专题-J713 Unit 1 Animal Friends 语法填空【题型易-考试题型精练】七年级下册英语单元话题中心题型梯度训练 月考突破 题型特训（人教版2024）

专题-J713语法填空 初中英语七年级下册 题型特训 Unit 1 Animal Friends 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 - 5 二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 -10 三、 高阶提升 Passage 11-15 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 Hello, everyone. I 1 (be) Han Lin. Look, my uncle has 2 farm. It 3 (be) very big. The grass 4 (be) so green. You can see many kinds of 5 (animal). Look! What 6 (be) these? They are pigs, horses, cows, ducks, 7 (sheep), and chickens. How many ducks does my uncle have? Let me count. One, two, three, four, five,...fourteen ducks! Oh, no. Look there! Another duck 8 (be) behind the big tree. Oh, what else? A dog and cat 9 (be) having fun. Do you see that house? That 10 (be) my uncle’s home. How beautiful! Do you like my uncle’s home? 【答案】 1. am 2. a 3. is 4. is 5. animals 6. are 7. sheep 8. is 9. are 10. is 【导语】本文主要介绍了韩林叔叔的农场，包括农场里的动植物及其美丽的环境。 1. 句意：我是韩林。主语是I，时态是一般现在时，be动词用am。故填am。 2. 句意：看，我叔叔有个农场。此处指“一个农场”，且farm首字母发辅音音素，所以用不定冠词a修饰，故填a。 3. 句意：它非常大。主语是It，时态是一般现在时，所以be动词用is。故填is。 4. 句意：草是如此的绿。主语是不可数名词grass，时态是一般现在时，所以be动词用is。故填is。 5. 句意：你可以看到很多种动物。animal“动物”，被many kinds of修饰，所以用名词复数形式，故填animals。 6. 句意：这些是什么？本句主语是these，be动词用are。故填are。 7. 句意：它们是猪、马、牛、鸭、羊和鸡。根据“pigs, horses, cows, ducks...”可知，此处用sheep的复数形式。故填sheep。 8. 句意：另一只鸭子在大树后面。本句主语是Another duck，be动词用is。故填is。 9. 句意：一只狗和一只猫在玩。主语是A dog and cat，表复数，be动词用are。故填are。 10. 句意：那是我叔叔的家。主语是That，be动词用is。故填is。 Passage 2 Little Mary’s grandparents have a farm. On the farm there 1 (be) many kinds of animals, such as cows, dogs and cats. She often plays with them 2 her free time because they can 3 (make) her happy. On the farm there is also a little elephant. 4 elephant has no mother. Mary likes 5 (talk) with it and the elephant is 6 (friend) to her. When it sees Mary on the farm, it runs up 7 (happy) to her. Sometimes it follows her into the wood. There Mary sits on the ground 8 reads a book.The little elephant stands by Mary. Her grandfather often asks her, “ 9 does the elephant like you so much?” “Oh, because I love it. Grandpa.” Mary answers. Animals are our friends. We should love 10 . 【答案】 1. are 2. in 3. make 4. The 5. talking 6. friendly 7. happily 8. and 9. Why 10. them 【分析】本文主要介绍了玛丽的爷爷奶奶有一个农场，农场里有许多动物，玛丽和它们相处得非常友好。 1. 句意：农场里有很多种动物，如牛、狗和猫。由上文中的动词have可知，本句为一般现在时，主语many kinds of animals为复数，故此处应用be动词are。故填are。 2. 句意：她经常在空闲时间和它们一起玩，因为它们能使她快乐。分析句意及句子结构可知，此处缺少介词in，in one’s free time在某人的空闲时间里。故填in。 3. 句意：她经常在空闲时间和它们一起玩，因为它们能使她快乐。句中can 为情态动词，其后应接动词的原形。故填make。 4. 句意：小象没有妈妈。此处应用定冠词the，特指上文提到的“a little elephant”。故填The。 5. 句意：玛丽喜欢和它说话，大象对她很友好。like doing sth喜欢做某事，故此处应用所给动词的动名词形式。故填talking。 6. 句意：玛丽喜欢和它说话，大象对她很友好。此处应用所给单词的形容词形式friendly“友好的”，be friendly to sb对某人友好。故填friendly。 7. 句意：当它看到玛丽在农场时，它高兴地跑向她。此处应用所给单词的副词形式happily“开心地”，修饰动词run。故填happily。 8. 句意：玛丽坐在地上读着书。上文“玛丽坐在地上”和下文“读书”之间是并列关系，应用and连接。故填and。 9. 句意：大象为什么那么喜欢你？由下文“Oh, because I love it”可知，此处是爷爷问玛丽为什么大象这么喜欢玛丽，对原因提问应用why。故填Why。 10. 句意：我们应该爱它们。由上文“Animals are our friends”可知，本句动词love后应用人称代词宾格them代指上文提到的“Animals”。故填them。 Passage 3 Animals are 1 （we）good friends. We need animals in our daily life. Do you like 2 （they）? Why not come to Hangzhou Zoo? There 3 （be）many kinds of animals, such as elephants, lions, pandas, monkeys and so on. Of all the animals, monkeys are my favorite because they are 4 （fun）. I don’t like lions 5 they are dangerous. But my friend Tom disagrees with me. He 6 （like）lions best because they are kings of the forest. Last Sunday I 7 （go）to the zoo. I saw the heaviest animals on land — elephants. I also 8 （enjoy）a monkey show. The monkeys could ride bikes. 9 cute they are! I wanted to give them bananas to eat. But the zoo keeper told us not to feed animals in the zoo. It is one of the 10 （rule）for tourists（游客）to obey（遵守）. 【答案】 1. our 2. them 3. are 4. funny 5. because 6. likes 7. went 8. enjoyed 9. How 10. rules 【分析】文章介绍了杭州动物园以及喜欢的动物，接着描述上周日去动物园的事情。 1. 句意：动物是我们的好朋友。空处修饰其后的名词good friends，应用形容词性物主代词，故填our。 2. 句意：你喜欢他们吗？动词like后作宾语，应该用they的宾格形式them，故填them。 3. 句意：有很多种动物，如大象、狮子、熊猫、猴子等等。句子主语是many kinds of animals，be动词应用复数形式，描述事实应用一般现在时，故填are。 4. 句意：在所有的动物中，猴子是我最喜欢的，因为它们很有趣。空处作表语，应用形容词形式，故填funny。 5. 句意：我不喜欢狮子，因为它们很危险。空格前后句是因果关系，属于“前果后因”结构，应用because引导，故填because。 6. 句意：他最喜欢狮子，因为它们是森林之王。句子是一般现在时，主语为第三人称单数，谓语动词应该用三单形式，故填likes。 7. 句意：上星期天我去了动物园。结合“Last Sunday”可知，描述过去的事情，动词用过去式，故填went。 8. 句意：我也欣赏了猴子表演。描述过去的事情，动词用过去式，故填enjoyed。 9. 句意：他们多可爱啊！根据标点符号可知是感叹句，这里是修饰形容词cute，则用how，句首首字母大写。故填How。 10. 句意：这是游客必须遵守的规则之一。one of+可数名词复数，故填rules。 Passage 4 There is a river. He is 1 (friend) and he never likes to play with others. A little girl with a goldfish bowl comes to this river. In the bowl lives Mary, her favorite little fish. The girl is going 2 (move) away and she can’t take Mary with her. So two days ago, she 3 (plan) to let Mary free. When Mary falls into the river, she tries talking to the river, 4 the river tell Mary to go away. Mary is a very happy fish, and she isn’t going to give up (放弃) 5 (easy). She 6 (say) to herself, “I 7 (make) the river happy one day.” She asks and starts jumping 8 and out of the water. The river comes to feel Mary’s 9 (happy) little by little. By the end of that day, Mary and the river becomes good 10 (friend) and the river feel happy again. 