一、完形填空。
Hello, boys and girls! Let me tell you something about the 1.
Koalas come from Australia. They are quiet, friendly and cute. They are kind of lazy. They like 2 in the daytime. At night, they get up and eat leaves(树叶) on the 3.
Look over there! The tall animals are 4. They can eat the leaves on the big trees. They are 5 and beautiful animals, too. They come from Africa. Lions are also from 6. They are exciting to watch, but they are scary, too. Many 7 like to have dolphins(海豚) because they are very smart and interesting. They live in the 8 so they can swim very well.
Most elephants come from Thailand or Africa. They are really 9. You can be good friends with them. But they are in great danger. We must 10 them.
()1. A. people B. food C. animals D. places
()2. A. running B. sleeping C. walking D. swimming
()3. A. flags B. bridges C. trees D. phones
()4. A. giraffes B. elephants C. pandas D. lions
()5. A. short B. scary C. ugly D. cute
()6. A. China B. Africa C. Australia D. Canada
()7. A. schools B. libraries C. hospitals D. zoos
()8. A. water B. village C. hall D. club
()9. A. shy B. scary C. friendly D. lazy
()10. A. kill B. save C. cut D. forget

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D
8. A 9. C 10. B

【分析】
这是一篇围绕动物话题的英语完形填空，解题时需结合上下文语境、动物常识及词汇含义来逐一判断选项。1. 通读全文可知，文章介绍的是各类动物，故第1空选对应动物的选项；2. 考拉是夜行动物，白天休息、晚上活动，对应第2空的行为；3. 考拉以树上的叶子为食，匹配第3空的地点；4. 高个子且能吃大树叶的动物是长颈鹿，对应第4空；5. 结合语境，长颈鹿是可爱的动物，选对应形容词；6. 狮子的原产地是非洲，对应第6空；7. 海豚常见于动物园，对应第7空；8. 海豚生活在水中，对应第8空；9. 大象是友好的动物，能成为人类朋友，对应第9空；10. 大象濒危，需要拯救，对应第10空。
【解析】
1. 下文介绍了考拉、狮子、海豚、大象等动物，因此此处指“动物”，选C。
2. 考拉白天睡觉，晚上活动，故选B。
3. 考拉吃树上的叶子，故选C。
4. 长颈鹿是高个子动物，能吃到大树上的叶子，故选A。
5. 长颈鹿是可爱且美丽的动物，选D。
6. 狮子来自非洲，故选B。
7. 海豚是动物园里的常见动物，故选D。
8. 海豚生活在水中，擅长游泳，故选A。
9. 大象是友好的动物，能与人类成为朋友，故选C。
10. 大象处于濒危状态，我们必须拯救它们，故选B。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.D 8.A 9.C 10.B
【知识点】
英语完形填空、动物类词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本题围绕“动物”话题设置，考查学生对基础词汇的掌握及上下文逻辑的理解，是初中英语常见的基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8

二、短文填空。
从方框中选出合适的词，并用其适当的形式填空，使短文内容完整、连贯。
through, grey, ground, weather, from,
experience, although, heavy, glad, top
Last weekend, we planned a trip to the mountains to enjoy the beautiful scenery. 1. the weather forecast（预报）said it would rain, we still decided to go. As we drove up the road, the sky turned 2. and then dark. We could see dark clouds gathering at the 3. of the mountain.
Despite the bad weather, we were 4. to be out in nature. The fresh air on the mountain was different 5. the city's. As we walked 6. the forest, the 7. became wet because of the rain, and we had to be careful to avoid falling.
Halfway up, the rain began to fall, lightly at first and then more 8. . Our clothes were soon wet, but we kept going. The whole climb was a(n) 9. we would never forget. The sound of raindrops hitting the leaves was almost musical.
By the time we reached the top, the rain had stopped, and the clouds began to part. We were happy we didn't let the 10. stop us. The hike through the rain taught us strength and made the experience all the more special.

1. Although 2. grey 3. top 4. glad
5. from 6. through 7. ground 8. heavily
9. experience 10. weather

【分析】
这是一道短文词汇填空题，解题思路如下：首先通读全文，把握短文“冒雨登山”的核心内容；接着逐个分析空格的语境，结合方框内词汇的词义、词性，以及固定搭配、逻辑关系来选择合适词汇；最后验证所选词汇是否使短文连贯完整。
【解析】
1. 空格前后是转折关系（预报下雨仍决定去），故用转折连词Although；
2. 描述天空变化，grey（灰色的）符合“变灰再变黑”的语境；
3. 乌云聚集在山顶，固定搭配at the top of，故用top；
4. 尽管天气差，我们仍很高兴在户外，固定搭配be glad to，故用glad；
5. 表示“与……不同”，固定搭配be different from，故用from；
6. 表示“穿过森林”，固定搭配walk through，故用through；
7. 下雨导致地面变湿，故用ground；
8. 修饰动词fall（下雨），需用副词heavily（大量地），对应“雨变大”；
9. 登山是难忘的经历，故用experience；
10. 呼应前文的天气，指没让天气阻止我们，故用weather。
【答案】
1. Although 2. grey 3. top 4. glad 5. from 6. through 7. ground 8. heavily 9. experience 10. weather
【知识点】
词汇运用、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】
本题考查学生对词汇的词义辨析、固定搭配的掌握及语境运用能力，是初中英语基础题型，侧重考查学生的综合语言运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6