任务五 阅读下面短文,在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。每空1个单词(10分)
新素材素材话题:森林保护的重要性与举措
[2026山东潍坊期中]Trees make our lives better in many ways. As trees take in CO₂ when they grow, there will be less of it in the air. Also, trees can give off O₂, which is necessary for almost all living things on the earth.
Forests play an important part in 25. (help) to improve our environment. They can stop the soil 26. being washed away. They can make water better and the air 27. (clean). At 28. same time, forests are home to many animals, such as tigers, elephants, monkeys and so on.
However, forests all over the world are 29. (become) fewer and fewer. People cut down trees to make paper, build houses or do other things. Every minute, vast areas of forests
are 30. (destroy). If this 31. (go) on, there will be no forests left in one hundred years.
32. (lucky), many countries have come to realise the importance of forests. They protect the forests by making 33. (law). For example, in some countries, 34. people cut down one tree, they must plant another tree or more trees.

25. helping 句意为:森林在帮助改善我们的环境方面发挥着重要作用。play an important part in doing sth 意为“在做某事方面发挥重要作用”,为固定短语。故填 helping。
26. from 句意为:它们可以阻止土壤被冲走。“stop... from doing sth”意为“阻止……做某事”,是固定搭配。故填 from。
27. cleaner 句意为:它们可以使水更好,空气更干净。根据“make water better and the air...”可知,此处是“make sth+形容词”结构,意为“使某物……”,结合 better 和语境可知,此处用比较级 cleaner。故填 cleaner。
28. the 句意为:同时,森林是许多动物的家园,如老虎、大象、猴子等。at the same time 意为“同时”,为固定短语。故填 the。
29. becoming 句意为:然而,全世界的森林正变得越来越少。结合 are 可知,此处时态是现在进行时,动词用现在分词。故填 becoming。
30. destroyed 句意为:每分钟,大量的森林被破坏。主语 vast areas of forests 与动词 destroy 之间是被动关系,应用被动语态;结合 are,故填 destroyed。
31. goes 句意为:如果这种情况继续下去,一百年后就不会有森林留下来了。此处包含 If 引导的条件状语从句,遵循“主将从现”原则,从句用一般现在时;从句主语是 this,动词用第三人称单数形式。故填 goes。
32. Luckily 根据 many countries have come to realise the importance of forests 可知,这是一件幸运的事;此处应用副词修饰整个句子,lucky 的副词形式 luckily 符合语境;句首单词首字母大写,故填 Luckily。
33. laws 句意为:他们通过制定法律来保护森林。make laws 为固定短语,意为“制定法律”,故填 laws。
34. if 句意为:例如,在一些国家,如果人们砍倒一棵树,他们必须再种一棵树或更多的树。分析句子结构可知,此处引导条件状语从句,表示“如果”,应用 if,故填 if。