五、短文填空
字数:185 体裁:说明文 核心素养:思维品质
话题: 珊瑚礁 难度: 中 建议用时: 5分钟
As you may know, coral is not a plant, but an animal. However, coral reefs around the world are 1 danger.
Thailand will close one of 2(it) beaches to protect the coral from business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous that 3(million) of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than 5,000 visitors visit it a day. They arrive by boat. This does much harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has died. The beach will 4(close) between June and September to let the coral come back to life.
Experts say that 80% of Thailand's coral reefs 5(kill) so far. Too many tourists cause a lot of 6(pollute) to beaches. An expert said the biggest problems 7(be) hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the 8(good) choice was to close the beaches forever. He said, "I hope the government can take steps 9(protect) the coral reefs. At 10 same time, I also hope all of us should try our best to protect the environment around us.
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1. in 2. its 3. millions 4. be closed 5. have been killed 6. pollution 7. were 8. best 9. to protect 10. the

【分析】
本题是关于珊瑚礁保护的短文填空，主要考查固定搭配、代词、数词、时态语态、词性转换等知识点。解题时需结合语境分析每个空的语法结构：1. 考查固定短语“in danger”；2. 修饰名词需用形容词性物主代词；3. 考查“millions of”固定用法；4. 主语与动词是被动关系，结合will用一般将来时被动；5. 由“so far”确定现在完成时被动；6. a lot of后接名词，需转换词性；7. 结合主句时态确定be动词形式；8. 表示“最好的”用最高级；9. 考查“take steps to do sth”固定搭配；10. 考查“at the same time”固定短语。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配“in danger”意为“处于危险中”，故填in；
2. 此处修饰名词beaches，需用it的形容词性物主代词its，故填its；
3. “millions of”是固定短语，表“数百万的”，故填millions；
4. 主语the beach与动词close为被动关系，will后接be动词+过去分词，故填be closed；
5. 时间状语so far提示用现在完成时，主语coral reefs与kill是被动关系，故填have been killed；
6. a lot of后接名词，pollute的名词形式为pollution，故填pollution；
7. 主句为一般过去时，宾语从句主语problems是复数，be动词用were，故填were；
8. 此处表示“最好的选择”，用good的最高级best，故填best；
9. 固定搭配“take steps to do sth”意为“采取措施做某事”，故填to protect；
10. 固定短语“at the same time”意为“同时”，故填the；
【答案】
1. in 2. its 3. millions 4. be closed 5. have been killed 6. pollution 7. were 8. best 9. to protect 10. the
【知识点】
固定搭配、时态语态、词性转换
【点评】
本题围绕环保话题，考查初中英语核心语法与常用固定表达，难度适中，需学生熟练掌握基础语法规则，结合语境准确判断词性、时态及搭配。
【难度系数】
0.6

六、（2025·安徽宿州泗县期末）阅读表达
现在有些人想养野生动物当宠物。但野生动物真的适合做宠物吗？让我们来看看小水獭和小海龟的自述吧。
字数:220 体裁:记叙文 核心素养:思维品质
话题:水獭与海龟的自述 难度:中 建议用时:6分钟
More and more people want to have pets. Wild（野外的）animals are lovely and smart. You may like them and want to have them as your pets. But they are not like cats or dogs. They may be unhappy to be your pets. Some of them even lose their lives after leaving the wild. Today, they have something to say.
A little otter（水獭）says, "I miss my Mum. About three months ago, some bad people caught me. They put me in a cage(笼子) and feed me with fish and milk. And they spend lots of time playing with me. But I'm still unhappy. I miss my Mum! I like to swim. I often swim in the water in the evening. Could you please send me back to my Mum?"
A little turtle says, "Please don't touch(碰) me. I'm from India. I have something on my back. They look like stars. When I meet my enemies(敌人) in the wild, they can help me. People like my stars, so they take me home as a pet. They like to touch my back. But I don't like it. Sometimes, the touch can even kill me. Please help me! I want to go home!"
1. Are wild animals smart?（不超过3个词）

2. What do people feed the little otter?（不超过7个词）

3. Why do people take the little turtle as a pet?（不超过5个词）

1. Yes. /Yes, they are. 2. They feed it with fish and milk. /Fish and milk. 3. Because they like the/its stars.

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解细节题，解题思路是：针对每个问题的关键词，回到原文中定位对应信息，再根据题目要求的字数限制提炼出准确答案。
【解析】1. 问题关键词为“wild animals”“smart”，定位原文第一段第二句“Wild animals are lovely and smart.”，得出肯定回答；2. 问题关键词为“feed”“little otter”，定位水獭自述部分的“They put me in a cage and feed me with fish and milk.”，提炼核心食物；3. 问题关键词为“take...as a pet”“little turtle”，定位海龟自述部分的“People like my stars, so they take me home as a pet.”，提炼原因。
【答案】1. Yes. 2. Fish and milk. 3. Because they like its stars.
【知识点】英语阅读细节查找、信息归纳
【点评】本题考查学生从英语阅读文本中定位关键信息并按要求提炼答案的能力，属于基础细节类题目，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6