中考真题2023年江西省完形填空-拯救小象
中考真题2023年江西省完形填空-拯救小象

Saving Baby Elephants

 Mishak rubs (擦) his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is ____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 ____2____ from an elephant rescue (救援) center. ____3____, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing here. For one thing, hunters ____4____ elephants for their ivory. For another, people build homes and plant fields where ____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 ____6____. As a result, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.

 When a baby elephant ____7____ its mother, it’s also in great danger. This is because it needs its mother’s milk for about four years. ____8____ this milk, the baby has little chance to live. Research shows that elephants, like people, have ____9____. If the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.

 The center’s job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the ____10____ step by step. First, keepers take turns looking after the baby elephants ____11____ 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) ____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 ____13____, keepers move it to the wild. This makes elephants become ____14____. It often takes them eight to ten years to get used to the wild.

 At bedtime, Mishak has to lie down and ____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.”


1.1.

A nervous

B down

C tired

D shy

解析:选C。答案:C. tired前文描述了“揉眼睛”和“早上5:30没睡多少觉”这两个具体场景。分析选项:A. nervous(紧张)通常与焦虑和担忧有关,但文中未体现;B. down(沮丧、情绪低落)描述的是一种心理情绪,而非直接的生理状态;C. tired(疲惫的)完美对应了睡眠不足的生理表现;D. shy(害羞的)描述的是性格,与上下文无关。因此,“疲惫”是最直接、最准确的答案。

2.2.

A teacher

B keeper

C doctor

D policeman

解析:选B。答案:B. keeper文中描述Mishak喂养和看护小象。分析选项:A. teacher(老师)负责教学;B. keeper(饲养员、保育员)专门负责动物的日常照料,符合语境;C. doctor(医生)主要负责治疗疾病;D. policeman(警察)负责治安。结合“大象救援中心”的背景,B选项“保育员”是最贴合他身份的职业。

3.3.

A Unluckily

B Finally

C Excitedly

D Suddenly

解析:选A。答案:A. Unluckily该空格需要引导一个表示不幸事实的状语。分析选项:A. Unluckily(不幸地),用来引出后续大象被猎杀、失去家园等负面信息,符合逻辑;B. Finally(最终)表示时间顺序的结束;C. Excitedly(兴奋地)表达积极情绪,与悲伤事实矛盾;D. Suddenly(突然地)强调意外性,而大象的困境是一个长期问题。因此,用“不幸地”来承上启下最为恰当。

4.4.

A buy

B kill

C keep

D collect

解析:选B。答案:B. kill根据“for their ivory”(为了它们的象牙)可知,猎人的目的是获取象牙。分析选项:A. buy(购买)、C. keep(饲养、保持)、D. collect(收集)都不符合猎人为获取象牙而采取行动的语境。B. kill(杀死)是获取象牙最直接的方式,因此是正确答案。

5.5.

A hunters

B elephants

C adults

D keepers

解析:选B。答案:B. elephants该句谈论人类建造房屋和开垦农田的地点。逻辑上,这些地方原本应该是野生动物(这里特指大象)的栖息地。分析选项:A. hunters(猎人)、C. adults(成年人)、D. keepers(饲养员)都不是土地的原始“居民”。因此,“大象曾经生活的地方”构成了与人类活动冲突的背景。

6.6.

A us

B it

C her

D them

解析:选D。答案:D. them前一句的主语是“Hungry elephants”(饥饿的大象),是复数形式。当它们破坏庄稼时,农民报复的对象就是“它们”。分析选项:A. us(我们)指代错误;B. it(它)是单数;C. her(她)也是单数且特指女性。只有D. them(它们)可以正确指代前文的复数名词“elephants”。

7.7.

A loses

B helps

C saves

D follows

解析:选A。答案:A. loses本段讨论小象失去母亲后的危险。分析选项:A. loses(失去)直接点明核心问题;B. helps(帮助)、C. saves(拯救)是积极动作,与“处于巨大危险中”的语境相反;D. follows(跟随)不符合孤儿小象的处境。因此,“失去”母亲是它面临危险的根本原因。

8.8.

A By

B For

C As

D Without

解析:选D。 答案:D. Without前句说明小象需要母奶四年,本句说“___这奶,小象几乎没有存活机会”,构成条件关系。分析选项:A. By(通过)、B. For(为了)、C. As(作为)代入后逻辑不通或语义不完整。D. Without(没有)构成“如果没有…就…”的假设条件,清晰表达了母奶的必要性。

9.9.

A foods

B homes

C friends

D feelings

解析:选D。 答案:D. feelings后文举例说“如果母象死了,小象会悲伤、生病”,这是“情感”的具体表现。分析选项:A. foods(食物)、B. homes(家园)、C. friends(朋友)都是具体事物,而“悲伤和生病”是内在情感反应,证明了动物和人类一样拥有D. feelings(感情、情感)。

10.10.

A center

B zoo

C wild

D city

解析:选C。答案:C. wild救援中心的最终目标是让动物回归自然。分析选项:A. center(中心)是它们目前所在的地方;B. zoo(动物园)是圈养场所,不是理想的回归地;C. wild(野外、大自然)是野生动物本应生活的地方;D. city(城市)是人类密集区,不适合大象。因此,“送它们回归野外”是终极目标。

11.11.

A unless

B but

C or

D because

解析:选D。答案:D. because句子前后是明确的因果关系。“保育员轮流照顾小象”是做法,“他们不想让小象过度依赖某一位保育员”是原因。分析选项:A. unless(除非)表示条件;B. but(但是)表示转折;C. or(或者)表示选择;只有D. because(因为)能正确表达这种原因。

12.12.

A easy

B fast

C important

D strange

解析:选C。 答案:C. important后半句“因为大象能学会如何在野外觅食和交流”解释了为什么这个步骤有价值。分析选项:A. easy(容易的)、B. fast(快速的)文中未提及;D. strange(奇怪的)是负面或中性评价;C. important(重要的)正面评价了这个步骤的关键作用,因为它教授了野外生存的核心技能。

13.13.

A milk

B fruits

C grass

D leaves

解析:选A。 答案:A. milk前文多次强调,小象需要母亲(或替代的)的“奶”长达四年。分析选项:B. fruits(水果)、C. grass(草)、D. leaves(叶子)都是大象长大后吃的固体食物。当大象四岁时,它“不再需要”的正是从出生起就依赖的A. milk(奶),这标志着一个重要的成长节点。

14.14.

A brave

B popular

C friendly

D patient

解析:选A。答案:A. brave这个过程(逐步放归野外)的目的是让大象适应独立、危险的野外生活。分析选项:B. popular(受欢迎的)、C. friendly(友好的)、D. patient(耐心的)都不是野外生存最关键的品质。面对野外挑战,动物需要变得A. brave(勇敢的)来应对未知和危险。

15.15.

A work

B play

C study

D sleep

解析:选D。 答案:D. sleep关键词是“At bedtime”(就寝时间)。分析选项:A. work(工作)、B. play(玩耍)、C. study(学习)都不是睡前的主要活动。在睡前,Mishak需要躺下来陪小象D. sleep(睡觉),这模仿了象群中家庭成员相伴而眠的自然行为,能给小象安全感。