《2025年通城学典初中英语阅读组合训练八年级上册南通专版》

四、词汇运用
KEY→P1
范畴:人与自然
主题:人与动物
体裁:记叙文
难度:★★★
建议用时:6分钟
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请认真阅读下面短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式或时态,使短文通顺、连贯。
(2024·乐山改编)I can still remember my primary school homework on animals. I decided 1 (write) about the whale(鲸鱼). I have loved them from a young age. I'm not quite sure why I love them. It might be something about 2 (they) shape. They have a smooth shape, and their tails look like a heart. They also move so 3 (slow) and beautifully, like a tree dancing in the wind. This way, they seem very clever.
So, of course, one of my best memories 4 (be) when I got to see a type of whale called the Southern Right Whale in Argentina(阿根廷). Watching them moving smoothly in the water, I felt 5 (happy) than ever. They were so beautiful!
And I'm not the only one who 6 (love) whales. Different peoples across the world have a special place for whales in their 7 (heart). Take the Maori people in New Zealand as an example. Living by the ocean, they see whales as guardians(守护者) of the ocean and talk about them a lot in their 8 (tradition) stories.
Why was I 9 (interest) in whales like the Maori people? Because they need our protection. That's what my school homework was about—animals we need to protect. Whales play a big role in the ocean. So, 10 (protect) whales means protecting the whole ocean.
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答案： 1. to write 2. their 3. slowly 4. was 5. happier 6. loves 7. hearts 8. traditional 9. interested 10. protecting