《2025年暑假Happy假日九年级英语人教版》

六、完形填空。
Wild animals are important to us. They 1 together with us on the earth. The earth without animals is like the blue sky without clouds, and we 2 will not live on without them. So we should see them as family members. But some people still don’t know the importance of protecting them. They kill wild animals for 3 and other things. Eve

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y day many wild animals are killed. So lots of them have died out. We can’t see them any more. Today wild animals are becoming fewer and 4. If people don’t protect them, they will die out. If this 5, there will be no animals left on the earth.
6, many children have begun to know the importance of protecting wild animals. They ask others to stop killing them. They also teach persons about the importance of protecting them. So far, many countries 7 some laws to keep people from killing and eating wild animals. Protecting wild animals is the 8 of each of us. We should t

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y our best to do that, 9 protecting them is protecting 10. Let’s take action now.
( )1. A. play B. come C. live
( )2. A. as well as B. always C. also
( )3. A. water B. food C. fruit
( )4. A. less B. fewest C. fewer
( )5. A. goes on B. comes on C. moves on
( )6. A. Lucky B. Luckily C. Unlucky
( )7. A. have made B. had made C. make
( )8. A. rule B. life C. duty
( )9. A. because B. though C. so
( )10. A. myself B. ourselves C. yourselves

答案： 1. C；2. C；3. B；4. C；5. A；6. B；7. A；8. C；9. A；10. B

七、阅读理解。
“Save the whales!” That’s what the picture on Jake Smith’s bedroom wall said. Jake liked having a picture that showed he cared. He just never ex

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ected to get a chance to save a real whale, one right in his own neighborhood.
It was a Saturday morning when the newspaper first reported the whales’ coming. Some were swimming close to the beach in Jake’s hometown. All the local people rushed out to the beach to see them. Th

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y were ex

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ecting a beautiful show, better than a movie, but nothing th

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y’d have to do anything about.
Then one whale swam in the direction, directly towards land. It came in with the waves, and when the waves receded, it stayed. Its huge body rested on the sand. Suddenly, Jake and his family and all the others were no longer sightseers. Th

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y had to become rescuers. A few people ran towards the animal. Th

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y pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water, but it was no use.
An animal rescue service team soon arrived in a truck with heavy lifting machiner

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, to help move the animal. Jake and his family couldn’t do much on the beach, so th

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y went back to their house and made sandwiches and hot tea for the rescuers. At least, Jake thought, th

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y could help in some wa

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.
Back at the beach, th

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y offered the food to the rescuers. It was getting dark. Some people lined up their cars along the beach and shined the headlights on the sand. The rescuers would not give up. After trying many times th

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y were finally able to lift the whale into the water. Everyone cheered when it headed out to sea. It swam out about a mile and then disappeared for a moment under the sea. Then, it rose high above the water—a thank-you to those who had worked so hard to save its life.
( )1. What does the picture on Jake’s wall tell us about him?
A. He lived near the ocean. B. He cared about the environment.
C. He worked as an animal rescuer.
( )2. Why did the local people go down to the beach that morning?
A. To swim with the whales. B. To help rescue the whales.
C. To see the whales swimming.
( )3. The underlined word “receded” in Paragraph 3 means “____”.
A. didn’t move B. went back out C. washed over
( )4. How did Jake and his family help save the whale?
A. By calling the rescue service. B. By asking their neighbors for help.
C. By giving the rescuers food and drink.
( )5. In what order did the events of the whale rescue take place?
a. The whale disappeared under the sea.
b. People turned on the lights of their cars.
c. Rescuers lifted the whale into the water.
d. Animal rescue service brought its truck.
e. People pushed the whale towards the sea.
A. e-d-b-c-a B. e-b-c-d-a C. d-b-e-a-c

答案： 1. B；2. C；3. B；4. C；5. A