Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 单元话题语法填空（短文）（含解析） -2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（沪教牛津版）

2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（沪教牛津版）
Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 单元话题语法填空（短文）
一、语法填空
1．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。
The Value of a Dollar
When I was nineteen, I had a job at a local bookstore. One night, a young couple came in and walked here and there looking for a book. They seemed 　 　 (be) the usual type to give mall 　 　 (worker) a hard time. When they went to pay 　 　 the book, the girl was a dollar or two short of 　 　 (buy) the book she wanted.
She looked disappointed. I had a customer discount card and it was still active. I told the girl 　 　 (gentle), "Hang on, don't worry, you'll have the money to buy the book." I typed my password.
She gave me a 　 　 (thank) smile. With a dollar left, she and her boyfriend left the store. I believed that I would never see 　 　 (they) again.
I don't remember how long it was. 　 　 they did return later that evening just to bring me 　 　 beautiful card that said "It's people like you who make the world a better place to live in."
I 　 　 (move) by the little girl and her boyfriend. In fact, they have also made the world a little brighter.
2．语法填空
Animals are 　 　(people) friends. But many wild animals are facing the danger of 　 　 (die) out. There're many reasons. First, their living environment changes 　 　 lot because of the 　 　(develop) of many cities. Also,　 　 (pollute) becomes worse and this makes wild animals lose　 　 homes. And some people are killing animals 　 　 getting their fur, skin, teeth and meat.
People should do something to help protect 　 　(endanger) wild animals. For example, people can build some nature reserves to save wild animals' homes. Animals can live 　 　 (free) there. Besides, people are not allowed 　 　 kill wild animals. If we start protecting the animals, our world will become much better.
3．语法填空
World Pangolin(穿山甲) Day is on the third Saturday of February each year. This year, it fell　 　Feb.18. It's a day　 　 (help) people know more about pangolins.
Pangolins are animals that live in Africa and Asia. They have scales(鳞片) on their skin and eat ants. Pangolins are important 　 　 (animal) because they help to protect trees in forests.　 　, pangolins are now endangered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 1 million pangolins have been killed or sold in the last 10 years. Last year, IUCN added the pangolin 　 　 the world's "endangered animals list". Now pangolins are more endangered than pandas.
The growing trade of their scales and meat is the main reason for their decline (下降) in number. Many people in Asia and Africa eat 　 　(they) meat, and some even use their scales to treat sick people.
Luckily, this situation 　 　 (get) better. The government now stops anyone from 　 　 (buy) and eating pangolins in China. Breaking this law will be regarded 　 　a crime. The trade of pangolins across the world is also not allowed.
"I hope more people will join us to protect pangolins from such a 　 　(sadly) situation," Zhou Canying told Xinhua News Agency. Zhou is head of the Wildlife Protection Association of Changsha, Hunan Province.
4．语法填空
Green sea turtles are reptiles (爬行动物). They are 　 　 (find) throughout the world's seas. They are probably the oldest animals 　 　the Earth. Their ancestors(祖先) used to walk on land, and then went back 　 　the sea many million years ago. They watched dinosaurs go missing. Although they are endangered animals, the number of them is　 　(rise). Green sea turtles are cold-blooded and they breathe air. They each have a hard shell like nearly all turtles. Many land turtles are able to take their heads back into their shells for 　 　(protect). Green sea turtles cannot do this, and their heads will be out at all times. Their shells are 　 　(light) in weight than those which live on land. When green sea turtles swim, they will come out of the sea every few 　 　 (minute) to take a breath.　 　 when they sleep, they can remain in water for two hours without taking a breath. Green sea turtles seem to grow very 　 　 (slow). Adult green sea turtles can weigh about 500 pounds. Green sea turtles live in the ocean 　 　 most of their adult lives.
5．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。
Bridges are built for many reasons. Some bridges are built so that cars can cross over rivers. 　 　 are made for trains to use. In Washington State, there is a very 　 　 (usual) bridge. It was built for squirrels(松鼠). The town of Longview has a very busy street. Many cars pass 　 　 every day. When squirrels tried to cross the street, they 　 　(kill). Amos Peters wanted 　 　 (protect) these small and lovely animals, so he built a bridge for them--one that would let them pass above the traffic.
The bridge 　 　 (be) a symbol of the town for over 40 years since then. And every Christmas, the local people add a small Christmas tree to the centre of the bridge. 　 　 lovely!
