Ⅴ. 短文填空
[2025 江苏扬州高邮月考]
根据短文内容和首字母提示完成短文。
Rabbits are cute, quiet and easy to look after. If you are thinking about k 21 one as a pet, here’s what you need to know.
Housing
A rabbit’s home should be dry, clean and safe. It should be large enough for the rabbit to be a 22 to jump and move around comfortably. So you need to get a larger area ready for the rabbit. This is important for i 23 health and happiness.
Friends
Rabbits are social animals. Some people may think they love being together with their own kind and it is nice to raise at least two together. In fact, rabbits may f 24 against each other if they are in the same cage. So it’s a good idea to raise only one rabbit at home if you can spend enough time being with it.
All paws on the floor
Rabbits are quiet and they don’t make much n 25 so people think they are friendly. Because they are gentle and lovely, some people like to hold rabbits in their hands. But in fact, rabbits don’t enjoy this. They like keeping all their four f 26 on the ground for a rest or jumping a 27 to get a delicious treat.
The right food
Rabbits’ diet should have grass, f 28 water and vegetables. Also, they enjoy many kinds of fruits, like apples, mangoes, bananas and oranges. But r 29 not to feed them too much each time, or they may have some trouble.
After reading the above information, do you still want one rabbit as a pet? Will you give the rabbit lots of care and love? Please think c 30 before you decide to have one. If you finally decide, be sure to take good care of it.
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Ⅴ. [语篇解读] 这篇文章介绍了饲养兔子作为宠物需要了解的相关知识，并建议人们在决定养兔子前慎重考虑。
21. keeping 结合上下文可知，此处指“考虑养一只兔子当宠物”，“考虑做某事”为 think about doing sth.，所以用 keep 的动名词形式 keeping。
22. able 此处表示兔子的家要足够大，让它能舒服地跳跃和活动。固定搭配 be able to 意为“能够”。故填 able。
23. its 此处指兔子的健康和快乐，用形容词性物主代词 its 修饰名词 health 和 happiness。
24. fight 由“against each other”可知，此处指兔子可能会互相打架。fight against 意为“与……打架”，情态动词 may 后用动词原形。故填 fight。
25. noise 根据“Rabbits are quiet”可知，它们不怎么发出噪声。make noise 意为“发出噪声”。故填 noise。
26. feet 兔子有四只脚，foot 的复数形式是 feet。
27. around 此处指兔子喜欢四处跳跃去获取美味食物。jump around 意为“到处跳”，符合语境。故填 around。
28. fresh 修饰名词 water 用形容词。fresh water 指“新鲜的水”。故填 fresh。
29. remember 此处是提醒不要每次喂太多水果。remember not to do sth.意为“记得不要做某事”，祈使句应用动词原形开头。故填 remember。
30. carefully 修饰动词 think 用副词 carefully，指“在决定养兔子之前要仔细考虑”。故填 carefully。

【分析】
做首字母短文填空时，首先需通读全文把握主旨（本文介绍饲养兔子作为宠物的相关注意事项）；接着逐句分析空格，结合首字母提示、上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（如词性变化、动词形式等）确定合适单词及正确形式，确保填入内容符合句意与语法要求。
【解析】
21. 结合语境“考虑养一只兔子当宠物”，固定搭配think about doing sth.（考虑做某事），故填keep的动名词形式keeping。
22. 此处表示兔子的家足够大，能让它跳跃活动，固定搭配be able to（能够），故填able。
23. 此处指代兔子的健康和快乐，用形容词性物主代词its修饰名词health和happiness，故填its。
24. 由“against each other”可知兔子会互相打架，固定搭配fight against（与……打架），情态动词may后接动词原形，故填fight。
25. 前文提到兔子安静，所以它们不怎么发出噪声，固定搭配make noise（发出噪声），故填noise。
26. 数词four后接可数名词复数，foot的复数形式为feet，故填feet。
27. 此处表示兔子四处跳跃获取食物，固定搭配jump around（到处跳），故填around。
28. 修饰名词water需用形容词，fresh water意为“新鲜的水”，符合语境，故填fresh。
29. 此处是祈使句，提醒不要每次喂太多，固定搭配remember not to do sth.（记得不要做某事），故填remember。
30. 修饰动词think需用副词，carefully意为“仔细地”，符合“决定前仔细考虑”的语境，故填carefully。
【答案】
21. keeping 22. able 23. its 24. fight 25. noise 26. feet 27. around 28. fresh 29. remember 30. carefully
【知识点】
首字母短文填空、固定搭配、词性辨析
【点评】
本题为说明文类首字母短文填空，围绕饲养兔子的注意事项展开，主要考查学生对基础词汇、固定搭配的掌握及语境理解能力，难度适中，需结合语法规则调整单词形式。
【难度系数】
0.6