八、选词填空。(每小题1分,共10分)
born afraid tour begin right away
At San Diego Zoo in America, there is a red panda named Farley. Farley is so lovely that every month a lot of 1. come to the zoo to see him.
However, life was not easy for Farley in the 2. . He was his mum's first baby, so the mother red panda wasn't able to look after him after he was 3. . When some zookeepers found Farley, he was only a few hours old. He was cold, dirty, hungry and alone. The zookeepers were 4. that Farley would die. So they took him to the nursery(育婴室) at the zoo 5. .
he slow save care lead to
One of the zookeepers said, "Farley's mother didn't feed him. This 6. his health problems. For example, his body temperature was very low. We were worried about 7. ."
Farley was the first baby red panda for the workers at the nursery. In order to 8. Farley, they tried many ways and learned to take good 9. of the red panda.
One worker said, "Farley's life was in danger at first, but soon he got better and could move 10. . He is a real fighter!"

1. tourists 2. beginning 3. born 4. afraid
5. right away 6. led to 7. him 8. save 9. care
10. slowly

【分析】
首先通读整篇短文，明确文章讲述的是美国圣地亚哥动物园的小红熊猫Farley的成长故事，先将给出的备选词汇按语义、词性初步分类，再逐空结合上下文语境、语法规则判断所需词汇，同时注意名词单复数、动词时态、词性转换等变形要求，最后将所有答案代入全文通读，验证语义通顺、语法正确即可。具体思考逻辑：1. 先看空格前后的提示信息，比如冠词、介词、固定搭配的标志词，先锁定可选的词汇范围；2. 结合故事的过去时态背景，调整词汇的正确形式；3. 确保所有备选词都只用一次，没有重复遗漏。
【解析】
1. 空格前a lot of修饰可数名词复数，结合语境“很多______来动物园看他”，tour对应的表示“游客”的名词是tourist，复数形式为tourists，故填tourists。
2. 固定搭配in the beginning意为“起初、一开始”，对应动词begin的名词变形beginning，符合语境“然而Farley一开始的生活并不容易”，故填beginning。
3. 固定搭配be born意为“出生”，语境表示“在他出生之后熊猫妈妈没法照顾他”，故填born。
4. 固定结构be afraid that...意为“担心/害怕……”，语境表示饲养员担心Farley会死，故填afraid。
5. 前文提到Farley又冷又饿处境危险，因此饲养员立刻把他带去育婴室，固定短语right away意为“立刻、马上”，符合语境，故填right away。
6. 语境“熊猫妈妈不喂他，这______他的健康问题”，对应短语lead to“导致”，全文是过去发生的故事，用一般过去时，lead的过去式为led，故填led to。
7. 介词about后面要接人称代词的宾格形式，此处指代Farley，主格he的宾格是him，故填him。
8. 固定结构in order to后接动词原形，语境表示“为了救Farley”，故填动词原形save。
9. 固定搭配take good care of意为“好好照顾”，符合语境“学会好好照顾这只小熊猫”，故填care。
10. 空格处修饰动词move，需要用副词，形容词slow的副词形式是slowly，意为“缓慢地”，表示Farley好转之后可以慢慢活动，故填slowly。
【答案】
1. tourists 2. beginning 3. born 4. afraid 5. right away 6. led to 7. him 8. save 9. care 10. slowly
【知识点】
词形转换；固定短语搭配；代词宾格
【点评】
本题属于记叙文类选词填空题，将词汇考查融入完整的趣味故事中，既要求学生能读懂上下文语义逻辑，也要求学生熟练掌握初中阶段常见的词形变形规则、固定搭配用法，解题时要注意结合全文的过去时态背景调整动词形式，做完后代入通读可以有效排查搭配错误。
【难度系数】
0.6

九、阅读理解。（第1~5小题每小题2分，第6小题5分，共15分）
A forest is like a football group. It sounds unusual, but it's true. Each player does an important job, but they can't win by themselves, so they work together. The same is true of all plants and animals in a forest. They depend on each other to live. We call this an ecosystem.

There are three jobs in an ecosystem: the producer, consumer and decomposer. The trees in the forest produce food by themselves. Giraffes can't make their own food, so they consume or eat the trees' leaves. But sometimes hungry lions or other animals eat them. When animals die, their bodies become part of the soil and air to help the forest grow. So the ecosystem can keep on going.
Ecosystems come in lots of kinds and sizes. A back garden or even a big sea can be an ecosystem. The key thing is that an ecosystem has to be balanced. If no animals ate giraffes, giraffes would eat too many leaves. This wouldn't be good for the trees, and this would make it difficult for giraffes to find food. Different weather and natural disasters(灾害) can also change the ecosystems. People can also bring problems by cutting down the trees and so on.
Ecosystems are everywhere. They play an important part in our life. It is necessary for us to do what we can to keep them working well.
()1. How does the writer start this text?
A. By listing numbers.
B. By asking a question.
C. By telling a story.
D. By giving an example.
()2. How many jobs are there in an ecosystem?
A. Five.
B. Four.
C. Three.
D. Two.
()3. What can we know from the third paragraph?
A. People plant many trees every year.
B. It's difficult for giraffes to find food now.
C. The terrible earthquake can change the ecosystems.
D. Ecosystems only come in a back garden or a big sea.
()4. Why does the writer write this text?
A. To ask people to protect the ecosystems.
B. To introduce different jobs in the ecosystems.
C. To teach people how to keep ecosystems balanced.
D. To show the writer's ideas of protecting animals.
()5. In which part of a newspaper can we read the text?
A. Nature.
B. Sports.
C. Food.
D. Arts.
6. What can people do to keep the ecosystems going well?

1~5. DCCAA 6. Protect the natural environment and set up more nature reserves.(言之有理即可)

【解析】
1. 第1题：文章开篇将森林比作足球团体，通过举足球团队协作的例子引出生态系统的概念，对应选项D。
2. 第2题：根据文中第二段首句“There are three jobs in an ecosystem: the producer, consumer and decomposer.”可知生态系统有3种角色，对应选项C。
3. 第3题：第三段提到“Different weather and natural disasters can also change the ecosystems.”，地震属于自然灾害，由此可推知可怕的地震会改变生态系统，对应选项C。
4. 第4题：文章结尾点明“ It is necessary for us to do what we can to keep them working well.”，作者的写作目的是呼吁人们保护生态系统，对应选项A。
5. 第5题：本文围绕生态系统相关的自然主题展开，最可能出现在报纸的自然板块，对应选项A。
6. 第6题：结合文中提到的破坏生态的行为，可从保护自然环境、建立自然保护区、不乱砍滥伐、减少污染等角度作答，言之有理即可。
【答案】
1~5. DCCAA
6. Protect the natural environment and set up more nature reserves.(言之有理即可)
【知识点】
阅读理解细节查找；文章主旨大意；文章内容推断
【点评】
这是一篇介绍生态系统的科普类阅读理解，题目覆盖写作手法、细节查找、内容推断、主旨目的、文章出处等常见阅读题型，难度梯度合理，既考查学生定位文本信息的基础能力，也要求学生结合文本内容进行合理推断，引导学生建立保护生态的意识。
【难度系数】
0.7