【答案】 1. unfriendly 2. to move 3. planned 4. but 5. easily 6. says 7. will make 8. in 9. happiness 10. friends 【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了不愿和别人玩的河流，在一条叫做Mary的鱼的一再努力下，她的快乐感化了孤独的河流。 1. 句意：有一条河流，他不友好，不愿和别人玩。根据空后的“he never likes to play with others”可知，应该是他不友好，用friend的形容词unfriendly“不友好的”，故填unfriendly。 2. 句意：这个女孩要搬走了。一般将来时构成：主语+be going to+动词原形，move away“搬走”，故填to move。 3. 句意：她计划让Mary自由。根据“two days ago”可知，时态是一般过去时，用plan“计划”的过去式planned，故填planned。 4. 句意：但是河流让Mary走开。根据“she tries talking to the river”和“the river tell Mary to go away”可知，前后是转折关系，用连词but“但是”，故填but。 5. 句意：她没有轻易放弃。根据空前的“give up”可知，应该填的是easy的副词easily“容易地”修饰动词短语，故填easily。 6. 句意：她对自己说。时态是一般现在时，主语“she”是第三人称单数，所以用动词say“说”的第三人称单数says，故填says。 7. 句意：总有一天我会让这条河快乐的。根据空后的“one day”可知，时态是一般将来时，构成：主语+will+动词原形，make“让”，故填will make。 8. 句意：她跳进水里，又跳出来。根据后文的“and out of the water”可知，应该是跳进水里，in“在……里”，故填in。 9. 句意：这条河逐渐感到了Mary的快乐。根据空前的“Mary’s”可知，应该填的是happy的名词happiness“快乐”，故填happiness。 10. 句意：Mary和这条河成为了好朋友。根据空前的“Mary and the river becomes good”可知，Mary和这条河成为了好朋友，用friend的复数friends“朋友”，故填friends。 Passage 5 Matt is a primary school student. He loves little animals very much. One day, when he was on his way to school, he saw a homeless cat sitting in a box. It was a black-and-white cat 1 bright eyes. “ 2 lovely it is!” Matt said to himself. He couldn’t help spending some time 3 (play) with it. The little cat followed him as he left for school. Matt then decided to take 4 cat to school with him. He put the cat in his schoolbag and went to school 5 (happy). After Matt went into the classroom, he told some 6 (classmate) about the cat. As he opened the schoolbag, the cat suddenly jumped out and started running around the classroom. Everyone in class was very 7 (excite). Just at that time, the teacher came in and 8 (catch) the cat quickly. Matt was embarrassed (尴尬的) and his face turned red. To Matt’s surprise, the teacher said to 9 (he) with a smile, “Matt, it’s good to help homeless animals, 10 don’t bring them to school.” 【答案】 1. with 2. How 3. playing 4. the 5. happily 6. classmates 7. excited 8. caught 9. him 10. but 【导语】本文介绍了马特很喜欢小动物，一次在上学路上看到无家可归的小猫，并把这只小猫带到了学校的故事。 1. 句意：那是一只黑白相间的猫，眼睛明亮。根据“bright eyes”可知是有着明亮眼睛的小猫，介词with“有着”符合语境，故填with。 2. 句意：多可爱啊！根据“lovely it is”以及标点可知该句是how引导的感叹句，句首需大写。故填How。 3. 句意：他忍不住花了一些时间和它玩。play“玩”，根据“spending some time”可知是spend time doing“花时间做某事”，playing符合题意。故填playing。 4. 句意：于是，马特决定带猫去学校。根据“cat to school with him”可知这里指的上文提到过的猫，用定冠词特指。故填the。 5. 句意：他把猫放在书包里，高高兴兴地去上学了。修饰“went to school”用所给词的副词形式happily“高兴地”。故填happily。 6. 句意：马特走进教室后，他把猫的事告诉了一些同学。根据“some”可知，后接可数名词classmate“同学”的复数形式。故填classmates。 7. 句意：班上的每个人都很兴奋。主语是“Everyone”指的是班里的同学，因此是感到兴奋，excite为动词，改为形容词excited“感到兴奋的”符合题意。故填excited。 8. 句意：就在那时，老师进来了，很快抓住了猫。根据“the teacher came in and”可知and后也填动词的过去式，catch“抓住”，过去式为caught。故填caught。 9. 句意：令马特惊讶的是，老师笑着对他说：“马特，帮助无家可归的动物是好事，但不要把它们带到学校来。”根据“to”可知后接人称代词的宾格形式，所给词是“he”，宾格形式为“him”。故填him。 10. 句意：令马特惊讶的是，老师笑着对他说：“马特，帮助无家可归的动物是好事，但不要把它们带到学校来。”根据“it’s good to help homeless animals”以及“don’t bring them to school”可知前后句存在转折关系，用转折连词but。故填but。 二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 Hello! My name is Leo. Today is June 19th and it is my 1 (five) birthday. You may think I am just a little dog of five years old. 2 for dogs, I am middle-aged. Now my owner (主人) Bella and I 3 (be) busy doing some things for my birthday party at home. Bella 4 (love) me very much. She buys many things for my party. And she also asks all of my friends 5 (come) to my party. She says we can play 6 (interest) games and eat nice food at the party. I’m sure we will have 7 (lot) of fun there. Look at me! A red and white hat is on my head. Bella bought this for me 8 Children’s Day. I’m pretty in it, right? Bella’s birthday is in June, too. So we will have two 9 (party) this month. I’m really happy. Well, 10 is your birthday? Will you have a birthday party, too? 【答案】 1. fifth 2. But 3. are 4. loves 5. to come 6. interesting 7. lots 8. on 9. parties 10. when 【导语】文章主要讲述了一只狗五岁生日派对的相关情况，包括主人的准备、派对上的活动等。 1. 句意：今天是6月19日，是我五岁的生日。根据“Today is June 19th and it is my... birthday.”可知，此处表示第五个生日，应用序数词，fifth“第五”。故填fifth。 2. 句意：你可能会认为我只是一只五岁的小狗。但是对于狗来说，我已经是中年了。根据“You may think I am just a little dog of five years old... for dogs, I am middle-aged.”可知，前后句转折关系，因此用连词but，句首首字母大写。故填But。 3. 句意：现在，我的主人Bella和我在家正忙着为我的生日派对做一些事情。根据“Now my owner Bella and I... busy doing some things for my birthday party at home.”可知，主语是my owner Bella and I，为复数，因此be动词用are。故填are。 4. 句意：Bella非常爱我。根据“Bella... me very much.”可知，主语Bella是第三人称单数，因此动词love要用第三人称单数形式loves。故填loves。 5. 句意：她还邀请了我所有的朋友来参加我的派对。根据“And she also asks all of my friends... to my party.”可知，ask sb. to do sth.“要求某人做某事”，应用不定式。故填to come。 6. 句意：她说我们可以在派对上玩有趣的游戏，吃美味的食物。根据“She says we can play... games and eat nice food at the party.”可知，修饰名词应用形容词。interesting“有趣的”。故填interesting。 7. 句意：我确信我们在那里会玩得很开心。根据“I’m sure we will have... of fun there.”可知，lots of “许多”，固定搭配。故填lots。 8. 句意：Bella在儿童节那天给我买了这个。根据“Bella bought this for me... Children’s Day.”可知，表示在具体某一天，应用on。故填on。 9. 句意：所以这个月我们将有两个派对。