五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Humans share the earth with lots of wildlife. However, many of our lovely
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(animal) friends may not be around for much
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(long). A report by the WWF shows the population of several animals has gone down by 69 per cent since 1970. In fact, most of the world's land has been affected(影响） by human
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(activity). Many forests have been cut down to make farmland. Many animals are
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(die) out because of overhunting. Another example is overfishing: The Chinese paddlefish(白鲟） were one of
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world's largest freshwater fishes, which could grow to 7.5 metres. The fish
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a big nose were also called “elephant fish”. However, scientists from China said they had died out.
“We should find ways to meet the needs of our growing population while protecting the environment,” the WWF said. It has called on governments around the world to work together
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(protect) nature. There
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(be) several things we can do. For example, we shouldn't use things
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(make) of the body parts of animals. We should all play a part in taking care of the beautiful earth
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lovely animals.
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解析：
【分析】先通读短文理解主旨，再结合语境和语法规则逐个分析填空：1. 名词作定语修饰名词用单数；2. much修饰形容词比较级；3. human后接可数名词复数；4. 现在进行时需用动词现在分词；5. 形容词最高级前加定冠词；6. 介词表“带有”；7. 不定式作目的状语；8. there be句型be动词由主语单复数决定；9. 过去分词作定语表被动；10. 并列成分用并列连词。
【解析】1. 此处名词作定语修饰friends，需用单数形式，故填animal；2. much用于修饰形容词比较级，构成“not much longer”表示“不会更久”，故填longer；3. human后接名词，activity为可数名词，此处泛指人类各类活动，用复数形式activities；4. 句子为现在进行时，结构为“be+现在分词”，die的现在分词是dying，故填dying；5. 形容词最高级前必须加定冠词the，故填the；6. 此处表示“带有大鼻子的鱼”，用介词with表“具有、带有”，故填with；7. 此处表目的，用不定式to protect作目的状语，故填to protect；8. there be句型中be动词由其后复数主语several things决定，故填are；9. things与make是被动关系，用过去分词made作后置定语，故填made；10. 连接两个并列名词短语，用并列连词and，故填and。
【答案】1. animal 2. longer 3. activities 4. dying 5. the 6. with 7. to protect 8. are 9. made 10. and
【知识点】名词用法、动词形式、冠词介词用法
【点评】本题为英语短文填空题型，综合考查词汇与语法运用能力，需结合语境分析每个空的语法要求，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
