A 根据首字母提示补全短文。（改编自Reading短文）
I am Xiwang, a panda cub(幼崽) living in a nature reserve. When I came into the world, I was only 100 grams. My 1. b was such a joyful moment for the keepers that they gave me the name Xiwang, meaning "hope" in Chinese.
At six months old, I tried bamboo for the first time. Half a year later, I 2. w over 35 kilograms! For the keepers, there's nothing more 3. s than seeing me grow up. When I turned 20 months old, I mastered the skill to look after 4. m.
However, life is tough for my wild panda friends. They're facing 5. s problems. We pandas live 6. m on fresh bamboo, yet the bamboo forests are shrinking fast because of human activities. As a 7. r, many wild pandas go hungry and have no safe homes to stay in.
8. L, humans have taken action to help us. They built more nature reserves and strict laws are made too. Thanks to these efforts, the number of giant pandas is 9. i slowly but surely. But we still need your continuous 10. p to live peacefully forever. Remember, where there is Xiwang, there is always hope!

1. birth 2. weighed 3. satisfying 4. myself 5. serious
6. mainly 7. result 8. Luckily 9. increasing
10. protection

【分析】首先通读全文，把握文章围绕大熊猫“希望”的成长、野生大熊猫困境及人类帮助的主旨；接着针对每个空，结合上下文语境、时态、词性、固定搭配，匹配首字母推断单词；最后验证单词是否符合语法和语义逻辑。
【解析】1. 由前文“came into the world（来到世界）”可知此处指“出生”，首字母为b，故填birth；2. 描述过去的体重，用一般过去时，首字母为w，故填weighed；3. 此处为“more + 形容词”构成比较级，修饰“看到我长大”这件事，首字母为s，故填satisfying；4. 固定搭配look after oneself（照顾自己），主语为I，首字母为m，故填myself；5. 修饰名词problems需用形容词，结合语境野生熊猫面临严重问题，首字母为s，故填serious；6. 固定搭配live mainly on（主要以……为食），修饰动词live用副词，首字母为m，故填mainly；7. 固定搭配as a result（结果），首字母为r，故填result；8. 此处修饰整个句子需用副词，结合语境人类采取行动是幸运的，首字母为L，故填Luckily；9. 句子为现在进行时（is + 现在分词），表示数量增长，首字母为i，故填increasing；10. 形容词continuous后接名词，结合语境需要人类的保护，首字母为p，故填protection。
【答案】1. birth 2. weighed 3. satisfying 4. myself 5. serious 6. mainly 7. result 8. Luckily 9. increasing 10. protection
【知识点】短文首字母填空、词汇运用
【点评】本题为初中英语常见的短文首字母补全题，围绕大熊猫的成长与保护主题，考查核心词汇、固定搭配及语篇逻辑，难度适中，有助于提升学生的词汇运用和语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】0.7

B 选词填空。（改编自 Integration A 短文）
against at risk more difficult up to
find dropping
Polar bears live in the Arctic. They are the biggest meat eaters on land, and they often have to travel a long way to 1.
food. The earth is becoming warmer, and the Arctic ice is melting. This makes it 2. for them to survive. Today there are about 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears on earth, but their number is still 3. .
Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet. The ocean is their home. Now it is 4. the law to hunt them, but they are still 5. . They often get hurt by big ships. Moreover, the ocean is getting warmer, and they may not have enough food in the future.

1. find 2. more difficult 3. dropping 4. against
5. at risk

【分析】
先通读短文，理解每句语境，结合给出的备选词，分析每个空所需的词性和语义：第1空需动词原形，对应“找食物”的语义；第2空需形容词表生存的状态，对应冰融化的影响；第3空需动词现在分词，对应数量变化的趋势；第4空需介词构成固定搭配；第5空需短语表动物的处境。
【解析】
1. 空格前是不定式符号to，需接动词原形，结合语境“长途跋涉找食物”，选find；
2. 北极冰融化会让北极熊生存更困难，用形容词比较级more difficult；
3. 主语是their number，结合语境数量在减少，用现在分词dropping；
4. 固定搭配against the law表示“违法”，符合“捕猎它们”的语境；
5. 固定短语at risk表示“处于危险中”，符合转折后的语义。
【答案】
1. find 2. more difficult 3. dropping 4. against 5. at risk
【知识点】
动词不定式、形容词比较级、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为选词填空，考查词汇在语境中的运用及固定搭配，需结合上下文语义和语法知识选择，难度适中，学生易通过基础词汇积累完成。
【难度系数】
0.7

C 语法填空。（改编自 Integration D2 短文）
Indian rhinos are a special kind of animal living in 1. (north) India. They mainly eat grass and small plants, and they live 2. quiet life in their natural home.
Many years ago, thousands of Indian rhinos 3. (live) in some parts of Asia. They ate special plants near their homes, but these plants became fewer and fewer 4. farmers began to use them to feed their own animals. Besides, people hunted Indian rhinos for 5. (they) horns. So, the number of Indian rhinos started 6. (drop).
To protect these rhinos, the governments of India and Nepal made laws to stop people 7. (hunt) the rhinos. But this is not enough—people can do more 8. (help). We should stop using rhino horns 9. our own needs. If we don't take more action, there may be none of these rhinos 10. (leave) in the future.

1. northern 2. a 3. lived 4. because 5. their 6. to drop 7. hunting 8. to help 9. for 10. left

【分析】
本题为语法填空题，需结合词性转换、时态、固定搭配、连词用法、非谓语动词等语法知识，以及上下文语境逐一分析每个空格：
1. 空格修饰名词India，需用形容词；
2. 考查固定搭配live a...life；
3. 由时间状语Many years ago确定时态；
4. 分析前后句逻辑关系，选择合适连词；
5. 空格修饰名词horns，需用形容词性物主代词；
6. 考查固定搭配start to do sth；
7. 考查固定搭配stop sb doing sth；
8. 不定式表目的的用法；
9. 介词for表目的的用法；
10. 过去分词作后置定语修饰名词的用法。
【解析】
1. 此处修饰名词India，需将名词north转换为形容词northern，意为“北部的”，故填northern；
2. 固定搭配live a quiet life表示“过着安静的生活”，需用不定冠词a，故填a；
3. 时间状语Many years ago表示过去的时间，谓语动词需用一般过去时，live的过去式为lived，故填lived；
4. 前半句“植物变得越来越少”与后半句“农民用它们喂自己的动物”为因果关系，后半句是原因，故填连词because；
5. 此处修饰名词horns，需用人称代词they的形容词性物主代词their，意为“它们的”，故填their；
6. 固定搭配start to do sth表示“开始做某事”，故填to drop；
7. 固定搭配stop sb doing sth表示“阻止某人做某事”，故填hunting；
8. 此处用不定式表目的，意为“人们可以做更多（事）来帮助”，故填to help；
9. 介词for表目的，意为“为了”，此处表示“为了我们自己的需求而停止使用犀牛角”，故填for；
10. 此处用过去分词left作后置定语，修饰none of these rhinos，意为“剩下的”，故填left。
【答案】
1. northern 2. a 3. lived 4. because 5. their 6. to drop 7. hunting 8. to help 9. for 10. left
【知识点】
形容词转换、固定搭配、非谓语动词
【点评】
本题为语法填空基础题型，聚焦词性转换、时态、固定搭配、连词、非谓语动词等核心语法点，需结合语境与语法规则解题，适合巩固初中英语基础语法，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6