Ⅴ. Complete the passage according to the Chinese hints in brackets.
Nowadays, human activities greatly 1. (影响) the natural world. As the 2. (快速的) growth of industry continues, thick 3. (烟雾) often covers cities and harms our health.
The number of wild animals begins to 4. ______ (降低) due to pollution and overdevelopment. It is important to 5. ______ (保持平衡) human needs and nature to protect our ecosystem. We all 6. ______ (欣赏) the beauty of 7. ______ (湿地), forests and grasslands, so we must take action.
The government has started to 8. (取消) some harmful factories. Also, strict rules do not 9. (允许) people to destroy forests 10. (自由地).
In short, protecting nature is our duty. Only by living in harmony with the environment can we keep the world healthy and beautiful.

1. influence 2. rapid 3. smog 4. drop 5. balance 6. admire
7. wetlands 8. cancel 9. permit 10. freely

【分析】本题为根据中文提示填写合适英语单词的题型，解题时需结合句子语法结构（时态、词性、单复数等），匹配对应含义的英语词汇，确保填入单词符合语境和语法要求。具体思路：先明确每个空的中文含义，再根据句子成分判断词汇的词性、形式（如动词原形、形容词、副词、名词单复数等），最终确定正确单词。
【解析】1. 句意：如今，人类活动极大地影响着自然世界。主语human activities为复数，句子用一般现在时，故填动词原形influence。
2. 句意：随着工业的快速增长持续，……。此处修饰名词growth，需用形容词，故填rapid。
3. 句意：……浓厚的烟雾常常笼罩城市并危害我们的健康。thick为形容词，后接名词，故填smog。
4. 句意：由于污染和过度开发，野生动物的数量开始降低。begin to后接动词原形，故填drop。
5. 句意：平衡人类需求和自然对保护我们的生态系统很重要。it is important to后接动词原形，balance A and B表示“平衡A和B”，故填balance。
6. 句意：我们都欣赏湿地、森林和草原的美，所以我们必须采取行动。主语为we，句子用一般现在时，故填动词原形admire。
7. 句意：湿地对应的英语词汇为wetlands，常用复数形式，故填wetlands。
8. 句意：政府已经开始取消一些有害的工厂。start to后接动词原形，故填cancel。
9. 句意：此外，严格的规则不允许人们自由地破坏森林。助动词do后接动词原形，故填permit。
10. 句意：修饰动词destroy需用副词，故填freely。
【答案】1. influence 2. rapid 3. smog 4. drop 5. balance 6. admire 7. wetlands 8. cancel 9. permit 10. freely
【知识点】英语词汇运用、词性辨析、名词单复数
【点评】本题考查基础英语词汇的运用，要求学生掌握核心词汇的拼写及在句子中的正确形式，题型常规，难度适中，适合巩固基础词汇知识。
【难度系数】0.6

Ⅵ. Complete the passage with proper words or the correct forms of the words given.
In 2007, writer Alan Weisman wrote a book 1. (call) The World Without Us. It imagines a world without humans, where all human activities come to 2. end. Streets and parks 3. are usually crowded turn empty.
Without people, animal numbers 4. (increase) soon. Traffic noise would drop greatly, making it much easier 5. wild animals to live. Meanwhile, ecosystems would balance 6. (natural). With no people 7. (cut) down trees, forests would recover and the earth would turn green again.
Pollution would disappear rapidly. The natural wonders 8. have long been covered by smog would show their beauty. However, no humans could admire 9. . The rapid development of society has influenced our planet badly. We cannot cancel the earth's future. We must respect nature and permit it 10. (keep) its own way. Only in this way can we live in peace with nature.

1. called 2. an 3. that/which 4. would increase 5. for 6. naturally
7. cutting 8. that/which 9. them 10. to keep

【分析】本题为语法填空题，需结合短文语境，通过分析句子结构、固定搭配、词性变化、从句类型等确定每个空格的正确形式。解题思路：先通读全文理解大意，再逐个分析每个空格所在句子的成分，判断所需词性、时态、语态或从句引导词，最后结合所给词或语境得出答案。
【解析】1. 此处用过去分词作后置定语，book与call为被动关系，故填called；2. 固定搭配come to an end意为“结束”，故填an；3. 空格处引导定语从句，先行词为Streets and parks（指物），从句缺主语，故填that/which；4. 此处是imagine（想象）的内容，需用虚拟语气，对现在情况的虚拟用“would+动词原形”，故填would increase；5. 固定结构it is + adj + for sb/sth to do sth，故填for；6. 此处修饰动词balance，需用副词，故填naturally；7. with的复合结构中，people与cut为主动关系，用现在分词，故填cutting；8. 空格处引导定语从句，先行词为natural wonders（指物），从句缺主语，故填that/which；9. 指代前文的natural wonders，作admire的宾语，故填them；10. 固定搭配permit sb/sth to do sth，故填to keep。
【答案】1. called 2. an 3. that/which 4. would increase 5. for 6. naturally 7. cutting 8. that/which 9. them 10. to keep
【知识点】非谓语动词、定语从句、固定搭配
【点评】本题围绕环保主题的短文考查基础语法，涵盖非谓语、定语从句、固定搭配等核心考点，要求学生结合语境分析句子结构，难度适中，适合中等水平学生作答，能有效检验学生的语法应用能力。
【难度系数】0.6