语法填空 初中英语八年级下册 题型特训
Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet？
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一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 - 5
二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 -10
三、 高阶提升 Passage 11-15
一、 初阶练手
Passage 1
The story Journey to the West says that once upon a time there was 1 magic rock. One day, it 2 (sudden) broke open and 3 (give) birth to a monkey. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small 4 he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long. The Monkey King can also make seventy-two 5 (change) to his shape and size, turning himself into 6 (difference) animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.
Even today, the children of China are very 7 (excite) about the story of the Monkey King. And as soon as the TV program came 8 more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested 9 reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps 10 (fight) to help the weak and never gives up.
【答案】
1．a 2．suddenly 3．gave 4．that 5．changes 6．different 7．excited 8．out 9．in 10．fighting
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了《西游记》中孙悟空从石头中诞生、拥有神奇金箍棒和七十二变能力的故事，以及这个角色对中外儿童的深远影响。
1．句意：《西游记》说，从前有一块神奇的石头。根据“there was…magic rock”的语境可知，此处表示泛指的含义，magic是以辅音音素开头的单词，用a。故填a。
2．句意：有一天，它突然裂开，生了一只猴子。分析句子结构可知，此处用副词形式，作状语，suddenly“突然”符合。故填suddenly。
3．句意：有一天，它突然裂开，生了一只猴子。根据“One day”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，应填gave。故填gave。
4．句意：有时他可以把金箍棒变得很小，这样他就可以把它放在耳朵里了。根据“he can make the stick so small…he can keep it in his ear”的语境可知，此处表示结果，so…that…“如此……以至于……”，引导结果状语从句。故填that。
5．句意：美猴王还可以对自己的形状和大小进行七十二次改变，把自己变成不同的动物和物体。根据空前的“seventy-two”可知，此处用复数形式changes。故填changes。
6．句意：美猴王还可以对自己的形状和大小进行七十二次改变，把自己变成不同的动物和物体。分析句子结构可知，此处用形容词形式，作定语，修饰名词“animals”以及“objects”，different“不同的”符合。故填different。
7．句意：即使在今天，中国的孩子们也对美猴王的故事感到非常兴奋。be excited about…“对……感到兴奋”，是固定搭配。故填excited。
8．句意：30多年前，电视节目一播出，西方孩子就对阅读这个故事产生了兴趣，因为聪明的美猴王一直在努力帮助弱者，从不放弃。根据“the TV program came…more than 30 years ago”的语境可知，此处指电视节目播出，come out“出版，发行”，是固定搭配。故填out。
9．句意：30多年前，电视节目一播出，西方孩子就对阅读这个故事产生了兴趣，因为聪明的美猴王一直在努力帮助弱者，从不放弃。 become interested in…“对……感兴趣”，是固定搭配。故填in。
10．句意：30多年前，电视节目一播出，西方孩子就对阅读这个故事产生了兴趣，因为聪明的美猴王一直在努力帮助弱者，从不放弃。keep doing sth.“继续做某事”，是固定搭配。故填fighting。
Passage 2
阅读下面短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
The children’s book, The Little Prince, is one of the best-selling books in the world. French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1 (write) it in 1943. It’s so popular that there are plays, 2 (movie), and even a theme park in France all about the story.
This year, there will be some characters (角色) from the story work 3 “guides” (向导) in Hongkong’s Ocean Park. But 4 is the book so special
The book is very imaginative and 5 (teach) us about what it means to be human. In the story, a pilot crashes (坠毁) 6 (he) plane in the desert. There, he meets 7 clever little prince from a different planet (星球). The planet is much 8 (small) than the Earth. The prince tells the pilot how he had met other people on other little planets and a 9 (friend) fox (狐狸) and a scary snake on Earth. The pilot learns some 10 (real) important lessons about life and love. He also sees how grown-ups can forget what they knew as children—like how to be kind-hearted. This often echoes with both children and grown-ups.
【答案】
1. wrote 2. movies 3. as 4. why 5. teaches 6. his 7. a 8. smaller 9. friendly 10. really
【导语】本文主要介绍了《小王子》这本书的内容。
1. 句意：法国飞行员Antoine de Saint-Exupery于1943年写下了这首歌。根据“in 1943”可知，此处用动词write“写”的过去式wrote。故填wrote。
2. 句意：它是如此受欢迎，以至于有戏剧、电影，甚至法国的一个主题公园都是关于这个故事的。此处表示泛指，用movie“电影”的名词复数形式。故填movies。
3. 句意：今年，故事中的一些角色将在香港海洋公园担任“向导”。结合语境可知，此处指人物角色在公园当导游，work as“担任”。故填as。
4. 句意：为什么这本书如此特别？根据“The book is very imaginative and … us about what it means to be human.”可知，回答了为什么这本书如此特别。此处用why“为什么”引导特殊疑问句。故填why。
5. 句意：这本书很有想象力，它教会了我们做人的意义。时态为一般现在时，主语为The book，此处用动词teach“教”的第三人称单数形式。故填teaches。
6. 句意：故事中，一名飞行员在沙漠中撞毁了他的飞机。he“他”，此处用其形容词性物主代词his“他的”修饰名词plane。故填his。
7. 句意：在那里，他遇到了一位来自不同星球的聪明小王子。根据“clever little prince from a different planet”可知，此处表示泛指，用不定冠词，clever发音以辅音音素开头，前面用不定冠词a，故填a。
8. 句意：这颗行星比地球小得多。small“小的”，根据“than”可知，此处用形容词比较级。故填smaller。
9. 句意：王子告诉他，他在其他小行星上遇到了其他人，在地球上遇到了一只友好的狐狸和一条可怕的蛇。friend“朋友”，此处用其形容词形式friendly“友好的”修饰名词fox。故填friendly。
10. 句意：飞行员学到了一些关于生活和爱情的很重要的教训。real“真的，确实的”，此处用其副词形式really“真正地，很”修饰形容词important。故填really。
Passage 3
阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dear Mary,
Since you want to read Chinese novels, I’d like to recommend Journey to the West.
Wu Cheng’en 1 (write) the 16th-century Chinese classical novel. It is one of the most famous 2 (novel) in China. People of all ages enjoy 3 (read) it. You’ll find it so wonderful that you don’t want to miss any part 4 the whole story.
In the book, the author creates a number of colourful characters 5 Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. He 6 (describe) how they face challenges and dangers as a team on their journey and finally achieve their goal.
Chinese people have read and enjoyed this novel 7 centuries. People can read and reread it at any age. Each time, it provides something new. After reading the book, you will learn something about Chinese culture and the 8 (important) of teamwork. The story also teaches us that the true journey is not about where you are going, but about the journey 9 (it).
I 10 (strong) recommend this book. Hope you enjoy it.
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】
1. wrote 2. novels 3. reading 4. of 5. like 6. describes 7. for 8. importance 9. itself 10. strongly
【导语】本文主要介绍了《西游记》这部小说。
1. 句意：吴承恩写了16世纪的中国古典小说。write意为“写”，是个动词，根据“Wu Cheng’en…the 16th-century Chinese classical novel.”可知事情发生在过去，要用一般过去时，write的一般过去式是wrote，故填wrote。
2. 句意：这是中国最著名的小说之一。novel意为“小说”，是名词，句型one of the+形容词最高级+名词复数，意为“最……之一”，故此处要用名词复数，novel的复数形式是novels，故填novels。
3. 句意：各个年龄段的人都喜欢阅读它。read意为“阅读”，是动词，enjoy doing sth.意为“喜欢做某事”，故此处要用动名词形式，read的动名词形式是reading，故填reading。
4. 句意：你会发现它是如此的精彩，以至于你不想错过任何一部分。根据“any part…the whole story.”可知此处讲的是故事的部分，part of意为“……的部分”符合题意，故填of。
5. 句意：在书中，作者创造了许多丰富多彩的角色，包括唐僧、孙悟空、猪八戒和沙僧。根据“the author creates a number of colourful characters…Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.”可知此处要表达“像”的意思，介词like意为“像”，故填like。
6. 句意：他描述了他们作为一个团队在旅途中如何面对挑战和危险，并最终实现了他们的目标。根据“He…how they face challenges and dangers as a team on their journey and finally achieve their goal.”可知此处是描述一般事实，故用一般现在时，主语He是第三人称单数，故谓语动词要用三单形式，故填describes。
7. 句意：中国人已经阅读和享受这部小说几个世纪了。根据“Chinese people have read and enjoyed this novel…centuries.”可知此处是指“持续了好几个世纪”，for+一段时间表示持续了一段时间，故填for。
8. 句意：读完这本书，你会了解一些中国文化以及团队合作的重要性。important意为“重要的”，是形容词，根据空格前的the可知此处要用名词，important的名词形式是importance，故填importance。
9. 句意：这个故事也告诉我们，真正的旅程不在于你要去哪里，而在于旅程本身。it意为“它”，是个代词，根据“but about the journey…”可知此处指的是旅程本身，用反身代词，it的反身代词是itself，故填itself。
10. 句意：我强烈推荐这本书。strong意为“强烈的”，是形容词，根据“I…recommend this book.”可知此处要用副词修饰动词recommend，strong的副词形式是strongly，故填strongly。
Passage 4
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hello, Universe is a 2017 cartoon book written by Erin Entrada Kelly. It is told from the perspectives (观点) of four middle school students.