A few years ago, the local people created 　 　 squirrel festival and they raised money 　 　 (build) two more bridges for these lovely animals. For years, because of the bridges, the squirrels in the town have been able to cross 　 　 (safe) from one side of the street to the other.
6．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. African elephants live in family groups　 　(call) herds (群). All of the elephants in the herd take care　 　each other. The leader of the herd is an old mother elephant. She is the matriarch (女族长). A herd may have as　 　(few) as eight or as many as 100 elephants. The other　 　(elephant) follow the matriarch　 　she knows how to keep them safe.
Elephants learn by　 　(watch) and copying other elephants, and also learn from life. Baby elephants stay with their mothers until they are　 　(full) grown at about ten years old. Elephants live to be 50 or 60 years old. Elephants are smart animals with strong memories. In the dry season, a matriarch can remember　 　water was found in the past. The herd will follow her there. She can also remember the safest place for baby elephants to cross a fast-moving river.
Elephants talk to each other with rumbling sounds. Some rumbling sounds are so low and　 　(deeply). Elephants hear sounds not only with their ears, but also with their feet, and even trunks (long noses of the elephants). They also greet each other by touching with their trunks and feet. If　 　(dangerous) appears, mothers beat their ears to call their babies.
7．阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Have you ever heard of friendships among animals At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed 　 　a cat and a bear.
No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, some 　 　 (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear's cage, and the two animals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised 　 　well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat 　 　 (stay) with the bear. And later the pair and their unusual friendship 　 　 (become) a hot topic at the zoo.
After several years, a new cage 　 　 (build) for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around 　 　 (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat 　 　let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got 　 　 (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in the sun.
Sometimes it may be natural for animals 　 　 (have) their own ideas about making friends. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.
8．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。
If you visit the animal shelter (收容所) in Salinas, California, you'll see huge signs that have a picture of a dog and a cat on them. These signs 　 　 (put) in front of the shelter to catch people's attention. The signs make people interested in the shelter and encourage them 　 　 (visit) it—and maybe even take a cat or a dog into their homes.