根据“So we will have two...this month.”可知，party “派对”，数词two修饰应用复数形式parties。故填parties。 10. 句意：嗯，你的生日是什么时候？根据“... is your birthday?”可知，询问时间，应用when“什么时候”。故填when。 Passage 7 John and Anna are brother and sister. They go to visit 1 (they) uncle’s farm this Sunday. They have good fun there. There are many kinds of 2 (animal) on the farm. They see rabbits, 3 (sheep), chickens, pigs, and cows there. Look 4 the other side of the farm, there are also flowers, fruit trees and vegetable plants on the farm. John and Anna 5 (be) happy to see those animals and plants. In 6 morning, John needs 7 (go) to feed the rabbits with carrots. The white rabbits are very cute. John loves the rabbits very much and he takes care of 8 (they) carefully. Anna goes to pick some fruit and vegetables for lunch. After lunch, John and Anna go to watch the little pigs. 9 many pigs are there? John 10 (count) first. One, two, ... five pigs. Then Anna finds another pig behind the tree. They look very happy. John and Anna play with the pigs. 【答案】 1. their 2. animals 3. sheep 4. at 5. are 6. the 7. to go 8. them 9. How 10. counts 【导语】本文主要介绍了约翰和安娜的叔叔的农场，介绍了农场上的动物和他们在农场上做的事情。 1. 句意：这个星期天他们去参观叔叔的农场。 空后是名词，此处用形容词性物主代词their。故填their。 2. 句意：农场里有很多种动物。many kinds of后加可数名词复数。故填animals。 3. 句意：他们在那里看到兔子、羊、鸡、猪和奶牛。根据“rabbits...”可知此处用名词复数sheep“羊”。故填sheep。 4. 句意：看看农场的另一边，农场里还有花、果树和蔬菜。根据“Look...the other side of the farm”可知是看农场的另一边，look at“看”。故填at。 5. 句意：约翰和安娜很高兴看到那些动植物。句子用一般现在时，主语是John and Anna，be动词用are。故填are。 6. 句意：早上，约翰需要去喂兔子胡萝卜。in the morning“在早上”。故填the。 7. 句意：早上，约翰需要去喂兔子胡萝卜。need to do sth.“需要做某事”。故填to go。 8. 句意：约翰非常喜欢兔子，他细心地照顾它们。 作介词of的宾语，用代词宾格them。故填them。 9. 句意：有多少头猪？ 根据“One, two...”可知此处询问猪的数量，疑问词用how many。故填How。 10. 句意：约翰先数一数。句子用一般现在时，主语是John，谓语动词用单数counts“数数”。故填counts。 Passage 8 Many people keep a kind of animal as 1 pet such as a dog, a cat, a bird and so on. Animals are humans’ friends. They think of the pets as their family 2 (member). In many ways, pets can make people happy. When I take exercise in the park near 3 (I) home, I often see some people walking their dogs. Here is a story about a 4 (love) dog. Two 5 (week) ago, a dog named Taotao protected his owner (主人)—Mr.Gao’s things. The dog was only half a year old. A big mouse 6 (want) to eat the meat on the table. The mouse was as 7 (big) as Taotao. The dog barked and drove the mouse away when he saw it. When Mr.Gao 8 (come) back from work, Taotao shook his tail to him. After seeing that, Mr. Gao was happy 9 see his pet dog. He gave Taotao some meat. This made Taotao happy 10 excited. 【答案】 1. a/their 2. members 3. my 4. lovely 5. weeks 6. wanted 7. big 8. came 9. to 10. and 【导语】本文主要介绍了现在很多人饲养宠物，并讲述了关于一只可爱的狗的故事。 1. 句意：许多人饲养一种动物作为宠物，如狗、猫、鸟等。此处可表示泛指“一只宠物”，pet以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a；也可表示当作“他们的宠物”，修饰名词用形容词性物主代词their。故填a/their。 2. 句意：他们把宠物当作家人。根据“pets”可知此处用名词复数members“成员”。故填members。 3. 句意：当我在家附近的公园锻炼时，我经常看到一些人遛狗。修饰名词home用形容词性物主代词my。故填my。 4. 句意：这是一个关于一只可爱的狗的故事。修饰名词dog用形容词lovely“可爱的”。故填lovely。 5. 句意：两周前，一只名叫陶陶的狗保护了它的主人——高先生的东西。two后加可数名词复数weeks“周”。故填weeks。 6. 句意：一只大老鼠想吃桌上的肉。本文时态为一般过去时，动词用过去式wanted“想要”。故填wanted。 7. 句意：这只老鼠和陶陶一样大。as...as中间加形容词的原级。故填big。 8. 句意：当高先生下班回来时，陶陶摇了摇尾巴。根据“shook”可知句子用一般过去时，动词用过去式came。故填came。 9. 句意：看到这些，高先生很高兴看到他的宠物狗。be happy to do sth.“很高兴做某事”。故填to。 10. 句意：这让陶陶既高兴又兴奋。happy和excited是并列关系，用and连接。故填and。 Passage 9 I’m 1 11­-year-­old boy. It is Saturday today. My parents, my sister and I get up early. We eat breakfast early 2 we want to go to the zoo early. When we get to the zoo, there 3 (be) many people in it. My mother likes pandas well, so we go to see them first. Some 4 (panda) are eating under trees. My mother says, “They are so 5 (love) !” But I think they are lazy. They sleep all day. Next, we see the giraffes. My sister is 6 (real) happy. They are her favorite animals. My sister wants to give some food to them. But my mother 7 (stop) her, “Don’t do that! We can’t give food to these animals. It’s one of the 8 (rule) in the zoo. Then we see many other animals in the zoo. After we come back home from the zoo, our parents tell us, “Animals are our good friends. We should be kind to them. Many animals are 9 danger now. We can do some things to save 10 (they).” It is a great day and I learn a lot. 【答案】 1. an 2. because 3. are 4. pandas 5. lovely 6. really 7. stops 8. rules 9. in 10. them 【导语】本文讲述周六这天作者和家人去动物园参观，并从中得到很多的感受。 1. 句意：我是一个十一岁的男孩。此处泛指“一个十一岁的男孩”，11-year-old以元音音素开头，其前用不定冠词an。故填an。 2. 句意：我们吃早餐很早，因为我们想早点去动物园。句子前果后因，用because表示“因为”，引导原因状语从句。故填because。 3. 句意：当我们到达动物园时，里面有很多人。此句是一般现在时，主语people是复数形式，be动词填are，故填are。 4. 句意：一些熊猫在树下吃东西。some后接可数名词复数。故填pandas。 5. 句意：它们是如此可爱。are后接形容词，lovely“可爱的”符合语境，故填lovely。 6. 句意：我妹妹真地很高兴。此处用副词really修饰形容词happy。故填really。 7. 句意：但我妈妈阻止了她。根据上下文可知用一般现在时，主语my mother为第三人称单数，动词要用第三人称单数形式stops。故填stops。 8. 句意：这是动物园的规定之一。one of后接可数名词复数。故填rules。 9. 句意：许多动物现在处于危险之中。in danger“处于危险之中”，固定短语。故填in。 10. 句意：我们可以做一些事情来拯救它们。动词save后接人称代词宾格them，指代上文中处于危险中的动物。故填them。 