The four students are quite different Virgil is 1 11-year-old boy whose family comes from the Philippines. He only 2 (talk) to his pet, a guinea pig. Valencia, who is deaf, is smart, brave and interested 3 everything about nature. Tanaka is a girl who has a gift for reading stars. Her sister Gen, is always 4 (follow) her around. The four students are not friends 5 one of them gets caught in a well (水井).
Chet Bullens is the 6 (big) bully (霸凌者) in the neighborhood. One day, he plays a trick on Virgil and his pet. He trap (困住) them at the bottom of a well. Valencia, Tanaka, and Gen then take an adventure and try 7 (they) best to save Virgil and his pet through smartness. courage, and a little help from the universe. In the end, the four become best friends. Sometimes your can really do what one cannot.
Hello, Universe is about the 8 (friend) between four kids. Because of its beautiful and interesting stories, Hello, Universe 9 (win) Newbery Medal (“纽伯瑞奖”) in 2018, the highest award in the field of literature (文学) for 10 (child).
【答案】
1. an 2. talks 3. in 4. following 5. until 6. biggest 7. their 8. friendship 9. won 10. children
【导语】本文介绍小说《你好，宇宙》的核心内容：四位性格迥异的中学生因一次意外团结合作，最终建立了深厚友谊，故事强调“团结克服困难”及“差异成就互补”的主题。
1. 句意：Virgil是一个11岁的男孩，他的家庭来自菲律宾。根据“11-year-old”前需不定冠词表泛指，且“11”发音以元音开头，故填an。
2. 句意：他只和他的宠物，一只豚鼠说话。talk交谈，动词；根据“comes from”可知，整个故事是现在时态叙述的，所以这里应该用一般现在时的第三人称单数形式，故填talks。
3. 句意：Valencia的耳朵听不见，她聪明、勇敢，对大自然的一切都很感兴趣。根据“interested...everything about nature.”可知，此处考查固定搭配“be interested in”，意为“对……感兴趣”，故填in。
4. 句意：她的姐姐Gen总跟在她身边。follow跟随，动词；根据“Her sister Gen, is always...her around.”可知，这里用现在进行时，结构是：be always doing sth.“总是做某事”，follow的现在分词是following。故填following。
5. 句意：这四个学生本来不是朋友，直到其中一个被困在井里。根据“The four students are not friends...one of them gets caught in a well.”可知，这里需要填入一个连词，表示“直到……才”或者“当……的时候”；结合上下文，应该是直到其中一个被困在井里，他们才成为朋友。所以应用“until”。故填until。
6. 句意：Chet Bullens是社区里最大的霸凌者。big大的，形容词；根据“Chet Bullens is the...bully”可知，前面有the，这里用形容词最高级，所以填big的最高级形式“biggest”，故填biggest。
7. 句意：Valencia，Tanaka和Gen随后踏上了一场冒险之旅，他们凭借智慧、勇气以及来自宇宙的一点帮助，竭尽全力去营救维吉尔和他的宠物。they他们，主格；根据“try...best to save”可知，这里考查固定短语try one’s best“尽某人最大努力”，因为主语是Valencia, Tanaka, and Gen，复数，所以物主代词用their。故填their。
8. 句意：《你好，宇宙》讲述了四个孩子之间的友谊。friend朋友，名词；根据“about the...between four kids.”可知，这里表示“友谊”，friendship“友谊”，故填friendship。
9. 句意：由于其美丽且有趣的故事，《你好，宇宙》在 2018 年获得了纽伯瑞奖，这是儿童文学领域的最高奖项。win赢得，动词；根据“Hello, Universe...Newbery Medal in 2018”可知，这里需用动词的过去式，故填won。
10. 句意：由于其美丽且有趣的故事，《你好，宇宙》在 2018 年获得了纽伯瑞奖，这是儿童文学领域的最高奖项。child儿童，名词；根据“the highest award in the field of literature (文学) for...”可知，此处泛指儿童群体，用复数，故填children。
Passage 5
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。
Shankar was from a poor family. At the age of four, he lost his father. He had to live a difficult life with his mother. Because of his father’s 1 (die), his mother felt too sad. Soon her illness became much 2 (serious). So the poor boy made a living by selling wood which he collected in the forest. One day, while Shankar was walking out of the forest, he saw a sick deer. It needed water and food. 3 , Shankar didn’t have anything with himself. So he stayed with the deer for a while and then went on his way home. Later, he saw a man 4 (make) a cabin (木屋). The man didn’t have enough wood. Shankar was so kind 5 he gave his wood to the man. In return, the man gave Shankar some food and water. Shankar was very happy. He went back and gave them to the deer.
Last month, Shankar 6 (fall) down the hill while he 7 (cut) wood. He hurt his leg and he couldn’t move. No one was there to help him. 8 (lucky), the deer he once helped saw him. 9 took Shankar back home.
We can learn from the story that helping others is fantastic. Remember 10 (help) others. You never know when you may need the helping hand.
【答案】
1. death 2. more serious 3. However 4. making 5. that 6. fell 7. was cutting 8. Luckily 9. It 10. to help
【导语】本文主要介绍Shankar心地善良，帮助了鹿，好人有好报，在他困难时，鹿帮助了他。
1. 句意：因为他爸爸的死，他的妈妈感到很悲伤。横线前是名词所有格，所以横线上是名词，所以将die变为death。故填death。
2. 句意：不久她的疾病变得更严重。become是系动词，所以横线上是形容词，由于much修饰比较级，所以将serious变为more serious。故填more serious。
3. 句意：但是Shankar自己都没有任何东西。根据前文“It needed water and food”小鹿需要水和食物，后文说他没有，可知空后是逗号，用However表示转折。故填However。
4. 句意：后来，他看见一个男子正在造木屋。“see sb. doing”看见某人正在做某事，所以将make变为making。故填making。
5. 句意：Shankar是如此善良以至于他给男子木头。根据“Shankar was so kind...he gave his wood to the man.”可知，考查短语“so...that”如此……以至于。故填that。
6. 句意：上个月，当Shankar正在砍木头时，他从山上掉下来。根据“Last month”可知，时态为一般过去时，动词填过去式。故填fell。
7. 句意：上个月，当Shankar正在砍木头时，他从山上掉下来。根据“while”可知，横线上是进行时，由于描述过去的时间，所以是过去进行时。由于主语是he，故填was cutting。
8. 句意：幸运的是，他从前帮助过的鹿看见他。分析句子可知，横线上是副词修饰整个句子，所以将lucky变为luckily。故填Luckily。
9. 句意：它把Shankar带回家。横线上代指小鹿，所以是it。故填It。
10. 句意：记得去帮助他人。考查短语“remember to do”记得去做某事，所以是to help。故填to help。
二、 进阶练习
Passage 6
阅读下面短文，根据语境在空白处填入一个适当的词或用所给单词的提示，填写其正确形式，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Once there were two little ducks. 1 (They) names were Quick and Quack. They didn’t feel lonely, because they were good 2 (brother) and the two ducks were used to competing with each other for fun.
