《2025年初中英语听读空间八年级上册译林版》

一、短文填空
A group of Przewalski's horses are being introduced to the Iberian Highlands in Spain. People hope that the animals will help (1)prevent wildfires.
The Iberian Highlands is a mountainous area (2)with lots of juniper, oak and pine trees growing there. Wildfires are often a problem in the area, caused by the rising (3)temperature and the dry plants and trees. The dry plants and trees catch fire very (4)easily. The horses' job is to eat the dry leaves and undergrowth(下木层) and keep the (5)ground clear, which will slow down the spread of wildfires.
The Przewalski's are from a nature reserve in France. There are seven females and three males now, and the plan is to introduce (6)more of them over time.
Przewalski's, known as " the last truly wild horse", are an ancient and endangered breed. Cave paintings in Spain (7)show horses which look like Przewalski's. Like what we see in the paintings, they have shorter (8)legs than most horses and tufty manes. In the 1960s the horses died out in the (9)wild, but they have since been reintroduced to parts of China, France, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Around the world, many other (10)countries are using the similar ways to deal with wildfires. In Chile, goats have been grazing the forests of Bosques de Chacay since 2017, and in the Greater Côa Valley, Portugal, traditional breeds of cattle and horses have been reintroduced.

答案： 【解析】：这是一道英语短文填空题，主要考查学生对词汇、语法和上下文理解的综合运用能力。题目给出了一个关于普氏野马被引入伊比利亚高地以帮助预防野火的短文，其中留有10个空白处需要填写。学生需要根据短文内容和上下文线索，推断出每个空白处应填入的单词。
接下来，我会按照题目要求，逐一分析每个空白处的答案。
【答案】：
(1) prevent
根据上下文，人们希望普氏野马能帮助“预防”野火，因此填入prevent。
(2) with
句子描述伊比利亚高地是一个多山的地区，“有着”许多刺柏、橡树和松树，用with表示伴随。
(3) temperature
野火通常由升高的“温度”和干燥的植物和树木引起，因此填入temperature。
(4) easily
干燥的植物和树木很容易着火，用副词easily修饰动词catch。
(5) ground
普氏野马的工作是吃干叶和下木层，保持“地面”清洁，以减缓野火的蔓延，因此填入ground。
(6) more
根据计划，随着时间的推移，将引入“更多”的普氏野马，因此填入more。
(7) show
西班牙的洞穴壁画“展示”了看起来像普氏野马的马，因此填入show。
(8) legs
与壁画中的相似，普氏野马的“腿”比大多数马短，且有簇状鬃毛，因此填入legs。
(9) wild
在20世纪60年代，普氏野马在“野外”灭绝，但后来又被重新引入到中国、法国、哈萨克斯坦和蒙古的部分地区，因此填入wild。
(10) countries
世界各地，许多其他“国家”也在使用类似的方法来处理野火，因此填入countries。