Unit 5 Save the endangered animals单元测试（广州专用）
英语
本试卷共四大题，满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
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4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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1 15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
With their long tusks(象牙), elephants look strong. However, the tusks also make the animal endangered. Many of them are killed for their tusks. The crafts(工艺品) 1 their tusks are 2 priceless goods that they are popular among rich people. Studies show that elephants are living under 3 conditions than expected.
The elephants’ tusks are actually part of their teeth. Once the teeth 4 , they can never grow back. Losing the tusk will not kill them, though they may find 5 difficult to protect themselves 6 danger, lift things and get 7 food. What really makes elephants endangered is the way they lose the tusks. Usually, to meet the demand for ivory(象牙), some poachers(偷猎者) kill healthy elephants and cut their faces 8 the tusks 9 human beings kill elephants with best ivory, an 10 number of African elephants have gradually evolved into(进化成) elephants without tusks, in order to survive. 11 are still killed for ivory.
According to the experts, over the last decades, the population of African elephants 12 from 10 million to 400,000. If the poaching continues, African elephants will die out in 20 years. To protect the elephants, 13 organization called TNC (The Nature Conservancy) held an activity “Ivory only Belongs to Elephants” online. Users watched the videos about elephant poaching online, and expressed 14 they would like to say about protecting elephants. Besides, with the efforts of TNC and local African governments, laws are used 15 ivory trading to stop more elephant poaching.
1．A．make B．making C．are made of D．made of
2．A．very B．such C．so D．such a
3．A．difficult B．the more difficult C．most difficult D．more difficult
4．A．are lost B．are losing C．lose D．lost
5．A．this B．it C．that D．one
6．A．from B．without C．for D．of
7．A．them B．themselves C．they D．theirs
8．A．got B．getting C．get D．to get
9．A．Because B．If C．Because of D．When
10．A．increased B．increasing C．increase D．increasingly
11．A．Another B．The others C．Others D．The other
12．A．have dropped B．dropped C．has been dropped D．has dropped
13．A．the B．a C．/ D．an
14．A．that B．how C．what D．when
15．A．punishing B．to punish C．to punishing D．punished
【答案】
1．D 2．B 3．D 4．A 5．B 6．A 7．B 8．D 9．A 10．B 11．C 12．D 13．D 14．C 15．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了人们为获取象牙牟利对大象的杀害，以至于大象濒危，也介绍了为保护大象的组织，呼吁人们要保护大象。
1．句意：用象牙制成的工艺品是如此无价，以至于它们在富人中很受欢迎。
make制造，动词原形；making制造，动名词；are made of由……制成；made of由……制成的。此处应用过去分词短语made of作后置定语，修饰名词crafts。故选D。
2．句意：用象牙制成的工艺品是如此无价，以至于它们在富人中很受欢迎。
very非常；such如此；so所以；such a这样一个。短语such+adj+n+that+从句表示“如此的……，以至于……”，so是副词，其后直接加形容词，不加名词，不符合；goods是复数形式，不用a。故选B。
3．句意：研究表明，大象生活在比预期更困难的条件下。
difficult困难的；the more difficult更困难的；most difficult最难的；more difficult更难的。根据than可知应用比较级，difficult的比较级为more difficult。故选D。
4．句意：一旦牙齿脱落，它们就再也长不出来了。
are lost失去了；are losing正在迷失；lose失去；lost失去的。此处once引导条件状语从句，从句时态为一般现在时，应用系表结构are lost表示。故选A。
5．句意：失去象牙不会杀死它们，尽管它们可能会发现很难保护自己免受危险，举起东西和为自己获取食物。
this这个；it它；that那个；one一个。此处是用it作形式宾语，真正的宾语是其后的不定式。故选B。
6．句意：失去象牙不会杀死他们，尽管他们可能会发现很难保护自己免受危险，举起东西和为自己获取食物。
from从；without没有；for为了；of……的。短语protect sb from sth表示“保护某人免受……”。故选A。
7．句意：失去象牙不会杀死他们，尽管他们可能会发现很难保护自己免受危险，举起东西和为自己获取食物。
them它们；themselves它们自己；they它们；theirs它们的。此处主语they，指代大象，与宾语指代的对象一致，都是大象，应用反身代词。故选B。
8．句意：通常，为了满足象牙的需求，一些偷猎者杀死健康的大象并割掉它们的脸以获得象牙。
got得到；getting得到，动名词；get得到，原形；to get得到，不定式。此处应用不定式作目的状语，表示割掉脸的目的。故选D。
9．句意：因为人类杀死有最好象牙的大象，越来越多的非洲象为了生存，逐渐进化成没有象牙的大象。
Because因为；If如果；Because of由于；When当。根据“African elephants have gradually evolved into(进化成) elephants without tusks, in order to survive”可知越来越多的非洲象为了生存，逐渐进化成没有象牙的大象，这是杀害大象的结果，前半句是原因，应用because引导原因状语从句。故选A。
10．句意：因为人类杀死有最好象牙的大象，越来越多的非洲象为了生存，逐渐进化成没有象牙的大象。
increased增加；increasing增加，动名词；increase增加，原形；increasingly日益。名词number前应用形容词修饰，此处应用increasing表示“增加的”，作定语。故选B。
11．句意：其他大象仍然因为象牙而被杀。
Another另一个，后接名词单数；The others其余的人或事物，表示其余的全部；Others其他的人或事；The other另一个，常和one连用。前文提及更多的非洲象进化成没有象牙，因此是其余的大象还在被杀害，应用others表示其余的大象，是一种泛指。故选C。
12．句意：据专家介绍，在过去的几十年里，非洲象的数量从1000万下降到40万。
have dropped已经下降；dropped下降；has been dropped已被下降；has dropped已经下降。根据“over the last decades”可知应用现在完成时，主语“the population of African elephants”表示非洲象的数量，是第三人称单数，应用has+过去分词。故选D。
13．句意：为了保护大象，一个名为TNC的组织在网上举办了“象牙只属于大象”的活动。
the表示特指；a一，用于辅音音素前；/不填；an一，用于元音音素前。名词organization是第一次出现，且是元音音素开头，应用不定冠词an表示泛指。故选D。
14．句意：用户在线观看了有关大象偷猎的视频，并表达了他们对保护大象的看法。
that那个；how怎样；what什么；when当。此处是宾语从句，从句中say about后缺乏宾语，应用what来充当。故选C。
15．句意：此外，在TNC和非洲地方政府的努力下，法律被用来惩罚象牙贸易，以阻止更多的大象偷猎。
punishing惩罚，动名词；to punish惩罚，不定式；to punishing惩罚；punished惩罚，过去式。短语be used to do sth表示“被用来做某事”，符合题意。故选B。
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
When we are talking about animals in China, the most precious (珍贵的) kind of animal we would think of is probably the panda. In fact, a kind of bird is as precious as panda, but many people don’t 16 much about it. The bird is the crested ibis (朱鹮). It is as 17 as snow with a red face and it 18 very beautiful.
