Unit 2 Amazing Plants and Animals （短文填空专练）英语新教材鲁教版五四学制七年级下册

Unit 2 Amazing Plants and Animals 短文填空专练 话题：人与自然 — 神奇动植物 基础篇 01 （教材改编） We Can’t Live Without Bees Imagine you go to the supermarket in your area, but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, eggs, or chocolate. How would you feel? 1.__________(disappoint)? Angry? Sad? At this moment you realize people, plants, and animals are all connected. We need each other to live, and bees are one of the best 2.____________(example) of this connection. Bees are very hard-working animals, and their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers. As they fly from one flower to another, they take pollen with them. This action helps plants grow. In fact, 3.__________ their work, about 80 per cent of the plants in the world cannot grow. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are 4._________( important ) than any other animal on this planet. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. For example, they work hard together to make 5._________(they) homes. In order 6.________ (store) honey, they create honeycombs. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate. When a bee 7._________(find) new food, it uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is. Bees play 8_________ important part in the ecosystem of our planet. 9._________, the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees need our help, and there is a lot we can do. Think about what you can do to protect one of the 10.__________( amazing) animals on earth. 【答案】 1．disappointed 2．examples 3．without 4．more important 5．their 6．to store 7．finds 8．an 9．However 10．most amazing 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了蜜蜂在授粉、维系生态系统中的重要作用，以及蜜蜂数量减少的现状，呼吁大家保护蜜蜂。 1. 句意：你会感到失望吗？分析句子，feel是系动词，后接形容词作表语，此处修饰人，用disappointed表示“感到失望的”。故填disappointed。 2. 句意：我们需要彼此生存，蜜蜂就是这种联系的最佳例子之一。one of the+可数名词复数，意为“……之一”，example需用复数形式。故填examples。 3. 句意：事实上，没有它们的工作，世界上大约80%的植物无法生长。结合句意，此处表“没有”，用介词without，符合语境。故填without。 4. 句意：因此，许多科学家认为蜜蜂比地球上任何其他动物都更重要。句中有than，形容词important需用比较级，其比较级为more important。故填more important。 5. 句意：例如，它们一起努力建造自己的家。此处修饰名词homes，用形容词性物主代词their，指代“蜜蜂的”。故填their。 6. 句意：为了储存蜂蜜，它们建造蜂巢。in order to do sth.是固定搭配，意为“为了做某事”，不定式作目的状语。故填to store。 7. 句意：当一只蜜蜂找到新的食物时，它会用舞蹈告诉其他蜜蜂食物在哪里、有多远。主句用一般现在时，时间状语从句也用一般现在时，主语a bee是单数，谓语动词find用第三人称单数形式。故填finds。 8. 句意：蜜蜂在地球的生态系统中扮演着重要角色。play an important part in是固定搭配，意为“在……中扮演重要角色”，important以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an。故填an。 9. 句意：然而，蜜蜂的数量正在减少，科学家们很担心。前文讲蜜蜂的重要性，后文讲数量减少，是转折关系，用however，句首首字母大写。故填However。 10. 句意：想想你能做些什么来保护地球上最神奇的动物之一。one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数，意为“最……的……之一”，amazing的最高级为most amazing。故填most amazing。 02 （教材改编） The Blue Whale The blue whale is the largest and 1._______(heavy) animal on earth. It can weigh as 2.________(much) as 200 tons. Many people like watching blue whales swim, and they think it is one of the most beautiful 3._________(thing) to see. Blue whales live in all oceans 4._______ the Arctic Ocean. They eat a lot, 5._______ they eat some of the tiniest animals in the ocean. A blue whale can 6.________(eat) around four tons of these a day. Blue whales can live up to 90 years. When a blue whale dies at sea, it 7.________(become) food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea. This food lasts for over 8.________ year and it helps to create a lively and 9._________(health) ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect 10._________(they). 【答案】1. heaviest 2. much 3. things 4. except 5. but 6. eat 7. becomes 8. a 9. healthy 10. them 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了蓝鲸的体型、栖息地、食性、寿命及死后对海洋生态的作用，呼吁大家保护蓝鲸。 1. 句意：蓝鲸是地球上最大最重的动物。and连接并列形容词最高级，与largest对应，heavy的最高级为heaviest。故填heaviest。 2. 句意：它的体重可达200吨。as much as是固定搭配，表“多达”，修饰重量。故填much。 3. 句意：很多人喜欢看蓝鲸游动，他们认为这是最值得看的美景之一。one of the+可数名词复数，thing的复数形式是things。故填things。 4. 句意：蓝鲸生活在除北冰洋外的所有海洋中。结合常识，蓝鲸不生活在北冰洋，except表“除……之外”，符合语境。故填except。 5. 句意：它们食量很大，但吃的却是海洋里一些最小的动物。前后句是转折关系，用连词but连接。故填but。 6. 句意：一头蓝鲸一天大约能吃4吨这种小动物。情态动词can后接动词原形。故填eat。 7. 句意：当蓝鲸在海里死亡时，它会成为许多生活在海洋里及周边动物的食物。主句描述客观情况，用一般现在时，主语it是单数，谓语动词become用第三人称单数形式。故填becomes。 8. 句意：这些食物能持续一年多，助力形成活跃且健康的生态系统。year是可数名词单数，且以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故填a。 9. 句意：这些食物能持续一年多，助力形成活跃且健康的生态系统。修饰名词ecosystem，用形容词healthy，与lively并列。故填healthy。 10. 句意：蓝鲸在我们的世界中扮演着重要角色，所以我们必须保护它们。动词protect后接人称代词宾格，they的宾格是them。故填them。 03 Many people love growing plants and 1.________ (put) them in their homes. But plants do not just make our homes look beautiful. Some of them also play 2.________ amazing role in our lives. We all know that plants are important in Chinese medicine. One of the 3.________ (popular) plants in Chinese medicine is ginseng (人参). Doctors believe that ginseng is good for people’s 4.________ (healthy). They often use ginseng as medicine to protect people from some illnesses. Also, Chinese people use ginseng 5.