Passage 10 There are many interesting festivals around the world. A village (村庄) in Thailand has 91 special festival—the monkey festival. People 1 (one) celebrated it in 1989. Each year, on the last weekend of November, people in this village treat monkeys with a big meal. The meal 2 (last) two days. There are a lot of monkeys in this village. They are always a problem 3 they like to take away food from people. So the villagers prepare a lot of food 4 them before the special weekend. There are many kinds of fruit and 5 (vegetable). In all, people give over 2,000 kilos of food to about 1,000 monkeys in the village. The monkey festival 6 (be) very important for people in this village now. Thousands of visitors from all over the world go there for the festival every year. The local (当地的) people welcome 7 (they) with songs and dances. The visitors can see the monkeys 8 (play) and eating here and there. The monkeys may climb on them anytime and take away the food or things in their hands. It’s very 9 (interest). Don’t you think so? 【答案】 1. a 2. first 3. lasts 4. because 5. for 6. vegetables 7. is 8. them 9. playing 10. interesting 【导语】本文主要介绍了泰国某个村落的一个特殊节日“猴子节”的由来及庆祝方式。 1. 句意：泰国的一个村庄有一个特殊的节日——猴子节。根据“special festival”可知，此处泛指一个节日，且“special”是辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。 2. 句意：人们于1989年首次庆祝这一节日。根据“celebrated it in 1989”可知，此处指的“第一次”庆祝这个节日，备选词的序数词first“第一”符合语境。故填first。 3. 句意：这顿饭持续了两天。该句陈述事实，为一般现在时，主语是“The meal”，所给词填三单形式lasts“持续”。故填lasts。 4. 句意：它们总是一个问题，因为它们喜欢从人们那里拿走食物。根据“they like to take away food from people.”可知，后文解释了原因，because“因为”符合语境。故填because。 5. 句意：所以村民们在这个特殊的周末之前为它们准备了很多食物。根据“prepare a lot of food…them”可知，考查prepare for“为……准备”。故填for。 6. 句意：有很多种水果和蔬菜。根据“many kinds of”可知，此处所给词填复数vegetables“蔬菜”，指的很多种类的蔬菜。故填vegetables。 7. 句意：现在猴子节对这个村子的人来说很重要。根据“very important for people in this village now.”可知，该句陈述事实，为一般现在时，主语是“The monkey festival”，为单数。故填is。 8. 句意：当地人用歌舞欢迎它们。设空处前“welcome”为动词，接人称代词宾格形式them“它们”。故填them。 9. 句意：游客们可以看到猴子在这里和那里玩耍和吃东西。根据“The visitors can see the monkeys”可知，考查see…doing“看到……正做某事”，因此填所给词的动名词形式playing。故填playing。 10. 句意：这很有趣。根据“It’s very”可知，设空处缺形容词，作表语，interesting“有趣的”符合题意。故填interesting。 三、 高阶提升 七年级下册 单元话题 梯度训练 19 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 Passage 11 Are you looking at me? Do you know me? I am a dodo (渡渡鸟)! You may think that I am just a character (角色) in the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 1 fact, there were thousands of us in the past—for real. 2 now you cannot find us in nature. We 3 (live) on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was a lot of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a safe and 4 (peace) life! However, in the late 5 (sixteen) century, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone (消失). They could hunt us very 6 (easy) because we were slow and could not fly. What’s more, 7 (they) pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. Today we are standing in some 8 (museum) around the planet. When you see us, please remember our sad story. 9 world is full of fantastic animals. Please try your best 10 (help) them. Make them as happy as a clam, not as dead as a dodo. 【答案】 1. In 2. But 3. lived 4. peaceful 5. sixteenth/16th 6. easily 7. their 8. museums 9. The 10. to help 【导语】本文以渡渡鸟的口吻介绍了该物种灭绝的原因。 1. 句意：事实上，过去有成千上万的我们——真的。根据“fact”可知，本题考查介词短语in fact“事实上”，句首单词首字母大写。故填In。 2. 句意：但现在你在自然界找不到我们了。根据“there were thousands of us in the past”和“now you cannot find us in nature.”可知，前后句为转折关系，but“但是”符合句意，句首单词首字母大写。故填But。 3. 句意：我们住在印度洋上的一个岛上。根据“In the happy old days, there was a lot of food to eat.”可知，本句时态为一般过去时，动词live“居住”要用过去式。故填lived。 4. 句意：多么安全安宁的生活啊！根据“What a safe and...”可知，此处要用peace“宁静”的形容词形式。故填peaceful。 5. 句意：然而，在16世纪晚期，人类来到了这里。根据“in the late...century,”可知，此处指16世纪晚期，要用序数词形式。故填sixteenth/16th。 6. 句意：他们可以很容易地追捕我们，因为我们行动缓慢，不会飞。此处应用副词easily“容易地”修饰动词hunt。故填easily。 7. 句意：更重要的是，他们的猪，猫和狗吃我们的蛋。此处应用they“他们”的形容词性物主代词修饰pigs, cats and dogs。故填their。 8. 句意：今天我们站在世界各地的一些博物馆里。根据“some”可知，此处要用可数名词museum“博物馆”的复数形式。故填museums。 9. 句意：世界上到处都是神奇的动物。根据“world”可知，此处应用定冠词the表示特指。故填The。 10. 句意：请尽力帮助他们。本题考查try one’s best to do sth“尽力做某事”。故填to help。 Passage 12 I like pandas very much. They are so cute and they like to eat bamboo. They have big bodies, 1 sometimes they can be quick. Most of them live in Sichuan, China. My uncle works in a panda center 2 more than 10 years. I went to Chengdu Panda Base last weekend with him. It 3 (be) 8: 00 in the morning when we got there. The keepers were preparing breakfast for the baby pandas 4 (careful). At around 9: 00, most of the baby pandas were very excited 5 they saw the keepers carrying food. The keepers stay with the baby pandas every day. They look after baby pandas as 6 (they) children. They wash, feed and play with the pandas. Pandas are popular around 7 world. There are not many pandas in the world. Scientists say there are now 2000 pandas 8 (live) in the forests. They are in danger. The Chinese government (政府) is trying hard to 9 (help) save the pandas. I am sure there will 10 (be) a lot more pandas in the future. 【答案】 1. but 2. for 3. was 4. carefully 5. when 6. their 7. the 8. living 9. help 10. be 【导语】本文讲述了作者对大熊猫的喜爱、叔叔在熊猫中心工作的情况、参观成都大熊猫基地的见闻以及大熊猫的濒危现状和政府的保护措施。 1. 句意：它们有很大的身体，但有时它们可以很快。“They have big bodies”和“they can be quick”是转折关系，应用转折连词but“但是”连接。故填but。 2. 句意：我叔叔在熊猫中心工作了10多年。“more than 10 years”表示一段时间，用介词for+一段时间，表示谓语动词“works”持续的时间。故填for。 3. 句意：当我们到达那里时已经是早上8点了。