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八年级英语 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 一、听力 (A)听对话回答问题。(听两遍) 1. What does the man like best? A. B. C. 2. What is the weather like during the Eskimos’ summer? A. B. C. 3. What animal are the two speakers talking about? A. B. C. 4. Where should people go according to the man? A. B. C. 5. Who put out the fire? A. Teachers. B. Firemen. C. Volunteers. 6. Where do the cranes mostly live? A. In North- east China. B. In West China. C. In South China. 7. What is the most important in a disaster according to the woman? A. Save money first. B. Call the police at once. C. Keep safe and help others. 8. What can people do according to the man? A. Don’t waste anything. B. Don’t buy a car or a bike. C. Recycle waste and plant trees. 9. Who was the baby zebra running after? A. Its dad. B. Its mum. C. A dog. 10. How do sunny days make the man feel? A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Lazy. (B)听对话和短文回答问题。(听两遍) 听对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What were the woman and her brother doing when the storm started? A. They were taking photos. B. They were having a picnic. C. They were looking for a cave. 12. Why did they run away from the high ground? A. Because they saw a wild animal. B. Because the paths were damaged. C. Because of the thunder and lightning. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Lost in the mountains How to prevent What to do ·Follow the marked paths. ·Tell parents/ friends about your plan. ·Bring ________ and use a direction-finding app. ·Hike with others. · ________ and don’t run around. ·Find a safe place to stay. ·Call for help with your phone (if there is). ·Stay ________ ; make noise to attract attention. ·Use natural signs to find a way out. 13. A. a map B. some food C. some water 14. A. Stay calm B. Keep going C. Shout and cry 15. A. in a tree B. where you are C. at a new place 二、单项选择 1. ________ sure that there are no mistakes in your paper, or you cannot get A. A. Make B. To make C. Making D. Makes 2. I think all drivers should be careful enough to ________ car accidents when driving. A. prefer B. provide C. prevent D. protect 3. —Excuse me any tickets for Friday? —Sorry, we have got ________ left. A. none B. nothing C. something D. everything 4. Linda lost her keys yesterday, which made her ________ outside to wait for her mother till 8 o’ clock at night. A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay 5. — ________ we get older, we need to do something to help our parents. — I couldn’t agree more. A. By B. As C. So D. But 6. According to the weather forecast, the temperature will drop ________ zero next week. You had better put on thicker clothes. A. beyond B. below C. above D. under 7. To form a noun, which word has a different suffix from the others? A. ill B. kind C. dark D. express 8. There are ________ Asian tigers in the wild, because there is ________ living space for them to live. A. fewer; less B. smaller; less C. fewer; fewer D. smaller; fewer 9. Which of the following sentences has the same structure as “The weather is pleasant in autumn.”? A. Autumn leaves turn brown. B. Farmers work to harvest crops. C. Trees and flowers forget to grow. D. Bees and butterflies hide from April showers. 10. —I will have an important meeting this weekend, so I can’t go hiking with you. —________! I thought we could have a nice time together. A. Good news B. You’re welcome C. What a pity D. I am glad to hear that 三、完形填空 Our Science class was always full of things to do, but this project was different. When I was 13, my Science teacher, Mr. Thompson, gave us a ____11____ project. “Watch one tree for a month and write about it,” he said. There were several trees behind our building, and right away, I noticed the sad-looking maple tree. Its branches were mostly bare with only one red leaf ____12____ a little in the cool autumn wind. It seemed to be holding onto life. Every single afternoon, I ____13____ set up my painting stand and got my drawing book ready. I really wanted to draw all the small changes of that leaf. Day by day, I saw its ____14____ red colour slowly become lighter. The sides of the leaf started to curl, showing that it was dying. On the twelfth day, a big rainstorm hit the city. Worried, I ran to check on “my” tree. I was so ____15____ when I saw the leaf was gone. I almost gave up on the project. But just as I was about to leave, I saw ____16____ truly great. Three tiny buds (芽) had grown where the old leaf used to be. They were small and weak, but they still brought ____17____. Mr. Donovan, the kind park gardener, saw my surprised look. “Leaves don’t really die. ____18____, they fall to feed the earth, and new life may rise when spring comes,” he said softly and put an acorn in my hand. His words helped me get through the long, cold winter. I spent the rest of the season writing down all the interesting things about the tree. I saw its rough bark (树皮) give a home to many insects. I noticed ____19____ squirrels run around, hiding nuts under the tree. When spring came, I saw a beautiful sight. New leaves grew on the maple tree and from the acorn I planted. This experience taught me an important lesson. Years later, when I ____20____ the national science competition, I thought of the tree. It made me realize that true strength lies in rising after every fall, just like the maple tree. 11. A. modern B. special C. difficult D. public 12. A. flying B. shaking C. shining D. falling 13. A. easily B. simply C. carefully D. slowly 14. A. pale B. bright C. soft D. pretty 15. A. sad B. afraid C. excited D. angry 16. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 17. A. care B. hope C. effort D. peace 18. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Instead 19. A. how B. whose C. what D. where 20. A. held B. faced C. received D. failed 四、阅读理解 A Looking out of my window, In October’s golden light, I see a beauty unsurpassed, A truly lovely sight. Leaves are saying soft goodbyes, As they come floating down, To make a nature’s carpet, Of yellow, red and △ . Mountain tops, now turned to white, Forewarn of winter chills, White trees, like golden rivers, Wind their way up through the hills. Throughout our world’s creation, You will never find it thus, Kaleidoscopes (万花筒) of colour, In nature’s hand, the artist’s brush. 