children. We should teach them environmental awareness (环保意识) at an early age. 【答案】 1．(b)eginning 2．(p)roblems 3．(d)ropping 4．(m)ainly 5．(r)esults 6．(u)seful 7．(W)ithout 8．(d)ie 9．(i)mportance 10．(i)tself 【导语】本文介绍了这些年来昆虫的数量一直在下降以及强调昆虫的重要性。 1．句意：一开始可能听起来不错。in the beginning“一开始”，固定短语。故填(b)eginning。 2．句意：但事实上，这可能会导致非常严重的问题。由“this could cause really serious”和首字母可知，此处指导致严重的问题，problem“问题”，此处应用名词复数表示泛指。故填(p)roblems。 3．句意：坏消息是这些年来昆虫的数量一直在下降。由“They destroy the places that insects live in”及首字母可知，应该是昆虫数量在下降，drop“下降”，keep doing sth.“一直做某事”，为固定短语。故填(d)ropping。 4．句意：科学家说这主要是因为杀虫剂的使用。由“because of the use of pesticides”及首字母可知，此处指主要的原因是什么，main“主要的”，此处应用副词修饰这个句子。故填mainly。 5．句意：这几乎是无法预测的，但结果将是可怕的。由“What would happen if all insects died out”及首字母可知，此处指昆虫死了后产生的结果，result“结果”，产生的结果不止一个，应用复数形式。故填(r)esults。 6．句意：它们还分解死去的植物和动物，把它们变成新的有用的东西。由“They also break down dead plants and animals and turn them into new…things”及首字母可知，此处指变成有用的担心，useful“有用的”，此处修饰名词things。故填(u)seful。 7．句意：没有昆虫，许多动物就没有东西吃了。由“…insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and…”可知，许多动物就没有东西吃是因为没有昆虫，without“没有”，位于句首单词首字母要大写。故填(W)ithout。 8．句意：它们会挨饿而死。由“They would go hungry and…”及首字母可知，此处指动物会饿死，die“死”，and连接的动词形式前后需一致，故用动词原形。故填(d)ie。 9．句意：我们需要做的第一件事是让更多的人了解自然世界的重要性，既了解它为我们做了什么，也了解它本身。由“The first thing we need to do is to let more people understand the…of the natural world”及首字母可知，此处指了解自然世界的重要性，此处是“the+名词+of”的结构，应用名词importance。故填(i)mportance。 10．句意：我们需要做的第一件事是让更多的人了解自然世界的重要性，既了解它为我们做了什么，也了解它本身。由“both for what it does for us and for”及首字母可知，此处是指自然世界本身，应用反身代词itself。故填(i)tself。 （23-24八年级上·江苏南京·期末）首字母填空。 A group of Przewalski’s horses are being introduced (引进) to the Iberian Highlands in Spain (西班牙). People hope that the animals will help p 1 wildfires. The Iberian Highlands is a mountainous area w 2 lots of juniper, oak and pine trees growing there. Wildfires are often a problem in the area, caused by rising t 3 that the dry out plants and trees cause. Then the dry plants and trees catch fire very e 4 . The horses’ job is to eat the dry leaves and undergrowth and keep the g 5 clear, which will slowdown the spread of wildfires. The przewalski’s are from a nature reserve in France. There are seven females and three males now, and the plan is to introduce m 6 of them over time. Przewalski’s, known as “the last truly wild horse”, are an ancient and endangered breed. Cave paintings in Spain s 7 that horses look like Przewalski’s. Like what we see in the paintings, they have shorter l 8 than most horses and tufty manes. In the 1960s the horses died out in the w 9 but they have since been reintroduced to parts of China, France, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Around the world, many other c 10 are using the similar ways to deal with wildfires. In Chile (智利) and South America, goats (山羊) have been grazing the forests of Bosques de Chacay since 2017, and in the Greater Coa Valley, Portugal (葡萄牙), traditional breeds of cattle and horses have been reintroduced. 