Crested ibises live in tall trees by small rivers or rice fields. They 19 small fish and some other small animals for food. About one hundred years ago, a lot of crested ibises 20 in China, Russia and Japan. Later, as they lost their homes, the 21 of them was getting smaller and smaller. Between 1965 and 1980, people didn’t see any of them living in the wild. Luckily, on 23rd May, scientists 22 seven of them in the south of Shanxi Province. In order to 23 created ibises in the wild, the Chinese government is setting up natural parks and developing other plans. Now scientists are doing a lot of researches to help them to 24 more babies so that there will be more and more crested ibises. Today there are about 1500 crested ibises living in the wild and there are about 500 crested ibises in 25 and research centres.
16．A．remember B．find C．believe D．know
17．A．black B．white C．yellow D．brown
18．A．looks B．sees C．listens D．hears
19．A．look after B．look at C．look for D．look like
20．A．born B．sang C．danced D．lived
21．A．number B．age C．size D．food
22．A．returned B．bought C．found D．changed
23．A．catch B．feed C．watch D．protect
24．A．feed B．produce C．teach D．touch
25．A．forests B．mountains C．zoos D．museums
【答案】
16．D 17．B 18．A 19．C 20．D 21．A 22．C 23．D 24．B 25．C
【导语】本文主要是介绍了中国的珍稀动物朱鹮，它的外貌和生活习性。
16．句意：但是许多人不了解它。
remember记住；find找到；believe相信；know了解。根据“many people don’t...much about it”可知，此处表达不太了解。故选D。
17．句意：它像雪一样白，红色的脸。
black黑色；white白色；yellow黄色；brown棕色。根据snow可知，此处指像雪一样白。故选B。
18．句意：它看起来很美丽。
looks看起来；sees看见；listens听；hears听说。根据“it...very beautiful.”可知，此处应用look表达“看起来”，其后接beautiful作表语。故选A。
19．句意：它们寻找小鱼和其他小动物作为食物。
look after照顾；look at看；look for寻找；look like看起来像。根据“...for food”可知，此处指寻找小鱼和其他小动物作为食物。故选C。
20．句意：大约1000多年前，许多朱鹮生活在中国、俄罗斯和日本。
born出生；sang唱歌；danced跳舞；lived居住。根据“a lot of crested ibises...in China...”可知，此处指居住在这些地方。故选D。
21．句意：后来，随着它们失去自己的家园，它们的数量就变得越来越少了。
number数量；age年龄；size尺寸；food食物。根据“...them was getting smaller and smaller”可知，此处the number of表示“……的数量”。故选A。
22．句意：科学家们在山西省南部发现了七只朱鹮。
returned返还；bought买；found找到；changed改变。根据“people didn’t see any of them living in the wild”及“Luckily, on 23rd May, scientists...seven of them in the south of Shanxi Province””可推知，科学家后来发现了七只朱鹮。故选C。
23．句意：为了保护生活在野外的朱鹮。
catch抓住；feed饲养；watch观看；protect保护。根据“the Chinese government is setting up natural parks”可知，政府建立自然公园是为了保护他们。故选D。
24．句意：现在，科学家正在做研究以帮助它们繁殖更多的幼崽。
feed饲养；produce生产，繁殖；teach教；touch触摸。根据“...more babies”可知，此处指繁殖幼崽。故选B。
25．句意：大约500只朱鹮在动物园和研究中心。
forests森林；mountains山；zoos动物园；museums博物馆。根据“there are about 500 crested ibises in...and research centres.”可知，这些朱鹮是在动物园和研究中心。故选C。
三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
China has announced (宣布) its first group of five national parks to protect some endangered animals.
a Name: Sanjiangyuan National Park Location: in Qinghai Located on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Sanjiangyuan is home to hundreds of wild animals. The Sanjiangyuan area is also called China’s water tower.
b Name: Wuyi Mountain National Park Location: in Fujian and Jiangxi The park has the most complete, most typical, and largest area of the native forest. It is known as the birds’ fun park, the kingdom of snakes and the world of insects.
c Name: Giant Panda National Park Location: in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu The park holds more than 70% of China’s wild giant pandas. Besides “the national treasures” of China, the park is also home to some highly protected animals, including the snub-nosed monkeys.
d Name: Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park Location: in Heilongjiang and Jilin It is the biggest area of wild northeast China tigers and Amur leopards in China. The high-tech monitoring system (监控系统) in the park can provide real-time protection for these wild animals.
e Name: Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Location: in Hainan The park covers less than 0. 046% of the country’s land, yet it is home to almost 20% of the country’s amphibians(两栖动物)and 38. 6% of China’s birds, which are native to the island.