21. Which of the following words is the most suitable for △ ? A. green B. brown C. wind D. town 22. In the poem, the underlined part “the artist’s brush” has the closest meaning to ________? A. a tool for cleaning rooms B. the way plants grow and die C. the way nature creates beauty D. a tool to make colourful paints 23. What is the poem mainly about? A. The sadness of missing summer days. B. The way of protecting beautiful nature. C. The beauty of changing views in autumn. D. The way of forming mountains and rivers. B I put on the clothes and practised walking like a girl. “What do you think, Jim?” “Very good, Huck. Nobody will know you’re a boy! Be careful!” I took the boat and rowed to the town. Very soon I met a woman. She told me that her husband was looking for a runaway slave. “They’re going to Jackson’s island tonight to catch him,” she said. This wasn’t good news for Jim. I hurried back to the cave. “Jim! They know you’re here. They’re coming to get you tonight. We must leave now!” We put all our things on the boat and set off down the river for Cairo, where the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers met. We never went to Cairo. We ran into a thick fog on the river one night and couldn’t see a yard in front of us. The next day it cleared but there was no sight of a town that looked like Cairo. “Maybe we missed it in the fog,” Jim said. We went on boating along the river. We had a few adventures on the way, but nobody caught us. Our life on the boat was very pleasant and I was enjoying myself. During the day we made a camp under the trees and slept. As soon as it got dark, we set off again. We could make a small fire to cook fish on our boat. After dinner, we swam in the moonlight and lay on our backs, looking at the stars. How I wished life would go on like this! However, something happened one morning and our life changed... —Adapted from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 24. Why did Huck dress up like a girl? A. Because he wanted to talk to some women. B. Because he thought girls’ clothes were more beautiful. C. Because he didn’t want others to know who he was. D. Because there were only girls’ clothes to wear. 25. What made them miss the town of Cairo? A. The thick fog. B. The trees. C. The Mississippi. D. The boat. 26. If there was another paragraph to follow, what would it probably talk about? A. The place Huck and Jim wanted to go. B. Something unpleasant that happened to them. C. Someone they made friends and had fun with. D. The reason why they had adventures on the river. C From red apples and yellow lemons to blueberries and green melons, fruit comes in many different colours. Why do different kinds of fruit have so many colours? According to Lu Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, fruit colours in fact come from their different pigments (色素), such as red or yellow carotenoid (类胡萝卜素) and blue or purple anthocyanin (花青素). These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruit’s environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain colour. To find out how the environment affects fruit colours, Chinese scientists studied more than 280 different fruit colours, including white, red, blue, purple and black. They found that red fruit always grows in cool places. Instead of just growing in one place, you can find it growing in many places around the world. Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places. It grows a lot in just one specific area. The scientists also found that the closer the fruit is to the equator (赤道), the darker its colour will be. Animals have also had an impact on the evolution (进化) of fruit colours. Animals eat fruit and then drop the seeds in other places later. This helps the fruit spread and grow in different places. To attract animals, some fruit develops colours that are easy for animals to see. However, animals see colours differently. Fruit needs to develop colours that are suited to animals’ visual abilities. For example, birds can see red more easily than humans can. Therefore, there tends to be more red fruit in areas where birds live. The lemurs of Madagascar are red-green colour-blind. Many yellow fruit can be found in their habitats, as they can easily see this colour. 27. Why do different kinds of fruit have different colours? A. Because they grow in different countries. B. Because they have different amounts of pigments. C. Because they need different kinds of anthocyanin. D. Because they contain different kinds of carotenoid. 28. You are more likely to find blue and purple fruit in ________ places. A. cool B. warm C. high D. low 29. Some fruit develops colours to ________. A. take in more sunlight B. make animals go away C. attract animals to eat them D. protect themselves from danger 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. Red fruit often grows in warm places. B. Birds can see red more easily than humans can. C. Fruit of light colours tends to grow close to the equator. D. Chinese scientists studied five fruit colours in the study. D Saturn (土星) is famous for the beautiful rings around it. Now it’s getting attention for being even more amazing. Scientists have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to 274. A moon is any naturally formed object that moves around a planet. Moons come in different shapes and sizes. Scientists discovered the moons with a powerful telescope (望远镜), which is used to study stars and planets in great detail. Scientists took many photos of areas in space and piled them on top of each other to make the moons appear bright enough to discover. Most of Saturn’s new moons are small objects, just one or two miles wide—quite different to Earth’s Moon, which is a 2,159-mile-wide ball. These space rocks are in unusual orbits (轨道) too. They go around Saturn in the opposite direction to its own movement. At between 6.5 million and 18 million miles away from the ringed planet, the newly discovered moons are also further away than Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan. Why does Saturn have so many moons while Earth only has one? According to scientists, several billion years ago, the giant planet’s gravity attracted some rocks and ice. Over time, some of them crashed against each other, breaking into smaller pieces or coming together to create many small moons. The new moons were first discovered in 2023 by a team of scientists led by Edward Ashton, and were recently confirmed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Saturn now is the planet with the most moons—Jupiter is not far behind with 95. However, Dr Ashton believes this might be the limit for moon discovery. “I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch up,” he said. “With present technology, I don’t think we can do better than what has already been done,” he added. 31. What do we know about the new discovery? A. Newly found moons look the same. B. Scientists found new moons by accident. C. Saturn’s rings attract many scientists. D. 128 new moons were found around Saturn. 32. What does “the ringed planet” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Earth. B. Saturn. C. Moon. D. Titan. 33. What led to the large number of Saturn’s moons? A. The size of the planet. B. The weights of the moons. C. The orbit of the planet. D. The crashes of the moons. 34. What can we learn from Dr Ashton’s words in the last paragraph? A. Jupiter will soon catch up with Saturn. B. Saturn’s new moons might support life. C. The IAU presented a medal to his team. D. He is satisfied with their moon discovery. 35. How does the writer organize the passage? A. By telling a story about Saturn’s moons discovery. B. By listing numbers and making comparisons (对比). C. By asking questions and giving answers all the way. D. By quoting authority (权威) quotes from many scientists. 五、阅读还原 从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。 