2023-2024学年八年级英语下册Unit 8 Life in the future 语法填空训练（牛津深圳版）（含解析）

Unit 8 Life in the future
单元语法填空练习
（22-23八年级上·广东深圳·期中）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡相应位置。
Here is the car of the future! This car is very different 1 today’s cars; it is silent and clean. Today’s cars have wheels, but this one does not. It 2 (move) like a snail, but is much faster than a snail!
This car will use electricity instead of gasoline. It will have 3 (battery) that can be recharged (充电) very quickly from chargers built into the road. It will also be easy to drive.
In fact, you won’t need to drive the car because it will drive 4 (it). You will just need to tell the computer: “Go to X” and the car will go there. Also, it will reach your destination (目的地) very quickly, much 5 (fast) than today’s cars. It will also be very safe and comfortable.
A lot of the technology already exists, 6 it is very experimental. Scientists are making new materials for the surfaces of roads. Fifty years from now, perhaps sooner, some new roads will have solar energy panels. They will store energy under 7 road and some cars will be able to use it.
However, you 8 (probable) won’t ever drive a “snail car”, even if you’re under 20 today. This, perhaps, is the car of the year 2100, the car that your grandchildren will maybe drive.
Driving will be nice in the 9 (22) century! No pollution, no traffic jams, no stress. Scientists have lots of ideas about the cars of the future. It will be 10 (interest) to see what ideas they come up with many years from now.
（21-22八年级下·广东深圳·期末）语法填空
Our city will have an amazing future. There will be much 11 (few) people working in offices, compared with today. Most people will work at home with their computers, smart phones or other 12 (electron) products. Powerful network will connect all of us and make work much more efficient（高效的）. Since most work can be done by AI, fewer workers in the factories 13 (require). Most people will work six hours a day and three days a week. There will be many new types of jobs in the future such as space policeman 14 space tour guide. 15 (take) a spaceship will be as easy as taking an airplane today. The space tour guides will be similar to the tour guides today, having good knowledge of the 16 (attract) and making travels pleasant. Because 17 the development of science and technology, a travel from Shenzhen to the
moon will be a trip instead of a journey. It will only take us several hours 18 (get) there. Visitor will be able to drive a special car on the moon. Of course, he/she will need to get the moon-driving license（资格） 19 (one). The future of our city will be great and it is our responsibility to make the bright future 20 reality.
（22-23八年级上·吉林长春·期末）In some science fiction movies, people in the future have their own robots. They help 21 (do) the housework, and do the most dangerous jobs.
Some scientists believe that robots will be 22 to talk to people in the future. However, they agree it may 23 (take) hundreds of years. They are now trying to make robots look like people, and do the same things 24 us. There are already robots 25 (work) in factories. They do simple jobs over and over 26 . They will never get bored. In the future, there will be more robots everywhere and humans will have 27 (little) work to do. New robots will have many different 28 (shape). Some will look like humans and 29 might look like snakes. They could help look 30 people under buildings after an earthquake (地震). That may not seem possible now, but we never know what will happen in the future!
（23-24八年级上·吉林长春·期末）阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Do you often leave your keys at home when you go out Or, do you often keep your TV or computer 31 (work) when you don’t use them Someone 32 (agree) that problems probably happen because of these kinds of things. However, in the near future, we will live in smart houses (智能住宅) 33 (comfortable). These houses are better than many apartments now. And they will make our life much 34 (easy).
When we leave home each morning, the TV and computer will close by 35 (they). When you get home each evening, everything will be ready. Your favorite music or TV program will be on. The robot will look like a human servant and play 36 part in doing housework.
Your smart house will be able to stop other 37 (danger) things from happening. For example, 38 something is on fire, your smart house will feel it and give off a sound. Then you will be 39 to do something to stop the fire in time. Your smart house will never fall down, so you don’t need to be 40 (worry) when an earthquake (地震) comes.
（22-23八年级下·湖南·开学考试）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
What will our life be like in the future I think it 41 (be) much more colorful.
In the future, the world will change a lot in many ways. The means of transportation is just one of them. Many people will probably have 42 (they) own planes. It will be much easier for people 43 (go) anywhere at any time. What’s more, new energy (能源) will be used, so there will be less pollution.
Different robots will work as 44 (servant) to help us do lots of work in the future. For example, they can clean the floor faster and more 45 (careful). People will have a physical examination (检查) once a week 46 the help of robots. In this way, people can become much 47 (healthy) than now and live longer lives.
