一、完形填空。（15分）
Red kangaroos are the largest marsupials(有袋类动物) in the world. They live 1 Australia. They get their 2 from the red colour of their fur. Red kangaroos are so 3 and special that lots of people love them. Let’s 4 more about red kangaroos.
The red kangaroo is special 5 it has a pouch. The pouch is very 6. A mother red kangaroo 7 this pouch to carry her young baby. The young baby feels comfortable when he or she stays inside the pouch in bad 8, such as on rainy days.
At birth, a baby red kangaroo is smaller than a strawberry. However, he or she 9 very fast. An adult(成年的) red kangaroo can reach a height of 1.5 metres, a little 10 than the average adult human. They are very heavy and their weights 11 even more than two hundred pounds.
Red kangaroos can jump far and 12. A male(雄性的) red kangaroo can jump more than thirty-five miles every 13. He uses his strong back 14 to jump. He can also use them to protect 15. A male red kangaroo can use his short front legs and strong back legs to fight against an enemy(敌人) when he is in danger.
1.A. in B. at C. on
2.A. age B. food C. name
3.A. cute B. dangerous C. scary
4.A. forget B. learn C. show
5.A. unless B. until C. because
6.A. heavy B. new C. important
7.A. uses B. makes C. takes
8.A. luck B. weather C. shape
9.A. walks B. grows C. stands
10.A. bigger B. longer C. shorter
11.A. am B. is C. are
12.A. loudly B. fast C. slow
13.A. week B. year C. hour
14.A. legs B. neck C. arms
15.A. itself B. himself C. herself

1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.A
8.B 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.C 14.A
15.B

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章围绕红袋鼠的分布、得名、特征、成长、运动能力等展开。解题时需结合上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（如介词、主谓一致、比较级、反身代词）逐一分析：1. 表居住在某地，用固定搭配live in；2. 由皮毛红色得名，对应名词name；3. 选描述袋鼠受喜爱的形容词cute；4. 固定短语learn more about表“了解更多”；5. 前后为因果关系，用连词because；6. 育儿袋对幼崽很重要；7. 固定搭配use sth to do sth；8. 举例雨天，对应名词weather；9. 幼崽成长快，选动词grows；10. 1.5米比成年人类平均身高矮，用比较级shorter；11. weights为复数，be动词用are；12. 描述跳跃特点，选副词fast；13. 每小时跳跃距离，选名词hour；14. 跳跃用后腿，选名词legs；15. 雄性袋鼠用反身代词himself。
【解析】
1. 考查介词搭配，live in+地点表示“居住在某地”，故选A。
2. 考查名词词义辨析，根据“from the red colour of their fur”可知红袋鼠因皮毛红色得名，故选C（name）。
3. 考查形容词词义辨析，结合语境“lots of people love them”可知袋鼠可爱，故选A（cute）。
4. 考查动词短语，learn more about是固定短语，意为“了解更多”，故选B。
5. 考查连词，前后句为因果关系，前果后因，用because，故选C。
6. 考查形容词词义辨析，育儿袋对幼崽的生存很重要，故选C（important）。
7. 考查动词搭配，use sth to do sth表示“用某物做某事”，故选A（uses）。
8. 考查名词词义辨析，根据“such as on rainy days”可知是恶劣天气，故选B（weather）。
9. 考查动词词义辨析，红袋鼠幼崽成长速度快，故选B（grows）。
10. 考查比较级，成年红袋鼠身高1.5米，比成年人类平均身高矮，故选C（shorter）。
11. 考查主谓一致，主语weights为复数，be动词用are，故选C。
12. 考查副词词义辨析，描述红袋鼠跳跃的特点，跳得远又快，故选B（fast）。
13. 考查名词词义辨析，雄性红袋鼠每小时能跳35英里，故选C（hour）。
14. 考查名词词义辨析，根据后文“strong back legs”可知跳跃用后腿，故选A（legs）。
15. 考查反身代词，主语为雄性红袋鼠，对应反身代词himself，故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.C 14.A 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题方法、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文围绕红袋鼠展开介绍，考查内容涵盖基础词汇、固定搭配、语法知识，难度适中，需结合上下文语境分析，适合学生巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6

二、阅读理解。（30分）
A
The Emperor Penguin(帝企鹅)
The emperor penguin is the largest penguin in the world. It's famous for its big size. Emperor penguins are birds but they cannot fly. They use their wings to help themselves swim.
Habitat
They live in Antarctica and it is very cold. Emperor penguins live together in a big group(a colony) so that they can keep warm.
Body

Do you know...?
• The female(雌性动物) lays an egg and passes it to the male. He keeps it warm all winter in his brood pouch.
• Adults can grow up to 120 cm.
• They can swim underwater for about 15 minutes.
16. Emperor penguins use their wings to help themselves .
A. fly B. walk C. swim
17. From the poster, we can know the underlined word "Habitat" refers to .
A. the food that emperor penguins eat
B. the place where emperor penguins live
C. the weather that emperor penguins like
18. How do male emperor penguins keep eggs warm?
A. They keep eggs in their flipper-like wings.
B. They keep eggs in their webbed feet.
C. They keep eggs in their brood pouches.
19. What can we learn from the poster?
A. Emperor penguins can't fly and they have flipper-like wings.
B. Emperor penguins can swim for over 10 hours underwater.
C. Emperor penguins usually live in groups because that's easy to get food.
20. 新考法·文章出处 Where will you probably read this poster?
A. At a zoo. B. In a market. C. In a history museum.

16.C 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.A

【分析】
本题为关于帝企鹅的科普类阅读理解题，需结合原文内容与插图信息逐一分析各题目：16题需定位翅膀的用途；17题需猜测划线词“Habitat”的含义；18题需查找雄企鹅孵卵的位置；19题需判断选项与原文信息是否匹配；20题需推理海报的可能出处。
【解析】
16题：根据原文第一段最后一句“They use their wings to help themselves swim.”可知帝企鹅用翅膀帮助游泳，答案选C。
17题：“Habitat”意为栖息地，指生物生活的地方，原文提到帝企鹅生活在南极洲，对应选项B。
18题：根据原文中“the male... keeps it warm all winter in his brood pouch.”可知雄企鹅在育儿袋中孵卵保暖，答案选C。
19题：A选项：原文提到“they cannot fly”，且插图显示翅膀为“Flipper-like wings”，表述正确；B选项原文说明潜水时间约15分钟，而非10小时，错误；C选项原文提到群居是为了保暖，而非获取食物，错误，故答案选A。
20题：该海报是介绍帝企鹅的科普内容，最可能出现在动物园中，答案选A。
【答案】
16.C 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.A
【知识点】
英语阅读理解细节题、词义猜测题、推理判断题
【点评】
本题围绕帝企鹅展开，涵盖细节查找、词义猜测、推理判断等常见阅读理解题型，考查学生提取和分析文本信息的能力，内容贴近科普常识，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6