Passage 9
amaze danger encourage save grow
luck mean never one photo woman
Elephants are the largest of all land animals on the earth. However,there aren't many of them left in the world. Many people try to 1 elephants like Paula Kahumbu.
Paula 2 up in Nairobi, Kenya. She loved reading, and her love for elephants began at the library. She found a book, Among the Elephants, written by Iain Douglas-Hamilton. It was about his 3 trip studying elephants. “I lived in Kenya, but I 4 saw an elephant close up,” Paula said. “They were known as scary and 5 animals. But in this book, there were many 6 of Iain among the elephants. I fell in love with them.”
Paula looked up to Iain,but she didn't believe she could be like him. But later,she spent two weeks at an elephant camp. There, she met two Kenyan 7 who knew a lot about elephants. “Then,I knew if they could do it,I could do it too,” Paula said.
After studying elephants for some years,Paula became the head of Wildlife Direct. She started the “Hands off Our Elephants” movement in Nairobi to call on the government(政府）to save elephants.
Lots of people joined her. 8,the government listened and helped the animals.
Next,Paula started her own TV show. She shared stories and hoped to 9 people to care about nature. Wildlife Warriors was the 10 TV show about African wildlife made by an African,for Africans. Over half of Kenyans watched it, and it's now shown across Africa.
Paula got many prizes(奖励）for her work. Many people called Paula “Mama Ndovu”. It 11 “Mother of Elephants”.
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1. save 2. grew 3. amazing 4. never
5. dangerous 6. photos 7. women 8. Luckily
9. encourage 10. first 11. means

【分析】
本题为英语选词填空，需结合上下文语境、句子语法结构（词性、时态、单复数等），从给定词汇中选择合适的词填空。解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨（Paula保护大象的经历），再逐个分析每个空的句子成分、所需词性，结合语境匹配词汇，同时注意词汇的形式变化（如动词过去式、名词复数、形容词/副词转换、序数词等）。
【解析】
1. 句意：世界上大象数量不多，很多人像Paula Kahumbu一样努力拯救大象。try to do sth为固定搭配，结合语境选save。
2. 句意：Paula在肯尼亚内罗毕长大。grow up是固定短语，描述过去的动作，用一般过去式，故填grew。
3. 句意：这本书是关于他研究大象的令人惊叹的旅行。修饰名词trip需用形容词，amaze的形容词amazing（修饰物）符合语境，故填amazing。
4. 句意：我住在肯尼亚，但从没近距离看过大象。结合转折语境，选副词never。
5. 句意：它们被认为是可怕且危险的动物。与scary并列修饰animals，需用形容词，danger的形容词dangerous符合，故填dangerous。
6. 句意：但在这本书里，有很多Iain和大象的照片。many后接可数名词复数，photo的复数为photos，故填photos。
7. 句意：在那里，她遇到了两位很懂大象的肯尼亚女性。two后接可数名词复数，woman的复数为women，故填women。
8. 句意：幸运的是，政府倾听并帮助了动物。副词置于句首修饰整个句子，luck的副词Luckily符合，故填Luckily。
9. 句意：她分享故事，希望鼓励人们关心自然。hope to do sth为固定搭配，结合语境选encourage。
10. 句意：Wildlife Warriors是第一个由非洲人制作、为非洲人的关于非洲野生动物的电视节目。表示“第一”需用序数词，one的序数词为first，故填first。
11. 句意：它意思是“大象妈妈”。主语it为第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，mean的三单为means，故填means。
【答案】
1. save 2. grew 3. amazing 4. never 5. dangerous 6. photos 7. women 8. Luckily 9. encourage 10. first 11. means
【知识点】
英语选词填空、词汇词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕保护大象的主题，通过选词填空考查学生对词汇词义、词性及语境的理解，需结合语法知识和上下文逻辑解题，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5