() 5. African grey parrots are the smartest animals on earth.

A.among
B.between
C.with
D.of

5. A

【分析】本题考查介词的词义辨析，需明确各选项介词的用法及适用范围。among用于三者及以上的人或物之间；between仅用于两者之间；with表示伴随、带有；of表示所属关系。句子表达非洲灰鹦鹉是地球上最聪明的动物之一，动物数量远多于三者，因此需用对应三者及以上的介词。
【解析】逐一分析选项：A项among适用于三者及以上的范围，符合“地球上最聪明的动物（数量众多）”的语境；B项between仅用于两者之间，不符合；C项with语义为“和……一起；带有”，代入句中不通顺；D项of表所属，不符合句意。因此正确答案为A。
【答案】A
【知识点】介词辨析
【点评】本题为基础介词用法题，重点考查among与between的核心区别，属于英语基础考点，难度较低，学生只需掌握介词的基本用法即可解答。
【难度系数】0.3

() 6. — do these endangered animals get their food?
— They get it by hunting other animals.

A.What
B.Where
C.How
D.Why

6. C

【分析】首先观察答语，答语说明的是濒危动物获取食物的方式，因此需要选择对“方式”提问的疑问词，结合选项逐一匹配即可得出答案。
【解析】逐一分析选项：A选项What用于对事物提问；B选项Where用于对地点提问；C选项How用于对方式提问，与答语的语境匹配；D选项Why用于对原因提问。根据答语是说明获取食物的方式，可知问句需用How，因此选C。
【答案】C
【知识点】特殊疑问词辨析
【点评】本题考查英语特殊疑问词的用法，需结合答语内容判断疑问类型，属于基础题型，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.7

() 7. China has made great efforts protect migratory birds along their flyways.

A.to help
B.help
C.helping
D.helped

7. A

【分析】本题考查英语语法中的固定搭配用法。首先回忆常见的固定表达“make efforts to do sth”，其含义是“努力做某事”，其中需要使用动词不定式（to + 动词原形）构成该结构，作目的状语。接下来分析选项，判断哪个符合该结构要求。
【解析】“make efforts to do sth”是固定搭配，意为“努力做某事”，此处需用动词不定式作目的状语。A选项为动词不定式to help，符合搭配要求；B选项为动词原形、C选项为现在分词、D选项为过去式，均不符合该固定搭配的语法结构，因此正确答案为A。
【答案】A
【知识点】动词不定式；固定搭配
【点评】本题为基础语法题，考查英语中常见的固定搭配，属于必须掌握的基础知识点，难度较低，只要牢记相关搭配即可快速选出答案。
【难度系数】0.9

() 8. — Would you mind my touching the baby deer?
— . Its mother won’t look after it if it smells like a human.

A.Yes, please
B.That’s all right
C.You’d better not
D.Of course not

8. C

【分析】首先理解对话语境：问句询问是否介意触摸小鹿宝宝，答句后半句说明原因“如果它闻起来像人类，它妈妈就不会照顾它了”，暗示不允许触摸。接着分析各选项含义：A选项表述矛盾；B选项用于回应感谢或道歉，不符合语境；C选项意为“你最好不要”，契合答句的禁止态度；D选项意为“当然不介意”，与答句原因矛盾。需结合语境和选项含义排除错误选项，选出正确答案。
【解析】先翻译对话：
— 你介意我触摸这只小鹿宝宝吗？
— 你最好不要。如果它闻起来像人类，它妈妈就不会照顾它了。
逐一分析选项：
A. Yes, please：表述逻辑矛盾，不符合日常交际用语习惯，排除；
B. That’s all right：用于回应感谢或道歉，此处语境不符，排除；
C. You’d better not：意为“你最好不要”，契合答句中禁止触摸的原因，符合语境；
D. Of course not：意为“当然不介意”，与答句中“小鹿妈妈不会照顾它”的原因相悖，排除。
综上，正确答案为C。
【答案】C
【知识点】情景交际用语
【点评】本题考查日常情景交际用语的运用，需结合对话上下文的逻辑关系判断选项，属于基础交际类题目，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.4