Maybe I will become 48 engineer in the future. I will design (设计) and build different houses for people. And I will make people’s homes look like beautiful beaches or anything else they want. It will be wonderful 49 enjoyable.
All in all, I do believe the world will be a better place in the future. And I really look forward to 50 (live) a more colorful life.
（21-22八年级下·广东深圳·单元测试）Now it may be difficult to predict (预言) the future, but many people believe that we will live on Mars by the year 2100. Our own planet, the Earth, is 51 (become) more and more crowded and polluted. But what 52 (problem) will we need to solve before we go to Mars
First of all, transport (运输) should be much 53 (good). Now human beings need to spend months going to Mars by spaceship. However, by 2100, spaceships can travel 54 half the speed of light. It might take us two or three days to get there.
Secondly, human beings need food, water and air to live. Scientists should develop plants that can be 55 (grow) on Mars. The plants will produce the food, water and air that we need. However, there is no answer for all 56 problems now.
There is also a problem for us 57 (live) on Mars. Mars attracts us much less than the Earth does. This will be dangerous 58 we might easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space there. So we will have to wear special shoes to make 59 (we) heavier.
In some ways, life on Mars may not be better than that on Earth today. Food will not be the same. Meals will 60 (probable) be in the form of pills (药片) and will not be as delicious as they are today. Also, space travel will possibly make many people feel very uncomfortable.
（21-22八年级上·湖南衡阳·期末）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正
确形式。
Rita: I will have a lot of changes（变化）in the future, such 61 my looks, my work and my hobbies.
I think I will have long brown hair. I will be 62 （fat）than now and I will be taller than now. I would like to be an English 63 because I like children and I think they are clever and lovely. I can help children open their eyes and I believe I can give them a good start. So I must learn English 64 （good）.
As for my hobbies, I like drawing cartoon characters and reading magazines. But in the future I’ll often skate and sing songs because they are exciting and interesting and they can keep me 65 （health）.
I hope my future plans will come true.
Tina: I am not really sure what I’ll be doing in the future. And I think the future is far away from me. I guess that I 66 be an interpreter or a pilot. I like English. I think English is very 67 （use）but it is very difficult.
I like travelling, too. I want to travel around the world. But I’m too 68 to enjoy my life now. On weekdays I have many subjects to learn. And on weekends I have many friends to play with. Sometimes we go shopping and sometimes we do many 69 （difference）things. In the future, I will have a good family and I must look 70 my parents well because I have grown up. I don’t worry about the future. I’m really sure I will have a good future if I work hard.
（21-22八年级上·吉林长春·期末）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Today is the 71 (one) day of the new term. At the 72 (begin) of the class, Mr. Chen asked us what our New Year’s 73 (resolution) were and what we wanted to be in the future. Here are some of my classmates’ answers.
Helen said, “I want to be a doctor because I want to save people’s lives. To make my dream come 74 , I’m going to study much 75 (hard) so that I can get into a good university to study medicine.”
Li Jun said, “I’m good at writing. So I hope to be a 76 in the future. I’m going to keep 77 writing stories and send them to magazines and newspapers.”
Tony said, “Many people think I’m good at talking. Yes, I am! When I 78 up, I want to be a guide and show people 79 different countries. To make their trips to other countries easier, I need to learn 80 (speak) different languages.”
