六、综合填空。
The milu deer is a kind of animal with large horns. They were very common (1) China long ago. They lived together and (2) (eat) grass and the soft parts of trees. In the past, people did not protect the milu deer and killed them for food or sport, (3) they disappeared(消失) from China.
Luckily before all of (4) (they) disappeared, the Duke of Bedford(贝德福特公爵) took some to Britain. The milu deer like the cool, wet weather in England and their (5) (number) increased year by year. As a result, when in 1985, the government of China wanted to bring back the milu deer, the Duck of Bedford was able (6) (help). The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu Park near Beijing (7) the centre of Dafeng, Jiangsu Province.
Since they returned to China, their number has grown (8) (quick). There are now so many of them that a new park has been (9) (open) for them in Hubei Province. Now the milu deer live in the wildlife parks and have good (10) (protect). We hope that one day they can live in the wild again.

1. in 2. ate 3. so 4. them 5. numbers 6. to help 7. and 8. quickly 9. opened 10. protection

【分析】本题为英语综合填空题，需结合上下文语境、语法规则（介词、时态、代词、词性转换、固定搭配等）逐一分析每个空格。解题思路：先通读全文理解文章大意（关于麋鹿的历史与回归），再根据空格前后的搭配、时态要求、逻辑关系、词性变化等确定答案。
【解析】1. 表示“在中国”用介词in，为固定搭配；2. 由and连接并列谓语，前面lived为过去式，故eat用过去式ate；3. 前句说明人们不保护并猎杀麋鹿，后句说明它们从中国消失，为因果关系，用so；4. 介词of后需接代词宾格，they的宾格是them；5. 表示“数量”，their后接复数名词numbers；6. 固定搭配be able to do sth.，故用to help；7. 连接两个地点名词，用并列连词and；8. 修饰动词grown需用副词，quick的副词形式为quickly；9. 此处为现在完成时的被动语态，结构为has been + 过去分词，open的过去分词是opened；10. 形容词good后需接名词，protect的名词形式为protection。
【答案】1. in 2. ate 3. so 4. them 5. numbers 6. to help 7. and 8. quickly 9. opened 10. protection
【知识点】介词运用、动词时态、词性转换
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇的综合运用，结合语境分析是解题关键，难度适中，适合初中学生巩固相关知识点。
【难度系数】0.6