[2025 江苏盐城期末]It seems that many animals can know when an earthquake will happen. This news may be important, because earthquakes can knock down homes and 1 people. The animals may help save people's lives. Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake. If dogs are usually 2, they will bark loudly before an earthquake. And strange things will happen to animals. Horses on farms run around in circles. Mice leave their holes and 3. Fish jump out of the water. People get less 4 from cows.
These examples happened in many 5. In Italy, cats ran down the streets in a group. That happened only a few hours before an earthquake. In the USA, there was a strange thing. A man 6 some small pet frogs in his house. One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever. They made loud 7 like bigger frogs and woke up the man. That night, an earthquake happened and the man was 8 saved.
Right now, there is no sure way to predict (预测) when an earthquake will happen. But if people want to 9 when an earthquake is coming, they can see what animals will do. Then they can keep away from the earthquake 10. Animals can really help this.
()1. A. save B. help C. kill D. catch
()2. A. small B. big C. asleep D. quiet
()3. A. run away B. fly away C. sweep away D. put away
()4. A. milk B. meat C. water D. grass
()5. A. towns B. countries C. cities D. villages
()6. A. made B. sold C. kept D. got
()7. A. anger B. noise C. smell D. fun
()8. A. sadly B. angrily C. carefully D. luckily
()9. A. know B. decide C. plan D. remember
()10. A. specially B. suddenly C. safely D. dangerously

完形填空·语篇导读 本文介绍了通过动物的行为对地震进行预测的方法。
快速对答案 1—5 C D A A B 6—10 C B D A C
1. C 根据“earthquakes can knock down homes and... people”及常识可知,地震可以摧毁房屋并造成人员伤亡。故选 C 项。
2. D 根据“Some animals make a lot of noise before an earthquake.”和 they will bark loudly before an earthquake 可知,有些动物在地震前会发出很大的噪声,狗在地震前会大声吠叫,故可推断此处指平时很安静的狗。故选 D 项。
3. A 根据“Mice leave their holes and...”可知,地震前老鼠们会离开它们的洞穴并且跑走。故选 A 项。
4. A 根据“People get less... from cows.”及常识可知,人们会从奶牛那里得到更少的牛奶。故选 A 项。
5. B 根据“In Italy, cats ran down the streets in a group.”和“In the USA, there was a strange thing.”可知,作者提出的两个例子是来自不同国家的。故选 B 项。
6. C 根据“A man... some small pet frogs in his house.”可知,有一个男人在家里养了很多小的宠物青蛙。故选 C 项。
7. B 根据“They made loud... like bigger frogs and woke up the man.”可知,它们发出噪声吵醒了男人。故选 B 项。
8. D 根据“the man was... saved”可知,这个男人应是幸运地获救了。故选 D 项。
9. A 根据“if people want to... when an earthquake is coming”可知,此处应是“如果人们想知道地震什么时候来”。故选 A 项。
10. C 根据“Animals can really help this.”可知,他们可以安全地远离地震。故选 C 项。

[2026 江苏徐州调研] Most of us do not think that our homes are dangerous places, but they are!
Every year in Britain almost 4,000 people die in 11. (accident) in the home. Millions of people go to hospital each year because 12. accidents in the home. Children under the age of five and elder people are most likely to have 13. accident at home.
Here are some tips for keeping your home 14. (safety).
· Avoid (避免) falls by 15. (make) sure stairways are bright and tidy.
· Make sure that you have smoke alarms in your home 16. test them every month.
· Make sure everyone in your family 17. (know) how to get out of the house when there is a fire.
· Reduce (减少) falls by 18. (quick) cleaning up anything after people drop it.
· Store all medicines out of sight and out of the reach of 19. (child).
· Don't take electrical appliances (电器) into the bathroom. You may kill yourself.
Can you think of any other dangers in 20. (you) home?

语法填空·语篇导读 本文主要就居家安全给出了一些建议。
11. accidents 句意为:在英国,每年有近 4,000 人在家中的意外中身亡。accident 为可数名词,空前无限定词,此处应用其复数形式,故填 accidents。
12. of because of 是固定搭配,意为“因为”,故填 of。
13. an 句意为:5 岁以下的儿童和老年人最有可能在家中发生意外。此处表泛指,accident 的发音以元音音素开头,故填 an。
14. safe 句意为:这里有一些让你的家保持安全的建议。“keep+宾语+形容词”是固定结构,意为“让……保持某种状态”,这里指“安全的”,故填 safe。
15. making 句意为:通过确保楼梯明亮整洁来避免摔倒。by 是介词,后接动名词,故填 making。
16. and 句意为:确保你家中安装了烟雾报警器,并且每月测试它们。have smoke alarms 和 test them every month 为顺承关系,故填 and。
17. knows 句意为:确保你家里的每个人都知道发生火灾时如何逃出房子。由上下文可知应用一般现在时,从句主语为 everyone,故填 knows。
18. quickly 句意为:有人掉落东西后,立即清理以减少摔倒。此处修饰动词短语 cleaning up,应用 quick 的副词形式,故填 quickly。
19. children 句意为:将所有药品存放在儿童们看不见且够不到的地方。空前无限定词,此处应用可数名词 child 的复数形式,故填 children。
20. your 此处应用形容词性物主代词修饰名词,故填 your。