六、选词填空
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词语填空，每空一词。有两个多余选项。
leaves, flowers, earth, better, popular, bring, take, named, show
Once a poor man hoped for good luck and found a tree in the wild. He took it home and grew more trees from its seeds(种子). This really made him a rich man, so he 1 it the money tree. People say that the trunk(树干) of the money tree can hold luck in it. The five 2 stand for metal, wood, water, fire and 3 —the five things of balance. That's why people like the money tree 4 than other plants.
In the past few years, the Chinese money tree has become 5 for those celebrating Chinese New Year. People believe it will 6 good luck into their life. People also give the tree to friends or to new neighbors to 7 friendship.
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1. named 2. leaves 3. earth 4. better 5. popular 6. bring 7. show

【分析】
先通读短文，理解短文围绕“摇钱树”的由来及人们对它的喜爱展开。解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇含义、语法规则（如时态、比较级、固定搭配），同时注意词汇的形式变化（如名词复数），逐一筛选合适的词语填空。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配name sth sth表示“把某物命名为……”，此处为一般过去时，故填named；
2. 结合语境，五片“叶子”对应五行，leaf的复数形式为leaves，故填leaves；
3. 五行包含金、木、水、火、土，对应词汇earth（土），故填earth；
4. 句中出现than，需用副词比较级，like...better than...表示“比……更喜欢……”，故填better；
5. 固定表达become popular表示“变得流行”，符合语境，故填popular；
6. 固定短语bring good luck表示“带来好运”，will后接动词原形，故填bring；
7. 此处表示“表达友谊”，show有“表达”的含义，符合语境，故填show。
【答案】1. named 2. leaves 3. earth 4. better 5. popular 6. bring 7. show
【知识点】选词填空；词汇运用；固定搭配
【点评】本题为英语选词填空题，考查学生的语境分析、词汇理解及语法运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和词汇搭配准确选择，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7

七、阅读表达
阅读短文，根据要求完成文后的题目。
From grasses to trees, plants come in all colours, shapes and sizes. There are about 350,000 types of plants in the world. Let's enter the world of plants and learn more about them.
How do plants make food?
Like all living things, plants need food to live. They make food for themselves by photosynthesis(光合作用). This happens in the leaves. To make food, plants need sunlight, CO₂ and H₂O. They use the energy from the sun to turn all of those things into O₂ and sugars.
What do we not really know about plants?
• Fighting
Plants fight against each other to live. Only two percent of the sunlight gets to the forest floor. That's why some plants spread their leaves to fight for sunlight.
• Helping each other
Plants also help each other and even communicate. In deserts, the roots of Euphrates poplar(胡杨的根) are connected. If a tree finds water, it will share it with others through the roots.
• Defending
Each kind of plant has its own ways to protect itself. Some flowers give off a bad smell. Some even have teeth.
Mimosa pudica(含羞草)
When you touch it, it folds up its leaves. Scientists believe this helps the plant fight enemies. The sudden movement of its leaves can scare enemies away.
1. What do plants need to make food? (no more than 7 words)

2. Why do some plants spread their leaves to fight for sunlight? (no more than 13 words)

3. How will the Euphrates poplar share water with others? (no more than 4 words)

4. 将画线部分句子译成汉语。

5. 给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

1. Sunlight, CO₂ and H₂O.
2. Because only two percent of the sunlight gets to the forest floor.
3. Through the roots.
4. 它的叶子的突然移动可以吓跑敌人。
5. The World of Plants

【分析】
解题时需先通读全文，明确各问题的核心指向；再根据问题中的关键词定位到原文对应段落，提取关键信息，同时严格遵守题目对答题字数的限制；翻译题需准确理解句子结构，直译通顺；标题题需结合全文主旨提炼。
【解析】
1. 问题1关键词为“make food”，定位到原文“How do plants make food?”段落，提取植物制造食物所需的物质为sunlight, CO₂ and H₂O，符合字数要求；
2. 问题2关键词为“spread leaves to fight for sunlight”，定位到原文“Fighting”段落，找到原因是“Only two percent of the sunlight gets to the forest floor”，控制在13词内；
3. 问题3关键词为“Euphrates poplar share water”，定位到原文“Helping each other”段落，找到分享方式为through the roots，符合字数要求；
4. 画线句“The sudden movement of its leaves can scare enemies away”直译通顺，译为“它的叶子的突然移动可以吓跑敌人”；
5. 短文围绕“植物世界”展开，开头有“enter the world of plants”的表述，故标题为“The World of Plants”。
【答案】
1. Sunlight, CO₂ and H₂O.
2. Because only two percent of the sunlight gets to the forest floor.
3. Through the roots.
4. 它的叶子的突然移动可以吓跑敌人。
5. The World of Plants
【知识点】
英语阅读信息提取、英译汉、英文标题拟定
【点评】
本题为英语阅读表达题，侧重考查学生的信息定位与提取能力、句子翻译能力及主旨概括能力，答题时需紧扣原文内容，注意各题的字数限制，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7