26．What other animals can you see in the Giant Panda National Park besides pandas
A．Snub-nosed monkeys. B．Amur leopards.
C．African elephants. D．Northeast China tigers.
27．Which park can provide real-time protection for wild animals
A．Park a. B．Park b. C．Park c. D．Park d.
28．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A．The Sanjiangyuan area is called Qinghai’s water tower.
B．Wuyi Mountain National Park is the world of snakes.
C．Giant pandas is called “the national treasures” of China.
D．Tropical Rainforest National Park is in Heilongjiang.
【答案】26．A 27．D 28．C
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国五个保护濒危动物的国家公园。
26．细节理解题。根据“Besides ‘the national treasures’ of China, the park is also home to some highly protected animals, including the snub-nosed monkeys.”可知，大熊猫国家公园除了大熊猫外，还有金丝猴。故选A。
27．细节理解题。根据“The high-tech monitoring system (监控系统) in the park can provide real-time protection for these wild animals.”可知，东北虎豹国家公园内有高科技监控系统，可以为这些野生动物提供实时保护。故选D。
28．推理判断题。根据“The park holds more than 70% of China’s wild giant pandas. Besides ‘the national treasures’ of China, the park is also home to some highly protected animals, including the snub-nosed monkeys.”可知，大熊猫国家公园拥有中国70%以上的野生大熊猫，除了中国的“国宝”，这个公园也有金丝猴，由此可猜测，“国宝”指的是大熊猫。故选C。
B
Hainan gibbons are the world’s rarest primates (灵长类动物). They only live in Hainan. Their daily life begins with the male heads of the five remaining families’ high and beautiful whistling (啸叫声). It can reach villagers down in the valleys which are 800 to 1,200 meters below.
Sadly, gibbons once nearly died out. With the efforts of the researchers, their number has increased from less than 10 in two families to 35 in five families.
Although gibbons can look at people curiously from a few meters away, it’s difficult to follow the gibbons. The best way to follow the gibbons is by sound at present. Like humans, gibbons produce vocal cues. With the help of the advanced cameras, we will learn more about their lifestyle and the way they express feelings like joy, anger and sadness.
For the next six months, 11 researchers will work with other experts to study the information collected over the last year. Then they will finish a report on the voice characteristics of the gibbons, and try to explain their daily behavior.
The database (数据库) is expected to be completed in three years. It will play a major role in researching and protecting gibbons and other rare plants and animals. The project is the first of its kind in China. It’s designed to follow all major rare plants and animals in a single protected area. Researchers suggested that we can explain not only gibbons’ simple communication but also their behavior in the future because of research into Hainan gibbon protection.
The growth of Hainan gibbon population gives the whole world confidence to protect the endangered primates in the future.
29．What can we get from the numbers in Paragraph 1
A．Gibbons are active in the daytime. B．Gibbons can jump down from tall trees.
C．Gibbons’ whistling can spread a long way. D．Gibbons often wake up the villagers in the valleys.
30．How does the writer show the researches’ efforts to protect the gibbons
A．By telling a story. B．By asking questions.
C．By giving examples. D．By listing the numbers.
31．The database is set up to ________.
A．follow all the rare plants and animals in the wild
B．explain gibbons’ simple communication and behavior
C．research and protect gibbons and other rare plants and animals
D．help to study the information which was collected over the past year
32．The passage would most likely be found from the ________ part of a newspaper.
A．news B．science C．interview D．literature
【答案】29．C 30．D 31．C 32．B
【导语】本文主要介绍了海南长臂猿的数量在研究人员的努力下从几乎灭绝恢复到35只，研究人员通过声音监测和数据分析深入了解它们的生活方式，为保护濒危灵长类动物和稀有植物提供了希望。
29．细节理解题。根据“Their daily life begins with the male heads of the five remaining families’ high and beautiful whistling (啸叫声). It can reach villagers down in the valleys which are 800 to 1,200 meters below.”可知，海南猿的叫声可以传达给800到1200米下方的山谷中的村民，选项C“长臂猿的叫声可以传播很远”可以从第一段中得出。故选C。
30．细节理解题。根据“their number has increased from less than 10 in two families to 35 in five families.”和“For the next six months, 11 researchers will work with other experts to study the information collected over the last year.”可知，文章通过列出数字来展示研究者保护长臂猿的努力。故选D。
31．细节理解题。根据“The database (数据库) is expected to be completed in three years. It will play a major role in researching and protecting gibbons and other rare plants and animals.”可知，建立数据库是用来研究和保护长臂猿和其他稀有植物和动物的。故选C。
32．推理判断题。根据全文可知，文章主要介绍了海南长臂猿的数量在研究人员的努力下从几乎灭绝恢复到35只，研究人员通过声音监测和数据分析深入了解它们的生活方式，为保护濒危灵长类动物和稀有植物提供了希望。因此可推知本篇文章可能会出现在报纸的科学部分。故选B。
C
Wild cheetahs used to live all over the grasslands in Africa and the Middle East. A century ago, there were over 100,000 cheetahs in the wild. Today that number has dropped to about 7,000. Their living place is becoming smaller and smaller. Less wilderness means less space to hunt. It also brings cheetahs closer to lions, who hunt cheetah cubs (幼崽). And cheetahs are sometimes killed by hunters or farmers who try to protect their cows and pigs.
