五、完形填空。
The Earth is a beautiful place. There are forests and rivers, mountains 1 lands. We live 2 the Earth. It's our home.
The Earth is like 3 big ball. It takes the Earth about 365 days to move 4 the Sun. If you are in space, you can see lots of white 5 over the surface(表面) of the Earth. Through the clouds, you can see the blue colour of the seas 6 the brown colour of the lands.
The Earth was very 7 and beautiful before. But today there 8 too much pollution. People cut down too many trees. 9 put rubbish into rivers and seas. So more and more water is becoming dirty. We must 10 doing these things.
() 1. A. and B. or C. but
() 2. A. in B. with C. on
() 3. A. the B. a C. /
() 4. A. through B. along C. around
() 5. A. clouds B. rain C. snow
() 6. A. because B. and C. so
() 7. A. dirty B. old C. clean
() 8. A. be B. was C. is
() 9. A. He B. They C. She
()10. A. finish B. stop C. start

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. B

【分析】
先通读全文，明确文章围绕地球的现状与环保展开。解题时需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则逐一分析每个空：1题考查并列名词的连接词；2题考查“在地球上居住”的固定搭配；3题考查泛指事物的冠词用法；4题考查表示“围绕”的介词；5题结合后文线索选对应名词；6题考查并列颜色的连接词；7题结合前后文对比选形容词；8题考查there be句型的主谓一致；9题考查指代复数名词的代词；10题考查“停止做某事”的动词短语搭配。
【解析】
1. 空格前后是并列的自然事物名词，肯定句中用and连接，故选A。
2. “live on the Earth”是固定搭配，意为“在地球上居住”，故选C。
3. 此处泛指“一个大球”，用不定冠词a，故选B。
4. 地球绕着太阳转，around表示“围绕”，符合语境，故选C。
5. 后文提到“Through the clouds”，可知此处指白色的云，故选A。
6. 空格前后是并列的颜色名词，用and连接，故选B。
7. 后文转折说现在有太多污染，可知之前地球是干净美丽的，故选C。
8. there be句型中，主语too much pollution是不可数名词，且描述现在的情况，be动词用is，故选C。
9. 此处指代前面的people（复数），用人称代词they，故选B。
10. stop doing sth是固定搭配，意为“停止做某事”，符合“我们必须停止这些行为”的语境，故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.B 10.B
【知识点】
并列连词用法、冠词用法、介词用法
【点评】
本文是关于地球环保的完形填空，侧重考查基础词汇、固定搭配及语境理解，难度适中，适合初中低年级学生巩固相关知识点。
【难度系数】
0.6

六、阅读短文，回答问题。
What is Earth Hour? It is an hour for people to turn off their lights. The first Earth Hour was started in Australia on March 31st, 2007.
What are people doing during Earth Hour this year? Alice is not watching TV with her parents. She is looking at the stars in the sky with them. Kitty and her brother are not reading stories. Their grandma is telling them a story. Sally is not doing her homework right now. She is playing word games with her family.
Everyone can do a lot to help our home in Earth Hour.
1. What is Earth Hour?

2. When was the first Earth Hour?

3. Why isn't Sally doing her homework right now?

4. What can you do during Earth Hour?（列举两条）

1. It is an hour for people to turn off their lights.
2. The first Earth Hour was started on March 31st, 2007.
3. Because it's Earth Hour.
4. I can look at the stars in the sky. I can tell stories.（言之有理即可）

【分析】这是一道英语阅读理解题，解题思路是先通读短文，明确每个问题的核心，再在短文中定位对应信息，最后整理成符合要求的答案。具体来说，第1题需找Earth Hour的定义，第2题找首次Earth Hour的时间，第3题找Sally不做作业的原因，第4题结合短文内容列举合理的做法。
【解析】1. 从短文第一段第二句“It is an hour for people to turn off their lights.”可直接提取答案；2. 从短文第一段最后一句“The first Earth Hour was started in Australia on March 31st, 2007.”可直接提取时间；3. 短文围绕Earth Hour展开，Sally在Earth Hour期间不做作业，原因是此时是Earth Hour；4. 结合短文中Alice看星星、Kitty的奶奶讲故事等例子，列举两条符合Earth Hour的做法即可，言之有理。
【答案】1. It is an hour for people to turn off their lights.
2. The first Earth Hour was started on March 31st, 2007.
3. Because it's Earth Hour.
4. I can look at the stars in the sky. I can tell stories.（言之有理即可）
【知识点】英语阅读理解，信息提取
【点评】本题考查学生的英语阅读理解能力，要求从短文中准确获取关键信息，题目难度较低，贴近生活实际，学生易作答。
【难度系数】0.8