________ (cook) different dishes. In India, people are no stranger to neem (印度苦楝树) because they use it a lot. Neem is very 6.________ (use) for solving some common health problems like sore throats and skin illnesses. In ancient India, people used neem branches (树枝) for 7.________ (clean) their 8.________(tooth). Even today, some supermarkets still sell toothpaste (牙膏)9.________ (make) from it. Another very popular plant is aloe vera (芦荟). I guess this name reminds us 10.________ some cosmetics (化妆品). It can help solve some skin problems like hair loss and sunburn. It’s so easy to grow that people often bring this plant into their homes. 【答案】1．putting 2．an 3．most popular 4．health 5．to cook 6．useful 7．cleaning 8．teeth 9．made 10．of 11．to grow 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了人参、印度苦楝树和芦荟等植物在医药、卫生和美容等方面的特殊用途。 1．句意：许多人热爱种植植物并把它们放在家里。根据“love growing plants and…”可知，连词and连接两个并列的宾语，前面是growing（动名词形式），因此后面的动词put也应使用动名词形式，保持结构一致。故填putting。 2．句意：它们中的一些在我们的生活中也扮演着惊人的角色。分析句子，句中“role”是可数名词单数形式，所以前面需要加上冠词；又因为“amazing”是元音音素开头的单词，故用不定冠词an，表示“一个”，非特指。故填an。 3．句意：中医里最受欢迎的植物之一是人参。分析句子，可知“one of the”后需跟形容词最高级。故填most popular。 4．句意：医生认为人参对人们的健康有益。根据“people’s”为名词所有格，可知后跟名词。故填health。 5．句意：此外，中国人用人参来烹饪不同的菜肴。use sth. to do sth.意为“用某物做某事”，固定搭配，此处不定式作目的状语。故填to cook。 6．句意：印度苦楝树对于解决一些像嗓子疼和皮肤病常见的健康问题非常有用。分析句子，可知“is”为系动词，后跟形容词作表语。故填useful。 7．句意：在古印度，人们用印度苦楝树的树枝来清洁牙齿。分析句子，可知介词for后面需要接动名词形式作宾语。故填cleaning。 8．句意：在古印度，人们用印度苦楝树的树枝来清洁牙齿。分析句子，tooth“牙齿”是可数名词，人的牙齿通常不止一颗，因此需要使用复数形式。故填teeth。 9．句意：即使在今天，一些超市仍然出售由它制成的牙膏。分析句子，句中已有谓语动词sell，因此此处需要填非谓语动词。逻辑主语 toothpaste“牙膏”与 make“制作”之间是被动关系，表示“被制成”，所以用过去分词作后置定语。故填made。 10．句意：我猜这个名字让我们想起了一些化妆品。remind sb. of sth.意为“使某人想起某事”，固定搭配。故填of。  04 Elephants are one of the 1._______(big) mammals in the world. There are two kinds of elephants, the 1. African elephants and the Asian elephants. The main 2. ______ (different) between them is that the Asian one has much 3. ______ (small) ears. The African elephant uses its bigger ears 4. ______ (cool) during the summer. The elephants use their feet to feel the vibrations (震动) 5. ______ the ground. One elephant has two tusks (长牙). They can be as long as 2 meters. An adult elephant reaches 3 to 4 meters—many times taller than a baby one. And an adult elephant 6. ______ (weigh) about 5,000 kg. Adult elephants spend 15 to 18 hours a day 7. ______ (eat) 250 to 300 kilos of food. Elephants can live up to about 70 years. 8. ______ (they) eyesight (视力) is very poor. 9. ______ don't be upset with them. The elephant has 10. ______ biggest brain among the mammals on land! 【答案】1. biggest 2. difference 3. smaller 4. to cool 5. on 6. weighs 7. eating 8. Their 9. But 10. the 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，介绍大象是大型哺乳动物，分非洲象和亚洲象，讲了二者区别、大象的长牙、体型体重、进食习惯、寿命、视力及脑部特点。 1. 句意：大象是世界上最大的哺乳动物之一。one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数，big的最高级是biggest。故填biggest。 2. 句意：它们之间最主要的区别是亚洲象的耳朵小得多。main是形容词，后接名词，different的名词是difference，谓语is表单数，故填difference。 3. 句意：它们之间最主要的区别是亚洲象的耳朵小得多。much修饰形容词比较级，small的比较级是smaller。故填smaller。 4. 句意：非洲象在夏天用它更大的耳朵来降温。use sth. to do sth.是固定搭配，表“用某物做某事”，故填to cool。 5. 句意：大象用脚感受地面的震动。on the ground是固定搭配，表“在地面上”，故填on。 6. 句意：一头成年大象重约5000公斤。主语an adult elephant是单数，全文用一般现在时，谓语weigh用第三人称单数形式weighs。故填weighs。 7. 句意：成年大象每天花15到18个小时吃250到300公斤食物。spend time doing sth.是固定搭配，表“花费时间做某事”，故填eating。 8. 句意：它们的视力很差。修饰名词eyesight，用形容词性物主代词，they的形容词性物主代词是Their，句首首字母大写。故填Their。 9. 句意：但别对它们失望。前文说视力差，后文说脑部最大，是转折关系，用but，句首首字母大写。故填But。 10. 句意：大象是陆地哺乳动物中大脑最大的！形容词最高级前要加定冠词the，故填the。 05 选词填空 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。 protect    face    we    friendly    care    understand    like    animal    hurt    popular On social media, some of the most 1______ videos are those showing cute animals. But some people make animals do tricks for tourists, or even 2______ them. This worries people of all ages around the world, because they love 3______. Oct 4 is World Animal Day. It raises awareness (增强意识) of animals’ lives and the problems they may 4______. Why do so many of 5______ love animals? People love animals 6______ they love children, said the website (网站) Medium. Our pets have a 7______ and playful nature. This makes us want to 8______ about them. It may sound funny, but animals help people 9______ what it means to be human. “We see animals as part of our life,” wrote John Malouff, a psychology (心理学) teacher, on his blog. Now let’s help animals and ourselves, and do all we can to 10______ the animals on our Earth. 【答案】 1．popular 2．hurt 3．animals 4．face 5．us 6．like 7．friendly 8．care 9．understand 10．protect 【解析】 【导语】本文主要探讨了社交媒体上动物视频的受欢迎现象，揭示了此现象背后存在的动物保护问题，并呼吁人们行动起来保护地球上的动物。 1．句意：在社交媒体上，一些最受欢迎的视频是那些展示可爱动物的视频。根据“some of the most ... videos”可知，空处缺少形容词，因此用popular“受欢迎的”。故填popular。 2．句意：但是有些人让动物为游客表演特技，甚至伤害它们。根据“But some people make animals do tricks for tourists, or even...”