San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behaviour and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild.
Most zoo cheetahs were born in zoos. In the wild, cheetah moms usually have 3 to 5 cubs at a time. The cubs grow up together and play together.
But sometimes zoos will get a cheetah cub with no brothers or sisters. If so, they will try to find another cheetah family for it. If they can’t, zoos will find a dog for the lonely cub.
Finding a dog for the single cheetah seems to help. Those little dogs are energetic and like to play and discover, just like cheetah cubs. So they can make good friends.
What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young. The dog also needs a calm, confident, and friendly personality.
At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone. When cheetahs grow up, they remain friendly with the dogs as long as they used to.
As adults, some cheetahs have a special job at the zoo. They might take part in programs to educate the public about cheetahs. Most people will never get to see a cheetah in the wild. But zoo cheetahs can help visitors learn about the speed and beauty of their wild kin (亲属) in some ways.
Sometimes the dog comes along. When there are a lot of visitors, having a friend nearby can help the cheetah feel more confident.
33．What can we know from Paragraph 1
A．The history of cheetahs. B．The problems cheetahs face.
C．The writer’s pity on cheetahs. D．The zoo’s protection for cheetahs.
34．What mainly helps a dog to make good friends with a cheetah cub
A．Its habit and age. B．Its habit and size.
C．Its habit and personality. D．Its size and age.
35．What does “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to
A．Zoos. B．Dogs. C．Cheetahs. D．The public.
36．What’s the main reason for zoos to keep cheetahs
A．To find dogs as their friends. B．To educate the public about cheetahs.
C．To keep them away from lions. D．To make sure they still live on the earth.
【答案】33．B 34．D 35．A 36．D
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了野生猎豹数量的急剧下降以及动物园为保护猎豹所采取的措施，包括通过配对猎豹幼崽与小狗来提供社交支持，以及动物园中成年猎豹在教育和公众宣传方面的特殊作用。
33．主旨大意题。综合第一段可知，本段主要描述了野生猎豹的数量从过去的10万多只下降到现在的7000只左右，并提到了猎豹面临的两个主要问题：一是猎豹幼崽被猎杀，二是猎豹有时会被试图保护牛和猪的猎人或农民杀害；据此可知，本段主要指出了猎豹面临的问题。故选B。
34．细节理解题。根据第六段“What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young.”可知，年龄和大小主要帮助狗与猎豹幼崽交好朋友。故选D。
35．词义猜测题。根据第七段“At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone.”可知，起初，动物园认为猎豹和狗会终生待在一起；但发现随着猎豹的成长，它们会花更多的时间独处；据此可以推断，划线单词“they”指代上文中的“动物园”。故选A。
36．推理判断题。根据第二段“San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behavior and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild.”可知，圣地亚哥和其他动物园已经启动了确保猎豹不会灭绝的项目；他们还研究猎豹的行为，并支持保护野生猎豹的计划；据此可以推断，动物园饲养猎豹的主要目的是为了确保它们不会灭绝，即仍然能在地球上生存。故选D。
D
A video of a black sun bear at the Hangzhou Zoo in China’s Zhejiang province has become popular. In the video, the bear stands on its back legs and the fur (毛) on its behind is loose (松散的). Many people thought it was a person standing in a bear suit.
The zoo workers said that the sun bear was real. “If a person did wear a bear suit, they would be falling down within minutes because of the hot weather in summer.”
Later, the zoo made a statement (声明) in the name of “Angela”, the sun bear. “Some people think I stand like a person. It seems you don’t understand me very well,” the statement said. “Let me say again to everyone that I am a sun bear—not a black bear, not a dog—a sun bear!”
Sun bears live in the forests of Southeast Asia. They are the smallest bears in the world. They are only about the size of a large dog. They can be 1.1-1.5 meters tall while standing on their back legs. They can weigh from 25 to 75 kilograms.
Sun bears are the least studied out of all the 8 kinds of bears. Maybe this is because they are shy and live far away from people. They are listed as vulnerable (易危的) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Their numbers in the wild have fallen by 35% over the past thirty years, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). They need more protection.
37．Which is the right order of introducing the sun bear in Para. 3 & 4
a. size b. weight c. height d. place e. name
A．b-a-c-d-e B．c-e-b-a-d C．a-b-c-e-d D．e-d-a-c-b
38．Which of the following is TRUE
A．The standing bear is a human in a bear suit.
B．The standing bear is a black bear, not a dog.
C．Sun bears are well studied by people these days.
D．People may fall down easily in a bear suit in hot weather.
39．How does the sun bear feel in its statement in Para. 3
A．Happy. B．Excited. C．Angry. D．Sad.
40．What can we learn from this passage
A．In size, sun bears are similar to a dog.
B．Sun bears are in danger and need protection.
C．Sun bears are popular among people all the time.
D．The number of sun bears is the same as that of black bears.