【答案】 1．(p)revent 2．(w)ith 3．(t)emperature 4．(e)asily 5．(g)round 6．(m)ore 7．(s)how 8．(l)egs 9．(w)ild 10．(c)ountries 【导语】本文讲述不同的国家引进不同种类的动物来阻止野火。 1．句意：人们希望这些动物能帮阻止野火。根据“help...wildfires”和首字母提示可知，指的是帮助阻止野火，help do sth.“帮忙做某事”，prevent “阻止”，符合语境。故填(p)revent。 2．句意：伊比利亚高地是一个多山的地区，那里生有大量的杜松、橡树和松树。根据“a mountainous area...lots of juniper, ”可知，指的是有大量的杜松，with“具有”，表伴随的介词。故填(w)ith。 3．句意：野火经常是该地区的一个问题，是由植物和树木干燥导致的温度上升引起的。根据“Wildfires are often a problem...caused by rising...that dry out the plants and trees”和首字母提示可知，野火问题是由温度上升导致的，temperature “温度”，符合语境。故填(t)emperature。 4．句意：所以，干燥的植物和树木很容易着火。根据“Then the dry plants and trees catch fire very...”和首字母提示可知，指的是容易着火，easily “容易地”，副词修饰动词。故填(e)asily。 5．句意：马的工作是吃干树叶和灌木丛，保持地面清洁，这将减缓野火的蔓延。根据“keep the... clear”和首字母提示可知，指的是保持地面清洁，ground “地面”，符合语境。故填(g)round。 6．句意：现在有7只雌性和3只雄性，计划随着时间的推移引入更多的野马。根据“There are seven females...to introduce...of them”和首字母提示可知，指的是算上原来的7只雌马和3只雄马，将引入更多的野马。more “更多”，符合语境。故填(m)ore。 7．句意：西班牙的洞穴壁画显示，马看起来像普氏野马。根据“Cave paintings...that...”和首字母提示可知，指的是壁画显示，show“显示”，主语是paintings，时态是一般现在时，故谓语动词用原形。故填(s)how。 8．句意：就像我们在画中看到的一样，它们的腿比大多数马都短，鬃毛浓密。根据“they have shorter ...than most horses”和首字母提示可知，指的是它们有较短的腿。根据语境，主语是they，因此leg应该用复数。故填(l)egs。 9．句意：20世纪60年代，这种马在野外灭绝，但后来它们被重新引入中国、法国、哈萨克斯坦和蒙古的部分地区。根据“the horses died out in the...but they have since been reintroduced to parts of China”和首字母提示可知，因为能引进到中国，所以强调的是 “在野外灭绝”，in the wild “在野外”。故填(w)ild。 10．句意：在世界各地，许多其他国家也在使用类似的方法来应对野火。根据下文“In Chile (智利) and South America”和“Portugal (葡萄牙)”可知，指的是不同的国家，country “国家”，由“many”可知，填可数名词复数形式。故填(c)ountries。 （23-24八年级上·山东东营·期末）阅读短文, 根据内容及首字母提示, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词。 Wild animals are important to us. They live together with us on the earth. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, e 1 . So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a healthy life. But some people still don’t r 2 the importance of protecting them. They kill animals for food and o 3 things. Every day there are many animals being killed. So lots of wild animals have died out. We can’t see them any m 4 . Today the number of wild animals is becoming less and less. If people don’t protect them, they will all die out. If this g 5 on, there will be no animals left on the earth. L 6 , many people have begun to save wild animals. They ask others to stop killing them. They teach others about the i 7 of protecting wild animals. Now many countries have made some laws（法律）to protect wild animals and to stop people f 8 killing them. Protecting wild animals is the d 9 of each of us. We should do our best to protect them, because protecting them is protecting o 10 too. 【答案】 1．(e)ither 2．(r)ealize 3．(o)ther 4．(m)ore 5．(g)oes 6．(L)uckily 7．(i)mportance 8．(f)rom 9．(d)uty 10．(o)urselves 【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了保护野生动物的重要性。 