[2025 江苏南京期中] Ever since 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 have a good time with my friends under the blue sky and along the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim, often said, “All I ask for is to be 2 the whole day.”
More than 300 days passed and we grew straight. Until one day, our 3 birthday, people came, moved us from the 4 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 nothing green. Here we were planted in a line. Because the wind blew strongly, I could not even open my eyes to see Tim 5 beside me. So we needed enough 6 to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.
As time went by, we finally 7 much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back!
This was no longer no man’s land, and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his 8, “Thank you. We can enjoy clear days without worrying about sand storms.” A young girl jumping up and down 9 and hugged me. “Thank you,” she said. “It’s you that have turned the desert into green land!”
Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling 10. The sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky.
()1. A. tree B. fish C. girl D. boy
()2. A. smart B. happy C. busy D. thin
()3. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
()4. A. beach B. lake C. house D. earth
()5. A. clearly B. greatly C. kindly D. widely
()6. A. desert B. wind C. sand D. water
()7. A. became B. smelt C. sounded D. remained
()8. A. radio B. keyboard C. backpack D. camera
()9. A. came back B. came over C. came out D. came from
()10. A. tired B. bored C. proud D. surprised

刷能力
完形填空·语篇导读 本文主要是一棵树的自述,它讲述了自己和朋友被人类从森林带到沙漠,逐渐地长成了能阻挡风沙的大树,获得了人类的感谢。
快速对答案 1—5 A B A D A 6—10 D A D B C
1. A 句意为:作为一棵小树,我在森林里受到了很好的保护。根据I expected to grow tall and big及protected in the forest并结合下文可知,这是一棵树,故选A项。
2. B 根据I used to have a good time with my friends可知,此处是指整天都开心,故选B项。
3. A 根据More than 300 days passed可知,此处是指第一个生日,故选A项。
4. D 句意为:直到有一天,我们的第一个生日,人们来了,把我们从土地上搬到他们的卡车上。根据语境可知,此处是指从土壤搬到了卡车上,故选D项。
5. A 根据the wind blew strongly可知,此处是指看不清楚,故选A项。
6. D 句意为:所以我们需要足够的水来长得更粗更高,以阻挡风。根据语境及常识可知,树需要水才能长得更高,故选D项。
7. A 句意为:随着时间的流逝,我们终于变得强壮得多。根据语境可知,此处表示变得,故选A项。
8. D 根据took a picture可知,此处指用相机拍照,故选D项。
9. B 根据语境可知,此处指女孩走过来拥抱。故选B项。
10. C 根据"It's you that have turned the desert into green land!"可知,让这片沙漠变成绿地应是感到骄傲的事,故选C项。

【分析】
本题为记叙文类完形填空，采用第一人称（树的视角）叙事，主旨是讲述一棵树从森林被移植到沙漠后，成长为阻挡风沙的大树，最终获得人类感谢的经历。解题思路：1. 通读全文，把握文章主旨与情感基调；2. 结合上下文语境、词义辨析、逻辑关系（如因果、时间）及固定搭配逐一分析选项；3. 验证所选答案是否符合文章整体逻辑与语境。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据后文“grow tall and big”“protected in the forest”及全文以树的视角叙事，可知此处指小树，故选A。
2. 选B。根据前文“have a good time with my friends”可知，此处指整天都开心，故选B。
3. 选A。根据前文“More than 300 days passed”可知，此处指第一个生日，故选A。
4. 选D。根据语境，树生长在土壤里，人们将它们从土地移到卡车上，故选D。
5. 选A。根据前文“the wind blew strongly”可知，风大导致看不清Tim，故选A。
6. 选D。根据常识，树需要足够的水才能长得更粗更高以阻挡风沙，故选D。
7. 选A。此处表示“变得更强壮”，became符合语境，故选A。
8. 选D。根据前文“took a picture”可知，此处指用相机拍照，故选D。
9. 选B。根据语境，女孩走过来拥抱树，came over符合，故选B。
10. 选C。根据前文“turned the desert into green land”可知，树感到骄傲，故选C。
【答案】
1-5 ABADA 6-10 DADBC
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、记叙文阅读
【点评】
本文以树的第一人称叙事，贴近生活，考查学生的语境理解、词汇运用及逻辑推理能力，是典型的初中阶段记叙文类完形填空，有助于培养学生的语篇分析能力。
【难度系数】
0.7

