Module 3 Journey to space 单元话题选词填空 【含答案】 -2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（外研版2024）

Module 3 Journey to space
单元话题选词填空
star, planet, universe, live, big, far, bright, close, enough, turn
In the , as we all know, there is the sun, the moon, the earth and a good many Through our geography lessons, we know the earth goes around the sun, and the moon goes around the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.
Just because the moon is to the earth than the sun, it looks than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are , and small things will also look bigger when they are nearer. The sun is big to give out very strong light. The moon can’t give any light at all, but it looks quite too. Why In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually (事实上) the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are farther away from the earth.
There are many other in the universe. But of all the planets, only on the earth there are things and people can only live on the earth too.
environment, planet, earth, reach, discover, universe, possible, group, yet, none
In the the moon is not as big as the earth-the we live on. And they are far away from each other in the Galaxy. In the Galaxy there is a large of stars and planets.
In 1969, three American astronauts the moon in a spaceship, but of them any living things there. It is very hot in the day and very cold at night. And there is no air there. The on the moon for anything to live on. Maybe Mars can have life in the future, but we’re not sure .
Everything on the moon is much lighter. Walking on the moon is like jumping and flying. So you can jump much higher on the moon than on the .
A.map, B.went, C.wonderful, D.with, E.going, F.sun, G.down, H.that, I.forgot, J.something
Last May, our family did very special on our trip. We to Mount Tai. We started our trip at 12:00 at night. Everyone in our family took a bag some food and drinks. After three hours, my mother looked at the and found out we were not anywhere near the top of the mountain. But my legs were so tired I wanted to stop walking. My father told me to keep , so I went on. At 5:00 a.m., we got to the top! We all jumped up and in excitement. Twenty minutes later, the started to come up. It was so beautiful that we about the last five hours! How our family trip was!
because, close, fly, impossibly, live, luck, prepare, send, similar, ticket, though, work
Humans might live on another planet one day! That seemed years ago. But now the idea might come true. Stephen Hawking, a great British scientist, said that we humans only have 1,000 years to lie on the earth. It means that humans to another planet in 1,000 years.
In fact, we have found one red planet—Mars. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and it's the to Earth, but it's much colder than Earth. For many years, scientists have studied Mars. Some years ago, they robots there and wanted to find water and life on Mars. , they found that there is water on it. Then the idea of living on Mars looks possible.
In 2013, Dutch scientists started the first plan to put humans on Mars in the 2030s. They offered (提供) people one-way to go and build new homes on Mars. it was dangerous, over 200 thousand people still wanted to take part in it.
US scientists showed another plan to get humans to Mars in 2033. They are on building larger rockets these days. They are also doing a lot of to help people get back to the earth.
I believe that humans will arrive in Mars and have an even look at our red neighbor.
smell, small, chance, experience, open, help, astronaut
Coolest Space Jobs
Many of us spent our childhoods dreaming of becoming astronauts. However, the hard reality is that only a select few will make it. But does that mean you'll never get the to work in space Not necessarily.
In fact, some of the space jobs are not only for and they all sound just as cool.
One of the most interesting space jobs that you may have never heard of is "chief sniffer (嗅探员)". NASA has already had a chief sniffer named George Aldrich, whose job is to materials and components (材料和零部件) before they are used in spaceships.
Another job is the "space tour guide". Being a space tour guide needs rich knowledge of astronomy (天文学), astrophysics (天体物理学), geography and history passengers get the most out of their journey. Tour guides also need to be excellent storytellers so that passengers can the true wonder of space travel.
Astronauts often spend weeks or even months in a/ an capsule (太空舱) with the same group of people, which is why a "space psychologist (心理学家)" is also needed to help astronauts overcome mental challenges, like feeling bored and lonely.
A. escape B. friendly C. dreamed of D. useful E. introduce F. differences G. as quickly as H. unlucky I. really
What will you do if you meet an alien here are some different opinions from the teenagers.
Jenny: Aliens are always mysterious (神秘的) to us. In my mind, allens are very dangerous because we don't know them very much. So, if I meet an alien, I will run away from him I can. I don't want to be killed by him. If I'm and get caught by him, I will keep cool and then try my best to . I won't risk my life to get along with the alien, even if he seems . I am too frightened to meet them.
Tom: If I have a chance to meet an alien, I will feel very lucky. I believe that everyone has living on other planets. I want to make friends with the alien. I want to know more about the life on his planet. I will ask him about the between the Earth and his planet. Maybe it is crazy, but I will the alien to my best friends. I think we will learn many things from talking with the aliens. We will become friends.
