五、完形填空。
From the day "Mother Nature" gave me life, I expected to grow tall and big.
As a young 1, I was well protected in the forest. I used to 2 a good time with my friends under the blue sky and 3 the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim, often said, "All I ask for is to be 4 the whole day. " More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day, our 5 birthday, people came, moved us from the 6 and put us on their trucks. "I don't want to go!" Tim cried.
After a long journey, we arrived in a completely different place with 7 green. Here we were planted in a line. 8 the wind blew strongly, I could not even open my eyes to see Tim 9 beside me. So we needed enough 10 to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.
As time went by, we finally 11 much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back! This was no longer a no-man's-land, and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his 12. "Thank you. We can enjoy clear days 13 worrying about sand storms. " A young girl jumping up and down came over and 14 me. "Thank you," she said. "It's you that have turned the desert into a green land!"
Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling 15. The Sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky.
()1. A. tree B. fish C. girl D. boy
()2. A. choose B. forget C. have D. miss
()3. A. in B. along C. under D. on
()4. A. short B. happy C. busy D. thin
()5. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
()6. A. beach B. lake C. house D. earth
()7. A. all B. nothing C. anything D. everything
()8. A. Though B. Unless C. Because D. Until
()9. A. clearly B. greatly C. kindly D. widely
()10. A. desert B. wind C. sand D. water
()11. A. became B. smelt C. sounded D. remained
()12. A. radio B. keyboard C. backpack D. camera
()13. A. from B. about C. without D. of
()14. A. asked B. hugged C. invited D. kicked
()15. A. tired B. bored C. proud D. surprised

五、1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A
12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C

【分析】
这是一篇拟人化叙事的完形填空，解题时首先要先通读全文，梳理出故事主线：小树苗原本在森林里无忧无虑成长，之后被移栽到荒漠区域，最终长成防风固沙的林木，改造了荒漠得到人们的感谢。接下来逐空结合上下文语境、固定搭配、词义辨析推导答案：首先通过开篇“想要长高长大、在森林里被保护”的线索直接确定主角身份，再结合后文出现的“沙尘暴、把沙漠变回绿地”等沙漠场景的线索，反向推导移栽后的环境特征，遇到固定搭配可以直接锁定正确选项，最后结合故事的情感走向确定收尾的情绪类答案，就能顺理成章完成所有空的选择。
【解析】
1. 第1空：后文提到“在森林里被好好保护，目标是长高”，符合树的特征，排除鱼、女孩、男孩，选A。
2. 第2空：固定搭配have a good time表示“玩得开心”，符合语境，其余选项“选择、忘记、错过”均不符合语义，选C。
3. 第3空：描述树的生长位置，along the river表示“沿着河岸”，符合树的生长场景，排除“在河里、在河下、在河上”，选B。
4. 第4空：前文描述树苗们和朋友在蓝天下玩耍，状态无忧无虑，所以Tim的愿望是一整天都开开心心，选B happy，其余“矮的、忙碌的、瘦的”不符合语境。
5. 第5空：前文提到300多天过去，也就是大约1年时间，所以是它们的第一个生日，选A first。
6. 第6空：树苗原本长在泥土里，人们要把它们移走，就是从泥土里挖出来放到卡车上，earth此处指代泥土，选D。
7. 第7空：后文提到这里风沙大、是荒漠，所以几乎没有绿色，nothing green表示“一点绿色都没有”，选B。
8. 第8空：“风刮得很大”和“我甚至睁不开眼睛”是因果关系，用Because引导原因状语从句，选C。
9. 第9空：因为风太大睁不开眼，所以没法清晰地看到旁边的Tim，clearly表示“清晰地”，符合语义，选A。
10. 第10空：树苗要长得更粗更高来挡风，生长需要的核心资源是水，选D water，其余“沙漠、风、沙子”都不是生长所需的资源。
11. 第11空：随着时间流逝，树苗们变得强壮很多，became表示“变得”，符合成长的变化，选A。
12. 第12空：给树拍照需要用相机camera，其余“收音机、键盘、背包”都不能用来拍照，选D。
13. 第13空：人们现在可以享受晴朗的天气，不用担心沙尘暴，without doing sth表示“无需做某事”，符合语义，选C。
14. 第14空：小女孩感谢树苗把沙漠变成绿地，对应的善意动作是拥抱，hugged表示“拥抱”，选B，其余“询问、邀请、踢”都不符合语境。
15. 第15空：自己的努力改造了荒漠，得到所有人的感谢，两棵树的心情应该是自豪的，proud表示“自豪的”，选C。
【答案】
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
【知识点】
固定搭配辨析，语境词义辨析，完形逻辑推理
【点评】
这篇完形填空以植树造林防风固沙为主题，用拟人手法讲述树苗的成长故事，情节连贯易懂，大部分题目依托基础词汇和上下文线索就可以选出正确答案，难度适中。解题时要注意先通读全文把握整体故事走向，不要孤立地只看单句选答案，利用后文出现的“沙漠、沙尘暴”等线索可以轻松反推移栽后的环境特征，大幅降低选错概率，同时题目也能引导学生建立环保意识。
【难度系数】
0.7