五、完形填空
Saving Baby Elephants
Mishak rubs his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is 1. It is 5:30 am, and he hasn't had much sleep. Mishak sits next to the baby elephant, smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.
Mishak is a 2 from an elephant rescue centre. 3, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing here. For one thing, hunters 4 elephants for their ivory. For another, people build homes and plant fields where 5 used to live. Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food. They often cause serious damage, so farmers kill 6. As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.
When a baby elephant 7 its mother, it's also in great danger. This is because it needs its mother's milk for about four years. 8 this milk, the baby has little chance to live. Research shows that elephants, like people, have 9. If the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.
The centre's job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the 10 step by step. First, keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants 11 they don't want an elephant to depend on one of the keepers too much. Then keepers take the elephants into the forest. This is a(n) 12 part of the process because the elephants learn how to eat in the wild and communicate with others. When an elephant is four and no longer needs 13, keepers move it to the wild. This makes elephants become 14. It often takes them eight to ten years to get used to the wild.
At bedtime, Mishak has to lie down and 15 with his baby elephant. Mishak says that when he leaves the babies, they cry. Does he need an alarm to wake up? "Oh, no," he says. "The elephants are our alarms."
()1. A. nervous B. down C. tired D. shy
()2. A. teacher B. keeper C. doctor D. policeman
()3. A. Unluckily B. Finally C. Excitedly D. Suddenly
()4. A. buy B. kill C. keep D. collect
()5. A. hunters B. elephants C. adults D. keepers
()6. A. us B. it C. her D. them
()7. A. loses B. helps C. saves D. follows
()8. A. By B. For C. As D. Without
()9. A. foods B. homes C. friends D. feelings
()10. A. centre B. zoo C. wild D. city
()11. A. unless B. but C. or D. because
()12. A. easy B. fast C. important D. strange
()13. A. milk B. fruits C. grass D. leaves
()14. A. brave B. popular C. friendly D. patient
()15. A. work B. play C. study D. sleep
读出划线单词的词性和中文意思, 并收入自己的小词典

1.C
2.B
3.A
4.B
5.B
6.D
7.A
8.D
9.D
10.C
11.D
12.C
13.A
14.A
15.D

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文是关于大象救助中心照顾、训练小象回归野外的故事），再结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、逻辑关系逐一分析每个空：1. 由“没睡好”判断人物状态；2. 由“照顾小象”的身份判断职业；3. 由“大象需要救助”的情况判断情感副词；4. 由“象牙”的用途判断猎人行为；5. 由“人类活动区域”对应大象原栖息地；6. 由指代对象（复数大象）判断代词；7. 由“小象与妈妈的关系”判断动词；8. 由“无母乳的后果”判断介词；9. 由“小象的情绪反应”判断名词；10. 由“救助中心的最终目标”判断地点；11. 由“轮流照看的原因”判断连词；12. 由“进森林的作用”判断形容词；13. 由“小象的成长需求”判断名词；14. 由“适应野外的过程”判断形容词；15. 由“睡前的动作”判断动词。
【解析】1. 根据前文“hasn't had much sleep”（没睡多少觉），可知他很累，选C（tired）；2. 由后文“keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants”（饲养员轮流照看小象），可知他是救助中心的饲养员，选B（keeper）；3. 后文提到很多大象需要救助，这是不幸的情况，选A（Unluckily）；4. 猎人为了象牙杀害大象，选B（kill）；5. 人们建家园、种田地的地方原本是大象的栖息地，选B（elephants）；6. 指代前文的复数名词“elephants”，作kill的宾语，选D（them）；7. 小象失去妈妈时会很危险，选A（loses）；8. 没有母乳，小象几乎没有存活机会，选D（Without）；9. 后文提到小象会因妈妈去世难过生病，说明大象有感情，选D（feelings）；10. 救助中心的工作是养大小象并逐步送回野外，选C（wild）；11. 饲养员轮流照看的原因是不想让小象过度依赖某一位饲养员，表原因用because，选D（because）；12. 带大象进森林是重要环节，因为大象要学习野外觅食和交流，选C（important）；13. 四岁的小象不再需要母乳，选A（milk）；14. 适应野外需要8-10年，这会让大象变得勇敢，选A（brave）；15. 睡前饲养员要躺下和小象一起睡，选D（sleep）。
【答案】1.C 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.D 9.D 10.C 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.D
【知识点】完形填空解题、词汇词义辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】本文围绕大象救助的主题展开，贴近生活，考查学生对语境的理解能力和常用词汇的运用，是一篇难度适中的完形填空，有助于学生了解动物保护的相关内容。
【难度系数】0.6

读后词汇拓展
猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
1. rub
2. damage

1. v. 擦;揉
2. n. 损害