【答案】37．D 38．D 39．D 40．B
【导语】本文通过杭州动物园一头马来熊站立的视频，介绍马来熊这种动物。
37．细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Later, the zoo made a statement (声明) in the name of ‘Angela’, the sun bear.”可知，此处介绍名字；根据第四段中的“Sun bears live in the forests of Southeast Asia.”可知，此处介绍栖息地；根据“They are only about the size of a large dog.”可知，此处介绍大小；根据“They can be 1.1-1.5 meters tall while standing on their back legs.”可知，此处介绍身高；根据“They can weigh from 25 to 75 kilograms.”可知，此处介绍体重。故选D。
38．细节理解题。根据“If a person did wear a bear suit, they would be falling down within minutes because of the hot weather in summer.”可知，在炎热的天气里，人们穿着熊服很容易摔倒。故选D。
39．推理判断题。根据“Some people think I stand like a person. It seems you don’t understand me very well,”以及“Let me say again to everyone that I am a sun bear—not a black bear, not a dog—a sun bear!”可推知，有些人不太了解马来熊，所以这只马来熊应是感到伤心。故选D。
40．细节理解题。根据“Their numbers in the wild have fallen by 35% over the past thirty years, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). They need more protection.”可知，马来熊处于危险之中，需要保护。故选B。
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox. 41 It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos.
42 The white ones are white in winter, but gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur (毛皮) 43
The Arctic foxes mainly feed on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food. 44
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. 45 For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Today, the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.
根据短文内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。
A．It lives in the Arctic.
B．They don’t like to look for food alone.
C．The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color.
D．They don’t open their eyes, until a week after their birth.
E．The long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm.
【答案】41．A 42．C 43．E 44．B 45．D
【导语】本文主要讲述北极狐的外形、品种、主食、幼北极狐的特点，以及北极狐变得越来越少，呼吁我们要保护北极狐。
41．根据“The Arctic fox is a kind of small fox.”及“It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail,...”可知，此处主要介绍北极狐的特征，且主语是单数。选项A“它居住在北极”与之相符，故选A。
42．根据“The white ones are white in winter, but gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. ”可知，此处介绍北极狐的颜色。选项C“北极狐是白色或者蓝色”与之相符，故选C。
43．根据“The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur”可知，此处说北极狐的皮毛又长又厚。选项E“长长的皮毛覆盖了他们的整个身体，帮助保暖”与之相符，故选E。
44．根据“Teamwork is the way they look for food.”可知，他们寻找食物一般是团队合作。选项B“它们不喜欢独自行动”与之相符，故选B。
45．根据“Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely.”和“They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old.”可知，此处说幼崽北极狐的父母会给它们提供食物。选项D“他们在出生一周才睁开眼睛”与之相符，故选D。
四、写作（共三节，满分30分）
第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文的内容及首字母提示写出文中所缺单词。
Animals are people’s friends. But many of the wild animals are facing the danger of dying out. The Siberian tiger is one of them. Siberian tigers can be f 46 in forests in parts of Siberian and Northern China. The tigers are becoming extinct (灭绝) because people hurt many of them and are destroying their living places.
Another e 47 animal is the Tibetan antelope (藏羚羊). In the early 1990s, there were millions of Tibetan antelopes in China, but by the 1990s, the p 48 of them had got smaller and dropped to about 50,000. People hunt the antelopes for their wool. The wool of the antelopes is soft, light and warm. Hunters can make a lot of money by selling their wool. The Chinese people have begun to p 49 the animal and seem to be winning. Now the number of the Tibetan antelopes is rising. It’s i 50 to protect the wild animals. Now many wild zoos have been built in China. In the zoos we can see the animals we have heard of but have never seen.
【答案】46．(f)ound 47．(e)ndangered 48．(p)opulation 49．(p)rotect 50．(i)mportant
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了部分野生动物濒临灭绝和保护野生动物的重要性。
46．句意：西伯利亚虎可以在西伯利亚部分地区及中国北部被找到。根据“The Siberian tiger is one of them. Siberian tigers can be…in forests in parts of Siberian and Northern China.”和首字母提示可知，此处指西伯利亚虎被找到，find“找到”，“tiger”和“find”存在被动关系，空前有be动词，所以用find的过去分词。故填(f)ound。
47．句意：另一种濒危的动物是藏羚羊。根据“Another…animal is the Tibetan antelope (藏羚羊).”和首字母提示可知，空处应填形容词来修饰名词，表示“濒危的”意思，endangered“濒危的”符合题意。故填(e)ndangered。
48．句意：在20世纪90年代初，中国有数百万藏羚羊，但到了20世纪90年代，藏羚羊的数量急剧下降，它们的数量越来越少，减少到大约5万只。根据“In the early 1990s, there were millions of Tibetan antelopes in China, but by the 1990s, the…of them had got smaller and dropped to about 50,000.”和首字母提示可知，此处指藏羚羊的数量，population表示“动物数量”。故填(p)opulation。
49．句意：中国人民已经开始保护这种动物，而且似乎正在取得胜利。根据“The Chinese people have begun to…the animal and seem to be winning.”和首字母提示可知，此处指中国人开始保护动物，protect“保护”，begin to后面接动词原形，故填(p)rotect。
50．句意：保护野生动物是很重要的。根据“It’s…to protect the wild animals.”和首字母提示可知，保护野生动物是很重要的，important“重要的”，形容词作表语。故填(i)mportant。
第二节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）
51．那个男孩在两年前失踪了，并且再也没回来过。
The boy two years ago and never came back.
【答案】 got lost
【详解】get lost“失踪，走丢”，根据“two years ago”可知句子应用一般过去时，谓语动词用过去式。故填got；lost。
52．去年我爷爷生病时，我奶奶夜以继日地照顾他。
When my grandpa got sick last year, my grandma him day and night.
【答案】 took care of
【详解】take care of“照顾”，根据“When my grandpa got sick last year”可知，此处用一般过去时，故填took；care；of。
53．婴儿出生时在哭泣
The baby was crying .
