四、完形填空。
主题群:自然生态
子主题:与自然和谐共生
语篇类型:记叙文
难度:★★★
Mishak rubs(擦$) his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is \underline{1}. It is 5:30 a. m. , and he hasn't had much sleep. Mishak sits next to the baby elephant, smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.$
$Mishak is a \underline{2} from an elephant rescue($救援$) centre. \underline{3}, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing here. For one thing, hunters \underline{4} elephants for their ivory. For another, people build homes where \underline{5} used to live. Hungry elephants walk into the villages and fields to look for food. They often cause serious damage($破坏$), so farmers kill \underline{6}. As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.$
$When a baby elephant \underline{7} its mother, it's also in great danger. This is because it needs its mother's milk for about four years. \underline{8} this milk, the baby has little chance to survive. Research shows that elephants, like people, have \underline{9}. If the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.$
$The centre's job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the \underline{10} step by step. First, keepers take turns to \underline{11} the baby elephants because they don't want an elephant to depend on one of the keepers too much. Then keepers take the elephants into the forest. This is a(n) \underline{12} part of the process because the elephants learn how to eat in the wild and communicate with others. When an elephant is four and no longer needs \underline{13}, keepers move it to the wild. This makes elephants become \underline{14}. It often takes them eight to ten years to get used to the wild.$
$At bedtime, Mishak has to lie down and \underline{15} with his baby elephant. Mishak says that when he leaves the babies, they cry. Does he need an alarm to wake up? "Oh, no," he says. "The elephants are our alarms."$
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. centre
B. zoo
C. wild
D. city
11. A. look out
B. look for
C. look at
D. look after
12. A. easy
B. fast
C. important
D. strange
13. A. milk
B. fruit
C. grass
D. leaves
14. A. brave
B. popular
C. friendly
D. patient
15. A. work
B. play
C. study
D. sleep
答案：[语篇解读] 本文通过大象饲养员 Mishak 的故事介绍了大象救援中心如何帮助处于困境中的大象。
1. C 根据“It is 5:30 a.m., and he hasn't had much sleep.”可知，Mishak 没睡够，应该是累的。
2. B 根据“Mishak sits next to the baby elephant, smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.”可推断，Mishak 应该是一名饲养员。
3. A 4. B 5. B 6. D
7. A 根据“As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.”可知，小象应该是失去了母亲。
8. D 9. D 10. C
11. D 句意：首先，饲养员轮流照顾小象，因为他们不希望小象过多地依赖其中一个饲养员。look after 意为“照顾，照料”。
12. C
13. A 根据“This is because it needs its mother's milk for about four years.”可知，小象应该是在不需要奶的时候被放归野外。
14. A 15. D
解析：
【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文是大象救援中心帮助困境大象的记叙文），再逐空结合上下文语境、词汇含义及固定搭配分析选项：1. 根据“没睡够”选tired；2. 由照顾小象的身份确定是keeper；3. 大象遇问题是不幸的，选Unluckily；4. 猎人杀象取象牙，kill；5. 人类建房处原是大象栖息地，elephants；6. 指代复数大象，kill them；7. 成年象抛弃幼象即失去母亲，loses；8. 没有母奶幼象难存活，without；9. 象和人一样有感情，feelings；10. 救援中心要送象回野外，wild；11. 饲养员轮流照顾幼象，look after；12. 带象进森林是重要环节，important；13. 幼象不需要奶时放归，milk；14. 适应野外后变得勇敢，brave；15. 睡前要和幼象一起睡，sleep。
【解析】
1. C 根据后文“It is 5:30 a.m., and he hasn't had much sleep.”可知，Mishak睡眠不足，因此他很累，选tired。
2. B 由下文“Mishak sits next to the baby elephant, smiles and makes sure she finishes the breakfast.”可推断，Mishak是大象救援中心的饲养员，选keeper。
3. A 后文提到大象面临诸多问题，此处表示“不幸的是”，选Unluckily。
4. B 猎人猎杀大象获取象牙，选kill。
5. B 人类建造家园的地方原本是大象的栖息地，选elephants。
6. D 此处指代前文的复数名词elephants，作kill的宾语，选them。
7. A 根据前文“adult elephants often leave their babies behind”可知，小象失去了母亲，选loses。
8. D 小象需要母奶约四年，没有母奶几乎无法存活，选Without。
9. D 由后文“the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill”可知，大象和人类一样有感情，选feelings。
10. C 救援中心的工作是养育幼象并逐步将它们送回野外，选wild。
11. D 句意：首先，饲养员轮流照顾幼象，因为他们不想让某只幼象过度依赖单个饲养员。look after意为“照顾”，符合语境。
12. C 带幼象进入森林是过程中重要的部分，因为大象要学习野外觅食和交流，选important。
13. A 根据前文“it needs its mother's milk for about four years”可知，当幼象不再需要奶时，饲养员会将它们移到野外，选milk。
14. A 适应野外生活后，大象会变得勇敢，选brave。
15. D 睡前，Mishak需要躺下和他的幼象一起睡觉，选sleep。
【答案】1-5 CBABB 6-10 DADDC 11-15 DCAAD
【知识点】完形填空、语境理解、词汇辨析
【点评】本文围绕大象救援主题展开，通过具体事例考查学生的语篇理解能力与词汇运用能力，题目设置结合上下文逻辑与词义辨析，是典型的中等难度完形填空题型，有助于提升学生的阅读理解与语境分析能力。
【难度系数】0.6
