一、任务型阅读。(注意每小题的词数要求)
The Huge Baobab
One of the most amazing trees in the world is the baobab(猴面包树). This kind of tree mainly grows in South Africa and Australia.
Sometimes, it is hard to tell what the name of a tree is because they look the same as each other. But this is not a problem with the baobab. Its appearance is quite different, so people can’t mistake it for other kinds of trees. The baobab is very wide at the base(根基), so people often take shelter(庇护处) under it. One Australian baobab was so large that people were able to turn part of the tree into a small room. Travellers could rest inside the tree room when they went on a trip to the city. The tree itself was so strong and wide that it could hold a large group of people.
People also call it the “giving tree”. People in many African countries eat the delicious fruit from the tree. They also find the fruit is very healthy and they make porridge and drinks from it. Since the tree grows in dry environments(环境), it has to store water. The tree takes in water when it is wet. During dry seasons, the baobab tree can use the stored water. Some baobabs can store thousands of litres of water. Of course, the baobabs also provide the people of sunny South Africa with shelters during hot African days.
Sadly, in recent years, the baobab trees are dying because of climate change. Scientists are trying hard to take action to protect them.
1. The baobab tree mainly grows in .(不超过5词)
2. The baobab tree looks quite other kinds of trees.(不超过2词)
3 & 4. Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

The “Giving Tree”
Giving shelters
• Its wide base can provide people with shelters.
• People can turn part of a large tree into a small 3. .(仅填1词)
Giving food and water
• The fruit is very healthy.
• Local people make 4. from it.(不超过3词)
• It can store thousands of litres of water for dry seasons.
Climate change is taking the tree away. Scientists are trying hard to take action to protect the baobab.
5. What’s your understanding of the “giving tree”? Use your own words.

(不超过20词)

1. South Africa and Australia
2. different from
3. room
4. porridge and drinks
5. It's useful in many ways. For example, it can give people food and a place to rest in. /...(答案不唯一,言之有理即可)

【分析】
本题为任务型阅读，需根据题干的词数要求，结合原文内容定位关键信息，提取对应答案；主观题需结合原文对猴面包树的描述，用简洁语言表达对“给予树”的理解。解题时先读题干明确要求，再回原文定位相关句子，筛选符合词数的内容，主观题围绕猴面包树的“给予”属性组织语言。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第一段最后一句“This kind of tree mainly grows in South Africa and Australia.”，直接提取答案，符合不超5词要求。
2. 定位原文第二段“But this is not a problem with the baobab. Its appearance is quite different...”，结合题干“looks quite...other kinds of trees”，得出短语different from，符合不超2词要求。
3. 定位原文第二段“One Australian baobab was so large that people were able to turn part of the tree into a small room.”，要求仅填1词，故提取room。
4. 定位原文第三段“They also find the fruit is very healthy and they make porridge and drinks from it.”，要求不超3词，提取porridge and drinks。
5. 主观题需结合原文猴面包树提供庇护、食物等特点，组织不超20词的句子，如“It gives people shelters, food and water, so it's a giving tree.”，符合要求即可。
【答案】
1. South Africa and Australia；2. different from；3. room；4. porridge and drinks；5. It gives people shelters, food and water, so it's a giving tree.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）
【知识点】
任务型阅读、细节理解
【点评】
本题考查任务型阅读的信息提取与表达能力，需注意各小题的词数限制，整体难度适中，学生可通过原文定位轻松完成客观题，主观题围绕“给予”属性作答即可。
【难度系数】
0.6

二、阅读短文,用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)
hard reason they feed down
noise anything spend slow so
Animals are our friends. We share the same world with them. But many animals are in danger for many 1. .
The blue whale is one of them. As the largest animals, they mainly 2. on the smallest animals in the ocean. Now they are in danger. First, some people make 3. ocean home dirty. Second, some people kill them for their meat. Third, there is more and more man-made 4. in the sea. That makes it 5. for blue whales to communicate with each other. Because of these, there are fewer blue whales than before.
The sloth(树懒) is another one. They are the world's 6. moving animals. They are funny,7. lots of people like them. Sloths 8. much time staying in trees. They are also in
danger because people cut 9. too many trees. Sloths will have no place to live in if we don't do 10. for them.
Now it's time for us to do something to protect them.

1. reasons
2. feed
3. their
4. noise
5. hard
6. slowest
7. so
8. spend
9. down
10. anything

【分析】
本题为英语短文词汇适当形式填空题，解题思路如下：1. 通读全文，明确主题为保护濒危动物，理解上下文语境；2. 分析每个空格的词性需求（如名词复数、形容词最高级、物主代词、固定搭配等）；3. 结合方框所给词汇，根据语法规则和语境，确定每个空的正确形式。
【解析】
1. 空格前有many，需填可数名词复数，方框中reason的复数形式为reasons，故填reasons；
2. 固定搭配feed on意为“以……为食”，主语为复数，一般现在时，故填feed；
3. 空格后是名词短语ocean home，需填形容词性物主代词，方框中they的形容词性物主代词是their，故填their；
4. 结合语境“人造的”，方框中noise（噪音）符合，man-made noise意为“人造噪音”，故填noise；
5. 固定结构make it + adj + to do sth，结合语境噪音让蓝鲸交流困难，方框中hard（困难的）符合，故填hard；
6. 表示“世界上移动最慢的动物”，需用形容词最高级，方框中slow的最高级是slowest，故填slowest；
7. 前后句为因果关系，前因后果，方框中so（所以）符合，故填so；
8. 固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth，主语为复数，一般现在时，故填spend；
9. 固定搭配cut down意为“砍伐”，方框中down符合，故填down；
10. 否定句中表示“任何事”，方框中anything符合，故填anything。
【答案】
1. reasons
2. feed
3. their
4. noise
5. hard
6. slowest
7. so
8. spend
9. down
10. anything
【知识点】
英语词汇适当形式填空、固定搭配、形容词最高级
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础词汇的运用，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配解题，是常见的基础题型，注重学生对核心词汇的掌握。
【难度系数】
0.6