【答案】 at birth
【详解】根据英汉对照可知，空格处填“出生时”，at birth出生时，固定短语。故填at；birth。
54．他只到过北京一两次。
He has only been to Beijing .
【答案】 once or twice
【详解】根据汉语提示，横线上应填“一两次”，一次“once”，两次“twice”，一两次“once or twice”。故填once；or；twice。
55．你必须在我们之间做出选择。
You have to between us.
【答案】 make a choice
【详解】make a choice表示“做出选择”，情态动词have to“必须，不得不”后接动词原形。故填make；a；choice。
书面表达（共1题；满分15分）
56．在当今世界，很多野生动物都濒临灭绝。在我国，老虎是重点保护动物。请根据以下表格所提供的信息，以“Tigers are in danger”为题, 写一篇英文短文, 号召大家行动起来保护动物。
外貌 大而强壮；黑条纹(dark stripes) ……
特点 跑得快；擅长捕捉其他动物
生存现状 人类捕杀：没有足够的食物……
拯救措施 减少森林砍伐……
要求：
1.文中必须包含所有要点，不能逐条翻译，可拓展思路，适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实的班级与人名；
3. 条理清楚、字迹工整，词数80——100。
Tigers are in danger
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【答案】例文
Tigers are in danger
Tigers are the largest living cats in the world. They are big and strong. They have bright eyes. They have orange fur with dark stripes. They look so powerful!
Tigers can run very fast. They are good at hunting other animals for food. People think them as the king of the forest.
Now tigers are in danger because hunters are hunting them for their fur and bones. Also, tigers do not have enough food to eat. And people always cut down many trees and kill tigers so that get their fur. We should do something to help them. We should make some nature reserves for them. And we should not cut forests. We should not wear tiger furs or use their bones for medicine.
I hope tigers can live peacefully on earth with people.
【详解】[总体分析]
①题材：本文是一篇材料作文；
②时态：时态为“一般现在时”；
③提示：写作要点已给出，考生应注意不要遗漏提示，并适当添加细节，突出写作重点。
[写作步骤]
第一步，首先介绍老虎的外貌和特点；
第二步，其次介绍老虎的生存现状；
第三步，介绍拯救措施。
[亮点词汇]
①be good at擅长
②be in danger处于危险中
③cut down砍倒
[高分句型]
①Now tigers are in danger because hunters are hunting them for their fur and bones.（because引导的原因状语从句）
②And people always cut down many trees and kill tigers so that get their fur.（so that引导的目的状语从句）Unit 5 Save the endangered animals单元测试（广州专用）
英语
本试卷共四大题，满分90分。考试时间100分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写自己的考生号、姓名、试室号、座位号，再用2B铅笔把对应这两个号码的标号涂黑。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需要改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案。不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域的相应位置上；如需要改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，改动的答案也不能超出指定的区域；不准使用铅笔、圆珠笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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1 15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
With their long tusks(象牙), elephants look strong. However, the tusks also make the animal endangered. Many of them are killed for their tusks. The crafts(工艺品) 1 their tusks are 2 priceless goods that they are popular among rich people. Studies show that elephants are living under 3 conditions than expected.
The elephants’ tusks are actually part of their teeth. Once the teeth 4 , they can never grow back. Losing the tusk will not kill them, though they may find 5 difficult to protect themselves 6 danger, lift things and get 7 food. What really makes elephants endangered is the way they lose the tusks. Usually, to meet the demand for ivory(象牙), some poachers(偷猎者) kill healthy elephants and cut their faces 8 the tusks 9 human beings kill elephants with best ivory, an 10 number of African elephants have gradually evolved into(进化成) elephants without tusks, in order to survive. 11 are still killed for ivory.
According to the experts, over the last decades, the population of African elephants 12 from 10 million to 400,000. If the poaching continues, African elephants will die out in 20 years. To protect the elephants, 13 organization called TNC (The Nature Conservancy) held an activity “Ivory only Belongs to Elephants” online. Users watched the videos about elephant poaching online, and expressed 14 they would like to say about protecting elephants. Besides, with the efforts of TNC and local African governments, laws are used 15 ivory trading to stop more elephant poaching.
1．A．make B．making C．are made of D．made of
2．A．very B．such C．so D．such a
3．A．difficult B．the more difficult C．most difficult D．more difficult
4．A．are lost B．are losing C．lose D．lost
5．A．this B．it C．that D．one
6．A．from B．without C．for D．of
7．A．them B．themselves C．they D．theirs
8．A．got B．getting C．get D．to get
9．A．Because B．If C．Because of D．When
10．A．increased B．increasing C．increase D．increasingly
11．A．Another B．The others C．Others D．The other
12．A．have dropped B．dropped C．has been dropped D．has dropped
13．A．the B．a C．/ D．an
14．A．that B．how C．what D．when
15．A．punishing B．to punish C．to punishing D．punished
二、完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16 25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
When we are talking about animals in China, the most precious (珍贵的) kind of animal we would think of is probably the panda. In fact, a kind of bird is as precious as panda, but many people don’t 16 much about it. The bird is the crested ibis (朱鹮). It is as 17 as snow with a red face and it 18 very beautiful.
Crested ibises live in tall trees by small rivers or rice fields. They 19 small fish and some other small animals for food. About one hundred years ago, a lot of crested ibises 20 in China, Russia and Japan. Later, as they lost their homes, the 21 of them was getting smaller and smaller. Between 1965 and 1980, people didn’t see any of them living in the wild. Luckily, on 23rd May, scientists 22 seven of them in the south of Shanxi Province. In order to 23 created ibises in the wild, the Chinese government is setting up natural parks and developing other plans. Now scientists are doing a lot of researches to help them to 24 more babies so that there will be more and more crested ibises. Today there are about 1500 crested ibises living in the wild and there are about 500 crested ibises in 25 and research centres.