One day, they 3 (hang) out everywhere happily as 4 (usually). Soon they came to a big river. 5 order to show who swam faster, they decided to have a race. The two ducks swam quickly down to the river. Both of them knew the way very well. But Quack wanted to try a much 6 (quick) way. He knew that currents (水流) in the middle of the river were faster and they would help him. However, their mother had told them never to swim in the middle of a river. Quack thought about it for a moment, 7 he finally decided to try it. “I’m old enough now to swim there,” he thought.
It didn’t take Quack much time to be the faster one. 8 (sudden), Quack was caught by a big whirlpool (漩涡). He wasn’t strong enough to get away 9 it. Luckily, a cow passed by and saved him.
After that, Quack realized his 10 (mother) words were right, even though sometimes he didn’t want to listen to her.
【答案】
1. Their 2. brothers 3. hung 4. usual 5. In 6. quicker 7. but 8. Suddenly 9. from 10. mother’s
【导语】本文讲述了两只小鸭子Quick和Quack的故事。他们喜欢互相比赛，但Quack为了赢得比赛冒险游到河流中央，结果陷入漩涡，幸好被一头牛救起。这次经历让Quack意识到母亲的话是正确的。
1. 句意：它们的名字是Quick和Quack。空处位于名词names前，填形容词性物主代词。They“他们”，主格，形容词性物主代词为Their。位于句首，首字母大写。故填Their。
2. 句意：它们并不感到孤独，因为它们是很好的兄弟。brother“兄弟”，可数名词。根据“they were good”可知，此处用复数名词brothers，指Quick和Quack，作表语。故填brothers。
3. 句意：有一天，它们像往常一样开心地到处闲逛。根据“One day”可知，此句时态为一般过去时。空处位于主语they后，填动词过去式作谓语。根据“out everywhere happily”可知，此处指闲逛。hang“徘徊”，动词，过去式为hung。故填hung。
4. 句意：它们像往常一样开心地闲逛。as usual“像往常一样”，固定搭配，介词短语作状语。usual“惯常的”，形容词。故填usual。
5. 句意：为了展示谁游得更快，它们决定比赛。根据“they decided to have a race”可知，比赛的目的是为了展示谁游得更快。in order to“为了”，位于句首，in的首字母大写。故填In。
6. 句意：但Quack想尝试一条更快的路线。空处位于a much后，填形容词比较级作定语。quick“快速的”，形容词，比较级为quicker。故填quicker。
7. 句意：Quack考虑了一会儿，但他最终决定尝试。根据“Quack thought about it for a moment”和“he finally decided to try it.”可知，前后表示转折关系，虽然思考了一会，但还是要尝试。空后无逗号，填连词but“但是”，表示转折关系。故填but。
8. 句意：突然，Quack被一个大漩涡困住了。空处修饰整个句子，填副词，作状语。sudden“突然的”，形容词，副词为suddenly“突然”。位于句首，首字母大写。故填Suddenly。
9. 句意：它不够强壮，无法挣脱漩涡。根据“He wasn’t strong enough to get away”可知，Quack摆脱不了漩涡。get away from“摆脱”，固定搭配。故填from。
10. 句意：在那之后，Quack意识到他母亲的话是对的，尽管有时他不想听她说话。空处位于名词words前，填名词所有格。mother“母亲”，可数名词，此处用单数，表示Quack的母亲，所有格为mother’s。故填mother’s。
Passage 7
Once there lived a wise and hard-working man. 1 , his son was lazy and did nothing all day. The wise man was worried about his son’s future. One day he 2 (hand) his son a bag with clothes, some food, a little money and a map to ask him to find some treasure.
The son set out the next day. Along the way, he 3 (help) by some with food and by some with rooms to live in. After a long year, he got to the place his father mentioned. He spent two days 4 (look) for the treasure, but he failed.
On the way back home, he experienced 5 same scenery. Sometimes, he would stop 6 (enjoy) the beauty of nature. He also learnt to make 7 (meal) and even fix his clothes himself. He met the people who had helped him 8 (early). This time, he stayed and helped them in order to repay them.
When he got home, he said sorry to his father 9 not finding the treasure “There wasn’t any treasure in the very 10 (one) place, my son.” the father answered with a smile. “But I think you have found your life’s true purpose.”
【答案】
1. However 2. handed 3. was helped 4. looking 5. the 6. to enjoy 7. meals 8. earlier 9. for 10. first
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲了一位父亲通过让懒惰的儿子寻找“宝藏”的旅程，使他学会独立、感恩和生活的真谛，最终明白真正的财富是成长与付出。
1. 句意：然而，他的儿子很懒惰，整天什么也不做。根据“Once there lived a wise and hard-working man.”以及“his son was lazy and did nothing all day.”可知，前后句之间是转折关系。“However”意为“然而”，表示转折，符合语境，且位于句首，首字母需大写。故填However。
2. 句意：一天，他递给儿子一个装着衣服、一些食物、一点钱和一张地图的袋子，让他去寻找一些宝藏。根据“One day”可知，句子描述的是过去发生的事情，应用一般过去时，“hand”的过去式是“handed”。故填handed。
3. 句意：一路上，有些人给他提供食物，有些人给他提供住的房间。根据“by some with food and by some with rooms to live in”可知，句子主语“he”和谓语动词“help”之间是被动关系，且根据上下文可知，时态为一般过去时，一般过去时的被动语态结构为“was/were + 过去分词”，主语“he”是第三人称单数，be动词用“was”，“help”的过去分词是“helped”。故填was helped。
4. 句意：他花了两天时间寻找宝藏，但没有找到。“spend some time (in) doing sth.”意为“花费时间做某事”，“look”的动名词形式是“looking”。故填looking。
5. 句意：在回家的路上，他经历了同样的风景。“the same”意为“同样的”。故填the。
6. 句意：有时，他会停下来欣赏大自然的美景。“stop to do sth.”意为“停下来去做另一件事”，“stop doing sth.”意为“停止做正在做的事”。根据“Sometimes, he would stop... the beauty of nature.”可知，此处表示停下来去欣赏大自然的美景，应用“stop to do sth.”结构，“enjoy”的不定式形式是“to enjoy”。故填to enjoy。
7. 句意：他还学会了做饭，甚至自己缝补衣服。“meal”是可数名词，根据语境可知，此处不是做一顿饭，应用复数形式“meals”。故填meals。
8. 句意：他遇到了之前帮助过他的人。根据“He met the people who had helped him...”可知，此处表示之前帮助过他的人，earlier“先前，早些时候”，符合语境。故填earlier。
9. 句意：当他回到家时，他为没有找到宝藏向父亲道歉。“say sorry to sb. for (doing) sth.”意为“为（做了）某事向某人道歉”。故填for。
10. 句意：“儿子，一开始就没有什么宝藏。”父亲微笑着回答。“in the first place”意为“首先，一开始”。故填first。
Passage 8
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
Once upon a time, in a beautiful village near some green 1 (hill), there was a boy who watched over the village’s sheep. Being alone up on the hill was very 2 (bored). The boy came up with a(n) idea. He thought it would be fun 3 (scare) the villagers, so he shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers got whatever they could and 4 (run) up the hill to fight the wolf.
When they 5 (reach) the top, they realized the boy was just cheating them. The boy laughed and laughed until the villagers 6 (angry) walked back down the hill. This excited the boy. He continued 7 (call) “wolf”. The villagers told him that they would not believe him anymore. The boy 8 (not listen) to them and lay down for a rest. One afternoon, the boy heard a terrible sound. Before he could even prepare 9 (him), a wolf appeared right before him, and was running after all the sheep! The boy shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” But nobody 10 (believe) him. The wolf killed many sheep and the other sheep all ran away. The boy was left crying on the hill. Now he knew how stupid he was.
