选词填空（except/except for/besides）。
(1) Everyone has come to the party Tom. He is on vacation.
(2) this book, the clock also interests me.

(1) except (2) Besides

【分析】首先需明确except、except for、besides的用法差异：except表示“除……之外（不包含在内）”，排除的是同类事物；except for表示“除……之外（整体中排除不同类的部分）”；besides表示“除……之外（还，包含在内）”，常与also等词呼应。第(1)题中Tom和everyone是同类，属于被排除的对象；第(2)题由also可知，是包含这本书在内的额外感兴趣的事物，据此选词。
【解析】第(1)题：句意为“除了Tom，所有人都来参加派对了，他在度假”，Tom与everyone是同类，是被排除的部分，故用except。第(2)题：句意为“除了这本书，钟表也让我感兴趣”，由also可知，是包含这本书在内的额外事物，故用Besides。
【答案】(1) except (2) Besides
【知识点】介词辨析
【点评】本题考查易混介词的用法，需准确区分三个词“包含/排除”“同类/不同类”的核心区别，结合语境判断，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5

一、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Money can't bring us real (happy).
2. There are (ton) of rubbish on the beach. We should clean it up.
3. Our English teacher always makes her class (live).
4. The insect seems even (tiny) than we thought.
5. She felt (disappoint) about the rainy weather on her birthday.

1. happiness 2. tons 3. lively 4. tinier
5. disappointed

【分析】
本题考查英语单词的适当形式填空，需结合句子成分、固定搭配、语法规则（如比较级）及语境，对所给单词进行词性或形式的转换，确保符合句子结构要求。
【解析】
1. 句意：金钱不能给我们带来真正的快乐。空缺处需名词作动词bring的宾语，所给单词happy是形容词，其名词形式为happiness，故填happiness。
2. 句意：海滩上有大量垃圾，我们应该清理它。固定搭配tons of表示“大量、许多”，故填tons。
3. 句意：我们的英语老师总是让她的课生动有趣。“make sth + 形容词”表示“使某物……”，live的形容词形式为lively（生动的），故填lively。
4. 句意：这只昆虫似乎比我们想的更小。句中出现than，需用形容词比较级，tiny的比较级是tinier，故填tinier。
5. 句意：她对生日那天的雨天感到失望。feel后接形容词，修饰人时用disappointed（感到失望的），故填disappointed。
【答案】
1. happiness 2. tons 3. lively 4. tinier 5. disappointed
【知识点】
名词变形、固定搭配、形容词用法、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题为基础词汇变形题，侧重考查单词词性转换、固定搭配及基础语法（比较级）的应用，是英语学习中的常见题型，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.6

二、用方框中所给单词和短语的适当形式补全短文。
climate except ocean play a role in
In the forest, the 1. is warm. There is a slow animal called sloth（树懒）living in trees. Being slow helps it save energy. It 2. keeping the forest healthy.
Many plants in the forest grow very fast, 3. some kinds of plants such as the Rafflesia flower（莱佛士花）, which grows very slowly. It has no leaves and gets food from other plants. Sometimes its seeds can travel far away, even to small islands in the 4. .

1. climate 2. plays a role in 3. except 4. ocean

【分析】首先通读短文，理解每句语境，结合方框内的单词短语，根据句意和语法规则（如第三人称单数变化）选择合适的词并调整形式：第1空描述森林的气候，选climate；第2空主语是it，需用play a role in的第三人称单数形式；第3空表“除了”，选except；第4空指海洋里的小岛，选ocean。
【解析】1. 句意：在森林里，气候是温暖的，方框中climate（气候）符合语境，直接使用原形；2. 主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词短语play a role in要变为plays a role in，符合“它在保持森林健康方面起作用”的句意；3. 句意：很多森林里的植物长得很快，除了一些生长缓慢的植物，except（除了）符合逻辑；4. 句意：它的种子甚至能传播到海洋里的小岛上，ocean（海洋）符合语境。
【答案】1. climate 2. plays a role in 3. except 4. ocean
【知识点】词汇运用、名词辨析、动词短语形式变化
【点评】本题考查词汇在语境中的运用，需结合句意和语法变化选择合适的单词短语，难度适中，是基础题型，学生只要掌握词汇含义和基本语法即可解答。
【难度系数】0.7

三、读写综合。
（一）回答问题
请阅读下面短文，根据所提供的信息，回答五个问题。要求所写答案语法正确、信息完整切题。
Many birds are in danger now, like kakapos（鸮鹦鹉）. Kakapos are called owl（猫头鹰）parrots. They are also called night birds because they move around at night. They are green and yellow, large and fat.
In a quiet place, a kakapo can live up to 58 years. It is possibly one of the world's longest-living birds. They live alone and they have few babies. Unlike most birds, they can't fly. There are only about 200 adult kakapos left in the world, all living in New Zealand.
Like many other New Zealand birds, kakapos were really important to Maori, the indigenous（土著的）people of New Zealand. You can hear about them in many of their traditional stories. However, kakapos were also killed in large numbers by Maori. They ate the meat and used the feathers（羽毛）to make expensive pieces of clothing. In the old days, some
kakapos were also kept as pets. Kakapos are now in great danger. Without help, they will soon die out. So New Zealanders take them to quiet places and protect them. In these quiet places, kakapos can make new homes and live freely.
1. What do kakapos look like?

2. How long can a kakapo live in a quiet place?

3. Why are kakapos different from most birds?

4. Where can people hear about kakapos?

5. What do New Zealanders do to stop kakapos from dying out?

1. They are green and yellow, large and fat.
2. It can live up to 58 years./58 years.
3. Because they can't fly.
4. In many of Maori's traditional stories.
5. They take them to quiet places and protect them.

【分析】
这类回答问题的题目，解题思路为：1. 先通读短文，掌握短文关于鸮鹦鹉的核心信息；2. 逐个阅读问题，明确每个问题的关键词；3. 带着关键词回到原文定位对应段落和句子，提取关键信息；4. 整理信息，确保语法正确、信息完整且切题，形成答案。
【解析】
1. 问题关键词为“look like”，定位原文第一段最后一句，提取外观描述；2. 问题关键词为“live in a quiet place”，定位原文第二段第一句，提取寿命信息；3. 问题关键词为“different from most birds”，定位原文第二段中“Unlike most birds, they can't fly”，提取原因；4. 问题关键词为“hear about kakapos”，定位原文第三段中“You can hear about them in many of their traditional stories”，明确“their”指代Maori，整理答案；5. 问题关键词为“New Zealanders do to stop dying out”，定位原文第三段最后部分，提取新西兰人的措施。
【答案】
1. They are green and yellow, large and fat.
2. It can live up to 58 years./58 years.
3. Because they can't fly.
4. In many of Maori's traditional stories.
5. They take them to quiet places and protect them.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、信息查找
【点评】
本题为基础信息查找类阅读题，考查学生快速定位原文关键信息的能力，只要认真阅读短文，准确匹配问题与原文内容即可正确作答，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.6