参考答案：
1．from 2．moves 3．batteries 4．itself 5．faster 6．but 7．the 8．probably 9．22nd/twenty-second 10．interesting
【导语】本文主要介绍了未来的充电汽车将会是什么样的。
1．句意：这辆车和现在的车很不一样。be different from“与……不同”，固定短语，故填from。
2．句意：它像蜗牛一样移动，但比蜗牛快得多！主语是it，结合“but is much faster than a snail”可知，时态是一般现在时，谓语动词用三单形式，故填moves。
3．句意：它的电池可以通过安装在道路上的充电器快速充电。battery“电池”，可数名词，空前没有限定词，所以空处用名词的复数形式，故填batteries。
4．句意：事实上，你不需要驾驶汽车，因为它会自动驾驶。根据“you won’t need to drive the car”可知，应是汽车会自动驾驶，此处用it对应的反身代词itself。故填itself。
5．句意：而且，它会很快到达你的目的地，比现在的汽车快多了。它也会非常安全舒适。由“much”和“than”可知，此处用fast的比较级形式faster。故填faster。
6．句意：很多技术已经存在，但还处于实验阶段。空前空后是转折关系，所以用but连接，故填but。
7．句意：它们将在路面下储存能量，一些汽车将能够使用它。根据“store energy under ...road”及语境可知，此处是特指上文提到的路，所以用定冠词the，故填the。
8．句意：然而，你可能永远不会开一辆“蜗牛车”，即使你现在不到20岁。分析句子可知，空处在句中作状语，所以用probable的副词形式，故填probably。
9．句意：在22世纪开车会很好。空处作定语修饰单数名词century，所以用22的序数词22nd/twenty-second，故填22nd/twenty-second。
10．句意：看看他们多年后会想出什么主意将会很有趣。be动词后跟形容词，主语是动词不定式，所以用interest对应的形容词interesting。故填interesting。
11．fewer 12．electronic 13．are required 14．or 15．Taking 16．attraction 17．of 18．to get 19．first 20．become
【导语】本文是对未来美好生活的畅想。
11．句意：与今天相比，在办公室工作的人将更少。根据“compared with today”可知，此处应用few的比较级，fewer“较少的，更少的”。故填fewer。
12．句意：大多数人会在家里用电脑、智能手机或其他电子产品工作。products是名词，前面要用形容词修饰，electron的形容词为electronic“电子的”。故填electronic。
13．句意：由于大多数工作可以由人工智能完成，因此工厂需要的工人更少。主语是动作的承受者，要用被动语态be done；时态是一般现在时，且主语“workers ”是复数，故填are required。
14．句意：未来将有许多新的工作种类，如太空警察或太空导游。根据“such as space policeman…space tour guide.”可知，此处表示“或者”，用表示选择关系的连词or。故填or。
15．句意：乘宇宙飞船像现在乘飞机一样容易。take“乘坐”动词，作主语应用其动名词形式taking。故填Taking。
16．句意：太空导游将与今天的导游相似，对景点有很好的了解，使旅行愉快。the后用名词，attract“吸引”动词，其名词形式为attraction“有吸引力的事物”。故填attraction。
17．句意：由于科学技术的发展，从深圳到月球的旅行将是一次短途旅行而不是长途旅行。because of“因为，由于”固定短语。故填of。
18．句意：我们到那里只需要几个小时。It takes sb. some time to do sth.“花费某人一些时间做某事”，故填to get。
19．句意：当然，首先他/她需要拿到月球驾驶执照。one“一个”基数词，根据语境可知，此处需要填一个副词，first副词，表示“首先”。故填first。
20．句意：我们城市的未来将是美好的，我们有责任使美好的未来成为现实。根据“make the bright future…reality.”可知，此处指使美好的未来“become成为”现实，make后面要用动词原形。故填become。
21．do 22．able 23．take 24．as 25．working 26．again 27．less 28．shapes 29．others 30．for
【导语】本文主要讲述了在未来社会的机器人，详细的描述了机器人的特点，及在社会生活中的巨大作用。
21．句意：他们帮忙做家务，做最危险的工作。help do sth.“帮忙做某事”。故填do。
22．句意：一些科学家相信机器人将来能够与人交谈。be able to do sth.“能够做某事”。故填
able。
23．句意：然而，他们同意这可能需要数百年的时间。may后接动词原形。故填take。
24．句意：他们现在正试图让机器人看起来像人，做和我们一样的事情。the same ... as“和……一样的……”。故填as。
25．句意：已经有机器人在工厂里工作了。“There be sb. doing sth.”表示“有某人正在做某事”。故填working。
26．句意：他们一遍又一遍地做简单的工作。over and over again“一遍又一遍”。故填again。
27．句意：在未来，到处都会有更多的机器人，而人类要做的工作将会减少。根据“there will be more robots everywhere”可知机器人更多，人类要做的工作越少，用little的比较级less。故填less。
28．句意：新的机器人将有许多不同的形状。many后接可数名词复数。故填shapes。
29．句意：有些看起来像人，有些看起来像蛇。some ... others ...“有些……有些……”。故填others。
30．句意：它们可以在地震后帮助寻找建筑物下的人。look for“寻找”。故填for。
31．working 32．agrees 33．more comfortably 34．easier 35．themselves 36．a 37．dangerous 38．if 39．able 40．worried
【导语】本文主要是对未来生活的畅想。未来人们会住在智能住宅里，里面有机器人仆人，离开家时该关闭的东西会自行关闭，回到家之前所有的东西会为你准备好，当遇到危险时智能住宅能感知得到并发出响声，而且你的智能住宅永远不会倒塌。
31．句意: 或者, 你经常让它们一直工作吗？keep sb./sth. doing sth.“让某人/某物一直做某事”，所以填动名词形式。故填working。