【答案】
1. hills 2. boring 3. to scare 4. ran 5. reached 6. angrily 7. to call 8. didn’t listen 9. himself 10. believed
【导语】本文讲述的是《狼来了》的故事，一个男孩因为无聊，多次谎称狼来了，导致村民对他失去信任，最终，狼真的来了，男孩后悔不已。
1. 句意：从前，在一个美丽的村庄里，有一些绿色的山丘，村里有一个男孩，他负责看管村庄的羊群。根据前面的“some”可知，some修饰可数名词复数或者不可数名词，hill是可数名词，因此这里用其复数形式。故填hills。
2. 句意：一人在山丘上非常无聊。bored通常用来形容人的感受，而此处形容“Being alone up on the hill”这种情况非常“无聊”，因此用boring，用来形容事物或者情况本身是无聊的。故填boring。
3. 句意：他觉得吓唬村民会很有趣，于是他喊道：“狼来了！狼来了！”根据“it would be fun … the villagers”可知，此处是固定用法，be fun to do sth.“某事做起来有趣”。故填to scare。
4. 句意：村民们拿起手边的东西，跑上山去打狼。and表示并列，前后形式一致，前面是过去式“got”，因此这里也用过去式。故填ran。
5. 句意：当他们到达山顶时，他们意识到男孩只是在骗他们。根据“Once upon a time”可知，这篇文章讲述的是过去的事情，因此用过去式。故填reached。
6. 句意：男孩哈哈大笑，直到村民们生气地走下山丘。根据“the villagers … walked back down the hill.”可知，此处需要副词修饰后面的动词。故填angrily。
7. 句意：他继续喊“狼来了”。continue to do sth.“继续做某事”。故填to call。
8. 句意：男孩不听他们的，躺下休息。此句是否定句，实义动词前需要借助助动词；此句为一般过去时，因此助动词用didn’t。故填didn’t listen。
9. 句意：还没等他准备好，一只狼就出现在他面前，追着所有的羊！prepare oneself“为自己做准备”，表示使自己处于准备好的状态，为固定用法。故填himself。
10. 句意：但是没有人相信他。根据“Once upon a time”可知，这篇文章讲述的是过去的事情，因此用过去式。故填believed。
Passage 9
根据上下文，在空白处填入一个单词的正确形式，使短文完整通顺。
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. Since 1 well was deep, the donkey couldn’t get out and cried for hours. The farmer tried 2 possible to get the donkey out but didn’t make it.
3 (final), the farmer had to give up any more tries and made a 4 (decide) to cover up the donkey with dirt. The farmer invited all his neighbors 5 (come) over and help him. All the people started to shovel (铲) dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what 6 (happen) and he started crying even 7 (loud). After some time, to everyone’s surprise, the donkey quieted down. The farmer looked down the well and was 8 (surprise) at what he saw.
With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey shook it off and took a step up. After a couple of minutes, the donkey was closer 9 getting out of the well and this story came to a happy ending— the donkey jumped off!
So, friends. 10 (what) problems we will meet in life are like dirt to the donkey. When life throws “dirt” at you, never fail to shake it off and take a step up!
【答案】
1. the 2. everything 3. Finally 4. decision 5. to come 6. was happening 7. louder 8. surprised 9. to 10. Whatever
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一头驴掉进深井后，农夫和邻居们试图用土掩埋它，但驴子通过抖落身上的土并一步步爬出井的故事，寓意生活中遇到的困难可以通过积极应对来克服。
1. 句意：因为井很深，驴子无法出来，哭了好几个小时。此处特指前文提到的“well”，需用定冠词“the”表示特指。故填the。
2. 句意：农夫尝试了一切可能的方法让驴子出来，但没成功。“try everything possible”固定搭配，表示“尝试所有可能”。故填everything。
3. 句意：最终，农夫放弃了尝试，他做了一个决定，用土掩埋驴子。根据提示词及空格所在位置可知，需用副词“Finally”作时间状语，位于句首，首字母大写，故填Finally。
4. 句意：最终，农夫放弃了尝试，他做了一个决定，用土掩埋驴子。根据提示词可知，不定冠词“a”后需接名词，“decide”的名词形式为“decision”。故填decision。
5. 句意：农夫邀请他所有的邻居们来帮忙。“invite sb. to do”是固定搭配，表示“邀请某人做某事”。故填to come。
6. 句意：起初，驴子意识到正在发生什么，哭得更厉害了。根据“At first”和上下文，动作是过去某一时刻正在进行的，用过去进行时。故填was happening。
7. 句意：起初，驴子意识到正在发生什么，哭得更厉害了。由“even”可知需用比较级，“loud”的比较级为“louder”。故填louder。
8. 句意：农夫往井里看，对所见感到惊讶。“be surprised at”是固定搭配，表示“对……感到惊讶”。故填surprised。
9. 句意：几分钟后，驴子离井口更近了，这个故事有一个圆满的结局——驴子跳了出来！“closer to”是固定搭配，表示“更接近……”。故填to。
10. 句意：无论生活中遇到什么问题，都要像驴子对待泥土一样。空格引导让步状语从句，表示“无论什么”，用“Whatever”。故填Whatever。
Passage 10
Long long ago, there was a little girl called Nuwa. She was the 1 (young) daughter of Emperor Yan.
One day, the sun shone on the calm sea. Princess Nuwa smiled at its reflection (倒影). It looked like a gold pebble (鹅卵石) in the water. Nuwa walked down to the beach. She slid her small boat into the water.
She rowed out to sea. 2 (sudden), a strong wind came. The waves were as high as mountains. Nuwa drowned (淹死) in the sea.
After she died, she turned 3 a bird with red claws and a white beak. The bird lived on 4 mountain near the sea. And the bird made the sad cry of “Jingwei, Jingwei”, so Nuwa got her new 5 , Jingwei.
Jingwei hated the sea, so she wanted to 6 it up. Every day, she carried a pebble or a twig (小树枝) from the mountain to the sea, then threw it into the sea.
The sea laughed at Jingwei, “Poor little bird, stop 7 (do) this! It’s meaningless. You’ll never fill me up.”
“I will fill you up, even if it will take me 8 (thousand) of years.” said Jingwei.
Year 9 year, Jingwei did the same work and never stopped. Jingwei teaches a lesson. She shows us to never give up even 10 it is hard.
【答案】
1. youngest 2. Suddenly 3. into 4. the 5. name 6. fill 7. doing 8. thousands 9. after 10. though
【导语】本文主要介绍了精卫填海的传说故事。
1. 句意：她是炎帝最小的女儿。根据“She was the ”可知，此处指的“最小的女儿”，需用最高级形式，故填youngest。
2. 句意：突然，刮起了大风。修饰这个句子，需用副词形式suddenly“突然”，首字母大写。故填Suddenly。
3. 句意：她死后变成了一只红爪子白喙的鸟。“turn into”为固定搭配，表示“变成”，故填into。
4. 句意：那只鸟住在海边的山上。根据“mountain near the sea.”可知，此处特指“海边的那座山”，用定冠词the。故填the。
5. 句意：这只鸟悲伤地叫着“精卫，精卫”，所以女娲有了她的新名字，精卫。根据上下文“得到新名字”，name“名字”。故填name。
6. 句意：精卫讨厌大海，所以她想把它填满。根据“Jingwei hated the sea, so she wanted to…it up.”可知，此处用“fill up”表示“填满”，不定式to后接动词原形fill。故填fill。
7. 句意：可怜的小鸟，别这样做了！“stop doing”表示“停止做某事”，动词需用动名词doing。故填doing。
8. 句意：我要把你填满，即使要花几千年的时间。“thousands of”为固定短语，表示“成千上万的”，故填thousands。
9. 句意：年复一年，精卫做着同样的工作，从未停止过。“year after year”是固定表达，意为“年复一年”，故填after。
10. 句意：她告诉我们即使困难也不要放弃。“even though”引导让步状语从句，表示“即使”，填though。故填though。
三、 高阶提升
Passage 11
阅读下面短文，根据上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Have you ever been drawn by the brightest star in the night sky Do you want to know 1 it came from US author Rebecca Dwight Bruff wrote about it in her newest book Stars of Wonder, which 2 (tell) a story about imagination, curiosity (好奇心), courage and great love.