根据“when we got there”可知，此句用一般过去时，主语为I，be动词用was。故填was。 4. 句意：饲养员正在仔细地为熊猫宝宝准备早餐。修饰动词prepare应用副词carefully“仔细地”。故填carefully。 5. 句意：9点左右，大多数熊猫宝宝看到饲养员拿着食物时都很兴奋。根据“most of the baby pandas were very excited...they saw the keepers carrying food.”可知，此处指当熊猫宝宝看到饲养员拿着食物时都很兴奋，应用连词when“当……时”。故填when。 6. 句意：他们把熊猫宝宝当作自己的孩子来照顾。修饰名词“children”应用形容词性物主代词their“他们的”。故填their。 7. 句意：熊猫在世界各地都很受欢迎。around the world“世界各地；全世界”，为固定用法。故填the。 8. 句意：科学家说现在有2000只熊猫生活在森林里。there be sb./sth. doing sth.“有某人/某物正在做某事”。故填living。 9. 句意：中国政府正在努力帮助拯救大熊猫。try hard to do sth.表示“努力做某事”。故填help。 10. 句意：我相信将来会有更多的熊猫。助动词will后接动词原形be。故填be。 Passage 13 What will you do if your friends have a bad day? You may go to them and try to make them feel better. Elephants can also do 1 same thing. Some scientists study 26 elephants between the 2 (age) of 3 and 60 at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. They spend 12 months watching these elephants 3 (careful). They find that elephants can know when 4 (they) friends are not happy. For example, 5 some elephants are not happy, the others in the family group always try to give them 6 (friend) touches. They do it by putting their trunks (象鼻) in each other’s mouths. It 7 (mean) that they’re here to give a helping hand. The scientists also find something else. The elephants have feelings like people. They 8 leave behind their weak family members. If one elephant is ill, the stronger elephants in the family group always take turns 9 (take) care of him/her. The study makes the scientists amazed. They never think that the elephants will care 10 each other so much. Whether (无论) the elephants are young or old, male or female, their friends never leave them alone. Not many animals can do that. 【答案】 1. the 2. ages 3. carefully 4. their 5. when/if 6. friendly 7. means 8. don’t/never 9. to take 10. about/for 【导语】本文主要介绍了大象会互相关心。 1. 句意：大象也可以做同样的事情。the same“相同的……”，固定搭配。故填the。 2. 句意：一些科学家在泰国大象自然公园研究了26头年龄在3至60岁之间的大象。根据“between the ... of 3 and 60”可知，应用名词复数表示范围内的多个年龄。故填ages。 3. 句意：他们花了12个月的时间仔细观察这些大象。此处应用副词carefully“仔细地”修饰动词watch。故填carefully。 4. 句意：他们发现大象可以知道它们的朋友什么时候不开心。此处应用形容词性物主代词their“它们的”修饰名词friends。故填their。 5. 句意：例如，当/如果一些大象不高兴，家庭中的其他大象总是试图给他们友好的触摸。根据“the others in the family group always try to give them ... touches.”可知，这是大象不高兴时其他大象的反应，应用when“当……时”引导时间状语从句，或用if“如果”引导条件状语从句。故填when/if。 6. 句意：例如，当/如果一些大象不高兴时，家庭中的其他大象总是试图给他们友好的触摸。此处应用形容词friendly“友好的”修饰名词touches。故填friendly。 7. 句意：这意味着他们是来帮忙的。时态是一般现在时，主语是it，动词mean应用三单形式。故填means。 8. 句意：他们（从）不会抛弃身体虚弱的家人。根据“If one elephant is ill, the stronger elephants in the family group always take turns ... care of him/her.”可知，大象不会丢下弱小的家庭成员，时态是一般现在时，主语是they，可借助助动词don’t，或添加否定词never“从不”来表示否定。故填don’t/never。 9. 句意：如果一头大象生病了，家庭中强壮的大象总是轮流照顾他/她。take turns to do sth.“轮流做某事”。故填to take。 10. 句意：他们从未想过大象会如此关心彼此。根据“the elephants will care ... each other so much”可知，此处指的是“关心彼此”，care about/for“关心/照顾”，固定短语。故填about/for。 Passage 14 A dog usually wags (摇摆) its tail to show that it’s friendly. The dog is saying, “I feel 131 (happy)!” by wagging its tail. This dog is having 1 (fun). How do you know that? The dog’s tail is in the air. Its ears are up. It looks 2 it is smiling (微笑). This dog is frightened (害怕的). How do you know that? It is hiding. It is saying, “I feel afraid.” Some dogs use other ways to show this kind of 3 (feel). They may drop their tails between their legs. They may make their ears down. They may bark. These dogs are 4 saying, “I feel afraid.” This dog is angry. How do you know that? It is making a deep sound. It is showing 5 (it) teeth. And it may bite you, 6 never play with an angry dog. Young dogs like to play together. They may fight 7 the grass and bite each other. But 8 (not) worry. They just play this way. Dogs can also learn how to keep them-selves safe when they fight. Now you know how to watch and listen to a dog. You can look at 9 (dog) ears and tails. You can look at how dogs stand. You can listen to the sounds dogs make. Now you can understand how dogs “talk”! 【答案】 1. happy 2. fun 3. like 4. feeling 5. also 6. its 7. so 8. on 9. don’t 10. dogs’ 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了狗如何通过摇摆尾巴、耳朵姿态、声音等方式来表达自己的情感，比如高兴、害怕和生气等。 1. 句意：这只狗摇着尾巴说：“我感到很高兴！”系动词feel后接形容词happy作表语。故填happy。 2. 句意：这只狗玩得很开心。have fun玩得开心，固定短语。故填fun。 3. 句意：它看起来好像在微笑。look like好像，固定短语。故填like。 4. 句意：有些狗用其他方式来表达这种感觉。根据“this kind of”可知此处用名词单数或不可数名词，feel的名词形式是feeling，可数名词，表示“感觉”。故填feeling。 5. 句意：这些狗也在说：“我感到害怕。”根据语境可知，此处用副词also表示“也”。故填also。 6. 句意：它露出它的牙齿。根据teeth可知此处用形容词性物主代词its修饰名词。故填its。 7. 句意：所以千万不要和一只生气的狗玩。根据“And it may bite you”和“never play with an angry dog”可知此处表示因果关系，用连词so表示“所以”。故填so。 8. 句意：他们可能会在草地上打架，互相咬对方。on the grass表示“在草地上”。故填on。 9. 句意：但是不要担心。根据“They just play this way”可知此处用don’t worry表示“不要担心”。故填don’t。 10. 句意：你可以看狗的耳朵和尾巴。根据“ears and tails”可知此处用名词dog复数所有格形式。故填dogs’。 