可知，空处缺少动词，hurt“伤害”符合句意，本句时态为一般现在时，动词需用原形。故填hurt。 3．句意：这让全世界各个年龄段的人都感到担忧，因为他们喜爱动物。根据“This worries people of all ages around the world, because they love...”可知，很多人为动物感到担心是因为他们喜欢动物。因此用animals“动物”，复数形式表泛指。故填animals。 4．句意：它提高了人们对动物的生活以及它们可能面临的问题的意识。根据“It raises awareness (增强意识) of animals’ lives and the problems they may...”可知，face problems“面临问题”，固定搭配。因此用face“面临”，情态动词may后接动词原形。故填face。 5．句意：为什么我们中有这么多人喜欢动物？根据“Why do so many of ... love animals?”可知，空处缺少宾语，因此用us“我们”。故填us。 6．句意：人们喜爱动物就像他们喜爱孩子。根据“People love animals ... they love children”可知，人们喜爱动物就像他们喜爱孩子，因此用like“像”。故填like。 7．句意：我们的宠物有一种友好和爱玩的天性。根据“Our pets have a ... and playful nature.”可知，空处缺少形容词，因此用friendly“友好的”。故填friendly。 8．句意：这让我们想要去关心它们。根据“This makes us want to ... about them.”可知，宠物的天性是友好爱玩的，这让我们想去关心它们。care about“关心”，固定搭配，因此用care“关心”，want to后接动词原形。故填care。 9．句意：这听起来可能很有趣，但动物帮助人们理解成为人类意味着什么。根据“It may sound funny, but animals help people ... what it means to be human.”可知，动物能够帮助人们理解成为人类意味着什么。因此用understand“理解”，help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”，固定搭配。故填understand。 10．句意：现在，让我们帮助动物和我们自己，并尽我们所能去保护地球上的动物。根据“Now let’s help animals and ourselves, and do all we can to...”可知，为了人类和动物，我们应该尽自己所能去保护地球上的动物。因此用protect“保护”，不定式符号to后接动词原形。故填protect。 语法填空 06 Bamboo is a very popular plant around the world. Many people love it for its green leaves and tall stems. But 1. ______ (actual), did you know bamboo is not a tree? It's a kind of grass! Yes, the 2. ______ (tall) grass in the world—some can grow as tall as 30 metres! 3. ______ (imagine) a grass as tall as a ten-floor building. That's so cool! It is hard 4. ______ (believe) how strong the bamboo is. When new bamboo starts to grow —we call them shoots, they can even push up heavy stones. That shows how tough (坚韧的) bamboo is. Bamboo 5. ______ (connect) with our lives in many ways. We use it to make chopsticks, baskets, and even houses. Without bamboo, our life would be different. Can you imagine eating 6. ______ bamboo chopsticks or having no bamboo chairs to sit on? But some people feel disappointed 7. ______ bamboo forests are getting smaller. Scientists state that we need to protect bamboo. Why? Because animals like pandas need bamboo 8. ______ (eat). Also, bamboo helps keep the earth 9. ______ (health). We can communicate to help plant more bamboo, use bamboo products, and tell others why it's important. Bamboo is more than just a plant. It's a friend to nature and to 10. ______ (we). Let's work together to protect it, so this amazing grass can stay with us forever! 【答案】1. actually 2. tallest 3. Imagine 4. to believe 5. connects 6. with 7. because 8. to eat 9. healthy 10. us 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，介绍竹子是草本植物而非树木、是世界最高草类，讲述其韧性、与人类生活的关联及重要性，呼吁保护竹子。 1. 句意：但实际上，你知道竹子不是树吗？修饰整个句子用副词，actual的副词形式是actually。故填actually。 2. 句意：它是世界上最高的草——有些能长到30米高！结合in the world可知用形容词最高级，tall的最高级是tallest。故填tallest。 3. 句意：想象一下一种草和十层楼一样高。本句是祈使句，以动词原形开头，句首首字母大写。故填Imagine。 4. 句意：很难相信竹子有多坚韧。It's+形容词+to do sth.是固定句型，表“做某事是……的”，不定式作真正主语。故填to believe。 5. 句意：竹子在很多方面和我们的生活息息相关。全文用一般现在时，主语bamboo是不可数名词，谓语connect用第三人称单数形式connects。故填connects。 6. 句意：你能想象用竹筷吃饭或者没有竹椅坐的样子吗？表“用某种工具”用介词with。故填with。 7. 句意：但有些人因为竹林面积在不断缩小而感到失望。后半句是前半句的原因，用连词because引导原因状语从句。故填because。 8. 句意：因为熊猫这类动物需要竹子为食。need sth. to do sth.是固定搭配，表“需要某物做某事”，不定式作目的状语。故填to eat。 9. 句意：此外，竹子有助于保持地球健康。keep+宾语+形容词，表“使某物保持某种状态”，health的形容词是healthy。故填healthy。 10. 句意：它是大自然和我们的朋友。介词to后接人称代词宾格，we的宾格是us。故填us。 提高篇 07 Animals are very important in our lives. They are not just a part of nature, but also 1______ (we) good friends. They help us in many ways and make our world more 2______ (colour). First, some animals work for us. For example, dogs can help the police find lost people or catch bad people. They are very smart and loyal. cows and 3._______(sheep ) give us milk and wool, which we use to make food and clothes. Without them, life might be much 4.______ (hard) than before. 5.________(two), animals bring us happiness. Many people keep pets like cats, dogs or birds at home. These pets are like family members. They play with us and make us feel less lonely than before. When we are sad, they can comfort us with their love. Third, animals are important for the environment. Bees help flowers grow by 6______ (carry) pollen (花粉). Birds eat insects and keep the balance of nature. 7______ there were no animals, our world would not be so beautiful. However, some animals are in danger because of human activities. We cut the forests, pollute rivers and hunt too much. These make it hard for animals 8______ (live). We must protect them and their homes. We can do small things like not littering, planting trees and learning more about animals. All in all, animals are our good friends. They help us, make us happy and keep our world beautiful. Let's treat them 9.______ love and care, so we can live together in 10._______ better world. 