1．句意：如果地球上没有动物，我们也将无法生存。根据首字母和句意可知，否定句的“也”在句尾，用逗号隔开，either“也”，用于否定句中。故填(e)ither。 2．句意：但是有些人仍然没有意识到保护它们的重要性。此处缺少谓语动词，realize“意识到”，此处表示没有意识到。故填(r)ealize。 3．句意：他们为了食物和其他东西而杀死动物。此处修饰名词things，是可数名词复数，other表示“其他的”，修饰可数名词复数。故填(o)ther。 4．句意：我们再也看不到他们了。not...any more表示“不再”。故填(m)ore。 5．句意：如果这样下去，地球上就不会有动物了。此处缺少谓语动词，是一般现在时，go on“继续”，此处主语是this，此处用第三人称单数。故填(g)oes。 6．句意：幸运的是，许多人已经开始拯救野生动物。此处位于句首，是副词，Luckily“幸运地”，表示人们拯救野生动物是幸运的事情。故填(L)uckily。 7．句意：他们教别人保护野生动物的重要性。此处缺少名词，the importance of“重要性”。故填(i)mportance。 8．句意：现在许多国家已经制定了一些法律来保护野生动物，并阻止人们杀死它们。stop sb. from doing sth“阻止某人做某事”。故填(f)rom。 9．句意：保护野生动物是我们每个人的责任。此处缺少动词，duty“责任”，此处表示“我们每个人的责任”。故填(d)uty。 10．句意：我们应该尽最大努力保护它们，因为保护它们也是在保护我们自己。此处表示“保护我们自己”，ourselves“我们自己”。故填(o)urselves。 （23-24八年级上·天津宁河·期末）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。 There are many animals in danger such as pandas, elephants, and South China tigers. The South China tiger is the smallest tiger in Asia. It is also one o 1 the endangered (濒临灭绝的) tigers in the world. Scientists think that there might be a f 2 South China tigers living in the wild, but they are still not s 3 about it. The South China tiger i 4 special in its face, but it shares the same height with c 5 tigers. In the past, South China tigers l 6 in the forest. But today more than half of them are living in the z 7 . If there are not safe places for t 8 , they will die out soon. Baby South China tigers need mothers’ milk in the first two months. The mother teaches her babies h 9 to hunt (狩猎). Scientists hope that people should also do something to protect the rare animals. If people all take action together, these animals will have a b 10 place to live in. We’ll also live in a better world. 【答案】 1．(o)f 2．(f)ew 3．(s)ure 4．(i)s 5．(c)ommon 6．(l)ived 7．(z)oo 8．(t)hem 9．(h)ow 10．(b)etter 【导语】本文主要介绍熊猫、大象、华南虎等许多动物都处于危险之中。重点介绍华南虎。最后呼吁大家行动起来保护它们。 1．句意：它是世界上濒临灭绝的老虎之一。“one of+名词复数”表示“……中的一个”。故填(o)f。 2．句意：科学家认为野外可能存在一些华南虎，但目前还不确定。根据语境及首字母可知，应是科学家认为野外有一些华南虎，所以是a few“一些”，修饰可数名词复数。故填(f)ew。 3．句意：科学家认为野外可能存在一些华南虎，但目前还不确定。but表示转折，be not sure about“对……不确信”。故填(s)ure。 4．句意：华南虎的脸型比较特殊，但身高与普通虎相同。分析句子可知，横线上缺的是谓语动词，由于横线后是形容词，所以横线上是be动词，由于主语是单数，所以是is。故填(i)s。 5．句意：华南虎的脸型比较特殊，但身高与普通虎相同。根据前文说“special”，所以后面转折应是普通的虎，结合首字母c，所以是common“普通的”，形容词作定语修饰名词tigers。故填(c)ommon。 6．句意：过去，华南虎生活在森林里。根据后文“But today more than half of them are living in the ..”可知，说的是虎过去住在森林，由于描述过去，所以是一般过去时态。故填(l)ived。 7．句意：但如今他们中超过一半的动物生活在动物园。空处和前文的“forest”对应，结合首字母提示，所以现在是住在动物园。故填(z)oo。 8．句意：如果没有安全的地方给它们，它们很快就会灭绝。根据“they will die out soon”可知，如果没有安全地方，它们将灭绝，由于介词for后应是宾格，所以是them“它们”。故填(t)hem。 9．句意：妈妈教她的宝宝如何捕猎。根据“The mother teaches her babies h... to hunt”及首字母可知，是教宝宝如何捕猎。故填(h)ow。 10．句意：如果人们都采取行动，这些动物就会有更好的地方居住。根据“If people all take action together”“We’ll also live in a better world.”及首字母可知，人们一起行动起来的话，它们将会有更好的地方住，better“更好的”。故填(b)etter。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$