Passage 15 Anna is my friend. She is 1 American girl. She 2 (live) in Beijing with her parents, and she has a special interest in animals. Anna can’t speak Chinese 3 (good), but she loves to learn about animals in China. Anna loves to travel 4 (round) Beijing, especially to places where she can see different kinds of animals. Anna’s parents are very busy, but they 5 (usual) try to make time for family activities. They often go on a trip to 6 (zoo) and wildlife parks. On a Sunday morning, Anna’s parents are free. They go to the zoo. They see tigers, monkeys, sheep, elephants, bears and giraffes. Anna likes the lovely monkeys 7 big elephants. However, she doesn’t like the 8 (danger) bears. Anna’s father captures precious moments and takes photos of Anna with a mother elephant and a baby elephant. These elephants have big and long noses. They take food 9 their noses and send it into their mouths. Anna wishes to touch them. Anna also sees a fat giraffe. Her mother tells her that the giraffe is going to have some babies. Anna gives the giraffe some tree 10 (leaf) to eat. They return home around 5:00 pm. Anna feels very happy. She enjoys her trip to the zoo and she likes to stay with the animal friends. 【答案】 1. an 2. lives 3. well 4. around 5. usually 6. zoos 7. and 8. dangerous 9. with 10. leaves 【导语】本文介绍了作者的朋友安娜， 一个住在北京的美国女孩。她热爱动物，经常与家人一起参观动物园和野生公园，享受与动物相处的时光。 1. 句意：她是一个美国女孩。American 以元音音素开头，此处泛指一个女孩，因此用不定冠词 “an”。故填an。 2. 句意：她和父母一起离开北京，她对动物特别感兴趣。该句是一般现在时，主语是“She”，动词填三单形式“lives”。故填lives。 3. 句意：安娜中文说得不好，但她喜欢了解中国的动物。 副词well“好”修饰动词speak ，故填well。 4. 句意：安娜喜欢在北京旅行，尤其是去能看到各种动物的地方。此处表示“环绕”用介词 “around”。故填around。 5. 句意：安娜的父母很忙，但他们通常会挤出时间参加家庭活动。根据“try to make time for family activities”可知，此处指的是通常会挤出时间，副词usually“通常”符合语境。故填usually。 6. 句意：他们经常去动物园和野生动物园旅行。根据“They often go on a trip to”可知，此处指的去动物园，填复数名词 “zoos”泛指类别。故填zoos。 7. 句意：安娜喜欢可爱的猴子和大象。根据“Anna likes the lovely monkeys…big elephants”可知，设空处前后为并列关系， and“和”符合语境。故填and。 8. 句意：然而，她不喜欢危险的熊。dangerous“危险的”，作定语修饰名词“bears”。故填dangerous。 9. 句意：它们用鼻子把食物送到嘴里。根据“They take food…their noses”可知，此处表示“用鼻子”，介词with“用”符合题意。故填with。 10. 句意：安娜给长颈鹿一些树叶吃。leaf“树叶”，为可数名词，some接可数名词复数。故填leaves。 $$专题-J713语法填空 初中英语七年级下册 题型特训 Unit 1 Animal Friends 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 - 5 二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 -10 三、 高阶提升 Passage 11-15 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 Hello, everyone. I 1 (be) Han Lin. Look, my uncle has 2 farm. It 3 (be) very big. The grass 4 (be) so green. You can see many kinds of 5 (animal). Look! What 6 (be) these? They are pigs, horses, cows, ducks, 7 (sheep), and chickens. How many ducks does my uncle have? Let me count. One, two, three, four, five,...fourteen ducks! Oh, no. Look there! Another duck 8 (be) behind the big tree. Oh, what else? A dog and cat 9 (be) having fun. Do you see that house? That 10 (be) my uncle’s home. How beautiful! Do you like my uncle’s home? Passage 2 Little Mary’s grandparents have a farm. On the farm there 1 (be) many kinds of animals, such as cows, dogs and cats. She often plays with them 2 her free time because they can 3 (make) her happy. On the farm there is also a little elephant. 4 elephant has no mother. Mary likes 5 (talk) with it and the elephant is 6 (friend) to her. When it sees Mary on the farm, it runs up 7 (happy) to her. Sometimes it follows her into the wood. There Mary sits on the ground 8 reads a book.The little elephant stands by Mary. Her grandfather often asks her, “ 9 does the elephant like you so much?” “Oh, because I love it. Grandpa.” Mary answers. Animals are our friends. We should love 10 . Passage 3 Animals are 1 （we）good friends. We need animals in our daily life. Do you like 2 （they）? Why not come to Hangzhou Zoo? There 3 （be）many kinds of animals, such as elephants, lions, pandas, monkeys and so on. Of all the animals, monkeys are my favorite because they are 4 （fun）. I don’t like lions 5 they are dangerous. But my friend Tom disagrees with me. He 6 （like）lions best because they are kings of the forest. Last Sunday I 7 （go）to the zoo. I saw the heaviest animals on land — elephants. I also 8 （enjoy）a monkey show. The monkeys could ride bikes. 9 cute they are! I wanted to give them bananas to eat. But the zoo keeper told us not to feed animals in the zoo. It is one of the 10 （rule）for tourists（游客）to obey（遵守）. Passage 4 There is a river. He is 1 (friend) and he never likes to play with others. A little girl with a goldfish bowl comes to this river. In the bowl lives Mary, her favorite little fish. The girl is going 2 (move) away and she can’t take Mary with her. So two days ago, she 3 (plan) to let Mary free. When Mary falls into the river, she tries talking to the river, 4 the river tell Mary to go away. Mary is a very happy fish, and she isn’t going to give up (放弃) 5 (easy). She 6 (say) to herself, “I 7 (make) the river happy one day.” She asks and starts jumping 8 and out of the water. The river comes to feel Mary’s 9 (happy) little by little. By the end of that day, Mary and the river becomes good 10 (friend) and the river feel happy again. Passage 5 Matt is a primary school student. He loves little animals very much. One day, when he was on his way to school, he saw a homeless cat sitting in a box. It was a black-and-white cat 1 bright eyes. “ 2 lovely it is!” Matt said to himself. He couldn’t help spending some time 3 (play) with it. The little cat followed him as he left for school. Matt then decided to take 4 cat to school with him. He put the cat in his schoolbag and went to school 5 (happy). After Matt went into the classroom, he told some 6 (classmate) about the cat. As he opened the schoolbag, the cat suddenly jumped out and started running around the classroom. Everyone in class was very 7 (excite). Just at that time, the teacher came in and 8 (catch) the cat quickly. Matt was embarrassed (尴尬的) and his face turned red. To Matt’s surprise, the teacher said to 9 (he) with a smile, “Matt, it’s good to help homeless animals, 10 don’t bring them to school.” 