B Read the text about the protection of Asian elephants and complete it with the correct forms of the words in the box.
stay find protect take help learn watch create
Asian elephants face many challenges. Luckily, people have worked hard (1)
to protect
them.
In 2020, a group of elephants suddenly started walking north from Xishuangbanna. The elephants walked into towns and ate crops. To keep both people and elephants safe, the Chinese government quickly decided (2)
to take
action. The government set up a special team (3)
to watch
over the elephants. They gave the elephants food to guide them along the way. Many people worked together to help the elephants (4)
stay
away from towns and farms. The elephants finally came back to Xishuangbanna after walking over 1,300 km in about 17 months. The event makes people (5)
learn
about elephants and the meaning of protecting them.
Protecting elephants in the long run means more than just helping them along the way. To give them a safe home, China is planning (6)
to create
a national park for Asian elephants. This will provide more (7)
help
for these wonderful animals. China is also working with other countries to help elephants. For example, elephants often walk between China and Laos (8)
to find
food and water, so the two countries are teaming up to keep them safe.
Thanks to these efforts, Asian elephants now have a better chance at a safe and happy future.
答案：【方框单词含义】：
stay：停留；保持
find：找到；发现
protect：保护
take：拿；采取；花费
help：帮助
learn：学习；了解
watch：观看；监视
create：创造；创建
【译文】：
亚洲象面临许多挑战。幸运的是，人们一直在努力保护它们。
2020 年，一群大象突然从西双版纳开始向北行走。大象走进城镇，吃掉了庄稼。为了保障人和大象的安全，中国政府迅速决定采取行动。政府成立了一个特别小组监视这些大象。他们给大象提供食物，沿途引导它们。许多人齐心协力帮助大象远离城镇和农田。这些大象在大约 17 个月内行走了 1300 多公里后，最终回到了西双版纳。这一事件让人们了解到大象以及保护它们的意义。
从长远来看，保护大象不仅仅意味着沿途帮助它们。为了给它们一个安全的家园，中国正计划为亚洲象创建一个国家公园。这将为这些奇妙的动物提供更多的保护。中国也在与其他国家合作帮助大象。例如，大象经常在中国和老挝之间走动寻找食物和水源，因此两国正在合作保护它们的安全。
多亏了这些努力，亚洲象现在有了更好的机会拥有一个安全、幸福的未来。
【解析】：
这是一道英语语法填空题，主要考查动词的正确形式。题目给出了一个关于亚洲象保护的文本，并要求从方框中选择合适的动词，用其正确的形式填空。
1. 第一空，根据“people have worked hard ______ them”可知，这里表示人们努力工作的目的是为了保护亚洲象，用动词不定式作目的状语，故填to protect。
2. 第二空，根据“the Chinese government quickly decided ______ action”可知，决定做某事是decide to do sth，故填to take。
3. 第三空，根据“The government set up a special team ______ over the elephants”可知，设立一个特别小组的目的是为了监视大象，用动词不定式作目的状语，watch over表示“监视，看管”，故填to watch。
4. 第四空，根据“Many people worked together to help the elephants ______ away from towns and farms”可知，帮助大象远离城镇和农场，stay away from表示“远离”，且help sb do sth表示“帮助某人做某事”，故填stay。
5. 第五空，根据“The event makes people ______ about elephants and the meaning of protecting them”可知，这件事让人们了解大象和保护它们的意义，learn about表示“了解”，且make sb do sth表示“让某人做某事”，故填learn。
6. 第六空，根据“China is planning ______ a national park for Asian elephants”可知，计划创建国家公园，plan to do sth表示“计划做某事”，create表示“创建”，故填to create。
7. 第七空，根据“This will provide more ______ for these wonderful animals”可知，国家公园将为这些奇妙的动物提供更多的帮助，help表示“帮助”，是不可数名词，故填help。
8. 第八空，根据“elephants often walk between China and Laos ______ food and water”可知，大象经常在中国和老挝之间走动是为了寻找食物和水，find表示“寻找”，且这里用动词不定式表目的，故填to find。
【答案】：
(1) to protect
(2) to take
(3) to watch
(4) stay
(5) learn
(6) to create
(7) help
(8) to find
