Passage 7
Oh dear! The forest is on fire(着火). Lots of 1 (tree) are in it. It's 2 (danger) to stay there, so the animals run away. When they come to a river, the animals stop to watch the fire. They feel 3 (happy), but they think they can do nothing to help. However, a small bird doesn't think so. It thinks about what it can do. It flies down to the river, 4 (carry) some water and goes to the forest to put out the fire. Again and again, it focuses 5 doing that. "The fire is too big, but you are quite a small bird," a tiger says. "Your beak（鸟喙）is small. You just carry too little water," 6 elephant says. "Fire is awful. You can't put out the fire at all," says a 7 (play) monkey. They all think it can't 8 (make) it. "I know. But I'm only doing my part. 9 we don't have places to live, we will be in danger," the bird says. Hearing this, the other animals think they have to do something. They want to save 10 forest too. Then these animals join the bird and start to put out the fire together. They spend about one day 11 (build) a new home.
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1. trees 2. dangerous 3. unhappy 4. carries 5. on 6. an 7. playful 8. make 9. If 10. the 11. building

【分析】这是一篇语法填空，需结合语境、词性变化、固定搭配及语法规则逐一解题：1. 由lots of可知后接可数名词复数；2. 考查固定句型It's + adj + to do sth；3. 根据语境判断情感形容词的否定形式；4. 并列谓语需保持时态一致，主语为第三人称单数；5. 考查固定短语；6. 元音音素开头的单数名词前用不定冠词an；7. 形容词修饰名词；8. 情态动词后接动词原形；9. 引导条件状语从句的连词；10. 特指上文提到的事物用定冠词；11. 考查固定搭配spend time doing sth。
【解析】1. lots of修饰可数名词复数，故填trees；2. 句型It's + adj + to do sth，danger的形容词为dangerous，故填dangerous；3. 语境为动物觉得不开心，happy的反义词为unhappy，故填unhappy；4. 并列谓语，主语it为第三人称单数，时态为一般现在时，故填carries；5. 固定短语focus on，故填on；6. elephant以元音音素开头，泛指“一头大象”，故填an；7. 形容词修饰名词monkey，play的形容词为playful，故填playful；8. 情态动词can后接动词原形，故填make；9. 此处表条件，用If引导条件状语从句，故填If；10. 特指上文提到的森林，用定冠词the，故填the；11. 固定搭配spend time doing sth，故填building。
【答案】1.trees 2.dangerous 3.unhappy 4.carries 5.on 6.an 7.playful 8.make 9.If 10.the 11.building
【知识点】词性转换、固定搭配、冠词用法
【点评】本题为语法填空题型，围绕动物灭火的故事展开，考查初中阶段核心的词性变化、固定搭配及基础语法知识，需结合语境分析，难度适中，能有效考查学生的基础语言运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6