32．句意: 有人同意，这些问题可能会因为这些事情而发生。观察句子，此处需要动词作谓语；根据语境，时态为一般现在时；主语“Someone ”为不定代词，所以，谓语动词用三单形式。故填agrees。
33．句意：然而，在不久的将来，我们将住在更舒适的智能住宅中。根据下文“These houses are better than many apartments now. And they will make our life much…(easy).”可知此处谈到未来的居住环境比现在应是更舒适，空处应用comfortable的副词形式的比较级more comfortably，修饰动词live，故填more comfortably。
34．句意：而且它们会使我们的生活更容易。“make sth+形容词”表示“使某物怎么样”，much修饰比较级。故填easier。
35．句意：当我们每天早上离开家时，电视和电脑会自行关闭。by oneself“独自，自行”，表示电视和电脑会自行关闭，空处应用they的反身代词themselves，故填themselves。
36．句意：机器人看起来就会像一个人类仆人，并在做家务方面发挥作用。根据“play...part in doing housework”可知，此处是动词短语play a part in“在……中起作用”。故填a。
37．句意：你的智能住宅将能够阻止其他危险的事情发生。空处作定语修饰名词things，所以用danger的形容词形式dangerous。故填dangerous。
38．句意：例如，如果有东西着火了，你的智能住宅会感觉得到并发出响声。根据“...something is on fire, your smart house will feel it and give off a sound”可知，前句“有东西着火”是后句“智能家居能感觉出来并发出响声”的肯定条件，所以空处用if“如果”引导条件状语从句。故填if。
39．句意：然后你就能做些什么来及时灭火。上文讲到如果有东西着火，智能家居会发出响声，这样你就能够做些事情来灭火，be able to do“能够做某事”，固定短语，故填able。
40．句意：你的智能住宅永远不会倒塌，所以地震来时你不必担心。be后跟形容词坐标与，主语是you，修饰人，用-ed结尾的形容词worried“担心的”。故填worried。
41．will be 42．their 43．to go 44．servants 45．carefully 46．with 47．healthier 48．an 49．and 50．living
【导语】本文主要畅想了未来的生活。
41．句意：我认为它将会更加丰富多彩。根据“What will our life be like in the future”可知此处用一般将来时will do。故填will be。
42．句意：许多人可能会拥有他们自己的飞机。空后是名词，此处用形容词性物主代词their。故填their。
43．句意：这将使人们在任何时候去任何地方变得更加容易。此处是it is adj. for sb. to do sth.“做某事对某人来说是……的”。故填to go。
44．句意：不同的机器人将作为仆人帮助我们做很多工作。根据“Different robots”可知此处用名词复数servant“仆人”。故填servants。
45．句意：例如，他们可以更快更仔细地清洁地板。此处修饰动词clean用副词carefully。
故填carefully。
46．句意：在机器人的帮助下，人们将每周进行一次身体检查。with the help of“在……的帮助下”。故填with。
47．句意：通过这种方式，人们可以变得比现在更健康，拥有更长的寿命。根据“than”可知此处用比较级healthier。故填healthier。
48．句意：也许我将来会成为一名工程师。此处泛指“一名工程师”，engineer以元音音素开头， 用不定冠词an。故填an。
49．句意：这将是美妙而愉快的。根据“wonderful...enjoyable”可知前后是并列关系，用and连接。故填and。
50．句意：我真的很期待过上更加丰富多彩的生活。look forward to doing sth.“期待做某事”。故填living。
51．becoming 52．problems 53．better 54．at 55．grown 56．the 57．to live 58．because 59．ourselves 60．probably
【导语】本文讲述的是假如我们将来去了火星生活会发生哪些变化。
51．句意：我们自己的星球，地球，正变得越来越拥挤和污染。根据“Our own planet, the Earth, is...more and more crowded and polluted.”可知，时态是现在进行时，故填becoming。
52．句意：但是在我们去火星之前，我们需要解决哪些问题呢？此处表示复数含义，使用名词复数形式，故填problems。
53．句意：首先，交通应该更好。“much”修饰比较级，故填better。
54．句意：然而，到2100年，宇宙飞船的速度可以达到光速的一半。at the speed of“以……速度”，故填at。
55．句意：科学家应该开发出可以在火星上生长的植物。此处是含情态动词的被动语态，动词用过去分词形式，故填grown。
56．句意：然而，目前还没有解决所有问题的答案。此处特指所有的问题，用定冠词the，故填the。
57．句意：我们在火星上生活也有一个问题。根据“There is also a problem for us...on Mars.”可知，此处使用动词不定式作定语，故填to live。
58．句意：这将是危险的，因为我们很容易跳得太高，慢慢地飞到那里的太空。“we might easily
jump too high and fly slowly away into space there”是“This will be dangerous”的原因，用because引导原因状语从句，故填because。
59．句意：因此，我们将不得不穿特殊的鞋子，使自己更重。根据“So we will have to wear special shoes to make...heavier.”可知，主语和宾语是同一人，是使自己更重，用反身代词形式。故填ourselves。
60．句意：饭菜可能会以药片的形式出现，不会像今天这样美味。此处在句中修饰动词，用副词probably表示“可能地”，故填probably。
61．as 62．fatter 63．teacher 64．well 65．healthy 66．will 67．useful 68．busy 69．different 70．after
【导语】本文是两位同学对未来的计划。
61．句意：未来我会有很多变化，比如我的长相、工作和爱好。根据“ such…my looks, my work and my hobbies.”可知，此处在举例，such as“比如”，故填as。
62．句意：我会比现在更胖，并且也会比现在更高。结合“than”用比较级。故填fatter.