Minor Cold (小寒) is the 23rd one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and lasts for 15 days. ____36____ Every year around this time, a cold air mass moves from Siberia towards the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It brings dry and frigid air to most parts of northern China, making the temperature drop sharply. Despite (尽管) the cold, yang, a positive and active force in the Chinese yin-yang theory, continues to grow. ____37____ What is more, magpies (喜鹊) in the north start to build their nests. The behaviour is caused by the increasing influence of yang. Followed by the Chinese New Year, Minor Cold gives rise to the old folk saying, “____38____” Following Minor Cold, the Chinese New Year atmosphere grows within families across the whole country. ____39____ In northern China, the time following Minor Cold is one for ice skating. ____40____ It is the perfect time to enjoy the ice. A. Minor Cold is also the busiest time for doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. B. Prepare for the New Year during Minor Cold and Major Cold. C It marks the start of the coldest period of the year. D. Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes are three recommended foods for Minor Cold. E. During Minor Cold, wild geese begin their northward movement, showing the growth of yang. F. At this time, ice rinks (溜冰场) in places like Beijing’s Beihai Park are open. G. People start writing Spring Festival couplets, cleaning their houses, and buying fireworks and lanterns. 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (请将答案写在答题卷上) 六、短文填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The world is warming quickly. The last decade (2010—2019) was the ____41____ (hot) ever recorded, according to Climate Change Service. In 2019, the sea ice cap in the Arctic ____42____ (drop) to 1.6 million square miles, down from 2.44 million square miles in 2010. Of course, the Arctic ice isn’t ____43____ only thing that is lessening. Without sea ice, there will be no sea ice ecosystem. ____44____ (lose) that ecosystem means losing polar bears. Polar bears need sea ice ____45____ (raise) their babies and find their food. Without it, they will be hungry and their number ____46____ (be) smaller. It was reported that in 2015 they were getting ____47____ (create) to stay alive. They managed ____48____ (trap) some dolphins that swam into their homes (also because of the lack of ice). They didn’t eat the dolphins before, but since there was little food, they ate some of the dolphins, and then ____49____ (careful) stored the rest in snow to eat later. Some other problems may also greatly reduce their chance of ____50____ (live). Though polar bears can swim, they can’t go far for long. Their babies have even less ability to swim far. 七、阅读填空 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在表格空格里填入最恰当的内容。 Have you ever seen capybara (水豚)? They were thought to be a kind of pig in the past, but now we know that they are the largest rodents (啮齿动物) on earth. Guess what? They are new stars on social media now! Seeing them in the wild, you might be surprised at first because they are similar to giant guinea pigs, which are in fact one of their closest relatives. Capybaras’ bodies are covered in reddish-brown fur. When swimming around, thanks to their small eyes, noses and hairless ears which are high on their heads, they’ re able to see the above-water things around them. That’s why they can protect themselves from danger easily. A capybara weighs around 50 kilograms and it can grow to 1.5meters in length. Female capybaras are usually a little heavier than the males. Most of them can be found in South America and like to stay in comfortable places with lots of water. Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, is a perfect place for them to live. Capybaras usually eat grass. But they sometimes eat their own poop because it is helpful for them to get all the things they need. Capybaras are good swimmers and love to play with water. They usually live in groups of 10 to 20 (and up to 100 during the dry season). They also like chatting with each other very much. They express themselves by making different kinds of sounds, including purring, barking, whistling, cackling and grunting. Each sound has an important meaning, from warning the group of danger to sending signals of leaving. It’s like a capybara language. With good personalities, capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media. They get along with almost all the other animals and share their homes with birds and turtles, just like a big animal family living together peacefully. They are calm and don’t really care about what goes on around them. Other animals can do whatever they feel like if they don’t hurt the capybaras. But if capybaras realize a risk, they may attack others to protect themselves. Social media’ s new stars— Capybaras Introduction People used to think capybaras were a kind of pig, but now we are ____51____ that they are the largest rodents on earth. Looks Capybaras look ____52____ giant guinea pigs which are their closest relatives. Covered with reddish-brown fur, the male capybaras are not usually as ____53____ as the female ones. Living area Most of them live in comfortable and ____54____ places such as Pantanal in South America. Food They ____55____ mainly on grass, while eating their own poop is sometimes helpful. Abilities Capybaras are good at ____56____ and enjoy playing with water. They make different kinds of sounds and chat in their own ____57____ . They may attack others when they are in ____58____ 9. Why do capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media? (List two reasons within 15 words) ________________59________________ 八、 首字母填空 What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the b____60____. There would be no bugs or flies in your room. But in fact, this could cause really s____61____ problems. The bad news is that the n____62____ of insects is getting smaller and smaller these years. Scientists say it’s m ____63____ because of the use of pesticides (农药). They are harmful to the places that insects live in. What would happen if there were no insects l____64____ in our world? It’s almost impossible to predict (预测), but the r____65____ would be terrible. We need insects to pollinate crops. They also break down dead plants and animals and t____66____ them into new useful things. We need them to keep the soil healthy. W____67____ insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and die. What we need to do first is to let more people understand the i____68____ of the natural world. The best place to start is with our children. We should g____69____ them to have environmental awareness at an early age. 九、书面表达 70. 人和动物共同生活在这个美丽的地球，互相影响，互相依存。某英文报正在举办以“Saving wild animals”为主题的征文活动，请根据以下问题提示，写一篇英语短文投稿。 提示：1. What danger do wild animals face? (at least 2 points) 2. Why do we have to protect wild animals? (at least 2 points) 3. As students, what action can we take to protect wild animals? (at least 3 points) 要求： （1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯； （2）必须包括提示中所有信息，并适当发挥； （3）词数：100词左右（开头不计入总词数）； （4）不得使用真实姓名、校名、地名等。 Saving wild animals Humans live together with wild animals on the earth, but many of them are in danger. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 八年级英语 第Ⅰ卷 选择题 一、听力 (A)听对话回答问题。