【答案】1. our 2. colourful 3. sheep 4. harder 5. Second 6. carrying 7. If 8. to live 9. with 10. a 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，介绍动物是人类好友，从助力人类、带来快乐、维护生态三方面讲其重要性，指出动物生存危机，呼吁爱护动物。 1. 句意：它们不只是自然的一部分，也是我们的好朋友。修饰名词friends用形容词性物主代词，we的形容词性物主代词是our。故填our。 2. 句意：它们在很多方面帮助我们，让世界更多彩。make sth.+形容词，colour的形容词是colourful（多彩的）。故填colourful。 3. 句意：奶牛和绵羊给我们提供奶和羊毛，我们用来制作食物和衣物。sheep单复数同形，此处表类别用复数，故填sheep。 4. 句意：没有它们，生活可能会比以前艰难得多。than表比较，hard的比较级是harder，much修饰比较级。故填harder。 5. 句意：第二，动物给我们带来快乐。前文用First，此处对应用Second表第二点，句首首字母大写。故填Second。 6. 句意：蜜蜂通过传播花粉帮助花朵生长。介词by后接动名词，carry的动名词是carrying。故填carrying。 7. 句意：如果没有动物，我们的世界不会这么美丽。此处表假设，用If引导条件状语从句，句首首字母大写。故填If。 8. 句意：这些让动物难以生存。make it+adj.+for sb./sth. to do sth.是固定句型，不定式作真正宾语。故填to live。 9. 句意：让我们用关爱对待它们，这样就能在更美好的世界共处。treat sb. with sth.是固定搭配，表“用……对待某人”。故填with。 10. 句意：让我们用关爱对待它们，这样就能在更美好的世界共处。world是可数名词单数，better辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。故填a。 08 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内选出适当的单词，将其正确形式填入空白处，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。方框内有两个词为多余项。 spend  stay  easy  worry  much  you  perform  appear  big  make  situation  because Now more and more people like keeping pets. But different ideas 1______ about their usefulness. Many families deeply connect with pets, treating them as family members like daughters or sons. On the one hand, they believe pets play a part in relieving (缓解) loneliness by 2______ with them when they’re alone. On the other hand, some pets are brave. When some people are in dangerous 3______, the pets can save them. Recently, guide dogs have even helped send elderly people to hospitals successfully. Through all of the above, we can better understand why it is important for some people to keep pets. However, other people are against keeping pets 4______ of so many reasons. They think it is very wasteful 5______ so much money on pets. In their views, compared with the pets, we should give even 6______ warmth and help to the poor. Some people also 7______ about the illness that pets may bring to them. Pets don’t know that people need a quiet environment. So their sounds may become the 8______ problem in their lives. How different the thoughts about pets are! I think keeping pets is a personal habit. Whether (是否) to keep a pet or not, you can decide by 9______. But if you can’t solve the problems caused by your pet well, that 10______ your neighbors dislike you. 【答案】1．appear 2．staying 3．situations 4．because 5．to spend 6．more 7．worry 8．biggest 9．yourself 10．will make 【解析】 【导语】本文是议论文，主要讨论了人们对于养宠物的不同看法，一方面认为宠物可以缓解孤独、在危险时救人，另一方面则认为养宠物浪费金钱、可能带来疾病和噪音问题，最后指出养宠物是个人选择，但需处理好宠物带来的问题。 1．句意：但是关于宠物的用处，不同的观点出现了。 根据语境和所给单词，appear（出现）符合句意；句子描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语different ideas是复数，动词用原形。故填appear。 2．句意：一方面，他们认为宠物通过在人们独处时陪伴他们来缓解孤独。 根据“by...with them”及语境，备选词stay（陪伴，停留）符合搭配“stay with sb.”（陪伴某人）；介词by后接动名词，stay的动名词形式是staying。故填staying。 3．句意：当一些人处于危险的情况中时，宠物可以救他们。 根据“in dangerous...”及所给单词，situation（情况，处境）符合短语“in dangerous situations”（处于危险情况中）；此处指多种危险情况，用复数形式situations。故填situations。 4．句意：然而，其他人因为很多原因反对养宠物。 根据语境，后文“so many reasons”是反对养宠物的原因，because（因为）符合逻辑，构成“because of”（因为，后接名词/名词短语）。故填because。 5．句意：他们认为在宠物身上花这么多钱是非常浪费的。 根据“it is very wasteful...so much money on pets”及所给单词，spend（花费）符合句型“It is + adj. + to do sth.”（做某事是……的）和短语“spend money on sth.”（在某物上花钱）；此处用动词不定式to spend。故填to spend。 6．句意：在他们看来，与宠物相比，我们应该给穷人更多的温暖和帮助。 根据“even...warmth and help”及所给单词，much（许多）的比较级more（更多的）符合语境，指“更多的温暖和帮助”。故填more。 7． 句意：一些人也担心宠物可能带给他们的疾病。 根据“...about the illness”及所给单词，worry（担心）符合短语“worry about”（担心……）；句子用一般现在时，主语some people是复数，动词用原形。故填worry。 8．句意：所以它们的声音可能会成为他们生活中最大的问题。 根据“the...problem”及所给单词，big（大的）的最高级biggest（最大的）符合语境，“the + 形容词最高级”表示“最……的”。故填biggest。 9．句意：是否养宠物，你可以自己决定。 根据“decide it by...”及所给单词，you（你）的反身代词yourself（你自己）符合短语“by oneself”（独自，自己）。故填yourself。 10．句意：但如果你不能很好地解决你的宠物带来的问题，那会让你的邻居不喜欢你。 根据“But if you can’t solve the problems caused by your pet well”和所给单词，make（使，让）符合句型“make sb. do sth.”（让某人做某事）；此句是“if”引导的条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”原则，主句用一般将来时will make。故填will make。 09 The environment and animals are essential to our 1. ______ (planet) balance, yet they face many threats. 2. ______ fact, human activities weigh heavily on ecosystems. If we don’t act now, we may feel deeply 3. ______ (disappoint) by the loss of biodiversity in the future. Animals, especially bees, play one of the 4. ______ (important) roles in maintaining (维持) nature’s balance. Bees, for example, are crucial for pollination, which helps plants grow and produce food. Without them, our world would lose much of its 5. ______ (live) beauty and resources. Sadly, bees are disappearing due to habitat loss and climate change. We must protect them from 6. ______ (harm) by planting more flowers and reducing pesticide (农药) use. The 7. ______ (connect) among humans, animals, and the environment is undeniable (不可否认的). 