《2025年阳光计划八年级英语下册人教版》

(2023江西中考)Saving Baby Elephants

Mishak rubs(擦)his eyes when he prepares warm milk.Like other people looking after babies,he is1.______.It is 5:30 a.m.,and he hasn't had much sleep.Mishak sits next to the baby elephant,smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.

Mishak is a2.______from an elephant rescue (救援)center.3.______,many elephants meet problems,so they need rescuing here.For one thing,hunters4.________elephants for their ivory.For another,people build homes and plant fields where 5.______used to live.Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food.They often cause serious damage(破坏),so farmers kill6.______.As a result,adult elephants often leave their babies behind.

When a baby elephant7.______its mother,it's also in great danger.This is because it needs its mother's milk for about four years.8.______this milk,the baby has little chance to live.Research shows that elephants,like people,have9.______.If the mother elephant dies,the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.　　　　　　　　　　　　　

The center's job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the10.______step by step.First,keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants11.______they don't want an elephant to depend on one of the keepers too much.Then keepers take the elephants into the forest.This is a(n)
12.______part of the process because the elephants learn how to eat in the wild and communicate with others.When an elephant is four and no longer needs 13.______,keepers move it to the wild.This makes elephants become14.______.It often takes them eight to ten years to get used to the wild.

At bedtime,Mishak has to lie down and 15.______with his baby elephant.Mishak says that when he leaves the babies,they cry.Does he need an alarm to wake up?“Oh,no,”he says.“The elephants are our alarms."
1.A.nervous B.down C.tired D.shy
2.A.teacher B.keeper
C.doctor D.policeman
3.A.Unluckily B.Finally
C.Excitedly D.Suddenly
4.A.buy B.kill C.keep D.collect
5.A.hunters B.elephants C.adults D.keepers
6.A.us B.it C.her D.them
7.A.loses B.helps C.saves D.follows
8.A.By B.For C.As D.Without
9.A.foods B.homes C.friends D.feelings
10.A.center B.zoo C.wild D.city
11.A.unless B.but C.or D.because
12.A.easy B.fast C.important D.strange
13.A.milk B.fruits C.grass D.leaves
14.A.brave B.popular C.friendly D.patient
15.A.work B.play C.study D.sleep

答案： 1.C解析:考查形容词。根据“he hasn’t had much sleep”可知，他是累的。
2.B解析:考查名词。根据“from an elephant rescue center”以及后文“First, keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants”可知，他是大象饲养员。
3.A解析:考查副词。根据“many elephants meet problems”可知，这是一件不幸的事情。
4.B解析:考查动词。根据“for their ivory”可知，猎人为了象牙会猎杀大象。
5.B解析:考查名词。根据“Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food.”可知，人们占领了大象生活的地方。
6.D解析:考查代词。空处指代“elephants”，用them。
7.A解析:考查动词。根据“it's also in great danger”可知，失去妈妈后，小象会有危险。
8.D解析:考查介词。根据“the baby has little chance to live”可知，没有奶喝的小象几乎不能生存。
9.D解析:考查名词。根据“If the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.”可知，大象是有感情的。
10.C解析:考查名词。根据“Then keepers take the elephants into the forest.”可知，是逐步将大象送回野外。
11.D解析:考查连词。句子前后是因果关系，后半句表原因。
12.C解析:考查形容词。根据“because the elephants learn how to eat in the wild and communicate with others”可知，把大象送到森林里是重要的一步。
13.A解析:考查名词。根据“keepers move it to the wild”可知，大象不用喝奶后，就可以被送到野外。
14.A解析:考查形容词。根据“keepers move it to the wild”可知，把大象送到野外会让它们勇敢起来。
15.D解析:考查动词。根据“At bedtime”可知，是和小象一起睡觉。

(2023兰州中考)Pandas are very popular in
China.People around the world like this black and white animal very much,too.Ya Ya is among them.
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素养:珍爱生命　　难度系数:★★★
Now let's know more about Ya Ya.

When Ya Ya was born in the Beijing Zoo,she weighed about 0.14 kilos.For a research and protection
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plan,she was taken to the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee in 2003.But there was something wrong with her fur in 2006.Her health condition became worse in 2014.Experts at the Memphis Zoo and in China tried many ways but couldn't solve the problems.On April 27,Ya Ya returned to China after staying for 20 years in
America.The panda was then quarantined(隔离)in Shanghai Zoo before moving to Beijing.On May 29,Ya Ya arrived at its home,the Beijing Zoo.

The Beijing Zoo has prepared a special feeding place for Ya Ya as well as feeding plans,care and medical support,according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.As she is old,she needs to rest and adapt(适应)to the new environment.So she will not be visited for a short period of time.The zoo will tell the public about Ya Ya’s health condition through its official Weibo account,according to the administration.

A lot of people pay much attention to Ya Ya.They hope she will get better soon.
16.Where was Ya Ya born?______
A.In the Beijing Zoo.
B.In the Shanghai Zoo.
C.In the Memphis Zoo.
D.In the Tennessee Zoo.
17.When did Ya Ya come back to China?______
A.In 2003.　　　　　　B.In 2006.
C.In 2014.　　　　　　D.In 2023.
18.The Beijing Zoo has prepared something special for Ya Ya except______.
A.feeding plans
B.a feeding place
C.a research and protection plan
D.care and medical support
19.People are not allowed to visit Ya Ya because____.
A.she is taken to the Memphis Zoo
B.she is quarantined in the Shanghai Zoo
C.her health condition becomes better
D.she needs to rest and adapt to the new environment
20.Where can you most probably read the article?______
A.In a newspaper.　　　B.In a movie poster.
C.In a travel guide.　　D.In a sports magazine.

答案： 16.A解析:细节理解题。根据第二段中“When Ya Ya was born in the Beijing Zoo”可知，丫丫出生在北京动物园。
17.D解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中“she was taken to...”以及“On April 27, Ya Ya returned to China...”可推知丫丫在2023年回到中国。
18.C解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中“The Beijing Zoo has prepared...”可知，北京动物园为丫丫准备了一个专门的喂食场所以及喂养计划、护理和医疗支持，没有提及一个研究和保护计划。
19.D解析:细节理解题。根据第三段中“As she is old...”可知，人们不被允许去探望丫丫，因为她需要休息和适应新环境。
20.A解析:推理判断题。根据第一段并结合下文可知，本文主要介绍了丫丫的情况，可推知在报纸上能看到这篇文章。