[2025 江苏苏州质检]Humans share the earth with lots of wildlife. However, many of our lovely 11. (animal) friends may not be around for much 12. (long). The Living Planet Report by the WWF shows the population of several animals has gone down by 60 per cent since 1970. In fact, 3/4 of the world's land was affected (影响) by human 13. (act). Many forests have been cut down to make farmland. About three hundred kinds of animals are 14. (die) out because of over hunting. Another example is overfishing. The Chinese paddlefish (白鲟) were one of the world's 15. (large) freshwater fish, which could grow to seven
metres. The fish 16. a big nose is also called "elephant fish". The Chinese paddlefish started to live on earth more than 100 million years ago. However, scientists from China said they had died out.
"We should find ways to meet the needs of our growing population while protecting the environment," the WWF said. It has called on world governments to work together 17. (protect) people and nature. There are several things we can do. For 18. , we shouldn't use things 19. (make) of the body parts of animals. We should all play a part in taking care 20. the beautiful earth and lovely animals.

语法填空·语篇导读 本文介绍了许多野生动物因为人类的活动而面临灭绝的威胁,呼吁人们要保护自然。
11. animal 固定搭配animal friends意为"动物朋友",故填animal。
12. longer 根据空前的much可知此处应用比较级,故填longer。
13. action(s) 根据语境可知此处应用action作宾语,其既可作可数名词,也可作不可数名词,空前无限定词,故填action(s)。
14. dying 此处应填现在分词构成现在进行时,表示"正在灭绝"。故填dying。
15. largest 固定结构"one of+the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数"表示"最……的之一",large的最高级为largest。故填largest。
16. with 根据"The fish... a big nose"可知此处是指有大鼻子的鱼,应用介词with。
17. to protect 分析句子可知,此处应用不定式表示目的,故填to protect。
18. example 固定搭配for example表示"例如",符合语境。故填example。
19. made things与make之间构成逻辑上的被动关系,此处应用过去分词短语作后置定语,故填made。
20. of 固定短语take care of表示"照顾",符合语境。故填of。

【分析】本题是英语语法填空题，语篇围绕保护野生动物展开。解题时需先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个空格，结合语境、固定搭配及语法规则（如词性转换、时态、比较级、最高级、非谓语动词等）逐一分析，确定每个空的正确形式。
【解析】11. 考查固定搭配，animal friends为固定表达，意为“动物朋友”，故填animal；12. 考查比较级，空前有much修饰，需用比较级，故填longer；13. 考查名词，human后接名词action（表“活动”，可数/不可数均可），故填action(s)；14. 考查现在进行时，结构为are + 现在分词，die out表示“灭绝”，故填dying；15. 考查最高级，“one of + the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数”为固定结构，表“最……之一”，故填largest；16. 考查介词，此处表“带有大鼻子的鱼”，用介词with表伴随，故填with；17. 考查非谓语动词，此处表目的，用不定式to protect，故填to protect；18. 考查固定搭配，for example是固定短语，意为“例如”，故填example；19. 考查非谓语动词，things与make为被动关系，用过去分词作后置定语，故填made；20. 考查固定短语，take care of是固定短语，意为“照顾”，故填of。
【答案】11. animal；12. longer；13. action(s)；14. dying；15. largest；16. with；17. to protect；18. example；19. made；20. of
【知识点】语法填空、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】本题为常规英语语法填空题，围绕环保主题命题，考查基础语法知识与常用固定搭配，需结合语境分析，难度适中，有助于学生巩固相关知识点。
【难度系数】0.5