Each year, the Salinas shelter 　 　 (accept) thousands of dogs and cats. The animals are either lost ones 　 　 are left by people who can't take care of them. Of all the animals, some of 　 　 (they) are taken into new homes. Some animals are moved to other shelters to live a better life. Unluckily, some cannot be saved because they are too sick or are thought to be dangerous.
Animal shelters provide food, medicine, and safe places for animals to sleep in. But they are not the 　 　 (good) homes. The animals have to stay in small cages. The people who work at shelters do their best to care for the animals, 　 　 the animals do not always get the attention or exercise they need.
To prevent animals from 　 　 (become) homeless, pet doctors advise the owners to take good care 　 　 their pets. Most pet doctors also suggest people make sure their pets have 　 　 special surgery (外科手术). In this way animals won't have more babies. And it reduces (减少) the number of homeless animals.
答案解析部分
1．to be；workers；for；buying；gently；thankful；them；but；a；am moved
主要讲了一美元的价值的故事。
（1）他们似乎是给商场工作人员一个困难时间的常有的类型。seem to do sth.似乎做某事，worker前面没有表示单数的a或者one，所以用复数workers，故填to be，workers。
（2）当他们去给书付钱时，这个女孩缺一两美元买她想要的书。pay for支付......，of是介词，后面用动词ing形式，buy的ing是buying，故填for，buying。
（3）我温柔地告诉女孩。副词修饰实义动词，told是实义动词，所以gentle用副词gently，故填gently。
（4）她给我一个感谢的微笑。形容词修饰名词，smile是名词，所以用thank的形容词thankful，故填thankful。
（5）我相信我将永远不会再见到他们。see是实义动词，后面用宾格，they的宾格是them，故填them。
（6）但是之后那晚他们的确返回来了，仅仅给我带了一个漂亮的卡片。根据I don't remember how long it was我不知道它是多久，可知和后句表示转折关系，所以用but；card是单数，beautiful以辅音音素开头，所以用a，故填but，a。
（7）我被这个小女孩感动了。be+动词过去分词+by…，时态是一般现在时，主语是I，所以be动词用am，move的过去分词是moved，故填am moved。
考查语法填空，考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力，首先理解文章大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答。注意考虑句型、搭配、语境等，最后通读一遍检查验证
2．people's；dying；a；development；pollution；their；for；endangered；freely；to
文章大意：动物是人类的朋友，我们应该采取相应的措施来保护它们，尤其一些濒临灭绝的动物，更应该受到人们的保护。
（1）动物是人类的朋友。根据语境可知此句需要名词的所有格，表示人类的，故填people's。
（2）但许多野生动物正面临死亡的危险。固定短语die out灭亡，因跟在介词of的后面，要用动名词形式，故填dying。
（3）首先，由于许多城市的发展，他们的生活环境发生了很大的变化。固定短语a lot很，非常，常用来修饰动词；第二个空格根据语境可知此句需要名词，因develop是动词，其名词形式是development，故填a；development。
（4）而且，污染变得更严重，这使得野生动物失去了家园。根据语境可知，第一空格需要名词，所给pollute是动词，其名词形式是pollution；第二空格需要形容词性物主代词，前面提及的是wild animals，其对应的物主代词是their，故填pollution，their。
（5）还有一些人为了获取动物的皮毛、皮肤、牙齿和肉而杀害动物。根据语境可知此句需要介词，表示目的，故填for。
（6）人们应该做些什么来帮助保护濒危野生动物。根据语境可知此句需要形容词，表示濒临灭绝的，故填endangered。
（7）动物可以在那里自由生活。根据语境可知此句需要副词，自由地，故填freely。
（8）此外，人们不允许捕杀野生动物。固定短语be allowed to do sth允许做某事，故填to。
考查语法填空。答题时要跳过空格通读全文，了解大意，然后根据语境及所给单词的提示对所缺部分逐一解答，注意要考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素，最后通读一遍，并逐一验证。
3．on；to help；animals；However；to；their；is getting；buying；as；sad