二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 Hello! My name is Leo. Today is June 19th and it is my 1 (five) birthday. You may think I am just a little dog of five years old. 2 for dogs, I am middle-aged. Now my owner (主人) Bella and I 3 (be) busy doing some things for my birthday party at home. Bella 4 (love) me very much. She buys many things for my party. And she also asks all of my friends 5 (come) to my party. She says we can play 6 (interest) games and eat nice food at the party. I’m sure we will have 7 (lot) of fun there. Look at me! A red and white hat is on my head. Bella bought this for me 8 Children’s Day. I’m pretty in it, right? Bella’s birthday is in June, too. So we will have two 9 (party) this month. I’m really happy. Well, 10 is your birthday? Will you have a birthday party, too? Passage 7 John and Anna are brother and sister. They go to visit 1 (they) uncle’s farm this Sunday. They have good fun there. There are many kinds of 2 (animal) on the farm. They see rabbits, 3 (sheep), chickens, pigs, and cows there. Look 4 the other side of the farm, there are also flowers, fruit trees and vegetable plants on the farm. John and Anna 5 (be) happy to see those animals and plants. In 6 morning, John needs 7 (go) to feed the rabbits with carrots. The white rabbits are very cute. John loves the rabbits very much and he takes care of 8 (they) carefully. Anna goes to pick some fruit and vegetables for lunch. After lunch, John and Anna go to watch the little pigs. 9 many pigs are there? John 10 (count) first. One, two, ... five pigs. Then Anna finds another pig behind the tree. They look very happy. John and Anna play with the pigs. Passage 8 Many people keep a kind of animal as 1 pet such as a dog, a cat, a bird and so on. Animals are humans’ friends. They think of the pets as their family 2 (member). In many ways, pets can make people happy. When I take exercise in the park near 3 (I) home, I often see some people walking their dogs. Here is a story about a 4 (love) dog. Two 5 (week) ago, a dog named Taotao protected his owner (主人)—Mr.Gao’s things. The dog was only half a year old. A big mouse 6 (want) to eat the meat on the table. The mouse was as 7 (big) as Taotao. The dog barked and drove the mouse away when he saw it. When Mr.Gao 8 (come) back from work, Taotao shook his tail to him. After seeing that, Mr. Gao was happy 9 see his pet dog. He gave Taotao some meat. This made Taotao happy 10 excited. Passage 9 I’m 1 11­-year-­old boy. It is Saturday today. My parents, my sister and I get up early. We eat breakfast early 2 we want to go to the zoo early. When we get to the zoo, there 3 (be) many people in it. My mother likes pandas well, so we go to see them first. Some 4 (panda) are eating under trees. My mother says, “They are so 5 (love) !” But I think they are lazy. They sleep all day. Next, we see the giraffes. My sister is 6 (real) happy. They are her favorite animals. My sister wants to give some food to them. But my mother 7 (stop) her, “Don’t do that! We can’t give food to these animals. It’s one of the 8 (rule) in the zoo. Then we see many other animals in the zoo. After we come back home from the zoo, our parents tell us, “Animals are our good friends. We should be kind to them. Many animals are 9 danger now. We can do some things to save 10 (they).” It is a great day and I learn a lot. Passage 10 There are many interesting festivals around the world. A village (村庄) in Thailand has 91 special festival—the monkey festival. People 1 (one) celebrated it in 1989. Each year, on the last weekend of November, people in this village treat monkeys with a big meal. The meal 2 (last) two days. There are a lot of monkeys in this village. They are always a problem 3 they like to take away food from people. So the villagers prepare a lot of food 4 them before the special weekend. There are many kinds of fruit and 5 (vegetable). In all, people give over 2,000 kilos of food to about 1,000 monkeys in the village. The monkey festival 6 (be) very important for people in this village now. Thousands of visitors from all over the world go there for the festival every year. The local (当地的) people welcome 7 (they) with songs and dances. The visitors can see the monkeys 8 (play) and eating here and there. The monkeys may climb on them anytime and take away the food or things in their hands. It’s very 9 (interest). Don’t you think so? 