中考真题2024年广东省广州市完形填空1-保护企鹅
The sun was shining on the blue water. Ben and Sue were building a sand castle with Dad on the beach. Suddenly, they heard ___1___ loud noise coming from behind some rocks. The two kids ___2___ climbed onto the rocks and ___3___ over. They were so surprised at ___4___ they saw.
“Penguins (企鹅) ! I’ve never seen penguins on a beach!” shouted Ben. “Shhh! Be quiet ___5___ you’ll make them feel afraid.” Dad said in a low voice. “Those are African Penguins. This beach is ___6___ home.”
At that moment, Dad noticed a seabird walking ___7___ the penguin eggs near the rocks. He quickly drove it away.
“The seabird will eat the penguin eggs,” said Dad. “Come with me.”
They walked along the beach ___8___ they came to a small house with a sign saying Penguin Care Centre. “This is where I work. These African Penguins are in danger now. But luckily there are still ___9___ of them left in the world. My job is to take care of them.” Dad said.
“That’s great!” said Ben.
“Yes. The number of the penguins was once much ___10___ , but it isn’t very big anymore. One reason is that the penguin eggs ___11___ by seabirds and other animals. ___12___ is that the fishermen in this area catch too many fish. Penguins ___13___ find enough food for their babies. So the government is taking action to stop people ___14___ for a whole season every year.” Dad explained.
“Now we are trying our best ___15___ the penguin eggs. Do you want to help me?” Dad asked.
“Yes!” Ben and Sue both replied
1.1.
A a
B an
C the
D /
解析：选A。noise此处为可数名词，表“一声巨响”，loud以辅音音素开头，需用不定冠词a，故选A。
2.2.
A care
B caring
C careful
D carefully
解析：选D。此处修饰动词climbed，需用副词；care是动词，caring是形容词/现在分词，careful是形容词，carefully是副词，意为“小心地”，故选D。
3.3.
A look
B looking
C looked
D to look
解析：选C。and连接并列谓语，前文climbed 是一般过去时，此处look也需用过去式looked，look over意为“眺望；查看”，故选C。
4.4.
A what
B that
C how
D which
解析：选A。空格处引导宾语从句，且在从句中作saw的宾语，表“看到的东西”；what可在宾语从句中作宾语，that无实义，how表方式，which表选择，故选A。
5.5.
A and
B or
C but
D so
解析：选B。前半句“保持安静”和后半句“会让它们感到害怕”是转折条件关系，or用于祈使句后，表“否则”，符合语境；and表并列，but表转折，so表因果，故选B。
6.6.
A they
B them
C their
D theirs
解析：选C。此处修饰名词home，需用形容词性物主代词；they是主格，them是宾格，their是形容词性物主代词，theirs 是名词性物主代词，故选C。
7.7.
A above
B off
C towards
D from
解析：选C。根据后文 “爸爸迅速把它赶走”，可知海鸟正朝着企鹅蛋走去；towards意为“朝向”，above意为“在…… 上方”，off意为“离开”，from 意为“从”，故选C。
8.8.
A if
B when
C unless
D until
解析：选D。句意为 “他们沿着海滩走，直到来到一个挂着‘企鹅关爱中心’牌子的小房子前”；until意为 “直到…… 为止”，if表条件，when表时间，unless表除非，故选D。
9.9.
A few
B a few
C little
D a little
解析：选B。9.few/a few修饰可数名词复数，little/a little修饰不可数名词，penguins是可数名词复数，排除C、D；few 表“几乎没有”，a few表“有一些”，结合“幸运的是”，可知是 “还有一些企鹅”，故选B。
10.10.
A big
B bigger
C biggest
D the biggest
解析：选B。much可修饰形容词比较级，表“……得多”；big是原级，bigger是比较级，biggest是最高级，故选B。
11.11.
A eat
B ate
C are eating
D are eaten
解析：选D。主语the penguin eggs和动词eat之间是被动关系，表“企鹅蛋被海鸟吃掉”，需用一般现在时的被动语态are eaten，故选D。
12.12.
A Another
B Other
C Others
D The others
解析：选A。前文提到“一个原因是……”，此处表 “另一个原因是……”；another表“三者及以上中的另一个”，后接单数名词，other后接复数名词，others是代词，the others表特指，空后是is，故选A。
13.13.
A mustn't
B needn't
C can't
D shouldn't
解析：选C。前文提到“渔民捕了太多鱼”，可知企鹅“不能” 为幼崽找到足够的食物；can’t意为“不能”，mustn’t意为 “禁止”，needn’t意为 “不必”，shouldn’t意为“不应该”，故选C。
14.14.
A fish
B fished
C to fish
D fishing
解析：选D。固定搭配stop sb. doing sth.，意为“阻止某人做某事”，故此处用fishing，选D。
15.15.
A protect
B to protect
C protecting
D protected
解析：选B。固定搭配try one’s best to do sth.，意为“尽某人最大努力做某事”，故此处用 to protect，选B。