63．句意：我想成为一名英语老师因为我喜欢孩子，我认为他们聪明可爱。根据“because I like children and I think they are clever and lovely”。此处指成为一名英语老师，an+名词单数。故填teacher。
64．句意：所以我必须学好英语。根据“ learn English”可知，此处使用副词修饰动词。故填well。
65．句意：但在未来我会经常滑冰和唱歌，因为它们既刺激又有趣，可以让我保持健康。根据“keep me”，此处使用形容词，healthy“健康的”，故填healthy。
66．句意：我想我会成为一名口译员或飞行员。根据“And I think the future is far away from me.”和“be an interpreter or a pilot” 可知，此处指会成为，使用一般将来时，结构为will be。故填will。
67．句意：我认为英语很有用但是很难。结合“is”，此空用形容词useful“有用的”作表语。故填useful。
68．句意：但我现在太忙了，无法享受生活。结合“On weekdays I have many subjects to learn. And on weekends I have many friends to play with.”可知，很忙，使用形容词busy“忙碌的”，故填busy。
69．句意：有时我们去购物，有时我们做很多不同的事情。修饰things用形容词，different“不同的”。故填different。
70．句意：在未来，我会有一个好家庭，我必须照顾好我的父母，因为我已经长大了。根据“look …my parents well”，此处指照顾好父母，look after“照顾”。故填after。
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【分析】文章介绍了新学期开始，同学们各自的计划以及将来想做什么。
71．句意：今天是新学期的第一天。根据空前的“the”可知，此空应该填序数词。“one”的序数词是first。故填first。
72．句意：在课程开始时，陈老师问我们的新年计划是什么。at the beginning of“在……的开始”，是固定短语，故填beginning。
73．句意：在课程开始时，陈老师问我们的新年计划是什么以及我们未来想做什么。根据“Mr. Chen asked us”可知，此空应该用“resolution”的复数。故填resolutions。
74．句意：为了实现我的梦想，我将更加努力地学习。此处指的是come true“实现梦想”，故填true。
75．句意：为了实现我的梦想，我将更加努力地学习，这样我就可以进入一所好大学学习医学。根据“I’m going to study”可知，此处指的是“学习更努力”，空格前有much修饰，形容词用比较级形式，故填harder。
76．句意：所以我希望将来成为一名作家。根据“I’m good at writing.”可知，此处说的是想成为作家，空格前有a修饰，名词应用单数形式，故填writer。
77．句意：为了成为一名作家，我要继续写故事，并寄给杂志和报纸。根据句意可知，此处指的是“继续做某事”，英语表达为keep on doing sth，故填on。
78．句意：当我长大后，我想成为一名导游。根据“I want to be a guide”可知，此处指的是“长大”，表达为grow up，主语是第一人称I，动词用原形，故填grow。
79．句意：我想成为一名导游，带领人们游览不同的国家。根据空后“different countries”可知，此处是指“游览不同的国家”，应该用around“围绕，环绕”。故填around。
80．句意：为了让他们更容易去其他国家旅行，我需要学习说不同的语言。根据“different languages”可知，此处指的是“讲不同的语言”，应该用动词speak，此处是learn to do sth“学会做某事”，故填to speak。