《2025年阳光计划八年级英语下册人教版》

IV（2023青海一模）短文填空。（每小题2分，共20分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
The giant panda is one of 29.________ most popular animals in the world. Although they’re big and heavy, people think of them as funny and cute. So it is not 30.________（surprise）that the World Wide Fund for Nature（WWF）chose the giant panda as 31.________（it）symbol. In the early 1980s, there 32.________（be）only 1,000 left in the wild. The WWF tells people that the pandas are 33.________ danger and raises money to save them. The main reason 34.________ pandas are endangered is that their habitats（栖息地）get smaller.
What are people doing 35.________（help）save the giant panda? The WWF helps giant pandas in the wild in many 36.________（way）. For example, it’s trying to increase the size of panda reserves. Reserves are places in the wild where pandas can live 37.________（safe）. Some reserves need to be joined together again by 38.________（plant）bamboo. People are working very hard to make sure the giant panda does not die out!

答案： 29.the解析:考查定冠词。此处为形容词最高级，应填定冠词the。
30.surprising解析:考查形容词。由空前“So it is not”可知，此处应填形容词surprising。
31.its解析:考查代词。由空后名词symbol可知，此处应填形容词性物主代词its。
32.were解析:考查系动词。由空前时间状语“In the early 1980s”可知，句子时态是一般过去时，结合空后“only 1,000 left”，此处应填系动词were。
33.in解析:考查介词。in danger处于危险之中，为固定搭配。
34.why解析:考查关系词。由先行词reason可知，此处应填关系词why。
35.to help解析:考查动词不定式。此处应用动词不定式表示目的。
36.ways解析:考查名词。由空前many可知，此处应填名词复数形式ways。
37.safely解析:考查副词。此处修饰动词live，应填副词。
38.planting解析:考查动名词。由空前介词by可知，此处应填动名词planting。