Ⅲ. 守护生命 保护野生动物,不是遥不可及的英雄故事,而是每个人触手可及的生活选择。每个人只要愿意付出行动,都可以成为生命卫士。
Many people around the world are working to protect animals in danger. Here are three of their stories. Read on to learn how they're helping!
Fernanda Abra is protecting golden-handed Tamarins in Brazil.
"These monkeys live in 1. (forest). Over the years, many roads have divided their habitat 2. smaller parts. The animals must risk their lives 3. (cross) the roads to find each other. To help them, we have built bridges in the canopy(树冠层). This allows the animals to move around 4. (safe)."
Aristide Kamla is saving African manatees in Cameroon.
"Lake Ossa is home to some manatees. In the past, the lake was 5. (cover) with a type of weed(水草). The weed grew fast and was hard to kill. 6. the manatees could hardly come to the surface for air. With the locals' help, we first 7. (clear) some of the weed by hand. Then, we introduced weevils(象鼻虫) to eat the weed. Today, the weed grows in less than ten per cent of the lake."
Kuenzang Dorji is saving Gee's golden langurs in Bhutan.
"Habitat loss and climate change are making 8. hard for langurs to find food. This has forced them to eat farmers' crops. Many langurs have been hurt by cars or power lines, or killed by angry farmers. As a solution, we have placed model tigers near crops, roads and power stations. These 'tigers' roar(吼叫) 9. (scare) the monkeys away. We also plan to help farmers grow crops which are 10. (little) delicious to the monkeys, such as mushrooms."
Task: 1. What can you learn from the three stories?

2. What would you say to call on people to protect animals?

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些保护动物的人。
1. forests 解析:根据“live in(生活在)”可知,后接可数名词复数 forests(森林)表泛指。
2. into 解析:根据“divided their habitat(分割它们的栖息地)”可知,divide ... into ... 是固定搭配。故填 into。
3. crossing 解析:根据“risk their lives(冒生命危险)”可知,risk doing sth 是固定用法。故填 crossing。
4. safely 解析:根据“move around(移动)”可知,修饰动词用 safe 的副词 safely。
5. covered 解析:根据“the lake was ... with a type of weed”可知,be covered with 是固定搭配。故填 covered。
6. So 解析:前文说水草疯长,后文说海牛难以浮出水面,是因果关系,首字母大写。故填 So。
7. cleared 解析:根据“In the past(在过去)”可知,用 clear 的过去式 cleared。
8. it 解析:根据“making ... hard for langurs to find food”可知,make it+adj.+for sb to do sth 是固定句型。故填 it 作形式宾语。
9. to scare 解析:根据“These 'tigers' roar(这些‘老虎’吼叫)”可知,用不定式表目的。故填 to scare。
10. less 解析:根据“delicious to the monkeys(对猴子来说美味的)”及“such as mushrooms”可知,用比较级 less,表“没那么美味”。
Task:
1. Everyone can work actively to protect wild animals. 解析:根据文章介绍的三个人保护动物的不同做法可知,每个人都能通过实际行动保护野生动物,答案言之有理即可。
2. Let's unite together and take action to protect our precious animal friends before it's too late. 解析:结合动物保护的主题,呼吁大家团结起来采取行动,答案言之有理即可。

【分析】
本题分为语法填空和开放性任务两部分。做语法填空时，需先通读语篇把握保护野生动物的主题，再结合语境、固定搭配、词性转换、时态、句型结构等知识点逐一确定答案；做开放性任务时，需结合语篇中三人保护动物的事例提炼主旨，第一题围绕“每个人都能通过行动保护野生动物”作答，第二题围绕“呼吁保护动物”的主题用通顺的英语表达即可。
【解析】
1. 填forests：此处表泛指“森林”，用可数名词复数形式。
2. 填into：固定搭配divide...into...意为“把……分成……”，符合语境。
3. 填crossing：固定搭配risk doing sth意为“冒险做某事”，此处用动名词形式。
4. 填safely：修饰动词短语move around需用副词，safe的副词形式为safely。
5. 填covered：固定搭配be covered with意为“被……覆盖”，符合语境。
6. 填So：前文提到水草疯长，后文提到海牛难浮出水面，为因果关系，首字母大写。
7. 填cleared：由时间状语In the past可知，用一般过去时，clear的过去式为cleared。
8. 填it：固定句型make it+adj.+for sb to do sth中，it作形式宾语，真正宾语为后面的不定式。
9. 填to scare：此处用不定式表目的，意为“为了吓跑猴子”。
10. 填less：由语境可知，此处表示“没那么美味”，用little的比较级less。
Task1：根据语篇中三人主动保护动物的事例，提炼出“每个人都能通过实际行动保护野生动物”的主旨，故答案为Everyone can work actively to protect wild animals.
Task2：结合保护动物的主题，用通顺的英语发出呼吁，答案为Let's unite together and take action to protect our precious animal friends before it's too late.
【答案】
1. forests；2. into；3. crossing；4. safely；5. covered；6. So；7. cleared；8. it；9. to scare；10. less
Task1: Everyone can work actively to protect wild animals.
Task2: Let's unite together and take action to protect our precious animal friends before it's too late.
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、主旨理解
【点评】
本题以保护野生动物为主题，既考查英语基础语法的运用，又考查对语篇主旨的理解与语言表达能力，贴近生活实际，兼具知识性与教育意义，引导学生树立保护动物的意识。
【难度系数】
0.5