The book is about a group of five 3 (child) who go on a journey to follow the Star of Wonder. The three princes--Jonah, Nathan and Jacob--are joined by their sister Princess Phoebe and 4 (they) friend Sumar. As the kids make their way towards the brightest star, they face dangers. Facing these challenges, the children learn how 5 (work) together. For example, after 6 (meet) some wild animals, the group is forced to part. However, 7 (lucky), they run out of food. So they decide that one group will look 8 food and the other group will continue the journey.
Stars of Wonder is Bruff’s first children’s story. Children must get over many 9 (difficult) in order to see the star with their own eyes. Bruff’s story reminds us that no matter 10 happens in our daily life, we should face challenges bravely and keep fighting. Only in this way can we have what we really want.
【答案】
1. where 2. tells 3. children 4. their 5. to work 6. meeting 7. unluckily 8. for 9. difficulties 10. what
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了美国作家丽贝卡·德怀特·布鲁夫的新书《奇迹之星》的故事。
1. 句意：你想知道它来自哪里吗？此处需要填入一个从属连词，来引导一个宾语从句，此处的意思是“哪里”，因此需要填入从属连词where。故填where。
2. 句意：美国作家Rebecca Dwight Bruff在她的最新著作《奇迹之星》中讲述了这样一个故事，关于想象力、好奇心、勇气和伟大的爱。此句是在陈述一个事实，因此时态用一般现在时，又因为关系词which指代的是“her newest book Stars of Wonder”，为单数，因此谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式，故填tells。
3. 句意：这本书是关于一群五个孩子，他们开始了一段追寻奇迹之星的旅程。five修饰可数名词复数形式children，意为“孩子”。故填children。
4. 句意：三个王子Jonah, Nathan和Jacob和他们的妹妹Phocbe以及他们的朋友Sumar一起加入了。此处说的是他们的朋友，应该用形容词性物主代词their，意为“他们的”，故填their。
5. 句意：面对这些挑战，孩子们学会了如何合作。分析句子结构可知，此处需要用“疑问词how+to do”的结构，即需要用动词work的不定式形式to work，故填to work。
6. 句意：例如，在遇到一些野生动物后，这群人被迫分开。“after”为介词，后接动词时，需要用动词的动名词形式，故填meeting。
7. 句意：然而，不幸的是，他们没有食物了。分析句子结构可知，此处需要填入一个副词，修饰整个句子，根据“they run out of food”，可知此处是指“不幸的是”，因此需要填入形容词lucky的否定形式的副词，故填unluckily。
8. 句意：所以他们决定一组去寻找食物，另一组继续旅程。“look for”意为“寻找”，故填for。
9. 句意：为了亲眼看到这颗星星，孩子们必须克服许多困难。many修饰可数名词复数，因此需要用difficult的名词的复数形式difficulties，故填difficulties.
10. 句意：Bruff的故事提醒我们，无论我们在日常生活中发生了什么，我们都应该勇敢地面对挑战，继续战斗。此处需要填入一个从属连词，来引导一个宾语从句，且表达的意思是“什么”，因此需要填入从属连词what，故填what。
Passage 12
阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many expressions that we use in American English come from novels. Today we 1 (look) at some of them from Alice in Wonderland.
Alice meets some strange 2 (character).
The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit, who runs past her and says some strange words. Alice chases (追赶) him, and that is where her adventures begin. In English, chasing a white rabbit means chasing 3 impossible clue (线索) and finding yourself in an unexpected (意料之外的) situation.
Then, as she runs after the rabbit, she 4 (fall) down the rabbit hole. When she finally lands, she finds 5 (her) in a strange world. To fall down the rabbit hole can mean to enter a confusing (令人困惑的) situation. It often happens 6 accident and is about something not that meaningful.
Later in the story, Alice meets the March Hare and the Hatter at a crazy tea party. To be mad as a March Hare means that someone is completely mad, or crazy. The expression "mad as a Hatter" also means to be completely crazy. Of the two, “mad as a Hatter” is more common. But don't tell the March Hare. Who knows 7 he will react (反应)!
Near the end of the story, Alice meets the Queen of Hearts. A woman who is called a Queen of Hearts always 8 (try) to control (控制) everything and everyone around her.
Using expressions from popular books 9 (proper) can add a special taste to your English. It also shows you have a deeper 10 (understand) of the literature and culture of the English language. So, have fun with them!
【答案】
1. will look 2. characters 3. an 4. falls 5. herself 6. by 7. how 8. tries 9. properly 10. understanding
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了美国英语中一些来自《爱丽丝梦游仙境》的表达方式及其含义。
1. 句意：今天我们将看看《爱丽丝梦游仙境》中的一些表达方式。根据时间状语“Today”和上下文语境，此处表示将来动作，用一般将来时，其结构为“will + 动词原形”。故填will look。
2. 句意：爱丽丝遇到了一些奇怪的角色。根据“some”可知此处用可数名词复数，character的复数形式为characters。故填characters。
3. 句意：追逐一个不可能的白兔线索。根据“chasing...impossible”可知此处表示“一个”，impossible是以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an。故填an。
4. 句意：然后当她追赶兔子时，掉进了兔子洞。根据“Then, as she runs after the rabbit, she...”可知此处用一般现在时，主语she为第三人称单数，谓语动词需用三单形式falls。故填falls。
5. 句意：她发现自己在一个陌生的世界。根据“When she finally lands, she finds...”可知此处表示“她自己”，主语与宾语为同一人，需用反身代词herself。故填herself。
6. 句意：这通常是偶然发生的。根据“It often happens...accident”可知此处考查短语“by accident偶然”。故填by。
7. 句意：谁知道他会如何反应！根据“Who knows...he will react (反应)”可知react为动词，需用副词how修饰，表示方式。故填how。
8. 句意：被称为“红心皇后”的女人总是试图控制周围的一切。根据“A woman....”可知句子的主语a woman为第三人称单数，谓语动词try需用三单形式tries。故填tries。
9. 句意：正确使用流行书籍中的表达方式能为你的英语增添特殊风味。根据“Using expressions from popular books...”可知修饰动词use需用副词properly。故填properly。
10. 句意：它还表明你对英语文学和文化有更深的理解。根据“It also shows you have a deeper...”可知形容词deeper后接名词understanding，表示“理解”。故填understanding。
Passage 13
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。
There once was a Prince who wished to marry a Princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He traveled all over the world 1 (find) such a lady, but there was always something wrong. He found many Princesses, but it was impossible for him to make a 2 (decide) whether they were real Princesses. At last, he returned to his palace 3 (lonely).
One evening a scary rainstorm came. It rained so heavily 4 everywhere was full of water. 5 (sudden) someone knocked at the door. The old King, the Prince’s father, went out himself to open it. A girl 6 (stand) outside the door, cold and wet, when the King opened the door. She said she was a real Princess. The old Queen-mother didn’t say a word of what she was going to do, but went into the bedroom in 7 (silent), took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas (豌豆) on the bed. She then laid twenty mattresses (床垫) one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather quilts over the mattresses. The Princess was to pass the night on this bed.
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night. 8 I do not know what was in my bed, there was something hard under me. It hurt me so much! And now I have a 9 (head).” Now it was clear that the lady must be a real Princess, because she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather quilts. None but a real Princess 10 (feel) that there was something hard on the bed. Because they were just small peas. Finally the Prince got married to the real Princess.
