[2025 江苏常州期末]Every year on 4 October, people come together for the well-being（健康）of animals everywhere. That day is World Animal Day.
Starting formally in 1931 in Florence, Italy, the yearly event has become a special chance for everyone who cares about animals to make a difference. "As we share this earth with all living things, we can make a difference to all animals," wrote a website.
In the past ten years, China has done much to improve the well-being of domestic and wild animals. The protection of Asian elephants is a good example.
Asian elephants have become endangered because of hunting for their tusks（象牙）. Asian elephants in China are mostly in Yunnan Province. These wild animals sometimes eat local farmers' crops. The government has been trying to create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and Asian elephants. For example, they make rules to stop tusk trade.
With World Animal Day around the corner,
we can think of more ways to better protect our wild friends. Let's take action together!
()1. Why have Asian elephants become endangered according to the passage?
A. Because people caught them for shows.
B. Because people hunted them to make medicine.
C. Because people hunted them for tusks.
D. Because people kept them as pets.
()2. What does the underlined word "harmonious" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Serious. B. Friendly.
C. Awful. D. Nervous.
()3. ＜新考法写作意图＞What's the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To ask people to better protect animals.
B. To ask people to protect local farmers' crops.
C. To tell people how to care about Asian elephants.
D. To tell people more about the world.

1. C 细节理解题。根据"Asian elephants have become endangered because of hunting for their tusks."可知选C项。
2. B 词义猜测题。根据"The government has been trying to create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and Asian elephants. For example, they make rules to stop tusk trade."可知,harmonious 意为"友好和睦的",与 friendly 意思相近。故选B项。
3. A 推理判断题。通读全文可知,本文的主要目的是号召人们保护动物。故选A项。

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解选择题，分别考查细节理解、词义猜测、推理判断三类题型。解题思路：1. 细节理解题：根据题干关键词定位原文对应语句，匹配选项内容；2. 词义猜测题：结合划线词所在句的上下文语境（如后文举例的政府措施）推测词义；3. 推理判断题：通读全文，梳理作者的核心表述，提炼写作目的，匹配选项。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据题干中“Asian elephants become endangered”的关键词，定位到原文第四段第一句“Asian elephants have become endangered because of hunting for their tusks.”，可知原因是人们为了象牙捕猎它们，对应选项C，故选C。
2. 词义猜测题：定位到第四段“create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and Asian elephants”，后文举例政府制定规则禁止象牙贸易，目的是建立人与亚洲象的友好关系，因此harmonious意为“友好的”，对应选项B，故选B。
3. 推理判断题：通读全文，文章介绍世界动物日的意义、中国保护动物的举措，最后呼吁大家保护野生动物，核心目的是号召人们更好地保护动物，对应选项A，故选A。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本题是英语阅读理解的常规题型，考查不同阅读技能，解题关键是准确定位原文信息、结合语境分析，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8

答案 4—8
How was your summer vacation? My family visited Everglades National Park in America this vacation. 4
On the first day, when we got to the park, it was getting dark. As we went down the road, I almost stepped (踩) on something! 5 We turned on our flashlights and we took a close look and found it was an alligator (短吻鳄). That was scary but interesting. There were quite a few alligators around. 6 She told us that we'd better turn off the flashlights so that we could see them more clearly.
On the second day, we saw another kind of interesting animal—dolphins. 7 They were kept in the pool dancing or playing games for people. But in Everglades National Park, we saw them swimming freely and happily in the river. Some of them jumped out of the water. 8 My youngest sister was so excited that she jumped up and down. After about five minutes, it seemed that they felt bored and swam away.
It was such an interesting trip that I would never forget it.
A. We wondered what it was.
B. We once saw them at the zoo.
C. We all wanted to play with the alligator.
D. Just at that time, a park worker walked by.
E. We were too afraid to get close to the alligator.
F. I enjoyed it because I saw wonderful wild animals up close.
G. Six dolphins even followed our ship as if they were racing us.

4. F 根据"My family visited Everglades National Park in America this vacation."可知,此处应介绍去该国家公园度假的感受,F项(我喜欢它,因为我近距离看到了奇妙的野生动物。)符合语境。
5. A 根据"As we went down the road, I almost stepped on something!"以及"We turned on our flashlights and we took a close look and found it was an alligator."可知,A项(我们想知道它是什么。)符合语境。
6. D 根据"She told us that we'd better turn off the flashlights so that we could see them more clearly."可知,D项(就在那时,一名公园工作人员走过。)符合语境。
7. B 根据"They were kept in the pool dancing or playing games for people. But in Everglades National Park, we saw them swimming freely and happily in the river."可知,B项(我们以前在动物园见过它们。)符合语境。
8. G 根据"After about five minutes, it seemed that they felt bored and swam away."可知,此处表示海豚跟着他们,G项(六只海豚甚至跟着我们的船,好像它们在和我们比赛。)符合语境。

【分析】这是一道英语七选五题型，解题时需先通读全文把握主旨（作者一家暑假游览美国大沼泽国家公园的经历），再结合每个空格前后的语境、逻辑关系（如承接、对比、引出下文等）匹配选项：第4空承接旅行地点介绍旅行感受，第5空衔接“差点踩东西”和“发现短吻鳄”的动作，第6空引出下文提建议的人物，第7空通过“动物园圈养海豚”与“野生海豚”的对比匹配选项，第8空衔接海豚的动作描述。
【解析】4. 空格前提到假期去了美国大沼泽国家公园，空格后介绍第一天行程，F项“我喜欢它，因为我近距离看到了奇妙的野生动物”承接上文旅行，符合语境。5. 空格前说差点踩到不明物体，空格后提到打开手电筒发现是短吻鳄，A项“我们想知道它是什么”衔接前后动作，符合逻辑。6. 空格后提到有人建议关手电筒，D项“就在那时，一名公园工作人员走过”引出下文人物，符合语境。7. 空格后对比动物园圈养海豚和此处野生海豚，B项“我们以前在动物园见过它们”形成对比，符合语境。8. 空格前描述海豚跳出水面，G项“六只海豚甚至跟着我们的船，好像在和我们比赛”衔接海豚动作，符合语境。
【答案】4.F 5.A 6.D 7.B 8.G
【知识点】英语七选五、语境推理
【点评】本题考查英语语篇理解与衔接能力，要求学生结合上下文逻辑选择合适选项，难度适中，理清文章脉络即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.5