8. ______ we harm nature, we harm ourselves. By protecting the environment, we not only save animals but also ensure our own 9. ______ (happy) and well-being. Small actions can make 10. ______ big difference. Let’s act now—for the environment, for animals, and for our future. 【答案】1. planet's 2. In 3. disappointed 4. most important 5. living 6. being harmed 7. connection 8. When/If 9. happiness 10. a 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，阐述环境与动物对生态平衡的重要性，强调人与动植物、环境的紧密关联，呼吁从小事做起保护生态。 1. 句意：环境和动物对地球的平衡至关重要，但它们面临诸多威胁。修饰名词balance用名词所有格，表“地球的”，故填planet's。 2. 句意：事实上，人类活动给生态系统带来巨大负担。in fact是固定搭配，表“事实上”，句首首字母大写，故填In。 3. 句意：若现在不行动，未来生物多样性减少会让我们深感失望。feel后接形容词，修饰人用disappointed，表“感到失望的”，故填disappointed。 4. 句意：动物尤其是蜜蜂，在维持生态平衡中扮演着最重要的角色之一。one of the+形容词最高级+名词复数，important最高级为most important，故填most important。 5. 句意：没有它们，世界会失去诸多鲜活的美景与资源。修饰名词beauty用形容词living，表“鲜活的”，故填living。 6. 句意：我们要多种花、少用农药，保护蜜蜂免受伤害。protect…from doing sth.表“保护……免受……”，bees与harm是被动关系，用被动式being harmed，故填being harmed。 7. 句意：人与动物、环境间的关联毋庸置疑。定冠词后接名词，connect的名词是connection，谓语is表单数，故填connection。 8. 句意：当/如果我们伤害自然，就是伤害自己。可填When引导时间状语从句，或If引导条件状语从句，句首首字母大写，故填When/If。 9. 句意：保护环境不仅能拯救动物，还能保障我们自身的幸福与安康。形容词own后接名词，happy的名词是happiness，故填happiness。 10. 句意：微小行动也能产生大影响。make a big difference是固定搭配，表“产生很大影响”，故填a。 10 Water is of great 1. ______ (important) in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔子) 2. ______ (connect) water with many nice qualities and suggested that people should learn from water to improve themselves. Believed to be the 3. ______ (begin) of all life, water also gives us life like a gentle mother. It’s impossible for us human beings to live 4. ______ water. However, 5. ______ way people get along with water has two sides. In history, floods (洪水) brought big problems to people. Every time floods hit a village, houses fell down and 6. ______ (thousand) of people became homeless. In order 7. ______ (solve) the problem, Yu, the first ruler of the Xia Dynasty, organized his people and dug the waterways so that the water could easily flow into the sea. Today, the shortage (短缺) of freshwater is another serious problem. 8. ______ almost three quarters of the planet is covered with water, most of it couldn’t be drunk directly. There are still factories polluting rivers and lakes, which makes things even 9. ______ (bad). Let’s take 10. ______ (act) before it’s too late! I really hope we can live in peace with the environment. 【答案】1. importance 2. connected 3. beginning 4. without 5. the 6. thousands 7. to solve 8.Although/Though 9. worse 10. action 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，介绍水在中国文化中的重要意义，讲述人类与水相处的两面性，提及洪水危害、淡水短缺问题，呼吁及时行动保护环境、与自然共处。 1. 句意：水在中国文化中意义重大。of great+名词=形容词，important的名词是importance，故填importance。 2. 句意：孔子将水与诸多优良品质相联系，并建议人们以水为鉴完善自身。and连接并列谓语，suggested是过去式，connect也用过去式connected，故填connected。 3. 句意：水被视为万物生命之源，也如温柔的母亲般孕育我们。the后接名词，begin的名词是beginning，故填beginning。 4. 句意：人类离开水无法生存。结合句意表“没有”，用介词without，故填without。 5. 句意：但人类与水相处的方式具有两面性。此处特指“人们与水相处的方式”，way前加定冠词the，故填the。 6. 句意：每次洪水侵袭村庄，房屋倒塌，成千上万人流离失所。thousands of是固定搭配，表“成千上万的”，故填thousands。 7. 句意：为解决这一问题，夏朝首位君主大禹组织民众开凿水道，让水顺利入海。in order to do sth.固定搭配，表“为了做某事”，故填to solve。 8. 句意：尽管地球近四分之三被水覆盖，但大部分水无法直接饮用。前后句是让步关系，用Although/Though引导让步状语从句，句首首字母大写，故填Although/Though。 9. 句意：仍有工厂污染河湖，让情况雪上加霜。even修饰形容词比较级，bad的比较级是worse，故填worse。 10. 句意：趁还来得及，让我们采取行动！take action是固定搭配，表“采取行动”，故填action。 ( 1 / 13 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Unit 2 Amazing Plants and Animals 短文填空专练 话题：人与自然 — 神奇动植物 基础篇 01 （教材改编） We Can’t Live Without Bees Imagine you go to the supermarket in your area, but there are almost no fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, eggs, or chocolate. How would you feel? 1.__________(disappoint)? Angry? Sad? At this moment you realize people, plants, and animals are all connected. We need each other to live, and bees are one of the best 2.____________(example) of this connection. Bees are very hard-working animals, and their greatest work is pollination. On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers. As they fly from one flower to another, they take pollen with them. This action helps plants grow. In fact, 3.__________ their work, about 80 per cent of the plants in the world cannot grow. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are 4._________( important ) than any other animal on this planet. Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in the world. For example, they work hard together to make 5._________(they) homes. In order 6.________ (store) honey, they create honeycombs. Another interesting thing about bees is how they communicate. When a bee 7._________(find) new food, it uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is. Bees play 8_________ important part in the ecosystem of our planet. 