【答案】
1. to find 2. decision 3. alone 4. that 5. Suddenly 6. was standing 7. science 8. Although/Though 9. headache 10. could feel
【导语】本文主要讲述了一位王子想娶一位真正的公主，他找遍世界都没找到合适的；在一个暴风雨的夜晚，来了一位自称是公主的女孩，老皇后通过在床垫下放三颗豌豆的测试，确认了她是真正的公主，最后王子和这位真正的公主结了婚。
1. 句意：他走遍世界寻找这样一位女士，但总是有些不对劲。分析句子结构可知，这里应用动词不定式作目的状语，表示王子环游世界的目的是找到这样一位公主。故填to find。
2. 句意：他发现了很多公主，但他无法决定她们是否是真正的公主。make a decision“做决定”，动词短语，所以这里应用decide的名词形式 decision。故填decision。
3. 句意：最后，他独自回到了他的宫殿。根据上文“He found many Princesses, but it was impossible for him to make a … whether they were real Princesses.”可知，他找到了很多公主，但无法确定她们是否是真正的公主，所以此处是指他独自回到了宫殿，应用将lonely改为alone“独自，单独”，在句中作状语。故填alone。
4. 句意：雨下得如此大以至于到处都是水。so...that...“如此……以至于……”，引导结果状语从句。故填that。
5. 句意：突然有人敲门。分析句子结构可知，这里应用sudden的副词形式suddenly“突然”，在句中作状语，修饰整个句子，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填Suddenly。
6. 句意：当国王打开门时，一个女孩站在门外，又冷又湿。根据下文“when the King opened the door”可知，此处是指当国王打开门时，女孩正在外面站着，句子时态应用过去进行时，其结构为was/were doing；主语为“A girl”，be动词应用was，动词stand的现在分词为standing。故填was standing。
7. 句意：老王后没有说她要做什么，只是默默地走进卧室，把床上所有的被褥都拿下来，在床上放了三粒小豌豆。in silence“沉默地，无声地”，介词短语，所以这里应用silent的名词形式silence。故填silence。
8. 句意：尽管我不知道我的床上有什么，但我下面有硬东西。分析句子结构可知，前后句子为让步关系，应用although/though引导让步状语从句，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填Although/Though。
9. 句意：现在我头疼。根据上文“it hurt me so much”可知，此处是指现在 “我”头疼；考查have a headache“头疼”，动词短语，应将head改为headache。故填headache。
10. 句意：只有真正的公主才能感觉到床上有硬东西。根据语境可知，此处是指只有真正的公主能够感觉到床上有硬东西；句子时态为一般过去时，所以这里应用 “could”表示过去的能力，后接动词原形。故填could feel。
Passage 14
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
Poor Alice! She had to lie down on her side to look through the key hole into the garden. But to get through now was even 1 (hopeless) than ever. She sat up and began to cry.
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” Alice said 2 (angry). “Stop crying this moment,” she ordered 3 (she). But her tears couldn’t help 4 (fall) down until a large pool was around her. The pool was four inches deep and reached halfway down the hall.
After a time, she heard something strange 5 (happen) in the distance. She quickly dried her eyes so she could see what 6 (come). Suddenly, the White Rabbit appeared again, well-dressed. He had a pair of white kid 7 (glove) in one hand and a fan in the other. He came running along in a hurried pace.
“Oh, the Duchess!” he said in a low voice. “I’ve kept her 8 (wait). She must be angry with me! Oh dear!” Alice had no choice but 9 (ask) for help. “Sir, if you please.”
But Alice’s voice frightened the White Rabbit. He dropped his things and ran away into the 10 (dark).
——Taken from Alice in Wonderland
【答案】
1. more hopeless 2. angrily 3. herself 4. falling 5. happening 6. was coming 7. gloves 8. waiting 9. to ask 10. darkness
【导语】本文主要是《爱丽丝梦游仙境》的片段。
1. 句意：但是现在通过比以往任何时候都更加无望。根据“than”可知，此处用形容词比较级形式more hopeless，意为“更无望的”。故填more hopeless。
2. 句意：爱丽丝生气地说。此处用副词修饰动词said，angrily意为“生气地”，副词。故填angrily。
3. 句意：她命令自己：“此刻别哭了”。此处是她对自己说的话，应该用反身代词herself，意为“她自己”。故填herself。
4. 句意：但她的眼泪还是忍不住掉了下来，直到一大片水潭围在她身边。can’t help doing sth.意为“忍不住做某事”，固定词组。故填falling。
5. 句意：过了一会儿，她听到远处有奇怪的事情发生。hear sb. doing sth.意为“听见某人正在做某事情”，固定词组。故填happening。
6. 句意：她很快擦干眼泪，这样她就能看到将要发生的事情。此处描述的是过去某一时刻正在发生的动作，应该用过去进行时，谓语动词构成是was/were doing，主语是she，be动词用was，come的现在分词形式为coming。故填was coming。
7. 句意：他一只手拿着一副白色的小山羊皮手套，另一只手拿着一把扇子。此处指的是一副手套，手套是两只，应该用名词复数形式。故填gloves。
8. 句意：我让她久等了。此处描述的是一直让她等，应用keep sb. doing sth.意为“让某人保持做某事”，固定用法。故填waiting。
9. 句意：爱丽丝别无选择，只能寻求帮助。have no choice but to do sth.意为“除了做某事别无选择”，固定词组。故填to ask。
10. 句意：他扔下东西，跑进了黑暗中。根据冠词the可知，其后用名词作宾语，darkness意为“黑暗”。故填darkness。
Passage 15
阅读短文， 根据句意或括号内单词的正确形式填空，每空一词。
I travelled to Blefuscu, where the Emperor was very kind to me.
One day I went for a walk on the beach. I was feeling sad and 1 (happy), and I was thinking about England. Suddenly I saw a boat in the water. It was a real ship’s boat, not one of the little boats of the Blefuscu people. This was a real boat, big 2 for someone of my size! I was very excited, and I ran into the sea. I swam out to the boat, and climbed onto it. Then I took the boat back to the shore, and 3 (tie) it up carefully.
I told the Emperor of Blefuscu about the boat.
“I’m lonely here,” I told him. “I want to go back to England. Maybe I can use that boat to go home, if you help me. It’ll be a long journey, 4 I’m sure I can do it.”
“Very well,” he said, “I’ll help you, Gulliver. I’ll give you some food and drinks to put in the boat.”
The Emperor ordered his men to prepare 5 (me) boat. They gave me a lot of meat and wine. They also put some animals into the boat—six cows, two bulls and eight 6 (sheep). After a few days, everything was ready.
I sailed away from Blefuscu. The sea was very big and lonely. After some days, I saw a large ship, and I followed it. It was an English ship, and one of the 7 (sail) saw me. They stopped, and took me on board. They were going to England, and they took me with them.
The captain was a friendly man. I told him 8 my adventures (冒险) in Lilliput and Blefuscu. He disbelieved me.
“Little men!” he laughed. “You 9 (tell) a good story, sir,” he said, “but it’s an 10 (possible) story, all the same.” And he laughed again.
“Then where do you think this came from ” I asked him. I put my hand in my pocket, and took out one of the tiny sheep from Blefuscu. I showed it to the captain. Now he believed my story!
【答案】
1. unhappy 2. enough 3. tied 4. but 5. my 6. sheep 7. sailors 8. about 9. told 10. impossible
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，节选自《格列佛游记》，格列佛去了不来夫斯库后继续前行，航行中他遇到了一艘英国船只，并且让船长相信了他说的话。
1. 句意：我感到感到悲伤和不快乐，正在想念英格兰。根据“I was feeling sad and... (happy),”可知，空处应与sad都属于心情不好的词语，故空处指“不高兴的”，需形容词unhappy。故填unhappy。
2. 句意：这是一艘真正的船，对我的体型来说足够大！固定搭配big enough for…表示“对……足够大”，其中enough为副词，修饰形容词big。故填enough。
3. 句意：然后我把船回到岸上，我小心地把船系好。tie“系”为动词，根据“took...and...”可知，空处动词与took表并列，故空处需动词过去式。故填tied。
4. 句意：这将是一段漫长的旅程，但我确信我能完成。根据空前后关系可知，空处表转折，需连词but。故填but。
5. 句意：皇帝命令手下准备我的船。根据“boat”可知，空处需形容词性物主代词修饰名词boat，me为宾格，其形容词性物主代词为my。故填my。
6. 句意：他们还把一些动物放进船里——六只母牛、两头公牛和八只绵羊。sheep为单复数同形，故填sheep。
7. 句意：它是一个英国的轮船，其中一个水手看见了我。根据“one of the...saw me.”可知，空处缺主语，sail“航行”为动词，其表示职业的名词为sailor“水手”，“one of the+可数名词复数”为固定用法。故填sailors。
8. 句意：我告诉他我在小人国的冒险。tell sb. about sth.“告诉某人有关某事”，固定搭配。故填about。
9. 句意：“你讲了个好故事，先生。” 根据“ ‘You... (tell) a good story, sir,’ he said”可知，船长说这句话时，主人公刚讲完故事，故空处时态为一般过去时，谓语动词用过去式。故填told。
10. 句意：“但这是个不可能的故事。” 根据上文内容可知，格列佛的在小人国的经历令船长觉得这是不可能的故事，故空处指“不可能的”，possible“可能的”的反义词为impossible。故填impossible。语法填空 初中英语八年级下册 题型特训
Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island yet？
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、 初阶练手 Passage 1 - 5
二、 进阶练习 Passage 6 -10
三、 高阶提升 Passage 11-15
一、 初阶练手
Passage 1
The story Journey to the West says that once upon a time there was 1 magic rock. One day, it 2 (sudden) broke open and 3 (give) birth to a monkey. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small 4 he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long. The Monkey King can also make seventy-two 5 (change) to his shape and size, turning himself into 6 (difference) animals and objects. But unless he can hide his tail, he cannot turn himself into a person.
