09-冲刺2023年中考英语首字母填空临考押题（上海专用）.docx

冲刺202 3 年中考英语首字母填空临考押题 （上海专用）09 （ 一 ） Otters（水獭） are cute water animals. These days, keeping otters as pets is getting popular. In Japan, some “ otter caf é s ” are open for b ____1____ . People can pay to play with the otters there and to take photos with them. In Indonesia, people go swimming with their pet otters and take funny videos. These photos and videos posted online have attrac ted more people to buy otters as pets. However, these enjoyable photos and videos hide the damage that the online trade is doing to otters. In fact, wild otters are f ____2____ many threats — they have long been hunted for their coats; in some places, fishermen have been killing otters in order to stop them from eating fish; and now, the online pet trade has become a ____3____ big problem for otters. In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life. According to a report, 70% of the otters sold online are under one year old. These baby otters have been s ____4____ from their mothers. When they are kept as pets by humans, they do not live full and natural lives. Otters are very social. They live in family groups of up to 15 in the wild. Keeping an otter as a pet can make it very sad and l ____5____ . These animals also need enough space to swim. Their owners ’ bathtubs（浴缸） or pools are nowhere near as large as the bodies of water in the wild. On the other hand, otters simply don ’ t make good pets. They hav