9._________, the number of bees is dropping, and scientists are worried. Bees need our help, and there is a lot we can do. Think about what you can do to protect one of the 10.__________( amazing) animals on earth. 02 （教材改编） The Blue Whale The blue whale is the largest and 1._______(heavy) animal on earth. It can weigh as 2.________(much) as 200 tons. Many people like watching blue whales swim, and they think it is one of the most beautiful 3._________(thing) to see. Blue whales live in all oceans 4._______ the Arctic Ocean. They eat a lot, 5._______ they eat some of the tiniest animals in the ocean. A blue whale can 6.________(eat) around four tons of these a day. Blue whales can live up to 90 years. When a blue whale dies at sea, it 7.________(become) food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea. This food lasts for over 8.________ year and it helps to create a lively and 9._________(health) ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect 10._________(they). 03 Many people love growing plants and 1.________ (put) them in their homes. But plants do not just make our homes look beautiful. Some of them also play 2.________ amazing role in our lives. We all know that plants are important in Chinese medicine. One of the 3.________ (popular) plants in Chinese medicine is ginseng (人参). Doctors believe that ginseng is good for people’s 4.________ (healthy). They often use ginseng as medicine to protect people from some illnesses. Also, Chinese people use ginseng 5.________ (cook) different dishes. In India, people are no stranger to neem (印度苦楝树) because they use it a lot. Neem is very 6.________ (use) for solving some common health problems like sore throats and skin illnesses. In ancient India, people used neem branches (树枝) for 7.________ (clean) their 8.________(tooth). Even today, some supermarkets still sell toothpaste (牙膏)9.________ (make) from it. Another very popular plant is aloe vera (芦荟). I guess this name reminds us 10.________ some cosmetics (化妆品). It can help solve some skin problems like hair loss and sunburn. It’s so easy to grow that people often bring this plant into their homes. 【答案】1．putting 2．an 3．most popular 4．health 5．to cook 6．useful 7．cleaning 8．teeth 9．made 10．of 11．to grow 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了人参、印度苦楝树和芦荟等植物在医药、卫生和美容等方面的特殊用途。 1．句意：许多人热爱种植植物并把它们放在家里。根据“love growing plants and…”可知，连词and连接两个并列的宾语，前面是growing（动名词形式），因此后面的动词put也应使用动名词形式，保持结构一致。故填putting。 2．句意：它们中的一些在我们的生活中也扮演着惊人的角色。分析句子，句中“role”是可数名词单数形式，所以前面需要加上冠词；又因为“amazing”是元音音素开头的单词，故用不定冠词an，表示“一个”，非特指。故填an。 3．句意：中医里最受欢迎的植物之一是人参。分析句子，可知“one of the”后需跟形容词最高级。故填most popular。 4．句意：医生认为人参对人们的健康有益。根据“people’s”为名词所有格，可知后跟名词。故填health。 5．句意：此外，中国人用人参来烹饪不同的菜肴。use sth. to do sth.意为“用某物做某事”，固定搭配，此处不定式作目的状语。故填to cook。 6．句意：印度苦楝树对于解决一些像嗓子疼和皮肤病常见的健康问题非常有用。分析句子，可知“is”为系动词，后跟形容词作表语。故填useful。 7．句意：在古印度，人们用印度苦楝树的树枝来清洁牙齿。分析句子，可知介词for后面需要接动名词形式作宾语。故填cleaning。 8．句意：在古印度，人们用印度苦楝树的树枝来清洁牙齿。分析句子，tooth“牙齿”是可数名词，人的牙齿通常不止一颗，因此需要使用复数形式。故填teeth。 9．句意：即使在今天，一些超市仍然出售由它制成的牙膏。分析句子，句中已有谓语动词sell，因此此处需要填非谓语动词。逻辑主语 toothpaste“牙膏”与 make“制作”之间是被动关系，表示“被制成”，所以用过去分词作后置定语。故填made。 10．句意：我猜这个名字让我们想起了一些化妆品。remind sb. of sth.意为“使某人想起某事”，固定搭配。故填of。  04 Elephants are one of the 1._______(big) mammals in the world. There are two kinds of elephants, the 1. African elephants and the Asian elephants. The main 2. ______ (different) between them is that the Asian one has much 3. ______ (small) ears. The African elephant uses its bigger ears 4. ______ (cool) during the summer. The elephants use their feet to feel the vibrations (震动) 5. ______ the ground. One elephant has two tusks (长牙). They can be as long as 2 meters. An adult elephant reaches 3 to 4 meters—many times taller than a baby one. And an adult elephant 6. ______ (weigh) about 5,000 kg. Adult elephants spend 15 to 18 hours a day 7. ______ (eat) 250 to 300 kilos of food. Elephants can live up to about 70 years. 8. ______ (they) eyesight (视力) is very poor. 9. ______ don't be upset with them. The elephant has 10. ______ biggest brain among the mammals on land! 05 选词填空 请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。 protect    face    we    friendly    care    understand    like    animal    hurt    popular On social media, some of the most 1______ videos are those showing cute animals. But some people make animals do tricks for tourists, or even 2______ them. This worries people of all ages around the world, because they love 3______. Oct 4 is World Animal Day. It raises awareness (增强意识) of animals’ lives and the problems they may 4______. Why do so many of 5______ love animals? People love animals 6______ they love children, said the website (网站) Medium. Our pets have a 7______ and playful nature. This makes us want to 8______ about them. It may sound funny, but animals help people 9______ what it means to be human. “We see animals as part of our life,” wrote John Malouff, a psychology (心理学) teacher, on his blog. Now let’s help animals and ourselves, and do all we can to 10______ the animals on our Earth. 