文章大意：文章通过介绍了世界穿山甲日介绍了穿山甲的生活习性及其作用，以及对人类的影响。同时也谈到了穿山甲面临的问题。
（1）今年，世界穿山甲日在2月18日，2月18日是具体的日期，具体日期之前应使用介词on。故答案是on。
（2）这是一个帮助人们更多了解穿山甲的日子。“帮助人们更多地了解穿山甲”作后置定语修饰前面的day，因此要是用动词不定式，故答案是to help。
（3）穿山甲是很有用的动物，因为他们可以帮着保护森林里的树木。animal可数名词，根据are可知，应使用复数形式。故答案是animals。
（4）然而，现在穿山甲处于危难之中。然后however。故答案是However。
（5）世界自然保护联盟把穿山甲添加到了世界濒临动物目录。add …to…，固定搭配，把……添加到……，故答案是to。
（6）亚洲和非洲的人吃他们的肉。they用来修饰meat，应使用形容词性的物主代词，故答案是their。
（7）幸运的是，这种状况正在变好。结合语境可知，应使用现在进行时，现在进行时的结构式be+doing，主语是第三人称单数，be动词使用is。故答案是is getting。
（8）在中国，政府禁止人们买和吃穿山甲。固定搭配stop sb. from doing sth。阻止人们做某事。故答案是buying。
（9）违反了这条法律就被当做犯罪。regard…as…，把……当做……。故答案是as。
（10）我希望有更多的人将加入我们之中，帮助他们从糟糕的状况中解脱出来。空缺处需要形容词作定语，因此将sadly改写为sad。故答案是sad。
考查语法填空，先跳过空格阅读短文，了解文章大意，然后根据语法、句法、固定搭配，具体语境来完成答案，最后读一遍短文，核实并订正答案。
4．found；on；to；rising；protection；lighter；minutes；But；slowly；for
文章大意：主要介绍了绿海龟的进化及生活习性。
（1）它们遍布全世界的海洋。be found被发现，被动语态结构，故填found。
（2）它们可能是地球上最古老的动物。固定短语on the earth，在地球上，故填on。
（3）他们的祖先曾经在陆地上行走，然后在数百万年前回到了大海。固定短语，go back to+地点，表示回到某地，故填to。
（4）虽然它们是濒危动物，但数量正在增加。根据语境可知此句要用进行时，所给单词rise，增加，其现在分词是rising，故填rising。
（5）许多陆龟能够把它们的头放回壳里保护自己。for是介词，其后跟名词多代词，所给单词protect，保护，其名词protection，故填protection。
（6）它们的壳比陆地上的壳更轻。根据题干中的than可知此句需要形容词的比较级，所给单词是light，轻的，故填lighter。
（7）绿海龟游泳时，每隔几分钟就要出海呼吸一次。a few一些，几个，用来修饰可数名词的复数形式，minute分钟，故填minutes。
（8）但是当他们睡觉的时候，他们可以在水中呆两个小时而不需要呼吸。此处考查连词，根据与上句的对比可知，前后句意有转折之意，故填But。
（9）绿海龟似乎生长得很慢。根据所给单词的提示可知此句描述绿海龟生长缓慢，因修饰动词grow，要用副词形式，故填slowly。
（10）绿海龟成年后大部分时间生活在海洋中。根据语境可知此句需要介词，因后面跟的是时间，故填for。
考查语法填空。答题时要跳过空格通读全文，了解大意，然后根据语境及所给单词的提示对所缺部分逐一解答，注意要考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素，最后通读一遍，并逐一验证。
5．Others；unusual；it；were killed；to protect；has been；How；a；to build；safely
大意：短文主要介绍了人们建桥的原因。
（1）其它的是建给火车用的。根据固定搭配some…others…,一些……另一些……。故答案为Others。
（2）在华盛顿州，有一座不寻常的桥。根据下文 It was built for squirrels(松鼠). 它是给松鼠建的，可知这座桥是不寻常的，应用usual的反义词unusual。故答案为unusual。
（3）每天很多车经过它。根据上文 The town of Longview has a very busy street. Longview有一条非常繁忙的街道，可知此处应用代词it指代上文的街道。故答案为it。
（4）当松鼠想通过它的时候，它们被杀掉。根据主语they和动词kill的动宾关系，以及动词过去式tried，可知应用过去式的被动语态was/were+过去分词。根据主语they可知，be动词应用were；kill的过去分词为killed。故答案为were killed。
（5） Amos Peters 想去保护这些小的、可爱的动物。固定搭配want to do sth.想要做某事。故答案为to protect。
（6）这座桥从那以后成了这座镇超过四十年的标志。根据时间状语 for over 40 years since then ，可知应用现在完成时has/have+过去分词。根据主语bridge可知，助动词应用has；be的过去分词为been。故答案为has been。
（7）多可爱啊。how+形容词的感叹句,表“多么……啊”。故答案为How。
（8）几年之前，当地人创造了一个松鼠节。根据第一次出现的单数名词festival，可知前面应用不定冠词a。故答案为a。
（9）他们筹钱建了两座桥给这些可爱的松鼠。动词不定式to do表目的“为了”。故答案为to build。
（10）镇上的松鼠可以安全地从街的这一边穿到那一边。副词修饰动词cross，形容词safe的副词形式为safely。故答案为safely。
考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭配和基本句型。
6．called；of；few；elephants；because；watching；fully；where；deep；danger
文章大意：本文主要讲了大象的生活习性，详细介绍了它们是怎样应对危险，记忆事物和学习等。
（1）非洲象以称作群的家庭群居生活。call，叫作，动词。此处是过去分词作定语，故答案为called。
（2）这个群里所有的象都互相照顾。take care of照顾，固定搭配，故答案为of。