(听两遍) 1. What does the man like best? A. B. C. 2. What is the weather like during the Eskimos’ summer? A. B. C. 3. What animal are the two speakers talking about? A. B. C. 4. Where should people go according to the man? A. B. C. 5. Who put out the fire? A. Teachers. B. Firemen. C. Volunteers. 6. Where do the cranes mostly live? A. In North- east China. B. In West China. C. In South China. 7. What is the most important in a disaster according to the woman? A. Save money first. B. Call the police at once. C. Keep safe and help others. 8. What can people do according to the man? A. Don’t waste anything. B. Don’t buy a car or a bike. C. Recycle waste and plant trees. 9. Who was the baby zebra running after? A. Its dad. B. Its mum. C. A dog. 10. How do sunny days make the man feel? A. Sad. B. Happy. C. Lazy. (B)听对话和短文回答问题。(听两遍) 听对话，回答第11-12小题。 11. What were the woman and her brother doing when the storm started? A. They were taking photos. B. They were having a picnic. C. They were looking for a cave. 12. Why did they run away from the high ground? A. Because they saw a wild animal. B. Because the paths were damaged. C. Because of the thunder and lightning. 听第一篇短文，回答第13-15小题。 Lost in the mountains How to prevent What to do ·Follow the marked paths. ·Tell parents/ friends about your plan. ·Bring ________ and use a direction-finding app. ·Hike with others. · ________ and don’t run around. ·Find a safe place to stay. ·Call for help with your phone (if there is). ·Stay ________ ; make noise to attract attention. ·Use natural signs to find a way out 13. A. a map B. some food C. some water 14. A. Stay calm B. Keep going C. Shout and cry 15. A. in a tree B. where you are C. at a new place 二、单项选择 1. ________ sure that there are no mistakes in your paper, or you cannot get A. A. Make B. To make C. Making D. Makes 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：确保你的试卷没有错误，否则你不能得到A。 考查祈使句。根据句子结构可知，该句为“祈使句, and/or+陈述句”的句式，此处为祈使句，应以动词原形开头，表示命令或建议。故选A。 2. I think all drivers should be careful enough to ________ car accidents when driving. A. prefer B. provide C. prevent D. protect 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：我认为所有司机在开车时都应该足够小心，以防止交通事故。 考查动词辨析。prefer更喜欢；provide提供；prevent防止；protect保护。根据“be careful enough to…car accidents when driving”可知，司机小心驾驶的目的是“防止”事故发生。故选C。 3. —Excuse me, any tickets for Friday? —Sorry, we have got ________ left. A. none B. nothing C. something D. everything 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：——打扰一下，还有星期五的票吗？——抱歉，我们已经一张都没有了。 考查不定代词辨析。none（三者或以上）一个也没有；nothing没有东西，指物；something某物，某事；everything一切事物。根据问句询问“tickets”的剩余情况，答语中“left”表示“剩下的”。代词“none”可指代可数名词复数“tickets”，表示“没有票剩下”。而“nothing”泛指没有任何东西，不特指票。故选A。 4. Linda lost her keys yesterday, which made her ________ outside to wait for her mother till 8 o’ clock at night. A. staying B. stayed C. to stay D. stay 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：琳达昨天丢了钥匙，这让她在外面待到晚上8点等她妈妈。 考查非谓语动词。使役动词make后接省略to的动词不定式作宾语补足语，即“make sb. do sth.”结构，表示“使某人做某事”。故选D。 5. — ________ we get older, we need to do something to help our parents. — I couldn’t agree more. A. By B. As C. So D. But 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：——随着我们长大，我们需要做些事情来帮助我们的父母。——我完全同意。 考查as引导的时间状语从句。By通过；As随着；So所以；But但是。根据“...we get older, we need to do something to help our parents.”可知，空格处需要表达“随着”的含义，引导时间状语从句，用来连接“我们长大”和“帮助父母”这两个动作的伴随关系，只有As符合语境逻辑。故选B。 6. According to the weather forecast, the temperature will drop ________ zero next week. You had better put on thicker clothes. A. beyond B. below C. above D. under 【答案】B 【解析】 【详解】句意：根据天气预报，下周气温将降到零度以下。你最好穿上更厚的衣服。 考查介词辨析。beyond超出；below在……以下，通常指温度、位置等低于某个数值或基准；above在……以上；under在……下方，多指物理位置上的正下方。根据“drop”和“zero”可知，气温下降应是指低于零度，且表示温度低于某个值时常用below。drop below zero“降到零度以下”。故选B。 7. To form a noun, which word has a different suffix from the others? A. ill B. kind C. dark D. express 【答案】D 【解析】 【详解】句意：为了构成名词，哪个单词的后缀与其他单词不同？ 考查名词后缀辨析。ill生病的，其名词后缀为ness；kind善良的，其名词后缀为ness；dark黑暗的，其名词后缀为ness；express表达，其名词后缀为ion。A、B、C三项均通过加后缀“-ness”构成名词，而D项通过加后缀“-ion”构成名词，后缀与其他三项不同。故选D。 8. There are ________ Asian tigers in the wild, because there is ________ living space for them to live. A. fewer; less B. smaller; less C. fewer; fewer D. smaller; fewer 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：野生亚洲虎的数量更少了，因为它们的生存空间更小了。 考查形容词比较级辨析。fewer更少的，修饰可数名词复数；less更少的，修饰不可数名词；smaller更小的，修饰体积或尺寸。第一空修饰可数名词Asian tigers，应用fewer；第二空修饰不可数名词living space，应用less。故选A。 9. Which of the following sentences has the same structure as “The weather is pleasant in autumn.”? A. Autumn leaves turn brown. B. Farmers work to harvest crops. C. Trees and flowers forget to grow. D. Bees and butterflies hide from April showers. 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】句意：下列哪个句子与“秋天的天气很宜人”结构相同？ 考查句子结构分析。Autumn leaves turn brown.秋天的树叶变成褐色，为主系表结构，turn为系动词；Farmers work to harvest crops.农民工作以收获庄稼，为“主谓+目的状语”的结构；Trees and flowers forget to grow.树木和花朵忘记生长，为主谓宾结构；Bees and butterflies hide from April showers.蜜蜂和蝴蝶躲避四月阵雨，为“主谓+状语”的结构。原句“The weather is pleasant in autumn.”为主系表结构。只有选项A与原句结构一致。故选A。 10. —I will have an important meeting this weekend, so I can’t go hiking with you. —________! I thought we could have a nice time together. A. Good news B. You’re welcome C. What a pity D. I am glad to hear that 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】句意：——这周末我有一个重要会议，所以不能和你去徒步了。——真遗憾！我本以为我们能一起玩得开心。 考查情境交际用语。Good news好消息；You’re welcome不客气；What a pity真遗憾；I am glad to hear that很高兴听到这个消息。根据“so I can’t go hiking with you”和“I thought we could have a nice time together.”可知，此处应表达失望或遗憾。故选C。 三、完形填空 Our Science class was always full of things to do, but this project was different. When I was 13, my Science teacher, Mr. Thompson, gave us a ____11____ project. “Watch one tree for a month and write about it,” he said. There were several trees behind our building, and right away, I noticed the sad-looking maple tree. Its branches were mostly bare with only one red leaf ____12____ a little in the cool autumn wind. It seemed to be holding onto life. Every single afternoon, I ____13____ set up my painting stand and got my drawing book ready. I really wanted to draw all the small changes of that leaf. Day by day, I saw its ____14____ red colour slowly become lighter. The sides of the leaf started to curl, showing that it was dying. On the twelfth day, a big rainstorm hit the city. Worried, I ran to check on “my” tree. I was so ____15____ when I saw the leaf was gone. I almost gave up on the project. But just as I was about to leave I saw ____16____ truly great. Three tiny buds (芽) had grown where the old leaf used to be. They were small and weak, but they still brought ____17____. Mr. Donovan, the kind park gardener, saw my surprised look. “Leaves don’t really die. ____18____, they fall to feed the earth, and new life may rise when spring comes,” he said softly and put an acorn in my hand. His words helped me get through the long, cold winter. I spent the rest of the season writing down all the interesting things about the tree. I saw its rough bark (树皮) give a home to many insects. I noticed ____19____ squirrels run around, hiding nuts under the tree. When spring came, I saw a beautiful sight. New leaves grew on the maple tree and from the acorn I planted. This experience taught me an important lesson. Years later, when I ____20____ the national science competition, I thought of the tree. It made me realize that true strength lies in rising after every fall, just like the maple tree. 11. A. modern B. special C. difficult D. public 12. A. flying B. shaking C. shining D. falling 13. A. easily B. simply C. carefully D. slowly 14. A. pale B. bright C. soft D. pretty 15. A. sad B. afraid C. excited D. angry 16. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 17. A. care B. hope C. effort D. peace 18. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Instead 19. A. how B. whose C. what D. where 20. A. held B. faced C. received D. failed 【答案】11. B 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. D 【解析】 【导语】本文讲述了一个13岁学生通过观察一棵枫树从凋零到重生的过程，领悟到生命顽强不息、在挫折后重新崛起的深刻道理的故事。 【11题详解】 句意：在我 13 岁时，我的科学老师汤普森先生给了我们一个特别的项目。 modern现代的；special特殊的；difficult困难的；public公共的。根据“but this project was different.”可知，这次是一个特殊的项目。故选B。 【12题详解】 句意：它的树枝大多光秃秃的，只有一片红叶在凉爽的秋风中微微摇晃。 flying飞翔；shaking摇晃；shining闪光；falling掉落。根据“Its branches were mostly bare with only one red leaf...”可知，叶子在秋风中随风轻轻摇晃。故选B。 【13题详解】 句意：每天下午，我都会仔细地架起画架，准备好图画本。 easily容易地；simply简单地；carefully仔细地；slowly缓慢地。根据“I...set up my painting stand and got my drawing book ready.”可知，此处指细心地架好画架。故选C。 【14题详解】 句意：日复一日，我看到它明亮的红色慢慢变浅。 pale苍白的；bright明亮的；soft柔软的；pretty漂亮的。根据“slowly become lighter”可知，亮红色慢慢变浅。故选B。 【15题详解】 句意：当我看到那片叶子不见了时，我非常悲伤。 sad悲伤的；afraid害怕的；excited兴奋的；angry生气的。根据“when I saw the leaf was gone.”可知，叶子不见了因此作者非常悲伤。故选A。 【16题详解】 句意：但是正当我准备离开的时候，我看到一些真的很棒的东西。 nothing没有东西；something某个东西；everything所有东西；anything任何东西。根据“Three tiny buds (芽) had grown where the old leaf used to be.”可知，曾经是老叶子的地方长出了嫩芽，这是令人惊喜的很棒的事物，用表示肯定的something指代。故选B。 【17题详解】 句意：它们很小很脆弱，但仍然带来了希望。 care关爱；hope希望；effort努力；peace和平。根据“They were small and weak, but they still brought...”可知，前后为转折关系，因此指很小但是能带来希望。故选B。 【18题详解】 句意：树叶其实并没有真正死去，相反，它们落下是为了滋养大地，这样春天来临时新的生命就可能会升起。 However然而；Moreover此外；Otherwise否则；Instead代替。根据“Leaves don’t really die, ...they fall to feed the earth, so new life may rise when spring comes”可知，叶子并非真正死亡，而是以另一种方式滋养大地的含义，instead“相反”符合语境。故选D。 【19题详解】 句意：我注意到松鼠是如何跑来跑去，把坚果藏在树下。 how如何；whose谁的；what什么；where在哪里。根据“...squirrels ran around, hiding nuts under the tree.”可知，此处指看到了松鼠是怎么把坚果藏起来的。故选A。 【20题详解】 句意：多年后，当我在全国科学竞赛中失败了时，我想起了那棵树。 held持有；faced面对；received收到；failed失败。根据“It made me realize that true strength lies in rising after every fall, just like the maple tree.”可知，作者提到fall“低谷”，因此是失败。故选D。 四、阅读理解 A Looking out of my window, In October’s golden light, I see a beauty unsurpassed, A truly lovely sight. Leaves are saying soft goodbyes, As they come floating down, To make a nature’s carpet, Of yellow, red and △ . Mountain tops, now turned to white, Forewarn of winter chills, White trees, like golden rivers, Wind their way up through the hills. Throughout our world’s creation, You will never find it thus, Kaleidoscopes (万花筒) of colour, In nature’s hand, the artist’s brush. 21. Which of the following words is the most suitable for △ ? A. green B. brown C. wind D. town 22. In the poem, the underlined part “the artist’s brush” has the closest meaning to ________? A. a tool for cleaning rooms B. the way plants grow and die C. the way nature creates beauty D. a tool to make colourful paints 23. What is the poem mainly about? A. The sadness of missing summer days. B. The way of protecting beautiful nature. C. The beauty of changing views in autumn. D. The way of forming mountains and rivers. 【答案】21. B 22. C 23. C 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇诗歌，描述了十月的金秋景色，通过树叶飘落、山顶变白、树木如金色河流等意象，展现了秋天自然景色的美丽与多变，赞美了大自然这位艺术家的杰作。 【21题详解】 推理判断题。根据文章第二段“Leaves are saying soft goodbyes, As they come floating down, To make a nature’s carpet, Of yellow, red and △ .”可知，树叶在飘落，形成自然的彩色地毯，颜色包括黄色、红色和另一种颜色。根据常识，秋天树叶的颜色除了黄色、红色，还有棕色。故选B。 【22题详解】 词句猜测题。根据文章最后一段“Kaleidoscopes (万花筒) of colour, In nature’s hand, the artist’s brush.”可知，这里将大自然的色彩比作万花筒，强调大自然如同一位艺术家，用其“画笔”创造出多彩的美景。因此，“the artist’s brush”在这里的意思是“大自然创造美丽的方式”。故选C。 【23题详解】 主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“Looking out of my window, In October’s golden light, I see a beauty unsurpassed, A truly lovely sight.”和最后一段“Kaleidoscopes (万花筒) of colour, In nature’s hand, the artist’s brush.”可知，本文主要描述了十月的金秋景色，通过树叶飘落、山顶变白、树木如金色河流等意象，展现了秋天自然景色的美丽与多变。故选C。 B I put on the clothes and practised walking like a girl. “What do you think, Jim?” “Very good, Huck. Nobody will know you’re a boy! Be careful!” I took the boat and rowed to the town. Very soon I met a woman. She told me that her husband was looking for a runaway slave. “They’re going to Jackson’s island tonight to catch him,” she said. This wasn’t good news for Jim. I hurried back to the cave. “Jim! They know you’re here. They’re coming to get you tonight. We must leave now!” We put all our things on the boat and set off down the river for Cairo, where the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers met. We never went to Cairo. We ran into a thick fog on the river one night and couldn’t see a yard in front of us. The next day it cleared, but there was no sight of a town that looked like Cairo. “Maybe we missed it in the fog,” Jim said. We went on boating along the river. We had a few adventures on the way, but nobody caught us. Our life on the boat was very pleasant and I was enjoying myself. During the day we made a camp under the trees and slept. As soon as it got dark, we set off again. We could make a small fire to cook fish on our boat. After dinner, we swam in the moonlight and lay on our backs, looking at the stars. How I wished life would go on like this! However, something happened one morning and our life changed... —Adapted from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 24. Why did Huck dress up like a girl? A. Because he wanted to talk to some women. B. Because he thought girls’ clothes were more beautiful. C. Because he didn’t want others to know who he was. D. Because there were only girls’ clothes to wear. 25. What made them miss the town of Cairo? A. The thick fog. B. The trees. C. The Mississippi. D. The boat. 26. If there was another paragraph to follow, what would it probably talk about? A. The place Huck and Jim wanted to go. B. Something unpleasant that happened to them. C. Someone they made friends and had fun with. D. The reason why they had adventures on the river. 【答案】24. C 25. A 26. B 【解析】 【导语】本文节选自《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》，讲述了哈克和吉姆为了躲避追捕而伪装身份、沿河逃亡的经历，途中虽遭遇浓雾错过目的地，但仍享受着自由冒险的乐趣，直到某天早晨突发变故改变了他们的生活。 【24题详解】 推理判断题。 根据“Very good, Huck. Nobody will know you’re a boy! But be careful!”可知，吉姆告诉哈克男扮女装做得不错，没有人会知道他是一个男孩，但还是要小心，所以由此可知哈克男扮女装是为了不让别人知道他是谁。故选C。 【25题详解】 细节理解题。根据“We never went to Cairo. We ran into a thick fog on the river one night and couldn’t see a yard in front of us. The next day it cleared, but there was no sight of a town that looked like Cairo. ‘Maybe we missed it in the fog,’ Jim said.”可知，第二天雾散后，他们没看到开罗镇，Jim推测他们可能在雾中就错过了这个小镇，这直接说明浓雾导致能见度低，错过了目的地。故选A。 【26题详解】 推理判断题。根据文本结尾提到“How I wished life would go on like this! However, something happened one morning and our life changed...”可知，其中“However”表示转折，暗示接下来会发生不愉快的变故，如被追捕或意外。这符合故事发展逻辑。故选B。 