【答案】 1．popular 2．hurt 3．animals 4．face 5．us 6．like 7．friendly 8．care 9．understand 10．protect 【解析】 【导语】本文主要探讨了社交媒体上动物视频的受欢迎现象，揭示了此现象背后存在的动物保护问题，并呼吁人们行动起来保护地球上的动物。 1．句意：在社交媒体上，一些最受欢迎的视频是那些展示可爱动物的视频。根据“some of the most ... videos”可知，空处缺少形容词，因此用popular“受欢迎的”。故填popular。 2．句意：但是有些人让动物为游客表演特技，甚至伤害它们。根据“But some people make animals do tricks for tourists, or even...”可知，空处缺少动词，hurt“伤害”符合句意，本句时态为一般现在时，动词需用原形。故填hurt。 3．句意：这让全世界各个年龄段的人都感到担忧，因为他们喜爱动物。根据“This worries people of all ages around the world, because they love...”可知，很多人为动物感到担心是因为他们喜欢动物。因此用animals“动物”，复数形式表泛指。故填animals。 4．句意：它提高了人们对动物的生活以及它们可能面临的问题的意识。根据“It raises awareness (增强意识) of animals’ lives and the problems they may...”可知，face problems“面临问题”，固定搭配。因此用face“面临”，情态动词may后接动词原形。故填face。 5．句意：为什么我们中有这么多人喜欢动物？根据“Why do so many of ... love animals?”可知，空处缺少宾语，因此用us“我们”。故填us。 6．句意：人们喜爱动物就像他们喜爱孩子。根据“People love animals ... they love children”可知，人们喜爱动物就像他们喜爱孩子，因此用like“像”。故填like。 7．句意：我们的宠物有一种友好和爱玩的天性。根据“Our pets have a ... and playful nature.”可知，空处缺少形容词，因此用friendly“友好的”。故填friendly。 8．句意：这让我们想要去关心它们。根据“This makes us want to ... about them.”可知，宠物的天性是友好爱玩的，这让我们想去关心它们。care about“关心”，固定搭配，因此用care“关心”，want to后接动词原形。故填care。 9．句意：这听起来可能很有趣，但动物帮助人们理解成为人类意味着什么。根据“It may sound funny, but animals help people ... what it means to be human.”可知，动物能够帮助人们理解成为人类意味着什么。因此用understand“理解”，help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”，固定搭配。故填understand。 10．句意：现在，让我们帮助动物和我们自己，并尽我们所能去保护地球上的动物。根据“Now let’s help animals and ourselves, and do all we can to...”可知，为了人类和动物，我们应该尽自己所能去保护地球上的动物。因此用protect“保护”，不定式符号to后接动词原形。故填protect。 语法填空 06 Bamboo is a very popular plant around the world. Many people love it for its green leaves and tall stems. But 1. ______ (actual), did you know bamboo is not a tree? It's a kind of grass! Yes, the 2. ______ (tall) grass in the world—some can grow as tall as 30 metres! 3. ______ (imagine) a grass as tall as a ten-floor building. That's so cool! It is hard 4. ______ (believe) how strong the bamboo is. When new bamboo starts to grow —we call them shoots, they can even push up heavy stones. That shows how tough (坚韧的) bamboo is. Bamboo 5. ______ (connect) with our lives in many ways. We use it to make chopsticks, baskets, and even houses. Without bamboo, our life would be different. Can you imagine eating 6. ______ bamboo chopsticks or having no bamboo chairs to sit on? But some people feel disappointed 7. ______ bamboo forests are getting smaller. Scientists state that we need to protect bamboo. Why? Because animals like pandas need bamboo 8. ______ (eat). Also, bamboo helps keep the earth 9. ______ (health). We can communicate to help plant more bamboo, use bamboo products, and tell others why it's important. Bamboo is more than just a plant. It's a friend to nature and to 10. ______ (we). Let's work together to protect it, so this amazing grass can stay with us forever! 提高篇 07 Animals are very important in our lives. They are not just a part of nature, but also 1______ (we) good friends. They help us in many ways and make our world more 2______ (colour). First, some animals work for us. For example, dogs can help the police find lost people or catch bad people. They are very smart and loyal. cows and 3._______(sheep ) give us milk and wool, which we use to make food and clothes. Without them, life might be much 4.______ (hard) than before. 5.________(two), animals bring us happiness. Many people keep pets like cats, dogs or birds at home. These pets are like family members. They play with us and make us feel less lonely than before. When we are sad, they can comfort us with their love. Third, animals are important for the environment. Bees help flowers grow by 6______ (carry) pollen (花粉). Birds eat insects and keep the balance of nature. 7______ there were no animals, our world would not be so beautiful. However, some animals are in danger because of human activities. We cut the forests, pollute rivers and hunt too much. These make it hard for animals 8______ (live). We must protect them and their homes. We can do small things like not littering, planting trees and learning more about animals. All in all, animals are our good friends. They help us, make us happy and keep our world beautiful. Let's treat them 9.______ love and care, so we can live together in 10._______ better world. 08 请阅读下面语篇，根据其内容，从方框内选出适当的单词，将其正确形式填入空白处，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。方框内有两个词为多余项。 