四、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In October 2023, volunteers sent a small green sea turtle (龟) to the Sea Turtle Care Center at an aquarium (水族馆) in South Carolina. The turtle, Ricotta, got trapped in a fishing line (捕鱼线), and lost a front flipper. People found more fishing lines in the turtle’s body.
Ricotta was not the only one. Since the care center opened in 2000, workers there have seen many turtles like Ricotta. Some turtles’ injuries (伤害) came from boat strikes and animal bites.
“The best part about my job is that every day is different,” says Grace Buschiazzo, a biologist at the Sea Turtle Care Center. “Whatever the sea turtles need from me, I’m going to do it.” At the age of 15, Buschiazzo began to volunteer for a project. It helped protect sea turtle eggs. That was when she fell in love with sea turtles.
Buschiazzo recommends that kids can volunteer just like her if they are interested in sea turtles. “You can do it at an aquarium,” she says. “You can also do it at a local animal center. There are lots of ways to help sea turtles.”
Buschiazzo makes the turtles’ meals and makes sure they stay healthy. She does everything she can to help the turtles get better.
Since 2000, the team at the Sea Turtle Care Center has successfully treated and released more than 400 sea turtles. And that’s another thing Buschiazzo loves about her job: getting to see how people save the turtles’ lives and help them go back into the sea.
() 1. What do we know about Ricotta after reading the passage?
A. Animal bites led to all Ricotta’s injuries.
B. Volunteers helped Ricotta after it got hurt.
C. Ricotta was born in a sea turtle care center.
D. Ricotta lost both of its front flippers in 2023.
() 2. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 6 “release” mean?
A. Let go. B. Wait for. C. Know about. D. Bring together.
() 3. What is the best title of this passage?
A. Saving sea turtles B. A sea turtle’s story
C. Learning about sea animals D. Advice on being volunteers

1. B 2. A 3. A

【分析】
做本题需掌握英语阅读理解三类核心题型的解题方法：1. 细节理解题：定位题干关键词到原文对应段落，比对选项与原文信息；2. 词义猜测题：结合划线词所在句的上下文语境推测词义；3. 主旨大意题：梳理全文核心内容提炼标题。第1题是细节题，关键词为Ricotta，定位原文第一段找对应信息；第2题是词义题，定位第六段release的语境；第3题是主旨题，梳理全文围绕救助海龟的核心内容。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据第一段“In October 2023, volunteers sent a small green sea turtle... The turtle, Ricotta, got trapped in a fishing line...”可知志愿者帮助了受伤的Ricotta，对应选项B。A选项：原文第二段提到部分海龟伤来自动物咬，但Ricotta的伤主要由捕鱼线导致，并非所有伤都是动物咬，错误；C选项：原文未提及Ricotta出生在护理中心，错误；D选项：原文说Ricotta失去一个前鳍，不是两个，错误。
2. 词义猜测题：第六段提到“successfully treated and released more than 400 sea turtles”，结合后半句“help them go back into the sea”可知，release意为“放回（大海）”，对应选项A（Let go）。B（等待）、C（了解）、D（聚集）均不符合语境，错误。
3. 主旨大意题：全文围绕Sea Turtle Care Center的工作人员救助、治疗海龟并帮助它们回归大海的内容展开，核心是“救助海龟”，对应选项A。B选项仅讲一只海龟的故事，过于片面；C选项“了解海洋动物”范围过大；D选项“做志愿者的建议”仅为部分内容，错误。
【答案】
1. B 2. A 3. A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解基础题型，考查学生的细节定位、语境猜词及主旨提炼能力，文本贴近环保主题，易于理解，适合学生巩固阅读解题技巧。
【难度系数】
0.6