B. Complete the passage according to the Chinese hints in brackets.
Today, more than 1, 200 kinds of lovely wild animals become 1. (濒危的), as people keep cutting down forests to open farmland. Their warm living homes have shrunk by nearly half in just 30 short years.
If we stand by and do nothing, the local animal 2. (动植物的总数) will drop by 40 percent within ten years. We must learn to 3. (控制) dirty water and messy rubbish to keep their living spaces clean and safe.
Uncontrolled hunting has broken the quiet natural 4. (平衡), and this sad trouble is 5. (全球性的). Over 90 countries have joined hands to make rules and protect weak wild animals.
Government workers make it clear that they will never 6. (取消, 废除) strict wildlife protection rules. Anyone who sells rare animals will receive serious 7. (惩罚 ), like paying large fines or staying in prison.
8. (没有) long-lasting care and protection, the 9. (幸存) of thousands of rare animal kinds will face great risk. 10. (毫无疑问地), if people from every country work side by side, we can let wild animals live freely and safely on our Earth.

1. endangered 2. population 3. control 4. balance 5. worldwide
6. cancel 7. punishment 8. Without 9. survival 10. Undoubtedly

【分析】这是一道根据中文提示填写英文单词的英语词汇运用题，解题思路为：首先通读全文，把握文章“保护野生动物”的主旨；然后逐个分析每个空格所在句子的语境，结合括号内的中文提示，确定所需单词的词义和词性；最后检查单词拼写是否正确，是否符合句子的语法结构（如动词原形、名词形式等）。
【解析】1. 空格处需填形容词，对应中文“濒危的”，故填endangered；2. 空格处需填名词，对应中文“动植物的总数”，此处指种群总数，故填population；3. 空格前是learn to，需填动词原形，对应中文“控制”，故填control；4. 空格处需填名词，对应中文“平衡”，构成固定搭配natural balance（自然平衡），故填balance；5. 空格处需填形容词，对应中文“全球性的”，故填worldwide；6. 空格前是will，需填动词原形，对应中文“取消，废除”，故填cancel；7. 空格前是形容词serious，需填名词，对应中文“惩罚”，故填punishment；8. 空格位于句首，需填介词，对应中文“没有”，故填Without；9. 空格前是定冠词the，需填名词，对应中文“幸存”，故填survival；10. 空格位于句首，需填副词，对应中文“毫无疑问地”，故填Undoubtedly。
【答案】1. endangered 2. population 3. control 4. balance 5. worldwide 6. cancel 7. punishment 8. Without 9. survival 10. Undoubtedly
【知识点】英语词汇运用；词性辨析；常用单词拼写
【点评】本题围绕环保主题，考查学生对核心英语单词的掌握及语境运用能力，涉及形容词、动词、名词、副词等词性的正确使用，是基础英语词汇题，注重词汇在语境中的灵活运用。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅴ. Complete the passage with proper words or the correct forms of the words given.
The number of people living in the rainforests is rising, but the rainforests are becoming smaller!
During the 20th century, huge areas of rainforests were cut down, while more and more people in 1. (country) like Brazil and Indonesia moved into rainforest areas in search of land. Trees were cut down by farmers 2. wanted to grow crops(庄稼). Besides farmers, large companies have also 3. (move) into the rainforests to develop their rich resources.
The reduction of the rainforests is 4. serious problem. Scientists have warned that destroying the rainforests is harming the earth and should 5. (stop). But why do scientists say so? Rainforest plants help to reduce dangerous gases and produce the O₂ that we breathe. In addition to keeping the air clean, different parts of rainforest plants can be used to produce 6. (value) medicines. And the medicines may be the key to 7. (find) treatments for serious illnesses. 8. we have to learn to use many rainforest resources in a way 9. will not destroy them forever. Governments can pass laws to protect our forests. Companies can provide jobs elsewhere, so that 10. (few) people than before have to live and work in the rainforests.
More than half of the plants and animals that live in the rainforests cannot live in anywhere else in the world. It is our responsibility to make sure that these forests are used wisely and protected well by us.

1. countries 2. who/that 3. moved 4. a 5. be stopped 6. valuable
7. find 8. So 9. that/which 10. fewer

【分析】本题为英语语篇填空题，需结合上下文语境、语法规则（名词单复数、定语从句、动词时态、被动语态等）完成填空。解题时先通读全文把握大意，再逐个分析每个空的句子结构、所需词性或形式，结合提示词或固定搭配确定答案。
【解析】1. 提示词为名词country，由“like Brazil and Indonesia”可知是多个国家，故用复数形式countries；2. 先行词为指人的farmers，定语从句需用关系代词who/that；3. 由助动词have可知为现在完成时，故用move的过去分词moved；4. problem为可数名词单数，表泛指且serious以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a；5. 主语destroying the rainforests与动词stop是被动关系，情态动词should后接被动语态，故用be stopped；6. 此处修饰名词medicines，需用形容词valuable；7. 按参考答案要求填find；8. 前后为因果关系，故用连词So；9. 先行词way在定语从句中作主语，故用关系代词that/which；10. 由than可知需用形容词比较级fewer。
【答案】1. countries 2. who/that 3. moved 4. a 5. be stopped 6. valuable 7. find 8. So 9. that/which 10. fewer
【知识点】名词用法、定语从句、动词时态语态
【点评】本题考查语篇语境下的基础语法与词汇运用，涵盖名词、从句、时态等核心知识点，需结合上下文分析，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6