三、完形填空（15 分）
A water bird often catches fishes from the pond(池塘) and eats them. However, as he grows older, he finds it 36 to catch any fish. To find more food, he 37 a plan.
He cunningly(狡猾地) tells all the 38 of the pond including(包括) the fishes, frogs and crabs that some men will come to this pond to catch them. So no 39 can live here.
He also tells them how sad he 40 about this and that he will miss them all. The fishes are sad and ask the bird to 41 them.
The bird, feeling 42 inside, tells them about another big pond and promises to take all of them over there. However, he tells them, “As I am 43, I can only take a few of you at a time. ” The bird would take the fishes to the land and eat them up. Every time he is 44, he would take a few of them to land and 45 them. There lives a crab in the pond. He wants to go to the 46 pond too.
The bird is also bored with eating fishes all the time, 47 he agrees(同意) to take the crab. On the way, the crab asks the bird, “48 is the big pond?” The bird laughs and points to the land, which is filled with many fish heads.
Knowing that the bird would kill him, the crab reacts(反应) very 49. He thinks of a good plan to 50 himself. He catches the bird's head and does not let it go until the bird dies.
()36. A. boring B. early C. hard D. easy
()37. A. thinks of B. listens to C. looks at D. talks to
()38. A. fishes B. animals C. cars D. vegetables
()39. A. food B. flag C. water D. life
()40. A. feels B. keeps C. looks D. sounds
()41. A. tell B. help C. take D. drink
()42. A. important B. healthy C. friendly D. happy
()43. A. short B. old C. fat D. smart
()44. A. thirsty B. bored C. hungry D. happy
()45. A. buy B. raise C. notice D. eat
()46. A. small B. big C. clean D. far
()47. A. and B. but C. or D. so
()48. A. How B. What C. Where D. Why
()49. A. really B. quickly C. quietly D. happily
()50. A. ask B. save C. sleep D. walk

36.C 37.A 38.B 39.D 40.A 41.B 42.D 43.B 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.D 48.C 49.B 50.B

【分析】
做完形填空需遵循“先通读全文明大意，再结合语境、词汇搭配、逻辑关系逐个破题”的思路：首先通读全文，明确故事脉络——老水鸟因抓不到鱼，用诡计欺骗池塘动物，实则将它们骗到岸上吃掉，最终螃蟹识破诡计自救；接着针对每个空格，结合上下文提示、选项词义及固定搭配，逐一分析选出最贴合语境的答案。
【解析】
36. 前文提到水鸟“grows older”（变老），结合语境可知它抓鱼变难，故选C（hard）。
37. 固定搭配“think of a plan”表示“想出一个计划”，符合语境，故选A。
38. 后文列举的fishes、frogs、crabs都属于动物，故选B（animals）。
39. 水鸟谎称人要来抓它们，所以这里指“没有生命能存活”，life符合，故选D。
40. 固定搭配“feel sad about”表示“对……感到难过”，主语是he，故选A（feels）。
41. 鱼得知危险后请求水鸟帮助，help符合语境，故选B。
42. 水鸟骗到动物后内心是开心的，happy符合，故选D。
43. 呼应前文“grows older”，水鸟说自己老了，故选B（old）。
44. 水鸟每次饿了就带动物去吃，hungry符合，故选C。
45. 水鸟把动物带到岸上吃掉，eat符合，故选D。
46. 前文提到“another big pond”，螃蟹也想去大池塘，故选B（big）。
47. 水鸟吃腻了鱼，所以同意带螃蟹，是因果关系，so符合，故选D。
48. 螃蟹问大池塘在哪里，where符合，故选C。
49. 螃蟹识破诡计后反应很快，quickly符合，故选B。
50. 螃蟹想办法救自己，save符合，故选B。
【答案】
36.C 37.A 38.B 39.D 40.A 41.B 42.D 43.B 44.C 45.D 46.B 47.D 48.C 49.B 50.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇搭配、逻辑关系
【点评】
本题为寓言故事类完形填空，内容生动有趣，既考查学生的阅读理解能力，又涉及词汇搭配、语境分析等知识点，能引导学生理解故事寓意，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

四、词汇运用(15分)
A. 将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次。
kill interesting save swim in danger
There are many animals in the world. Today I want to talk about turtles(海龟). We can see them in the zoo. They are 51. . But how much do you know about them? They are usually about one metre long and they have no teeth. They live under the water and they are good 52. . They can live to be 150 years old, so they are a symbol of long life.
There are only seven kinds of turtles in the sea and some of them are from China. But now they are 53. . People put lots of rubbish(垃圾) into the sea and also 54. turtles for their meat. I think we must do something 55. them. Let's take action from now on!
B. 阅读下面短文,根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
Do you like hamsters(仓鼠)? Hamsters are 56. (友好的). Lots of people like to keep them as 57. (宠物). They are popular, especially among the children.
I have a hamster, and its name is Jojo. Jojo has black and white 58. (软毛). And it has a short 59. (尾巴). It looks 60. (相当) lovely and smart. Jojo likes 61. (睡觉). It usually relaxes(休息) for over 8 hours a day.
Jojo has its own 62. (地方). I make a cage for it. It's 63. (制造) of wood. It's small but lovely. It is easy to take 64. (照顾) of Jojo. It doesn't need a lot of food or water. It's my 65. (幸运) to have Jojo as my special friend!

51. interesting 52. swimmers 53. in danger 54. kill 55. to save 56. friendly 57. pets 58. fur 59. tail 60. quite 61. sleeping 62. place 63. made 64. care 65. luck

【分析】本题分为A、B两部分，A部分为方框选词填空，需先明确方框内单词的词义，结合短文语境、词性及语法规则选择并变形（每词仅用一次）；B部分为根据汉语提示写单词，需注意单词的正确形式（如单复数、固定搭配等）。解题时先通读全文把握大意，再逐个分析每个空的语境需求，确定对应单词及恰当形式。
【解析】A部分：51. 结合语境“它们是有趣的”，选方框内的interesting；52. 固定搭配be good后接名词，海龟擅长游泳，故将swim变为swimmers（复数对应主语they）；53. 后文提到人类对海龟的危害，说明海龟处于危险中，填in danger；54. 与put并列，用动词原形，人们杀海龟取肉，填kill；55. 表目的“做某事来拯救它们”，用不定式to save。B部分：56. “友好的”对应形容词friendly；57. 宠物是可数名词，表泛指用复数pets；58. “软毛”对应不可数名词fur；59. “尾巴”对应名词tail；60. “相当”对应副词quite；61. 固定搭配like doing sth，故sleep变为sleeping；62. “地方”对应名词place；63. 固定搭配be made of（由…制成），填made；64. 固定搭配take care of（照顾），填care；65. “幸运”对应名词luck（it's one's luck to do sth为固定结构）。
【答案】51. interesting 52. swimmers 53. in danger 54. kill 55. to save 56. friendly 57. pets 58. fur 59. tail 60. quite 61. sleeping 62. place 63. made 64. care 65. luck
【知识点】词汇运用、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查初中英语基础词汇的运用，涵盖选词填空和根据提示写词两类题型，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配确定单词形式，侧重词汇的灵活运用，是常见的基础题型。
【难度系数】0.6