[2025 江苏常州期末]Every year on 4 October, people come together for the well-being（健康）of animals everywhere. That day is World Animal Day.
Starting formally in 1931 in Florence, Italy, the yearly event has become a special chance for everyone who cares about animals to make a difference. "As we share this earth with all living things, we can make a difference to all animals," wrote a website.
In the past ten years, China has done much to improve the well-being of domestic and wild animals. The protection of Asian elephants is a good example.
Asian elephants have become endangered because of hunting for their tusks（象牙）. Asian elephants in China are mostly in Yunnan Province. These wild animals sometimes eat local farmers' crops. The government has been trying to create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and Asian elephants. For example, they make rules to stop tusk trade.
With World Animal Day around the corner,
we can think of more ways to better protect our wild friends. Let's take action together!
()1. Why have Asian elephants become endangered according to the passage?
A. Because people caught them for shows.
B. Because people hunted them to make medicine.
C. Because people hunted them for tusks.
D. Because people kept them as pets.
()2. What does the underlined word "harmonious" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Serious. B. Friendly.
C. Awful. D. Nervous.
()3. ＜新考法写作意图＞What's the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A. To ask people to better protect animals.
B. To ask people to protect local farmers' crops.
C. To tell people how to care about Asian elephants.
D. To tell people more about the world.

1. C 细节理解题。根据"Asian elephants have become endangered because of hunting for their tusks."可知选C项。
2. B 词义猜测题。根据"The government has been trying to create a more harmonious relationship between the local people and Asian elephants. For example, they make rules to stop tusk trade."可知,harmonious 意为"友好和睦的",与 friendly 意思相近。故选B项。
3. A 推理判断题。通读全文可知,本文的主要目的是号召人们保护动物。故选A项。

答案 4—8
How was your summer vacation? My family visited Everglades National Park in America this vacation. 4
On the first day, when we got to the park, it was getting dark. As we went down the road, I almost stepped (踩) on something! 5 We turned on our flashlights and we took a close look and found it was an alligator (短吻鳄). That was scary but interesting. There were quite a few alligators around. 6 She told us that we'd better turn off the flashlights so that we could see them more clearly.
On the second day, we saw another kind of interesting animal—dolphins. 7 They were kept in the pool dancing or playing games for people. But in Everglades National Park, we saw them swimming freely and happily in the river. Some of them jumped out of the water. 8 My youngest sister was so excited that she jumped up and down. After about five minutes, it seemed that they felt bored and swam away.
It was such an interesting trip that I would never forget it.
A. We wondered what it was.
B. We once saw them at the zoo.
C. We all wanted to play with the alligator.
D. Just at that time, a park worker walked by.
E. We were too afraid to get close to the alligator.
F. I enjoyed it because I saw wonderful wild animals up close.
G. Six dolphins even followed our ship as if they were racing us.

4. F 根据"My family visited Everglades National Park in America this vacation."可知,此处应介绍去该国家公园度假的感受,F项(我喜欢它,因为我近距离看到了奇妙的野生动物。)符合语境。
5. A 根据"As we went down the road, I almost stepped on something!"以及"We turned on our flashlights and we took a close look and found it was an alligator."可知,A项(我们想知道它是什么。)符合语境。
6. D 根据"She told us that we'd better turn off the flashlights so that we could see them more clearly."可知,D项(就在那时,一名公园工作人员走过。)符合语境。
7. B 根据"They were kept in the pool dancing or playing games for people. But in Everglades National Park, we saw them swimming freely and happily in the river."可知,B项(我们以前在动物园见过它们。)符合语境。
8. G 根据"After about five minutes, it seemed that they felt bored and swam away."可知,此处表示海豚跟着他们,G项(六只海豚甚至跟着我们的船,好像它们在和我们比赛。)符合语境。