题型：完形填空 题类： 难易度：普通
湖北省武汉市武珞路中学2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷
When I was ten, I realized that my elder sister was different. We were in the same school. She was so1 that she couldn't even look at people in the eye. So I never told anyone 2 that she was my sister. However, one thing happened just two years ago. It changed3 I thought of her. It also changed me.
Just two years ago, the school asked everyone to give a show. 4 my sister was unable to work with others, she was the only one left without a group. So she had to do it 5 . "I will sing," my sister told my parents and invited me to watch it. Hearing that, I was 6 . How could my sister, who was so shy, sing in front of the school? I knew very well that if I 7 this to happen, she and I would become a joke. But she insisted (坚持).
The big day came. I sat in the seat telling myself, "It is fine. 8 knows she is your sister." The show started. My sister 9 in front of us. It took her almost a whole minute to tell her name and class! "Why is she taking so long?" People 10 me became impatient. I felt nervous seat, hoping I was somewhere else. 11 , my sister started to sing. She opened her mouth, and I couldn't believe it-she sang so12 ! It won high praise from all the students and teachers.
At that moment, I realized that I was 13 . How could I doubt my sister's abilities? 14 filled my heart as I listened to the song. Although she knew that I was not 15 to watch her show, she still forgave me. She never took anything that I did to her to heart. It was then that I decided to love her completely.
Dame Daphne Sheldrick did a great job -she protected and returned orphaned (孤儿的) elephant babies to the wild. In 1977, Sheldrick and her team David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust began to save and raise hundreds of orphaned elephant babies in Kenya. Here is what she shared with us in an interview.
Question: Can you tell us about your first interaction (互动) with an elephant?
Sheldrick: My first close interaction with elephants was that with my husband's two elephant orphans. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Question: Why did you set up David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust?
Sheldrick: {#blank#}2{#/blank#}David was, at the time, the finest wildlife warden (看守人) in Africa. After my husband died, there were many orphaned elephant babies that needed to be saved, so I came to help. That is how it all began.
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Sheldrick: The orphans often come back to see their human family and the other orphans... Elephants never forget. They love their keepers for life.
Question: What can children do to protect wildlife?
Sheldrick: Children can help keep the environment clean and safe for wildlife. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}They can also raise money to help those working with wildlife.
A. Do the animals ever come back to visit? B. I came to love and understand those orphans. C. People are trying harder than before to save wildlife. D. The idea came from the love of my husband's many friends. E. They can join the wildlife club and learn to speak up for animals. |
Do you want to save and raise orphaned elephant babies like Sheldrick when you grow up? Why or why not? (答案不超过15个单词){#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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