spend  stay  easy  worry  much  you  perform  appear  big  make  situation  because Now more and more people like keeping pets. But different ideas 1______ about their usefulness. Many families deeply connect with pets, treating them as family members like daughters or sons. On the one hand, they believe pets play a part in relieving (缓解) loneliness by 2______ with them when they’re alone. On the other hand, some pets are brave. When some people are in dangerous 3______, the pets can save them. Recently, guide dogs have even helped send elderly people to hospitals successfully. Through all of the above, we can better understand why it is important for some people to keep pets. However, other people are against keeping pets 4______ of so many reasons. They think it is very wasteful 5______ so much money on pets. In their views, compared with the pets, we should give even 6______ warmth and help to the poor. Some people also 7______ about the illness that pets may bring to them. Pets don’t know that people need a quiet environment. So their sounds may become the 8______ problem in their lives. How different the thoughts about pets are! I think keeping pets is a personal habit. Whether (是否) to keep a pet or not, you can decide by 9______. But if you can’t solve the problems caused by your pet well, that 10______ your neighbors dislike you. 【答案】1．appear 2．staying 3．situations 4．because 5．to spend 6．more 7．worry 8．biggest 9．yourself 10．will make 【解析】 【导语】本文是议论文，主要讨论了人们对于养宠物的不同看法，一方面认为宠物可以缓解孤独、在危险时救人，另一方面则认为养宠物浪费金钱、可能带来疾病和噪音问题，最后指出养宠物是个人选择，但需处理好宠物带来的问题。 1．句意：但是关于宠物的用处，不同的观点出现了。 根据语境和所给单词，appear（出现）符合句意；句子描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语different ideas是复数，动词用原形。故填appear。 2．句意：一方面，他们认为宠物通过在人们独处时陪伴他们来缓解孤独。 根据“by...with them”及语境，备选词stay（陪伴，停留）符合搭配“stay with sb.”（陪伴某人）；介词by后接动名词，stay的动名词形式是staying。故填staying。 3．句意：当一些人处于危险的情况中时，宠物可以救他们。 根据“in dangerous...”及所给单词，situation（情况，处境）符合短语“in dangerous situations”（处于危险情况中）；此处指多种危险情况，用复数形式situations。故填situations。 4．句意：然而，其他人因为很多原因反对养宠物。 根据语境，后文“so many reasons”是反对养宠物的原因，because（因为）符合逻辑，构成“because of”（因为，后接名词/名词短语）。故填because。 5．句意：他们认为在宠物身上花这么多钱是非常浪费的。 根据“it is very wasteful...so much money on pets”及所给单词，spend（花费）符合句型“It is + adj. + to do sth.”（做某事是……的）和短语“spend money on sth.”（在某物上花钱）；此处用动词不定式to spend。故填to spend。 6．句意：在他们看来，与宠物相比，我们应该给穷人更多的温暖和帮助。 根据“even...warmth and help”及所给单词，much（许多）的比较级more（更多的）符合语境，指“更多的温暖和帮助”。故填more。 7． 句意：一些人也担心宠物可能带给他们的疾病。 根据“...about the illness”及所给单词，worry（担心）符合短语“worry about”（担心……）；句子用一般现在时，主语some people是复数，动词用原形。故填worry。 8．句意：所以它们的声音可能会成为他们生活中最大的问题。 根据“the...problem”及所给单词，big（大的）的最高级biggest（最大的）符合语境，“the + 形容词最高级”表示“最……的”。故填biggest。 9．句意：是否养宠物，你可以自己决定。 根据“decide it by...”及所给单词，you（你）的反身代词yourself（你自己）符合短语“by oneself”（独自，自己）。故填yourself。 10．句意：但如果你不能很好地解决你的宠物带来的问题，那会让你的邻居不喜欢你。 根据“But if you can’t solve the problems caused by your pet well”和所给单词，make（使，让）符合句型“make sb. do sth.”（让某人做某事）；此句是“if”引导的条件状语从句，遵循“主将从现”原则，主句用一般将来时will make。故填will make。 09 The environment and animals are essential to our 1. ______ (planet) balance, yet they face many threats. 2. ______ fact, human activities weigh heavily on ecosystems. If we don’t act now, we may feel deeply 3. ______ (disappoint) by the loss of biodiversity in the future. Animals, especially bees, play one of the 4. ______ (important) roles in maintaining (维持) nature’s balance. Bees, for example, are crucial for pollination, which helps plants grow and produce food. Without them, our world would lose much of its 5. ______ (live) beauty and resources. Sadly, bees are disappearing due to habitat loss and climate change. We must protect them from 6. ______ (harm) by planting more flowers and reducing pesticide (农药) use. The 7. ______ (connect) among humans, animals, and the environment is undeniable (不可否认的). 8. ______ we harm nature, we harm ourselves. By protecting the environment, we not only save animals but also ensure our own 9. ______ (happy) and well-being. Small actions can make 10. ______ big difference. Let’s act now—for the environment, for animals, and for our future. 10 Water is of great 1. ______ (important) in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔子) 2. ______ (connect) water with many nice qualities and suggested that people should learn from water to improve themselves. Believed to be the 3. ______ (begin) of all life, water also gives us life like a gentle mother. It’s impossible for us human beings to live 4. ______ water. However, 5. ______ way people get along with water has two sides. In history, floods (洪水) brought big problems to people. Every time floods hit a village, houses fell down and 6. ______ (thousand) of people became homeless. In order 7. ______ (solve) the problem, Yu, the first ruler of the Xia Dynasty, organized his people and dug the waterways so that the water could easily flow into the sea. Today, the shortage (短缺) of freshwater is another serious problem. 8. ______ almost three quarters of the planet is covered with water, most of it couldn’t be drunk directly. There are still factories polluting rivers and lakes, which makes things even 9. ______ (bad). 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