C From red apples and yellow lemons to blueberries and green melons, fruit comes in many different colours. Why do different kinds of fruit have so many colours? According to Lu Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, fruit colours in fact come from their different pigments (色素), such as red or yellow carotenoid (类胡萝卜素) and blue or purple anthocyanin (花青素). These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruit’s environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain colour. To find out how the environment affects fruit colours, Chinese scientists studied more than 280 different fruit colours, including white, red, blue, purple and black. They found that red fruit always grows in cool places. Instead of just growing in one place, you can find it growing in many places around the world. Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places. It grows a lot in just one specific area. The scientists also found that the closer the fruit is to the equator (赤道), the darker its colour will be. Animals have also had an impact on the evolution (进化) of fruit colours. Animals eat fruit and then drop the seeds in other places later. This helps the fruit spread and grow in different places. To attract animals, some fruit develops colours that are easy for animals to see. However, animals see colours differently. Fruit needs to develop colours that are suited to animals’ visual abilities. For example, birds can see red more easily than humans can. Therefore, there tends to be more red fruit in areas where birds live. The lemurs of Madagascar are red-green colour-blind. Many yellow fruit can be found in their habitats, as they can easily see this colour. 27. Why do different kinds of fruit have different colours? A. Because they grow in different countries. B. Because they have different amounts of pigments. C. Because they need different kinds of anthocyanin. D. Because they contain different kinds of carotenoid. 28. You are more likely to find blue and purple fruit in ________ places. A. cool B. warm C. high D. low 29. Some fruit develops colours to ________. A. take in more sunlight B. make animals go away C. attract animals to eat them D. protect themselves from danger 30. What can we learn from the passage? A. Red fruit often grows in warm places. B. Birds can see red more easily than humans can. C. Fruit of light colours tends to grow close to the equator. D. Chinese scientists studied five fruit colours in the study. 【答案】27. B 28. B 29. C 30. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了水果有不同颜色的原因。 【27题详解】 细节理解题。根据“These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruit’s environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain colour.”可知，色素含量不同导致水果颜色不同。故选B。 【28题详解】 细节理解题。根据“Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places.”可知蓝色和紫色水果大多种植于温暖的地方。故选B。 【29题详解】 细节理解题。根据“To attract animals, some fruit develops colours that are easy for animals to see.”可知有些水果提升颜色是为了让动物们容易看到。故选C。 【30题详解】 细节理解题。根据“For example, birds can see red more easily than humans can.”可知，鸟类比人类更容易看到红色。故选B。 D Saturn (土星) is famous for the beautiful rings around it. Now, it’s getting attention for being even more amazing. Scientists have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing the planet’s total to 274. A moon is any naturally formed object that moves around a planet. Moons come in different shapes and sizes. Scientists discovered the moons with a powerful telescope (望远镜), which is used to study stars and planets in great detail. Scientists took many photos of areas in space and piled them on top of each other to make the moons appear bright enough to discover. Most of Saturn’s new moons are small objects, just one or two miles wide—quite different to Earth’s Moon, which is a 2,159-mile-wide ball. These space rocks are in unusual orbits (轨道) too. They go around Saturn in the opposite direction to its own movement. At between 6.5 million and 18 million miles away from the ringed planet, the newly discovered moons are also further away than Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan. Why does Saturn have so many moons while Earth only has one? According to scientists, several billion years ago, the giant planet’s gravity attracted some rocks and ice. Over time, some of them crashed against each other, breaking into smaller pieces or coming together to create many small moons. The new moons were first discovered in 2023 by a team of scientists led by Edward Ashton, and were recently confirmed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Saturn now is the planet with the most moons—Jupiter is not far behind with 95. However, Dr Ashton believes this might be the limit for moon discovery. “I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch up,” he said. “With present technology, I don’t think we can do better than what has already been done,” he added. 31. What do we know about the new discovery? A. Newly found moons look the same. B. Scientists found new moons by accident. C. Saturn’s rings attract many scientists. D. 128 new moons were found around Saturn. 32. What does “the ringed planet” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Earth. B. Saturn. C. Moon. D. Titan. 33. What led to the large number of Saturn’s moons? A. The size of the planet. B. The weights of the moons. C. The orbit of the planet. D. The crashes of the moons. 34. What can we learn from Dr Ashton’s words in the last paragraph? A. Jupiter will soon catch up with Saturn. B. Saturn’s new moons might support life. C. The IAU presented a medal to his team. D. He is satisfied with their moon discovery. 35. How does the writer organize the passage? A. By telling a story about Saturn’s moons discovery. B. By listing numbers and making comparisons (对比). C. By asking questions and giving answers all the way. D. By quoting authority (权威) quotes from many scientists. 【答案】31. D 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. B 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了科学家在土星周围新发现128颗卫星的成果，解释了这些卫星的特征、形成原因，并通过科学家的观点探讨了这一发现的意义。 【31题详解】 细节理解题。根据第一段“Scientists have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing the planet's total to 274.”可知，在土星周围发现了128颗新卫星。故选D。 【32题详解】 词句猜测题。根据第一段“Saturn is famous for the beautiful rings around it.”以及第三段“At between 6.5 million and 18 million miles away from the ringed planet...”可知，“the ringed planet”指的是土星。故选B。 【33题详解】 细节理解题。根据第四段“According to scientists, several billion years ago, the giant planet’s gravity attracted some rocks and ice. Over time, some of them crashed against each other, breaking into smaller pieces or coming together to create many small moons.”可知，卫星之间的碰撞导致了土星拥有大量卫星。故选D。 【34题详解】 推理判断题。根据最后一段“With present technology, I don’t think we can do better than what has already been done”可知，Dr Ashton认为目前的发现已经是现有技术下的最佳成果，体现了他对这次卫星发现的满意。故选D。 【35题详解】 推理判断题。文中多处出现数字（如128、274、2,159-mile等），并将土星的新卫星与地球的卫星、土卫六进行对比，因此作者是通过列举数字和进行对比来组织文章的。故选B。 五、阅读还原 从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项。 