Even today, the children of China are very 7 (excite) about the story of the Monkey King. And as soon as the TV program came 8 more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested 9 reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps 10 (fight) to help the weak and never gives up.
Passage 2
阅读下面短文，根据语境或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
The children’s book, The Little Prince, is one of the best-selling books in the world. French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1 (write) it in 1943. It’s so popular that there are plays, 2 (movie), and even a theme park in France all about the story.
This year, there will be some characters (角色) from the story work 3 “guides” (向导) in Hongkong’s Ocean Park. But 4 is the book so special
The book is very imaginative and 5 (teach) us about what it means to be human. In the story, a pilot crashes (坠毁) 6 (he) plane in the desert. There, he meets 7 clever little prince from a different planet (星球). The planet is much 8 (small) than the Earth. The prince tells the pilot how he had met other people on other little planets and a 9 (friend) fox (狐狸) and a scary snake on Earth. The pilot learns some 10 (real) important lessons about life and love. He also sees how grown-ups can forget what they knew as children—like how to be kind-hearted. This often echoes with both children and grown-ups.
Passage 3
阅读短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Dear Mary,
Since you want to read Chinese novels, I’d like to recommend Journey to the West.
Wu Cheng’en 1 (write) the 16th-century Chinese classical novel. It is one of the most famous 2 (novel) in China. People of all ages enjoy 3 (read) it. You’ll find it so wonderful that you don’t want to miss any part 4 the whole story.
In the book, the author creates a number of colourful characters 5 Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing. He 6 (describe) how they face challenges and dangers as a team on their journey and finally achieve their goal.
Chinese people have read and enjoyed this novel 7 centuries. People can read and reread it at any age. Each time, it provides something new. After reading the book, you will learn something about Chinese culture and the 8 (important) of teamwork. The story also teaches us that the true journey is not about where you are going, but about the journey 9 (it).
I 10 (strong) recommend this book. Hope you enjoy it.
Yours,
Li Hua
Passage 4
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Hello, Universe is a 2017 cartoon book written by Erin Entrada Kelly. It is told from the perspectives (观点) of four middle school students.
The four students are quite different Virgil is 1 11-year-old boy whose family comes from the Philippines. He only 2 (talk) to his pet, a guinea pig. Valencia, who is deaf, is smart, brave and interested 3 everything about nature. Tanaka is a girl who has a gift for reading stars. Her sister Gen, is always 4 (follow) her around. The four students are not friends 5 one of them gets caught in a well (水井).
Chet Bullens is the 6 (big) bully (霸凌者) in the neighborhood. One day, he plays a trick on Virgil and his pet. He trap (困住) them at the bottom of a well. Valencia, Tanaka, and Gen then take an adventure and try 7 (they) best to save Virgil and his pet through smartness. courage, and a little help from the universe. In the end, the four become best friends. Sometimes your can really do what one cannot.
Hello, Universe is about the 8 (friend) between four kids. Because of its beautiful and interesting stories, Hello, Universe 9 (win) Newbery Medal (“纽伯瑞奖”) in 2018, the highest award in the field of literature (文学) for 10 (child).
Passage 5
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。
Shankar was from a poor family. At the age of four, he lost his father. He had to live a difficult life with his mother. Because of his father’s 1 (die), his mother felt too sad. Soon her illness became much 2 (serious). So the poor boy made a living by selling wood which he collected in the forest. One day, while Shankar was walking out of the forest, he saw a sick deer. It needed water and food. 3 , Shankar didn’t have anything with himself. So he stayed with the deer for a while and then went on his way home. Later, he saw a man 4 (make) a cabin (木屋). The man didn’t have enough wood. Shankar was so kind 5 he gave his wood to the man. In return, the man gave Shankar some food and water. Shankar was very happy. He went back and gave them to the deer.
Last month, Shankar 6 (fall) down the hill while he 7 (cut) wood. He hurt his leg and he couldn’t move. No one was there to help him. 8 (lucky), the deer he once helped saw him. 9 took Shankar back home.
We can learn from the story that helping others is fantastic. Remember 10 (help) others. You never know when you may need the helping hand.
二、 进阶练习
Passage 6
阅读下面短文，根据语境在空白处填入一个适当的词或用所给单词的提示，填写其正确形式，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Once there were two little ducks. 1 (They) names were Quick and Quack. They didn’t feel lonely, because they were good 2 (brother) and the two ducks were used to competing with each other for fun.
One day, they 3 (hang) out everywhere happily as 4 (usually). Soon they came to a big river. 5 order to show who swam faster, they decided to have a race. The two ducks swam quickly down to the river. Both of them knew the way very well. But Quack wanted to try a much 6 (quick) way. He knew that currents (水流) in the middle of the river were faster and they would help him. However, their mother had told them never to swim in the middle of a river. Quack thought about it for a moment, 7 he finally decided to try it. “I’m old enough now to swim there,” he thought.
It didn’t take Quack much time to be the faster one. 8 (sudden), Quack was caught by a big whirlpool (漩涡). He wasn’t strong enough to get away 9 it. Luckily, a cow passed by and saved him.
After that, Quack realized his 10 (mother) words were right, even though sometimes he didn’t want to listen to her.
Passage 7
阅读下面短文，根据上下文或括号内单词等提示，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once there lived a wise and hard-working man. 1 , his son was lazy and did nothing all day. The wise man was worried about his son’s future. One day he 2 (hand) his son a bag with clothes, some food, a little money and a map to ask him to find some treasure.
The son set out the next day. Along the way, he 3 (help) by some with food and by some with rooms to live in. After a long year, he got to the place his father mentioned. He spent two days 4 (look) for the treasure, but he failed.
On the way back home, he experienced 5 same scenery. Sometimes, he would stop 6 (enjoy) the beauty of nature. He also learnt to make 7 (meal) and even fix his clothes himself. He met the people who had helped him 8 (early). This time, he stayed and helped them in order to repay them.
When he got home, he said sorry to his father 9 not finding the treasure “There wasn’t any treasure in the very 10 (one) place, my son.” the father answered with a smile. “But I think you have found your life’s true purpose.”
Passage 8
阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
Once upon a time, in a beautiful village near some green 1 (hill), there was a boy who watched over the village’s sheep. Being alone up on the hill was very 2 (bored). The boy came up with a(n) idea. He thought it would be fun 3 (scare) the villagers, so he shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers got whatever they could and 4 (run) up the hill to fight the wolf.
When they 5 (reach) the top, they realized the boy was just cheating them. The boy laughed and laughed until the villagers 6 (angry) walked back down the hill. This excited the boy. He continued 7 (call) “wolf”. The villagers told him that they would not believe him anymore. The boy 8 (not listen) to them and lay down for a rest. One afternoon, the boy heard a terrible sound. Before he could even prepare 9 (him), a wolf appeared right before him, and was running after all the sheep! The boy shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” But nobody 10 (believe) him. The wolf killed many sheep and the other sheep all ran away. The boy was left crying on the hill. Now he knew how stupid he was.