三、 高阶提升 七年级下册 单元话题 梯度训练 8 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 Passage 11 Are you looking at me? Do you know me? I am a dodo (渡渡鸟)! You may think that I am just a character (角色) in the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 1 fact, there were thousands of us in the past—for real. 2 now you cannot find us in nature. We 3 (live) on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was a lot of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a safe and 4 (peace) life! However, in the late 5 (sixteen) century, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone (消失). They could hunt us very 6 (easy) because we were slow and could not fly. What’s more, 7 (they) pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. Today we are standing in some 8 (museum) around the planet. When you see us, please remember our sad story. 9 world is full of fantastic animals. Please try your best 10 (help) them. Make them as happy as a clam, not as dead as a dodo. Passage 12 I like pandas very much. They are so cute and they like to eat bamboo. They have big bodies, 1 sometimes they can be quick. Most of them live in Sichuan, China. My uncle works in a panda center 2 more than 10 years. I went to Chengdu Panda Base last weekend with him. It 3 (be) 8: 00 in the morning when we got there. The keepers were preparing breakfast for the baby pandas 4 (careful). At around 9: 00, most of the baby pandas were very excited 5 they saw the keepers carrying food. The keepers stay with the baby pandas every day. They look after baby pandas as 6 (they) children. They wash, feed and play with the pandas. Pandas are popular around 7 world. There are not many pandas in the world. Scientists say there are now 2000 pandas 8 (live) in the forests. They are in danger. The Chinese government (政府) is trying hard to 9 (help) save the pandas. I am sure there will 10 (be) a lot more pandas in the future. Passage 13 What will you do if your friends have a bad day? You may go to them and try to make them feel better. Elephants can also do 1 same thing. Some scientists study 26 elephants between the 2 (age) of 3 and 60 at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. They spend 12 months watching these elephants 3 (careful). They find that elephants can know when 4 (they) friends are not happy. For example, 5 some elephants are not happy, the others in the family group always try to give them 6 (friend) touches. They do it by putting their trunks (象鼻) in each other’s mouths. It 7 (mean) that they’re here to give a helping hand. The scientists also find something else. The elephants have feelings like people. They 8 leave behind their weak family members. If one elephant is ill, the stronger elephants in the family group always take turns 9 (take) care of him/her. The study makes the scientists amazed. They never think that the elephants will care 10 each other so much. Whether (无论) the elephants are young or old, male or female, their friends never leave them alone. Not many animals can do that. Passage 14 A dog usually wags (摇摆) its tail to show that it’s friendly. The dog is saying, “I feel 131 (happy)!” by wagging its tail. This dog is having 1 (fun). How do you know that? The dog’s tail is in the air. Its ears are up. It looks 2 it is smiling (微笑). This dog is frightened (害怕的). How do you know that? It is hiding. It is saying, “I feel afraid.” Some dogs use other ways to show this kind of 3 (feel). They may drop their tails between their legs. They may make their ears down. They may bark. These dogs are 4 saying, “I feel afraid.” This dog is angry. How do you know that? It is making a deep sound. It is showing 5 (it) teeth. And it may bite you, 6 never play with an angry dog. Young dogs like to play together. They may fight 7 the grass and bite each other. But 8 (not) worry. They just play this way. Dogs can also learn how to keep them-selves safe when they fight. Now you know how to watch and listen to a dog. You can look at 9 (dog) ears and tails. You can look at how dogs stand. You can listen to the sounds dogs make. Now you can understand how dogs “talk”! Passage 15 Anna is my friend. She is 1 American girl. She 2 (live) in Beijing with her parents, and she has a special interest in animals. Anna can’t speak Chinese 3 (good), but she loves to learn about animals in China. Anna loves to travel 4 (round) Beijing, especially to places where she can see different kinds of animals. Anna’s parents are very busy, but they 5 (usual) try to make time for family activities. They often go on a trip to 6 (zoo) and wildlife parks. On a Sunday morning, Anna’s parents are free. They go to the zoo. They see tigers, monkeys, sheep, elephants, bears and giraffes. Anna likes the lovely monkeys 7 big elephants. However, she doesn’t like the 8 (danger) bears. Anna’s father captures precious moments and takes photos of Anna with a mother elephant and a baby elephant. These elephants have big and long noses. They take food 9 their noses and send it into their mouths. Anna wishes to touch them. Anna also sees a fat giraffe. Her mother tells her that the giraffe is going to have some babies. Anna gives the giraffe some tree 10 (leaf) to eat. They return home around 5:00 pm. Anna feels very happy. She enjoys her trip to the zoo and she likes to stay with the animal friends. $$