Minor Cold (小寒) is the 23rd one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and lasts for 15 days. ____36____ Every year around this time, a cold air mass moves from Siberia towards the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It brings dry and frigid air to most parts of northern China, making the temperature drop sharply. Despite (尽管) the cold, yang, a positive and active force in the Chinese yin-yang theory, continues to grow. ____37____ What is more, magpies (喜鹊) in the north start to build their nests. The behaviour is caused by the increasing influence of yang. Followed by the Chinese New Year, Minor Cold gives rise to the old folk saying, “____38____” Following Minor Cold, the Chinese New Year atmosphere grows within families across the whole country. ____39____ In northern China, the time following Minor Cold is one for ice skating. ____40____ It is the perfect time to enjoy the ice. A. Minor Cold is also the busiest time for doctors of traditional Chinese medicine. B. Prepare for the New Year during Minor Cold and Major Cold. C. It marks the start of the coldest period of the year. D. Mutton hot pot, chestnuts and baked sweet potatoes are three recommended foods for Minor Cold. E. During Minor Cold, wild geese begin their northward movement, showing the growth of yang. F. At this time, ice rinks (溜冰场) in places like Beijing’s Beihai Park are open. G. People start writing Spring Festival couplets, cleaning their houses, and buying fireworks and lanterns. 【答案】36. C 37. E 38. B 39. G 40. F 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了二十四节气中的小寒。 【36题详解】 根据“Minor Cold is the 23rd one of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms, and lasts for 15 days... Every year around this time, a cold air mass moves from Siberia towards the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. It brings dry and frigid air to most parts of northern China, making the temperature drop sharply.”可知，前一句介绍小寒是第23个节气，后一句描述小寒时西伯利亚冷空气南下、北方气温骤降，选项C“它标志着一年中最冷时期的开始。”承上启下，点明小寒的气候意义，符合语境。故选C。 【37题详解】 根据“Despite the cold, yang, a positive and active force in the Chinese yin-yang theory, continues to grow...What is more, magpies in the north start to build their nests. The behaviour is caused by the increasing influence of yang.”可知，前一句提出小寒时节阳气持续生发，后一句补充北方喜鹊开始筑巢，也是受阳气影响，选项E“小寒时节，大雁开始北迁，这体现了阳气的生发。”举例论证，用大雁北归的现象证明阳气生发的观点，符合语境。故选E。 【38题详解】 根据“Followed by the Chinese New Year, Minor Cold gives rise to the old folk saying”可知，前一句提到小寒之后就是春节，由此诞生了一句民间俗语，选项B“小寒大寒，准备过年。”俗语内容，直接对应小寒临近春节，人们开始筹备过年的语境，符合语境。故选B。 【39题详解】 根据“Following Minor Cold, the Chinese New Year atmosphere grows within families across the whole country.”可知，前一句说小寒过后，全国家家户户的过年氛围越来越浓，选项G“人们开始写春联、打扫屋子，购置烟花爆竹和灯笼。”具体举例，说明人们为春节做的具体准备，与过年氛围呼应，符合语境。故选G。 【40题详解】 根据“In northern China, the time following Minor Cold is one for ice skating...It is the perfect time to enjoy the ice.”可知，前一句指出小寒过后的时节是北方滑冰的好时候，后一句说这是享受冰上乐趣的最佳时机，选项F“此时，北京北海公园等地的溜冰场都会对外开放。”补充说明，举例说明此时溜冰场开放，支撑“适合滑冰”的观点，符合语境。故选F。 第Ⅱ卷 非选择题 (请将答案写在答题卷上) 六、短文填空 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The world is warming quickly. The last decade (2010—2019) was the ____41____ (hot) ever recorded, according to Climate Change Service. In 2019, the sea ice cap in the Arctic ____42____ (drop) to 1.6 million square miles, down from 2.44 million square miles in 2010. Of course, the Arctic ice isn’t ____43____ only thing that is lessening. Without sea ice, there will be no sea ice ecosystem. ____44____ (lose) that ecosystem means losing polar bears. Polar bears need sea ice ____45____ (raise) their babies and find their food. Without it, they will be hungry and their number ____46____ (be) smaller. It was reported that in 2015 they were getting ____47____ (create) to stay alive. They managed ____48____ (trap) some dolphins that swam into their homes (also because of the lack of ice). They didn’t eat the dolphins before, but since there was little food, they ate some of the dolphins, and then ____49____ (careful) stored the rest in snow to eat later. Some other problems may also greatly reduce their chance of ____50____ (live). Though polar bears can swim, they can’t go far for long. Their babies have even less ability to swim far. 【答案】41. hottest 42. dropped 43. the 44. Losing 45. to raise 46. will be 47. creative 48. to trap 49. carefully 50. living 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了全球变暖导致北极海冰减少，进而影响北极熊的生存状况。 【41题详解】 句意：根据气候变化服务机构的报告，过去十年（2010—2019）是有记录以来最热的十年。根据“the ... ever recorded”可知，是指有记录以来最热的，用最高级hottest“最热的”。故填hottest。 【42题详解】 句意：2019年，北极的海冰盖面积从2010年的244万平方英里下降到160万平方英里。根据“In 2019”可知，时态是一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填dropped。 【43题详解】 句意：当然，北极冰并不是唯一减少的东西。the only thing“唯一的事情”，用定冠词表特指。故填the。 【44题详解】 句意：失去这个生态系统意味着失去北极熊。空处句中作主语，用动名词形式，且句首单词应大写首字母。故填Losing。 【45题详解】 句意：北极熊需要海冰来养育幼崽和寻找食物。need sth to do“需要某物来做某事”，空处用不定式。故填to raise。 【46题详解】 句意：没有海冰，它们会挨饿，数量也会减少。根据“will be”可知，此处用一般将来时。故填will be。 【47题详解】 句意：据报道，2015年它们为了生存变得更有创造力。根据“getting”是系动词可知，此处用形容词作表语，create的形容词为creative“有创造力的”。故填creative。 【48题详解】 句意：它们设法捕捉了一些游进它们家园的海豚（也是因为冰的减少）。manage to do sth“设法做某事”，空处用不定式形式。故填to trap。 【49题详解】 句意：它们以前不吃海豚，但自从有很少的食物后，它们吃了一些海豚，然后小心地将剩余的储存在雪中以备后用。空处修饰动词stored，用副词carefully“小心地”。故填carefully。 【50题详解】 句意：其他一些问题也可能大大减少它们的生存机会。of是介词，后跟动名词形式。故填living。 七、阅读填空 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在表格空格里填入最恰当的内容。 Have you ever seen capybara (水豚)? They were thought to be a kind of pig in the past, but now we know that they are the largest rodents (啮齿动物) on earth. Guess what? They are new stars on social media now! Seeing them in the wild, you might be surprised at first because they are similar to giant guinea pigs, which are in fact one of their closest relatives. Capybaras’ bodies are covered in reddish-brown fur. When swimming around, thanks to their small eyes, noses and hairless ears which are high on their heads, they’ re able to see the above-water things around them. That’s why they can protect themselves from danger easily. A capybara weighs around 50 kilograms and it can grow to 1.5meters in length. Female capybaras are usually a little heavier than the males. Most of them can be found in South America and like to stay in comfortable places with lots of water. Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, is a perfect place for them to live. Capybaras usually eat grass. But they sometimes eat their own poop because it is helpful for them to get all the things they need. Capybaras are good swimmers and love to play with water. They usually live in groups of 10 to 20 (and up to 100 during the dry season). They also like chatting with each other very much. They express themselves by making different kinds of sounds, including purring, barking, whistling, cackling and grunting. Each sound has an important meaning, from warning the group of danger to sending signals of leaving. It’s like a capybara language. With good personalities, capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media. They get along with almost all the other animals and share their homes with birds and turtles, just like a big animal family living together peacefully. They are calm and don’t really care about what goes on around them. Other animals can do whatever they feel like if they don’t hurt the capybaras. But if capybaras realize a risk, they may attack others to protect themselves. Social media’ s new stars— Capybaras Introduction People used to think capybaras were a kind of pig, but now we are ____51____ that they are the largest rodents on earth. Looks Capybaras look ____52____ giant guinea pigs which are their closest relatives. Covered with reddish-brown fur, the male capybaras are not usually as ____53____ as the female ones. Living area Most of them live in comfortable and ____54____ places such as Pantanal in South America. Food They ____55____ mainly on grass, while eating their own poop is sometimes helpful. Abilities Capybaras are good at ____56____ and enjoy playing with water. They make different kinds of sounds and chat in their own ____57____ . They may attack others when they are in ____58____ . 