Passage 9
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One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. Since 1 well was deep, the donkey couldn’t get out and cried for hours. The farmer tried 2 possible to get the donkey out but didn’t make it.
3 (final), the farmer had to give up any more tries and made a 4 (decide) to cover up the donkey with dirt. The farmer invited all his neighbors 5 (come) over and help him. All the people started to shovel (铲) dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what 6 (happen) and he started crying even 7 (loud). After some time, to everyone’s surprise, the donkey quieted down. The farmer looked down the well and was 8 (surprise) at what he saw.
With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey shook it off and took a step up. After a couple of minutes, the donkey was closer 9 getting out of the well and this story came to a happy ending— the donkey jumped off!
So, friends. 10 (what) problems we will meet in life are like dirt to the donkey. When life throws “dirt” at you, never fail to shake it off and take a step up!
Passage 10
Long long ago, there was a little girl called Nuwa. She was the 1 (young) daughter of Emperor Yan.
One day, the sun shone on the calm sea. Princess Nuwa smiled at its reflection (倒影). It looked like a gold pebble (鹅卵石) in the water. Nuwa walked down to the beach. She slid her small boat into the water.
She rowed out to sea. 2 (sudden), a strong wind came. The waves were as high as mountains. Nuwa drowned (淹死) in the sea.
After she died, she turned 3 a bird with red claws and a white beak. The bird lived on 4 mountain near the sea. And the bird made the sad cry of “Jingwei, Jingwei”, so Nuwa got her new 5 , Jingwei.
Jingwei hated the sea, so she wanted to 6 it up. Every day, she carried a pebble or a twig (小树枝) from the mountain to the sea, then threw it into the sea.
The sea laughed at Jingwei, “Poor little bird, stop 7 (do) this! It’s meaningless. You’ll never fill me up.”
“I will fill you up, even if it will take me 8 (thousand) of years.” said Jingwei.
Year 9 year, Jingwei did the same work and never stopped. Jingwei teaches a lesson. She shows us to never give up even 10 it is hard.
三、 高阶提升
Passage 11
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Have you ever been drawn by the brightest star in the night sky Do you want to know 1 it came from US author Rebecca Dwight Bruff wrote about it in her newest book Stars of Wonder, which 2 (tell) a story about imagination, curiosity (好奇心), courage and great love.
The book is about a group of five 3 (child) who go on a journey to follow the Star of Wonder. The three princes--Jonah, Nathan and Jacob--are joined by their sister Princess Phoebe and 4 (they) friend Sumar. As the kids make their way towards the brightest star, they face dangers. Facing these challenges, the children learn how 5 (work) together. For example, after 6 (meet) some wild animals, the group is forced to part. However, 7 (lucky), they run out of food. So they decide that one group will look 8 food and the other group will continue the journey.
Stars of Wonder is Bruff’s first children’s story. Children must get over many 9 (difficult) in order to see the star with their own eyes. Bruff’s story reminds us that no matter 10 happens in our daily life, we should face challenges bravely and keep fighting. Only in this way can we have what we really want.
Passage 12
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Many expressions that we use in American English come from novels. Today we 1 (look) at some of them from Alice in Wonderland.
Alice meets some strange 2 (character).
The first character Alice meets is the White Rabbit, who runs past her and says some strange words. Alice chases (追赶) him, and that is where her adventures begin. In English, chasing a white rabbit means chasing 3 impossible clue (线索) and finding yourself in an unexpected (意料之外的) situation.
Then, as she runs after the rabbit, she 4 (fall) down the rabbit hole. When she finally lands, she finds 5 (her) in a strange world. To fall down the rabbit hole can mean to enter a confusing (令人困惑的) situation. It often happens 6 accident and is about something not that meaningful.
Later in the story, Alice meets the March Hare and the Hatter at a crazy tea party. To be mad as a March Hare means that someone is completely mad, or crazy. The expression "mad as a Hatter" also means to be completely crazy. Of the two, “mad as a Hatter” is more common. But don't tell the March Hare. Who knows 7 he will react (反应)!
Near the end of the story, Alice meets the Queen of Hearts. A woman who is called a Queen of Hearts always 8 (try) to control (控制) everything and everyone around her.
Using expressions from popular books 9 (proper) can add a special taste to your English. It also shows you have a deeper 10 (understand) of the literature and culture of the English language. So, have fun with them!
Passage 13
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There once was a Prince who wished to marry a Princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He traveled all over the world 1 (find) such a lady, but there was always something wrong. He found many Princesses, but it was impossible for him to make a 2 (decide) whether they were real Princesses. At last, he returned to his palace 3 (lonely).
One evening a scary rainstorm came. It rained so heavily 4 everywhere was full of water. 5 (sudden) someone knocked at the door. The old King, the Prince’s father, went out himself to open it. A girl 6 (stand) outside the door, cold and wet, when the King opened the door. She said she was a real Princess. The old Queen-mother didn’t say a word of what she was going to do, but went into the bedroom in 7 (silent), took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas (豌豆) on the bed. She then laid twenty mattresses (床垫) one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather quilts over the mattresses. The Princess was to pass the night on this bed.
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night. 8 I do not know what was in my bed, there was something hard under me. It hurt me so much! And now I have a 9 (head).” Now it was clear that the lady must be a real Princess, because she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather quilts. None but a real Princess 10 (feel) that there was something hard on the bed. Because they were just small peas. Finally the Prince got married to the real Princess.
Passage 14
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Poor Alice! She had to lie down on her side to look through the key hole into the garden. But to get through now was even 1 (hopeless) than ever. She sat up and began to cry.
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” Alice said 2 (angry). “Stop crying this moment,” she ordered 3 (she). But her tears couldn’t help 4 (fall) down until a large pool was around her. The pool was four inches deep and reached halfway down the hall.
After a time, she heard something strange 5 (happen) in the distance. She quickly dried her eyes so she could see what 6 (come). Suddenly, the White Rabbit appeared again, well-dressed. He had a pair of white kid 7 (glove) in one hand and a fan in the other. He came running along in a hurried pace.
“Oh, the Duchess!” he said in a low voice. “I’ve kept her 8 (wait). She must be angry with me! Oh dear!” Alice had no choice but 9 (ask) for help. “Sir, if you please.”
But Alice’s voice frightened the White Rabbit. He dropped his things and ran away into the 10 (dark).
——Taken from Alice in Wonderland
Passage 15
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I travelled to Blefuscu, where the Emperor was very kind to me.
One day I went for a walk on the beach. I was feeling sad and 1 (happy), and I was thinking about England. Suddenly I saw a boat in the water. It was a real ship’s boat, not one of the little boats of the Blefuscu people. This was a real boat, big 2 for someone of my size! I was very excited, and I ran into the sea. I swam out to the boat, and climbed onto it. Then I took the boat back to the shore, and 3 (tie) it up carefully.
I told the Emperor of Blefuscu about the boat.
“I’m lonely here,” I told him. “I want to go back to England. Maybe I can use that boat to go home, if you help me. It’ll be a long journey, 4 I’m sure I can do it.”
“Very well,” he said, “I’ll help you, Gulliver. I’ll give you some food and drinks to put in the boat.”
The Emperor ordered his men to prepare 5 (me) boat. They gave me a lot of meat and wine. They also put some animals into the boat—six cows, two bulls and eight 6 (sheep). After a few days, everything was ready.
I sailed away from Blefuscu. The sea was very big and lonely. After some days, I saw a large ship, and I followed it. It was an English ship, and one of the 7 (sail) saw me. They stopped, and took me on board. They were going to England, and they took me with them.
The captain was a friendly man. I told him 8 my adventures (冒险) in Lilliput and Blefuscu. He disbelieved me.
“Little men!” he laughed. “You 9 (tell) a good story, sir,” he said, “but it’s an 10 (possible) story, all the same.” And he laughed again.
“Then where do you think this came from ” I asked him. I put my hand in my pocket, and took out one of the tiny sheep from Blefuscu. I showed it to the captain. Now he believed my story!
