Ⅰ.语法选择
[情境素材 弹琴给大象听] 「2026广东广州七中期中」
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。
Paul Barto is a musician, and he likes making videos. In his videos, he plays the piano for elephants. He 1 many fans on the Internet. In most of his videos, a nearly-blind elephant named Ampan 2 listens to him playing music.
Ampan lives in an organization called Elephants World. The organization’s task is to rescue elephants. There live some other elephants like Ampan. They were caught and forced to perform before they were rescued. Now Elephants World provides these beautiful animals 3 a comfortable sanctuary（庇护所）. So for the rest of elephants’ lives, they 4 live a happy and peaceful life there.
Paul started playing the piano for elephants there from his fiftieth birthday. He wanted to bring a piano into the sanctuary and 5 to the manager about it. However, carrying a heavy piano was not as easy as he thought. It took him almost two hours 6 the piano into the sanctuary in the wild.
“ These elephants have worked for humans almost all their lives. Some are blind or disabled. Seeing these elephants, I wanted to do 7 for them,” Paul said. “The elephants were so hungry that they were eating all the time. But I noticed a special thing—whenever I played the piano, a blind elephant would always stop to listen, while 8 in the sanctuary kept eating. And it continued eating only 9 I finished playing the piano. I realized 10 important thing. This blind elephant, even
in a world of darkness, loved music.”
1.A.have B.has C.had D.will have
2.A.quiet B.quieter C.quietness D.quietly
3.A.to B.with C.for D.in
4.A.can B.should C.must D.need
5.A.speak B.speaks
C.spoke D.is speaking
6.A.move B.moved C.to move D.moving
7.A.everything B.anything
C.something D.nothing
8.A.another B.the other
C.other D.the others
9.A.while B.although C.until D.after
10.A.a B.an C.the D./

I.［语篇解读］ 本文主要讲述了音乐家 Paul 在庇护所为大象弹钢琴时，发现一头失明的大象会特意停下进食聆听琴声，由此意识到这头身处黑暗的大象热爱音乐的故事。
1.B 考查时态。该句描述的是客观事实，应用一般现在时，主语 He 是第三人称单数，应用 has，故选 B。
2.D 考查副词。设空处应用副词修饰动词 listens，故选 D。
3.B 考查介词。本题考查固定搭配 provide sb. with sth.,意为“为某人提供某物”，故选 B。
4.A 考查情态动词。上文讲述庇护所为大象们提供了适宜的环境，此处应指大象们能够过上幸福、平静的生活，应用情态动词 can“能够”，故选 A。
5.C 考查时态。设空处与“wanted”构成并列关系，故应用动词过去式，故选 C。
6.C 考查非谓语动词。本题考查固定句式“It takes sb. some time to do sth.”，意为“某人花费……时间做某事”，故选 C。
7.C 考查不定代词。根据上文描述可知，此处指 Paul 得知大象的遭遇后，想为它们做些事情，应用 something“某事”，故选 C。
8.D 考查不定代词。此处表示“每当我弹钢琴时，一头失明的大象总会停下来听，而庇护所里的其他大象则继续吃东西”，此处指的是庇护所里除这头失明大象之外的其他所有大象，应用 the others，故选 D。
易错警示 本题易错选 B 项，other 和 the other 通常用在名词前，作前置定语，other 泛指其他的人或物，the other 特指在明确范围内的另一个或剩余的全部；the others 相当于“the other +复数名词”。此处特指除失明大象外的所有大象，应用 the others。
9.D 考查连词。根据语境可知，此处指失明的大象会停下来听琴声，在弹奏结束之后才会继续吃东西，故选 D。
10.B 考查冠词。此处表示“一件重要的事”，表泛指，important 是以元音音素开头的单词，应用 an，故选 B。

情境 素材 动物母亲 「2026 浙江杭州西湖五校联合期中」
Mothers are very special people. They not only give birth but look after their children until they're old enough to take care of themselves. Mothers don't stop caring about their children even when they grow up. They want to know that they are healthy, happy and safe. Like humans, animals are doing the same. In some ways, they are like human mothers, but there are also some different ways they look after their offspring.
Does your mum drive you to school, your music lesson or sports practice? Can you imagine your mother carrying you and your brothers and sisters on her back all the time? That's what a Surinam toad（苏里南蟾蜍） mum does. She carries as many as 100 babies on her back until they're old enough to swim by themselves.
Does your mum tell you to tidy your room and make your bed? If you were an orang-utan（猩猩）,
your mum wouldn't! Mother orang-utans from Indonesia are the only animal mothers who make a new bed for their babies every night. They collect fresh leaves and build their young beds high in the trees. Mums never let their babies out of their sight for the first two years. And after that, they keep them close until they're six or seven years old. This is longer than any other animal.
The world can be a scary place when you're young, even if you're an alligator（短吻鳄）. That's why mother alligators carry their babies in their mouths when they move through water or other dangerous places. In the past, people thought the mother was eating her babies! But in fact, she was just keeping them safe.
These are just a few examples of animal mums. One thing is clear: without mums to care and protect their offspring, animals all over the world would be in danger!
11. What does the underlined word "offspring" mean in Paragraph 1?
A. Mothers. B. Humans.
C. Animals. D. Children.
12. What do alligator mothers do to protect their babies?
A. Put their babies on their backs.
B. Eat their enemies when in danger.
C. Keep their babies in their mouths.
D. Avoid passing dangerous places.
13. 特色 考法 文章主题题 What is the text mainly about?
A. Human babies. B. Special animals.
C. Animal mothers. D. Caring humans.

Ⅱ.［语篇解读］ 本文通过苏里南蟾蜍、猩猩以及短吻鳄这三种具体的例子，展现了动物母亲关爱幼崽的独特方式，强调了母亲对于后代生存至关重要的作用。
11.D 词义猜测题。根据“Mothers don't stop caring about their children even when they grow up.”以及“Like humans, animals are doing the same.”可知，此处与前文提到的人类母亲照顾孩子对应，指的是动物妈妈照顾自己的“孩子”。故选 D。
12.C 细节理解题。根据第四段中“That’s why mother alligators carry their babies in their mouths when they move through water or other dangerous places.”可知，短吻鳄妈妈通过将宝宝含在嘴里来保护它们。故选 C。
13.C 文章主题题。文章围绕“动物母亲”展开，指出动物母亲的育儿方式既与人类母亲的育儿方式有相似之处，也有其独特之处。故选 C。