9. Why do capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media? (List two reasons within 15 words) ________________59________________ 【答案】51. aware 52. like 53. heavy 54. wet 55. feed 56. swimming 57. language 58. danger 59. They have good personalities and get along with almost all the other animals. 【解析】 【导语】本文主要介绍了水豚的相关信息，包括其过去被误认为的种类、现在的认知、外貌特征、生活区域、食物、能力以及它们在社交媒体上受欢迎的原因。 【51题详解】 根据第一段“They were thought to be a kind of pig in the past, but now we know that they are the largest rodents (啮齿动物) on earth”可知，过去人们认为水豚是一种猪，但现在我们知道它们是地球上最大的啮齿动物。此处表示“现在我们知道/意识到……”，因此空格处可填“aware”。故填aware。 【52题详解】 根据第二段“Seeing them in the wild, you might be surprised at first because they are similar to giant guinea pigs, which are in fact one of their closest relatives.”可知，在野外看到水豚时，人们可能会惊讶，因为它们与巨型豚鼠相似，而巨型豚鼠实际上是它们最近的亲属之一。因此，此处应填“like”，表示“像”。故填like。 【53题详解】 根据第二段“A capybara weighs around 50 kilograms…Female capybaras are usually a little heavier than the males”可知，雄性水豚通常不如雌性水豚重，空格处表示“重的”，应用“heavy”。故填heavy。 54题详解】 根据第三段“Most of them can be found in South America and like to stay in comfortable places with lots of water. Pantanal, the world’s largest freshwater wetland, is a perfect place for them to live.”可知，它们大多生活在南美洲，喜欢待在舒适且水源丰富的地方。潘塔纳尔是世界上最大的淡水湿地，是它们生活的理想之地。由此可知，它们喜欢待在舒适且潮湿的地方。“wet”表示“潮湿的”，符合语境。故填wet。 【55题详解】 根据第三段“Capybaras usually eat grass”可知，水豚主要以草为食。“feed on”表示“以……为食”，为固定搭配。故填feed。 【56题详解】 根据第四段“Capybaras are good swimmers and love to play with water”可知，水豚擅长游泳，喜欢玩水。空格处表示“游泳”，且位于介词“at”后，应用动名词“swimming”。故填swimming。 【57题详解】 根据第四段“They express themselves by making different kinds of sounds…It’s like a capybara language”可知，水豚通过发出不同的声音来表达自己，这就像水豚的语言。空格处表示“语言”，应用“language”。故填language。 【58题详解】 根据最后一段“But if capybaras realize a risk, they may attack others to protect themselves”可知，当水豚意识到危险时，它们可能会攻击别人来保护自己。空格处表示“危险”，应用“danger”。故填danger。 【59题详解】 根据最后一段“With good personalities, capybaras have become increasingly popular on social media. They get along with almost all the other animals…just like a big animal family living together peacefully”可知，水豚性格好，几乎与所有其他动物都相处得很好，就像一个大家庭一样和平共处，这是它们在社交媒体上越来越受欢迎的原因。故填They have good personalities and get along with almost all the other animals。 八、 首字母填空 What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the b____60____. There would be no bugs or flies in your room. But in fact, this could cause really s____61____ problems. The bad news is that the n____62____ of insects is getting smaller and smaller these years. Scientists say it’s m ____63____ because of the use of pesticides (农药). They are harmful to the places that insects live in. What would happen if there were no insects l____64____ in our world? It’s almost impossible to predict (预测) but the r____65____ would be terrible. We need insects to pollinate crops. They also break down dead plants and animals and t____66____ them into new useful things. We need them to keep the soil healthy. W____67____ insects, many animals would have nothing to eat. They would go hungry and die. What we need to do first is to let more people understand the i____68____ of the natural world. The best place to start is with our children. We should g____69____ them to have environmental awareness at an early age. 【答案】60. beginning##eginning 61. serious##erious 62. number##umber 63. mainly##ainly 64. left##eft 65. result##esult 66. turn##urn 67. Without##ithout 68. importance##mportance 69. guide##uide 【解析】 【导语】本文探讨了如果没有昆虫，世界将会怎样的问题，指出近年来昆虫数量在减少，阐述了昆虫对生态系统的重要性，强调要让更多人尤其是孩子了解自然世界的重要性并培养他们的环保意识。 【60题详解】 根据“What will our world be like if there are no insects? It might sound nice in the...”可知，此处表示“在开始听起来可能不错”，in the beginning“起初，开始”，是固定短语。故填beginning。 【61题详解】 根据“But in fact, this could cause really...problems.”以及后文描述的没有昆虫可能带来的严重后果可知，此处指“严重的”问题，应用形容词serious修饰名词problems。故填serious。 【62题详解】 根据“The bad news is that the...of insects is getting smaller and smaller these years.”以及常识可知，此处指昆虫的“数量”越来越少，the number of“……的数量”，是固定短语。故填number。 【63题详解】 根据“Scientists say it’s...because of the use of pesticides (农药).”可知，此处表示“主要是因为农药的使用”，应用副词mainly修饰整个句子。故填mainly。 【64题详解】 根据“What would happen if there were no insects...in our world?”以及语境可知，此处指如果世界上没有“剩下”的昆虫会发生什么，应用过去分词left作后置定语修饰insect。故填left。 【65题详解】 根据“It’s almost impossible to predict (预测), but the...would be terrible.”可知，此处指预测的结果很可怕，result“结果”，此处用单数形式。故填result。 【66题详解】 根据“They also break down dead plants and animals and...them into new useful things.”可知，此处指昆虫把死亡的动植物分解并“转化”成新的有用的东西，turn...into...“把……变成……”，是固定短语，and连接并列成分，前面break down是动词原形，此处也用动词原形。故填turn。 【67题详解】 根据“...insects, many animals would have nothing to eat.”可知，此处表示“没有”昆虫，许多动物就没有东西吃，without“没有”，是介词，句首首字母大写。故填Without。 【68题详解】 根据“What we need to do first is to let more people understand the...of the natural world.”可知，此处指让更多人了解自然世界的“重要性”，importance“重要性”，是不可数名词。故填importance。 【69题详解】 根据“We should...them to have environmental awareness at an early age.”可知，此处指我们应该“引导”他们在很小的时候就有环保意识，guide“引导”，should后跟动词原形。故填guide。 九、书面表达 70. 人和动物共同生活在这个美丽的地球，互相影响，互相依存。某英文报正在举办以“Saving wild animals”为主题的征文活动，请根据以下问题提示，写一篇英语短文投稿。 提示：1. What danger do wild animals face? (at least 2 points) 2. Why do we have to protect wild animals? (at least 2 points) 3. As students, what action can we take to protect wild animals? (at least 3 points) 要求： （1）表达清楚，语法正确，上下文连贯； （2）必须包括提示中所有信息，并适当发挥； （3）词数：100词左右（开头不计入总词数）； （4）不得使用真实姓名、校名、地名等。 Saving wild animals Humans live together with wild animals on the earth, but many of them are in danger. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 【答案】例文 Saving wild animals Humans live together with wild animals on the earth, but many of them are in danger. Many wild animals don’t have enough places to live. People keep taking their living places to make more space for farms and buildings. This will lead to less and less food and space for wildlife. Moreover, wild animals face serious problems in the wild. People hunt wild animals for their fur, bones or other parts of their body. We protect wild animals not only because wild animals are our friends but also because wild animals help keep a balance between humans and nature. If there are no wild animals, there will be no humans. Therefore, we must take action to save wild animals. First, we shouldn’t buy fur coats any more. Second, we can write to the government and give some advice. Last but not least, we should call on everybody to know the importance of wildlife. 【解析】 【详解】[总体分析] ①题材：本文是一篇材料作文； ②时态：时态以“一般现在时”为主； ③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应根据提示要点进行书面表达，不要遗漏要点。 [写作步骤] 第一步，表明写作意图。介绍野生动物面临的危险； 第二步，具体阐述为什么要保护野生动物； 第三步，介绍保护野生动物的措施，书写结语。 [亮点词汇] ①keep doing 坚持做 ②lead to导致 ③not only…but also…不仅……而且…… ④call on 号召 [高分句型] ①We protect wild animals not only because wild animals are our friends but also because wild animals help keep a balance between humans and nature.（not only…but also…连接的并列句） ②If there are no wild animals, there will be no humans.（if引导的条件状语从句） 第1页/共1页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $