四、词汇运用(每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式或时态,使短文通顺、连贯。
It's frightening(令人害怕的) when many bees are flying together and coming too close.
A few years ago, Lisa Turnbull was in her home. She made a cake and 46. (leave) it on the kitchen table. When she opened the kitchen window to help the cake cool more 47. (quick), she didn't notice lots of bees flying around in her back garden. A few minutes 48. (late), Lisa heard a loud noise coming from her kitchen. She opened the door and saw a group of bees all over 49. (she) kitchen table. The bees left their old home and 50. (look) for a new one. It seemed that the queen bee(蜂后) liked the cake and stopped on it. 15,000 others followed her. Luckily, Lisa knew a bit about bees, so she knew they weren't 51. (danger). She told 52. (she) that she didn't need to be afraid. She calmly closed the door and called a beekeeper to take the bees away.
Last summer, the same thing happened to John Norton. He was driving home and he found 53. (thousand) of bees following his car. He then stopped his car, hoping that they would fly on and leave him. However, they landed on the back of it and stayed there. Feeling very frightened, John called a beekeeper. They found that the queen bee 54. (fly) into the boot(行李箱) of the car while John was putting some shopping into it. When he closed the boot, she was inside. So when he drove off, the rest of the bees followed. The beekeeper spent over three hours 55. (clear) away all the bees.

四、【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了Lisa和John各自意外遭遇一大群蜜蜂的故事。
46. left 47. quickly 48. later 49. her
50. were looking 51. dangerous 52. herself
53. thousands 54. flew 55. clearing

【分析】
本题为语篇型词汇运用题，需结合语境、时态、词性及固定搭配完成填空。解题时先通读短文把握整体语境，再逐个分析空格考点：46题需依据并列谓语时态确定动词形式；47题需判断修饰动词的词性；48题考查固定时间短语；49题需用物主代词修饰名词；50题需结合语境判断时态；51题需用形容词作表语；52题需用反身代词；53题考查固定数量短语；54题需用动词过去式；55题考查固定搭配的非谓语形式。
【解析】
46. 前文的made为一般过去时，并列谓语需用leave的过去式left，故填left。
47. 此处修饰动词cool，需用副词，quick的副词形式为quickly，故填quickly。
48. “a few minutes later”是固定短语，意为“几分钟后”，故填later。
49. 此处修饰名词kitchen table，需用形容词性物主代词，she的形容词性物主代词为her，故填her。
50. 结合语境，蜜蜂当时正在寻找新家，需用过去进行时，主语bees为复数，故填were looking。
51. 此处作be动词的表语，需用形容词，danger的形容词形式为dangerous，故填dangerous。
52. 主语是she，此处表示“告诉自己”，需用反身代词，she的反身代词为herself，故填herself。
53. “thousands of”是固定短语，意为“成千上万的”，故填thousands。
54. 描述过去发生的动作，需用fly的过去式flew，故填flew。
55. “spend time (in) doing sth”是固定搭配，故填clearing。
【答案】
46. left 47. quickly 48. later 49. her 50. were looking 51. dangerous 52. herself 53. thousands 54. flew 55. clearing
【知识点】
动词时态、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕蜜蜂的故事展开，考查学生在语篇语境中运用词汇的能力，涵盖时态、词性、固定搭配等基础知识点，注重语境理解与语法运用的结合，是典型的初中英语词汇运用题型。
【难度系数】
0.6

五、短文填空(每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,填入一个合适的英语单词完整的、正确的形式,使短文通顺。
You know dogs can protect houses or sheep, but what about a big dog that saves penguins? Middle Island in Australia is 56. h to little blue penguins—the world's smallest penguins. These penguins swim in the sea for half the year but come back to the 57. l to have babies. Sadly, in 2005, foxes swam to the island and killed most of them, leaving only four adult penguins 58. a. People were very surprised and worried, but they didn't know 59. h to help.
Then a farmer named Swampy had an idea. He 60. p to use his dog Oddball, a Maremma, to protect the penguins. Maremmas are big, fluffy dogs and they usually help farmers to look after animals. They are usually quiet and calm, but they become brave when animals they protect are in 61. d. These dogs mark(标记) their places with their smell to keep bad animals 62. a. Swampy's dogs protect his chickens for years. If they could protect chickens, maybe they could save penguins too!
At first, people thought the idea sounded too 63. u, but they decided to try it. Would it work, or was this the end of Middle Island's penguins? It worked like magic! Oddball scared the foxes away. By 2023, the little penguins has become strong and the 64. n of the penguins risen. Now, more Maremma dogs help Oddball protect more and more penguins. They are called the Penguin Protectors! The dogs even become 65. f. They are on TV and their story becomes a movie called *Oddball*. Other animal protection groups around the world now also use dogs to save animals in danger!

五、【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了在澳大利亚的岛屿中，人们利用狗来保护小企鹅免受狐狸的伤害。
56. home 57. land 58. alive 59. how
60. planned 61. danger 62. away 63. unusual
64. number 65. famous

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，解题思路为：首先通读全文，理解短文主旨大意；然后针对每个空，结合所给首字母提示，依据上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（如时态、词性等）逐一分析，确定符合要求的单词，确保填入后短文通顺、逻辑连贯。
【解析】
56. 固定搭配be home to意为“是……的家园”，此处指Middle Island是小蓝企鹅的家园，故填home。
57. 由前文“swim in the sea for half the year”可知，企鹅在海里待半年后回到陆地繁殖，结合首字母l，填land。
58. 2005年狐狸杀死大部分企鹅，仅剩下四只成年企鹅活着，alive表示“活着的”，符合语境，故填alive。
59. 此处表达“人们不知道如何帮助”，“疑问词how + 不定式to help”作know的宾语，故填how。
60. 结合语境，农夫Swampy过去计划用他的狗保护企鹅，时态为一般过去时，plan的过去式为planned，故填planned。
61. 固定搭配in danger意为“处于危险中”，此处指当被保护的动物有危险时，狗会变得勇敢，故填danger。
62. 固定搭配keep...away意为“使……远离”，此处指狗用气味标记领地让坏动物远离，故填away。
63. 起初人们觉得用狗保护企鹅的想法太不寻常，unusual表示“不寻常的”，符合语境，故填unusual。
64. 此处表达“企鹅的数量增加了”，固定搭配the number of意为“……的数量”，故填number。
65. 由后文“on TV and their story becomes a movie”可知，这些狗变得有名，famous表示“有名的”，故填famous。
【答案】
56. home 57. land 58. alive 59. how 60. planned 61. danger 62. away 63. unusual 64. number 65. famous
【知识点】
英语词汇运用；固定搭配；语篇理解
【点评】
本题考查英语短文语境填词，侧重考查学生的词汇储备、固定搭配掌握及语篇逻辑理解能力，需结合首字母提示和上下文语境准确判断，难度适中，能有效检测学生的综合语言运用水平。
【难度系数】
0.6