五、根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
The Arctic fox（北极狐）is a kind of small fox. It lives in the Arctic. It grows 50 to 75 centimetres long ( not including its tail ) and weighs from 2.5 to 7.5 kilograms.
1. The white ones are white in winter, but gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. 2. And the long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds' eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food. 3.
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don't open their eyes until a week after their birth. 4. ______ They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Now the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats. 5. Let's take action now!
A. They don't like to do that alone.
B. They have long and thick fur.
C. The Arctic foxes are white or blue in colour.
D. We must do something to protect the Arctic foxes.
E. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food.

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D

【分析】
本题为英语语篇句子还原题，解题思路为：先通读全文，明确文章围绕北极狐的外观、皮毛、食性、幼崽成长及保护现状展开；再逐空分析上下文逻辑，匹配对应选项：第1空后提及北极狐的白色、蓝色毛色，对应介绍毛色的选项；第2空后提到长皮毛保暖，对应描述皮毛特征的选项；第3空前强调团队合作找食物，对应说明不单独行动的选项；第4空前后围绕幼崽成长，对应父母提供食物的选项；第5空前说明北极狐数量减少，对应呼吁保护的选项。
【解析】
1. 第1空后提到“The white ones... The blue ones...”，对应介绍北极狐毛色的选项C，故选C；
2. 第2空后提到“And the long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm...”，对应描述北极狐皮毛特征的选项B，故选B；
3. 第3空前提到“Teamwork is the way they look for food.”，对应说明北极狐不单独行动的选项A，故选A；
4. 第4空前后围绕幼崽成长，空后提到幼崽六个月后自己找食物，对应说明幼崽前半年由父母提供食物的选项E，故选E；
5. 第5空前提到北极狐数量减少，空后呼吁行动，对应呼吁保护北极狐的选项D，故选D。
【答案】
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. E 5. D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、句子还原、语篇逻辑匹配
【点评】
本题考查学生对语篇上下文逻辑连贯性的理解能力，要求结合前后文语境匹配合适的句子，是初中英语常见题型，需准确把握句间逻辑关系，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.4

六、阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

With its black-white coat, the animal is one of the most precious（珍贵的）animals in the world. It is native to China, proudly called the “1. treasure”. 2. name is the panda. The panda now usually refers to the giant panda.
In China, 3. the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors, the giant panda also attracts the world-wide tourists.
As the most famous animal in China, the giant panda 4. in the logo（标志）of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature（WWF）. It also has 5. chances than other animals to be the mascot（吉祥物）of international games in China.
The giant panda is seen as the symbol of peace. In Japanese history records, the emperor in the Tang Dynasty once 6. a couple of bears and seventy pieces of fur as national gifts to Japan. The “two bears” were giant pandas.
A mother panda usually has 7. one baby every year, and it is not easy for wild pandas to have twins. If you want to see pandas, you'd better go to Chengdu 8. the main breeding（繁育）centres are around this area. Certainly, some city 9. also have giant pandas, such as Beijing Zoo and Chongqing Zoo.
The giant pandas are so lovely that more and more people have become 10. of them.

1. national
2. Its
3. besides
4. appears
5. more
6. sent
7. only
8. because
9. zoos
10. fans

【分析】首先通读短文，理解短文围绕大熊猫展开的内容，明确每个空格处需要的词性、语法结构（如物主代词、比较级、动词时态、名词复数等），再从方框给出的词汇中选择合适的词，并根据语境和语法规则进行适当形式的变化，确保填入后语句通顺、意思完整。
【解析】
1. 此处修饰名词treasure，需用形容词，结合语境“国宝”，选方框中的national，直接填入。
2. 此处修饰名词name，需用形容词性物主代词，方框中it的物主代词是Its，填入。
3. 结合后文“also attracts...”可知，此处表示“除了…之外还有”，选介词besides，填入。
4. 主语the giant panda是第三人称单数，一般现在时，动词需用第三人称单数形式，方框中appear变为appears，填入。
5. 由句中than可知，此处需用many的比较级more，填入。
6. 由“in the Tang Dynasty”可知，此处用一般过去时，动词send的过去式是sent，填入。
7. 句意表示“仅仅”，选方框中的only，填入。
8. 后文说明去成都的原因，需用连词because，填入。
9. 由some可知，此处名词需用复数，方框中zoo变为zoos，填入。
10. 句意表示“粉丝”，且主语是more and more people，需用fan的复数形式fans，填入。
【答案】
1. national
2. Its
3. besides
4. appears
5. more
6. sent
7. only
8. because
9. zoos
10. fans
【知识点】
形容词用法；动词时态；名词复数
【点评】
本题为选词填空题型，考查学生对词汇的词义理解、词性判断及形式变化的运用能力，需结合上下文语境和语法规则完成填空，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6