（3）一个群里有八个那么几个或100个那么多。few，很少的，形容词。as...as...和......一样，中间用形容词原级，故答案为few。
（4）其它的大象都听从这个女族长因为她知道如何使他们安全。elephant，大象，名词。根据 A herd may have as few as eight or as many as 100 elephants. 可知其它大象不止一头，other后修饰名词复数，故答案为elephants。
（5）其它的大象都听从这个女族长因为她知道如何使他们安全。 The other elephants follow the matriarch和 she knows how to keep them safe. 这两句之间是因果关系，可知这个从句是原因状语从句，because引导原因状语从句，故答案为because。
（6）大象通过观察和模仿其它大象进行学习，也通过从生活中学习。watch，看，动词。by通过，介词，后面跟doing，故答案为watching。
（7）小象一直和母象生活在一起直到他们完全长到十岁左右。此处是副词修饰动词，full满的，形容词，故答案为fully。
（8）在干旱季节，族长会记得过去在哪里能找到水。根据句式结构可知从句中缺少地点状语，where在哪里，引导地点状语，故答案为where。
（9）一些隆隆声非常低而且很深。形容词修饰作表语，deeply深地，副词，deep深的，形容词，故答案为deep。
（10）如果危险出现，母象会拍打它们的耳朵来呼唤它们的孩子。根据句式结构可知此处缺少主语，名词作主语，dangerous危险的，形容词，danger危险，名词，故答案为danger。
考查语法填空。先通读短文，理解短文大意。然后认真阅读每个句子，弄清句意。然后根据语法知识用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，或填上适当的词完成短文。
7．between；workers；how；to stay；became；was built；angrily；and；closer；to have
文章大意：这篇短文讲述了在德国的一家动物园里，一只猫和一只熊之间建立了一种不同寻常的友谊。
（1）在德国的一家动物园里，一只猫和一只熊之间建立了一种不同寻常的友谊。固定词组，between...and...在……和……之间，这里指“一只猫和一只熊之间“，故填between。
（2）一天，动物园里的一些工作人员注意到一只黑猫在熊的笼子里。some一些，后接可数名词复数，worker—workers，故填workers。
（3）他们很惊讶这只小猫和那只大熊相处得如此融洽。be surprised后接宾语从句，修饰副词well，要用how，表示如此好，故填how。
（4）养熊人让猫和熊呆在一起。stay待着，动词。固定词组，allow sb. to do sth.，允许某人做某事，后接动词不定式，故填to stay。
（5）后来这对情侣和他们不同寻常的友谊成为动物园里的热门话题。become成为，动词。根据语境这里要用一般过去时，动词用过去式，become——became，故填became。
（6）几年后，为这只熊建造了一个新笼子。build建造，动词。主语a new cage是动作的承受者，谓语动词要用被动语态，一般过去时的被动语态was/were+过去分词，故填was built。
（7）然而，猫仍然在同一个笼子里，所以它愤怒地四处走动，并哭着要和熊在一起。angry生气，形容词。修饰动词walk，要用副词形式，这里指”愤怒地四处走动“，angry生气的，形容词，副词为angrily生气地，故填angrily。
（8）养熊人最后同情猫，让它和熊呆在一起。句子中took和let是两个关列动作，要用and来转接，故填and。
（9）猫和熊比以前更亲近了。根据than，这里要用比较级，系动词get后接形容词作表语，close靠近的，比较级为closer，故填closer。
（10）有时，动物对交友有自己的想法是很自然的。have有，动词。固定句型，It is natural for sb. to do sth.，对某人而言，做某事是自然的，后接动词不定式，故填to have。
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8．are put；to visit；accepts；or；them；best；but；becoming；of；a
文章大意：本文主要介绍了动物收容所，这里有好多被遗弃的或走失的动物，有的被很好地照顾，但有些没有得到应有的照顾，宠物医生建议采取必要措施减少动物生育，以减少无家可归的动物的数量。
（1）这些标志牌被放在收容所的前面，为了吸引人们的注意。These signs和put之间是被动关系，根据整篇文章的时态可知是一般现在时，these signs是复数名词，故填are put。
（2）这些标志牌让人们对收容所产生兴趣，并鼓励他们去参观。encourage sb. to do sth.鼓励某人做某事，是固定词组，故填to visit。
（3）每年，萨利纳斯收容所接受成千上万只猫狗。根据each year，可知是一般现在时，主语是the Salinas shelter，第三人称单数，所以谓语动词用单三形式，故填accepts。
（4）这些动物要么是走失的，要么就是人们不能照顾它们而被遗弃的。either···or···，要么······要么······，是固定的关联词，故填or。
（5）在这些动物中，有些被新的家庭领养。介词of后面，应该用宾格的人称代词，they的宾格形式是them，故填them。
（6）但是这并不是最理想的地方。根据前面的定冠词the，可知用最高级，good的最高级是best，故填best。
（7）虽然工作人员尽力去照顾这些动物，但是动物们不可能总是得到它们想要的关注或者锻炼。前后句是转折关系，故填but。
（8）为了阻止动物无家可归，宠物医生建议主人应该尽心照顾好他们的宠物。prevent sb. from doing sth.阻止某人做某事，是固定词组，故填becoming。
（9）为了阻止动物无家可归，宠物医生建议主人应该尽心照顾好他们的宠物。take care of，照顾，是固定词组，故填of。
（10）大多数宠物医生也建议人们确保他们的宠物进行了一种特殊的外科手术。表示一种用不定冠词a，故填a。
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