16．A．remember B．find C．believe D．know
17．A．black B．white C．yellow D．brown
18．A．looks B．sees C．listens D．hears
19．A．look after B．look at C．look for D．look like
20．A．born B．sang C．danced D．lived
21．A．number B．age C．size D．food
22．A．returned B．bought C．found D．changed
23．A．catch B．feed C．watch D．protect
24．A．feed B．produce C．teach D．touch
25．A．forests B．mountains C．zoos D．museums
三、阅读（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从26~40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
China has announced (宣布) its first group of five national parks to protect some endangered animals.
a Name: Sanjiangyuan National Park Location: in Qinghai Located on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Sanjiangyuan is home to hundreds of wild animals. The Sanjiangyuan area is also called China’s water tower.
b Name: Wuyi Mountain National Park Location: in Fujian and Jiangxi The park has the most complete, most typical, and largest area of the native forest. It is known as the birds’ fun park, the kingdom of snakes and the world of insects.
c Name: Giant Panda National Park Location: in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu The park holds more than 70% of China’s wild giant pandas. Besides “the national treasures” of China, the park is also home to some highly protected animals, including the snub-nosed monkeys.
d Name: Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park Location: in Heilongjiang and Jilin It is the biggest area of wild northeast China tigers and Amur leopards in China. The high-tech monitoring system (监控系统) in the park can provide real-time protection for these wild animals.
e Name: Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Location: in Hainan The park covers less than 0. 046% of the country’s land, yet it is home to almost 20% of the country’s amphibians(两栖动物)and 38. 6% of China’s birds, which are native to the island.
26．What other animals can you see in the Giant Panda National Park besides pandas
A．Snub-nosed monkeys. B．Amur leopards.
C．African elephants. D．Northeast China tigers.
27．Which park can provide real-time protection for wild animals
A．Park a. B．Park b. C．Park c. D．Park d.
28．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
A．The Sanjiangyuan area is called Qinghai’s water tower.
B．Wuyi Mountain National Park is the world of snakes.
C．Giant pandas is called “the national treasures” of China.
D．Tropical Rainforest National Park is in Heilongjiang.
B
Hainan gibbons are the world’s rarest primates (灵长类动物). They only live in Hainan. Their daily life begins with the male heads of the five remaining families’ high and beautiful whistling (啸叫声). It can reach villagers down in the valleys which are 800 to 1,200 meters below.
Sadly, gibbons once nearly died out. With the efforts of the researchers, their number has increased from less than 10 in two families to 35 in five families.
Although gibbons can look at people curiously from a few meters away, it’s difficult to follow the gibbons. The best way to follow the gibbons is by sound at present. Like humans, gibbons produce vocal cues. With the help of the advanced cameras, we will learn more about their lifestyle and the way they express feelings like joy, anger and sadness.
For the next six months, 11 researchers will work with other experts to study the information collected over the last year. Then they will finish a report on the voice characteristics of the gibbons, and try to explain their daily behavior.
The database (数据库) is expected to be completed in three years. It will play a major role in researching and protecting gibbons and other rare plants and animals. The project is the first of its kind in China. It’s designed to follow all major rare plants and animals in a single protected area. Researchers suggested that we can explain not only gibbons’ simple communication but also their behavior in the future because of research into Hainan gibbon protection.
The growth of Hainan gibbon population gives the whole world confidence to protect the endangered primates in the future.
29．What can we get from the numbers in Paragraph 1
A．Gibbons are active in the daytime. B．Gibbons can jump down from tall trees.
C．Gibbons’ whistling can spread a long way. D．Gibbons often wake up the villagers in the valleys.
30．How does the writer show the researches’ efforts to protect the gibbons
A．By telling a story. B．By asking questions.
C．By giving examples. D．By listing the numbers.
31．The database is set up to ________.
A．follow all the rare plants and animals in the wild
B．explain gibbons’ simple communication and behavior
C．research and protect gibbons and other rare plants and animals
D．help to study the information which was collected over the past year
32．The passage would most likely be found from the ________ part of a newspaper.
A．news B．science C．interview D．literature
C
Wild cheetahs used to live all over the grasslands in Africa and the Middle East. A century ago, there were over 100,000 cheetahs in the wild. Today that number has dropped to about 7,000. Their living place is becoming smaller and smaller. Less wilderness means less space to hunt. It also brings cheetahs closer to lions, who hunt cheetah cubs (幼崽). And cheetahs are sometimes killed by hunters or farmers who try to protect their cows and pigs.
San Diego and other zoos have started programs to make sure cheetahs won’t die out. They also study cheetah behaviour and support programs to protect cheetahs in the wild.
Most zoo cheetahs were born in zoos. In the wild, cheetah moms usually have 3 to 5 cubs at a time. The cubs grow up together and play together.
But sometimes zoos will get a cheetah cub with no brothers or sisters. If so, they will try to find another cheetah family for it. If they can’t, zoos will find a dog for the lonely cub.
Finding a dog for the single cheetah seems to help. Those little dogs are energetic and like to play and discover, just like cheetah cubs. So they can make good friends.
What does it take to become a cheetah’s partner The dog must be the right age, and about the same size as a cheetah cub when both are young. The dog also needs a calm, confident, and friendly personality.