请根据短文内容，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确。选项中有两项是多余选项。
light grow candle day blow window bright break laugh minute believe suddenly
One day, a man was sitting inside his house and reading a book. The sun was shinning, and the wind was _____ through the open window. The man lit (点燃) a candle on the table.
The flame (火焰) on the candle _____ very bright. After a few _____, the candle turned to the man and said, "Look, how bright I am, sir."
"Yes," said the man. "You are a very bright candle."
_____, the flame became much brighter. "Am I the brightest candle you have ever seen " asked the candle.
"Yes," said the man. "You are the brightest _____ I've ever seen. You give off (发出) much _____."
The candle bragged (吹嘘), "You know, sir, I _____ I give off more light than the sun. Yes, I know for sure. I am even _____ than the sun high in the sky."
Just then the wind blew in through the _____ and blew out the flame on the candle.
The man _____ as he lit the candle again. "Candle," he said, "I don't think you should brag any more. The sun shines all the time, but you can't."
答案
一、填空题（共7题）
1. universe；stars；turning；closer；bigger；farther；enough；bright；planets；living
2. universe；planet；group；reached；none；discovered；environment；impossible；yet；earth
3. J；B；D；A；H；E；G；F；I；C
4.
(1) impossible
(2) will fly
(3) most similar
(4) sent
(5) Luckily
(6) tickets
(7) though
(8) working
(9) preparations
(10) closer
(1) 本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了人类在将来有可能移民火星的计划，科学家正在为之努力。
这在很多年前看是不可能。考查形容词。根据“But now the idea might come true.”提示可知在这件事自多年前似乎是不可能的，seem 动词，似乎，可以做系动词，后接形容词作表语；impossibly 副词，不可能地，impossible 形容词，不可能的。此处需要填形容词。
(2) 这意味着人类在 1,000 年后会飞到另一个星球。考查动词。根据“to another planet”及选项提示可知，此处是指飞往另一个星球，时间状语“in 1,000 years”表示将来，故从句用一般将来时，其结构为 will+动词原形。
(3) 火星是太阳的第四颗行星，并且它与地球最相似。考查形容词。根据常识可知，火星是太阳系的行星，也是最像地球的行星。同时空格后句子表示“但是火星比地球冷多了”，所以此处填写“最相似的”，similar 形容词，相似的，此处有定冠词 the，用形容词最高级形式 most similar。
(4) 几年前，他们向那里运送了机器人，想在火星上找到水和生命。考查动词。根据时间状语“some years ago”可知，本句的时态为一般过去式。动词用过去式，根据常识可知，火星距离地球很远，科学家要通过航天器把机器人送到火星，send 符合题意，过去式为 sent。
(5) 幸运地，他们在火星上发现了水。考查副词。根据前句“…wanted to find water and life on Mars.”提示可知，科学家们在火星上发现了水，是很幸运的事。此处填写副词，用来修饰整句。luck 名词，运气，luckily 副词，幸运地。
(6) 他们提供给人们去火星的单程票，去火星上建造新家。考查名词。根据前一句“one-way” 提示可知此处表示单程，通常修饰“票”，且此处无表示“一张”的 a/ an，故用名词复数。ticket 名词，车票。
(7) 尽管这是危险的，但超过 20 万人仍然想参加。考查连词。根据句意可知，人们知道危险，但是有 20 万人还是想去。有转折的含义。此处可以填含义“尽管”。though 连词，尽管，引导让步状语从句。
(8) 这些日子，他们正在建造更大的火箭。考查动词。此处有 be 动词 are，且根据句意可知，此句的时态为现在进行时，动词用现在分词形式。根据上句“US scientists showed another plan to get humans to Mars in 2033.”可知，科学家们正在进行另一个计划，所以他们正在修建更大的火箭。work on doing sth 从事做某事。
(9) 他们也做了很多准备来帮助人们返回地球。考查名词。此处有 a lot of 大量的，后接不可数名词或者可数名词复数，可知此处需要填写名词。根据句意可知，科学家做了很多工作，不但要把人类送到火星，也要准备好把人类接回地球。prepare 动词，准备，名词形式为 preparation，此处用复数。
(10) 我相信人类将到达火星，能更近的看一看我们的红色邻居。考查形容词。have a look at sth 固定搭配，故 look 为名词，前填写形容词修饰名词 look。close 形容词，密切的，近的。根据句意可知，人们从地球到达火星，能够比以前更近的观察自己的邻居。
5.
(1) chance
(2) astronauts
(3) smell
(4) to help
(5) experience
(6) small
6.
(1) G
(2) H
(3) A
(4) B
(5) C
(6) F
(7) E
(8) D
7.
(1) blowing
(2) grew
(3) minutes
(4) Suddenly
(5) candle
(6) light
(7) believe
(8) brighter
(9) window
(10) laughed