四、完形填空
Long long ago, there lived an elephant. He had an 1. life. Nobody wanted to
be his friend because he was too large in 2. .
One day, there was a big 3. in the forest. All the animals were very afraid
and they had to run to 4. places. Just at that time, the elephant ran to the nearest
river as fast as he could, and 5. a lot of water in his trunk and rushed to the
burning trees. He sprayed (喷) the water on the fire. It was lucky that he put out the
fire 6. .
A moment later, while the elephant was lying 7. the tree after such a hard
job, all the animals came to him and 8. him for his kind help. They said, "You
are really the hero in the 9. . Now we know a friend in need is a friend indeed."
The elephant was happy to hear that, and he could make so many friends with others.
He walked around the forest proudly with several small animals 10. his back.
()1. A. amazing B. unhappy C. unimportant D. unlucky
()2. A. size B. height C. depth D. length
()3. A. match B. festival C. trip D. fire
()4. A. colourful B. dry C. safe D. dangerous
()5. A. hunted B. collected C. met D. searched
()6. A. successfully B. slowly C. softly D. hardly
()7. A. from B. on C. under D. in
()8. A. showed B. loved C. bit D. thanked
()9. A. wood B. forest C. river D. factory
()10. A. on B. of C. to D. between

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A

【分析】
这是一篇记叙文类完形填空，解题第一步先通读全文梳理故事主线：原本因为体型太大没有朋友的大象，在森林发生火灾时主动用鼻子运水扑灭大火，帮助了所有小动物，最终收获了大家的认可和友谊。解题时要结合上下文的情节线索、词义辨析和固定搭配逐一判断每个空的正确选项，遇到不确定的空可以先跳过，结合后文内容反向推导，最后再代入全文验证逻辑是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 选B。根据后文“Nobody wanted to be his friend（没人愿意做他的朋友）”可知大象的生活是不开心的，A.令人惊叹的；B.不开心的；C.不重要的；D.不幸的，只有B符合语境。
2. 选A。句意：没人愿意做他的朋友，因为他体型太大。固定搭配in size表示“在体型方面”，A. size 尺寸、体型大小；B. height 身高；C. depth 深度；D. length 长度，只有A符合描述大象整体庞大的语境。
3. 选D。根据后文“the burning trees（燃烧的树木）”、“put out the fire（灭火）”的提示，可知森林里发生了大火，A.比赛；B.节日；C.旅行；D.火灾，选D。
4. 选C。发生火灾后所有动物都很害怕，必须跑到安全的地方躲避险情，A.多彩的；B.干燥的；C.安全的；D.危险的，选C符合逻辑。
5. 选B。句意：大象用象鼻收集了大量的水冲向着火的树木，A.狩猎；B.收集、积攒；C.遇见；D.搜寻，这里collect表示大象把水吸进象鼻积攒起来，符合语境，选B。
6. 选A。根据前文“It was lucky（很幸运）”的提示，他顺利把火扑灭了，A.成功地；B.缓慢地；C.轻柔地；D.几乎不，选A。
7. 选C。大火扑灭后，大象干完重活躺在树下休息，A.来自；B.在…上面；C.在…下面；D.在…里面，under the tree表示在树下，符合常识，选C。
8. 选D。所有动物都走向他，感谢他善意的帮助，thank sb for sth是固定搭配“因某事感谢某人”，A.展示；B.喜爱；C.咬；D.感谢，选D。
9. 选B。整个故事的场景都发生在森林里，所以大家说他是森林里真正的英雄，A.小树林；B.森林；C.河流；D.工厂，选B。
10. 选A。句意：他骄傲地在森林里走动，好几只小动物坐在他的背上，on one's back是固定搭配，表示“在某人/某物的背上”，选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A
【知识点】
完形语境推理，词义辨析，固定搭配
【点评】
本题属于故事类基础完形填空，整体情节通俗易懂，既考察学生对上下文逻辑的梳理能力，也覆盖了初中低年级核心词汇和常见固定搭配的考察，同时还渗透了"患难见真情"的道理，做题时要注意先把握全文主旨，避免脱离语境孤立选词。
【难度系数】
0.8