At first, zoos thought that cheetahs and dogs would stay together for life. Now, they’re learning that as cheetahs grow up, they spend more time alone. When cheetahs grow up, they remain friendly with the dogs as long as they used to.
As adults, some cheetahs have a special job at the zoo. They might take part in programs to educate the public about cheetahs. Most people will never get to see a cheetah in the wild. But zoo cheetahs can help visitors learn about the speed and beauty of their wild kin (亲属) in some ways.
Sometimes the dog comes along. When there are a lot of visitors, having a friend nearby can help the cheetah feel more confident.
33．What can we know from Paragraph 1
A．The history of cheetahs. B．The problems cheetahs face.
C．The writer’s pity on cheetahs. D．The zoo’s protection for cheetahs.
34．What mainly helps a dog to make good friends with a cheetah cub
A．Its habit and age. B．Its habit and size.
C．Its habit and personality. D．Its size and age.
35．What does “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to
A．Zoos. B．Dogs. C．Cheetahs. D．The public.
36．What’s the main reason for zoos to keep cheetahs
A．To find dogs as their friends. B．To educate the public about cheetahs.
C．To keep them away from lions. D．To make sure they still live on the earth.
D
A video of a black sun bear at the Hangzhou Zoo in China’s Zhejiang province has become popular. In the video, the bear stands on its back legs and the fur (毛) on its behind is loose (松散的). Many people thought it was a person standing in a bear suit.
The zoo workers said that the sun bear was real. “If a person did wear a bear suit, they would be falling down within minutes because of the hot weather in summer.”
Later, the zoo made a statement (声明) in the name of “Angela”, the sun bear. “Some people think I stand like a person. It seems you don’t understand me very well,” the statement said. “Let me say again to everyone that I am a sun bear—not a black bear, not a dog—a sun bear!”
Sun bears live in the forests of Southeast Asia. They are the smallest bears in the world. They are only about the size of a large dog. They can be 1.1-1.5 meters tall while standing on their back legs. They can weigh from 25 to 75 kilograms.
Sun bears are the least studied out of all the 8 kinds of bears. Maybe this is because they are shy and live far away from people. They are listed as vulnerable (易危的) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Their numbers in the wild have fallen by 35% over the past thirty years, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). They need more protection.
37．Which is the right order of introducing the sun bear in Para. 3 & 4
a. size b. weight c. height d. place e. name
A．b-a-c-d-e B．c-e-b-a-d C．a-b-c-e-d D．e-d-a-c-b
38．Which of the following is TRUE
A．The standing bear is a human in a bear suit.
B．The standing bear is a black bear, not a dog.
C．Sun bears are well studied by people these days.
D．People may fall down easily in a bear suit in hot weather.
39．How does the sun bear feel in its statement in Para. 3
A．Happy. B．Excited. C．Angry. D．Sad.
40．What can we learn from this passage
A．In size, sun bears are similar to a dog.
B．Sun bears are in danger and need protection.
C．Sun bears are popular among people all the time.
D．The number of sun bears is the same as that of black bears.
第二节 阅读填空（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox. 41 It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos.
42 The white ones are white in winter, but gray-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-gray all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur (毛皮) 43
The Arctic foxes mainly feed on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food. 44
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. 45 For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Today, the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats for money. Something must be done to protect the Arctic foxes.
根据短文内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。
A．It lives in the Arctic.
B．They don’t like to look for food alone.
C．The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color.
D．They don’t open their eyes, until a week after their birth.
E．The long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm.
四、写作（共三节，满分30分）
第一节 语篇填词（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
根据短文的内容及首字母提示写出文中所缺单词。
Animals are people’s friends. But many of the wild animals are facing the danger of dying out. The Siberian tiger is one of them. Siberian tigers can be f 46 in forests in parts of Siberian and Northern China. The tigers are becoming extinct (灭绝) because people hurt many of them and are destroying their living places.
Another e 47 animal is the Tibetan antelope (藏羚羊). In the early 1990s, there were millions of Tibetan antelopes in China, but by the 1990s, the p 48 of them had got smaller and dropped to about 50,000. People hunt the antelopes for their wool. The wool of the antelopes is soft, light and warm. Hunters can make a lot of money by selling their wool. The Chinese people have begun to p 49 the animal and seem to be winning. Now the number of the Tibetan antelopes is rising. It’s i 50 to protect the wild animals. Now many wild zoos have been built in China. In the zoos we can see the animals we have heard of but have never seen.
第二节 完成句子（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据所给的汉语内容，用英语完成下列句子。（每空限填一词）
51．那个男孩在两年前失踪了，并且再也没回来过。
The boy two years ago and never came back.
52．去年我爷爷生病时，我奶奶夜以继日地照顾他。
When my grandpa got sick last year, my grandma him day and night.
53．婴儿出生时在哭泣
The baby was crying .
54．他只到过北京一两次。
He has only been to Beijing .
55．你必须在我们之间做出选择。
You have to between us.
书面表达（共1题；满分15分）
56．在当今世界，很多野生动物都濒临灭绝。在我国，老虎是重点保护动物。请根据以下表格所提供的信息，以“Tigers are in danger”为题, 写一篇英文短文, 号召大家行动起来保护动物。
外貌 大而强壮；黑条纹(dark stripes) ……
特点 跑得快；擅长捕捉其他动物
生存现状 人类捕杀：没有足够的食物……
拯救措施 减少森林砍伐……
要求：
1.文中必须包含所有要点，不能逐条翻译，可拓展思路，适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实的班级与人名；
3. 条理清楚、字迹工整，词数80——100。
Tigers are in danger
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