四、综合填空
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A dog's nose is 1 (use) for protecting sea turtles (海龟). Nearly all kinds of sea turtles are in danger and new study shows that dogs can help 2 (save) sea turtles' weak homes.
Five kinds of sea turtles make homes on beaches in the southeastern US. 3 May to October, turtles lay (产卵) 4 (thousand) of eggs under the sand. These eggs are in danger from other animals and people's activities. Scientists try to find 5 (they) places so that they can count the number and save them, 6 the eggs can be difficult to find in a beach full of sand.

Scientists taught a dog 7 (name) Dory to find the egg's smell. During two nesting (筑巢) seasons, Dory could smell out 560 sea turtle homes from three different kinds of turtles. At the 8 time, people only found 256 turtles homes. Dory never spent time 9 (look) for turtles' homes in the wrong place.
Dory is only one dog, but the study showed that a dog like her could make protection work more efficient (效率高的), 10 (real) saving more turtles.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. useful 2. to save/save 3. From 4. thousands
5. their 6. but 7. named 8. same
9. looking 10. really

【分析】
拿到这道综合填空题，首先第一步先通读整篇短文，理清文章核心主题：本文介绍了利用狗狗敏锐的嗅觉来寻找海龟巢穴，从而更好地保护濒危海龟的相关研究。接下来逐个分析每个空格：首先判断空格处所需的词性，结合提示词的变形规则、初中英语常见固定搭配、上下文的逻辑关系来推导答案，同时注意大小写、形式变化的细节。
【解析】
1. 空格前是be动词is，空格后是介词for，提示词是use，此处要表达“有用的”含义，构成固定搭配be useful for 表示“对……有用”，所以填形容词useful。
2. 空格前是动词help，提示词是save，符合固定用法help (to) do sth 表示“帮助做某事”，所以既可以填原形save，也可以填不定式to save。
3. 空格后是May to October，要表达“从五月到十月”，构成固定搭配from...to...，句首单词首字母需要大写，所以填From。
4. 提示词是thousand，后面有介词of，构成固定短语thousands of 表示“成千上万的”，是固定用法，所以填thousands。
5. 空格后是名词places，提示词是人称代词they，此处需要形容词性物主代词修饰名词，所以填their，表示“海龟的巢穴位置”。
6. 前半句含义是“科学家试图找到它们的位置以便计数和保护海龟卵”，后半句含义是“卵在满是沙子的海滩上很难被找到”，前后是转折逻辑关系，所以填转折连词but。
7. 空格修饰前面的名词dog，提示词是name，此处是过去分词作后置定语，表示“被命名为Dory的狗”，所以填named。
8. 此处构成固定搭配at the same time，表示“与此同时”，所以填same。
9. 空格前有动词spend，提示词是look，符合固定用法spend time doing sth 表示“花费时间做某事”，所以填动名词looking。
10. 空格后是现在分词saving，提示词是形容词real，此处需要副词修饰后面的动作，所以填really。
【答案】
1. useful 2. to save/save 3. From 4. thousands 5. their 6. but 7. named 8. same 9. looking 10. really
【知识点】
固定搭配识记，词性转换，连词逻辑判断
【点评】
本题属于初中英语基础类的语法填空题型，考点全部围绕初中核心的基础语法和高频固定搭配展开，既考察学生对动词用法、代词变形、非谓语基础变形的掌握程度，也要求学生结合上下文逻辑判断连词，整体没有偏难怪的考点，适合巩固基础语法积累。
【难度系数】
0.7

五、阅读表达
阅读下面短文, 用英语回答短文后的问题。注意: 1-4 题答案不超过 5 个单词, 第 5 小题答案词数不限。
Evan, an orange and white fox, has a farm. It's Evan's home. His friend, a black and white dog, often stays there with him and they do everything together. They drive Evan's farm truck (卡车) and play games. They read books and have ice cream. But their favorite thing is working in Evan's yard. In the yard, plants are big and beautiful. But friends don't always stay together. One day, the dog dies (死), so Evan loses his best friend. Without his best friend, the yard becomes a sad place. Evan feels so sad and angry that he destroys (破坏) his yard.

But a good place will not stay empty for long. New plants quietly start to grow. One day, Evan finds a small pumpkin vine (南瓜藤) in his yard. He starts to look after it. Fall comes and there is a huge pumpkin on the vine in his yard.
It is the fair (集市) week. Evan takes his big pumpkin to the fair. He meets his old friends there and he enjoys delicious food. Best of all, his pumpkin wins him a prize: 10 dollars or a little dog. What does Evan want? You might know the answer. Yes. He drives home with the dog.
Do you know? This is the story of the book The Rough Patch. It is a 2018 picture book by US writer Brian Lies. The book won the 2019 Caldecott Medal (凯迪克大奖).
1. What is Evan and the dog's favorite thing?

2. How does Evan feel after his friend dies?

3. Which prize does Evan want for his pumpkin?

4. Where is the story from?

5. If you were Evan, how would you deal with sadness (排解忧伤) of losing your best friend?

1. Working in Evan's yard.
2. (He feels) sad and angry.
3. (He wants) a little dog.
4. (It's from) the Rough Patch.
5. I would probably cry a lot. / I would keep something like pictures or toys to
think of my friend. / I would ask my parents or other friends for advice.
(开放性问题,答案不唯一,言之有理即可)

【分析】
这是一篇英语阅读表达题，前4道为限定词数的细节类题目，第5道为开放性作答题。解题时先带着每道题的核心关键词回到原文快速定位对应段落：第1题锁定关键词"favorite thing"，直接提取原文给出的对应内容；第2题定位Evan的朋友去世后他的情绪相关描述，直接提取原文的情绪表述；第3题锁定奖品相关情节，根据Evan最终的选择推导他想要的奖品；第4题定位故事出处的相关表述，直接提取对应的书名即可；第5题结合生活常识，给出符合逻辑的排解忧伤的合理方法即可。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段"But their favorite thing is working in Evan's yard"，直接提取对应内容，满足词数不超过5个的要求。
2. 定位原文第一段"Evan feels so sad and angry that he destroys his yard"，提取对应的情绪描述即可。
3. 定位原文第三段"He drives home with the dog"，可知Evan最终选择的奖品是小狗。
4. 定位原文最后一段"This is the story of the book The Rough Patch"，可知该故事出自绘本《The Rough Patch》。
5. 本题为开放性试题，只要表述符合逻辑，是合理的排解失去好友的忧伤的方式即可，没有统一标准答案。
【答案】
1. Working in Evan's yard.
2. (He feels) sad and angry.
3. (He wants) a little dog.
4. (It's from) The Rough Patch.
5. I would keep something like pictures or toys to think of my friend. / I would ask my parents or other friends for advice.（言之有理即可）
【知识点】
阅读细节查找、英文信息提取、开放性表达
【点评】
本题整体难度不高，前四道题都可以直接从原文定位到答案，重点考察学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，最后一道开放题引导学生思考如何正确疏导负面情绪，兼具语言考察和情感引导的作用。
【难度系数】
0.8