Unit 6 Birdwatching 单元话题语法填空练习-2024-2025学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

Unit 6 Birdwatching 单元话题阅读理解练习 （24-25八年级上·湖北武汉·期中）I strongly believe that all schools should have a therapy animal (辅助治疗动物) working with their students. They would work harder on the schoolwork, get much exercise and act better too. Firstly, therapy animals can 1 (help) students in schools, such as listening to students read. It’s reported that kids are getting better at 2 (read), and doing better on reading tests after they spend time learning 3 the animals. For shy students who do not like reading aloud to their friends, a therapy animal is the 4 (good) answer of all. Secondly, therapy animals are 5 great way to get students exercising. Schools with a therapy dog need to make sure that the dog is taken for a walk every day and cared for very well. Students will enjoy the exercise helping them to be fit and 6 (health). Next, a student once 7 (write) in an article that therapy animals could make them act better. 8 the students feel sad, angry or worried, they can spend some time sitting and talking to the pet. Staying close to a trained animal 9 (calm) people down before they get back to their learning. A therapy animal is taught how to be nice and also be a great 10 (listen). 【答案】 1．help 2．reading 3．with 4．best 5．a 6．healthy 7．wrote 8．When 9．calms 10．listener 【导语】本文讨论了在学校中引入辅助治疗动物（如治疗犬）的好处。作者认为，辅助治疗动物可以帮助学生提高学习成绩，增加锻炼机会，并改善行为表现。具体来说，辅助治疗动物可以帮助学生提高阅读能力，鼓励学生进行锻炼，并在学生感到情绪低落或压力时提供情感支持。 1．句意：首先，辅助治疗动物可以帮助学生，比如听学生读书。此处是一个动词，“can”后面跟动词原形。故填help。 2．句意：据报道，孩子们在花时间与动物一起学习后，阅读能力提高了，阅读测试成绩也更好了。are getting better at“在……变得更好”，“at”介词后接动名词形式，表示擅长某事，故填reading。 3．句意：孩子们在花时间与动物一起学习后，阅读能力提高了，阅读测试成绩也更好了。根据句意可知，“learning”后接介词，learning with表示“和动物一起学习”，故填with。 4．句意：对于不喜欢在朋友面前大声朗读的害羞学生来说，辅助治疗动物是最好的答案。根据空前“the”和后面“of all”可知，此处应该用形容词的最高级形式，表示“所有之中最好的答案”，“good”最高级为“best”,修饰名词“answer”。故填best。 5．句意：其次，辅助治疗动物是让学生锻炼身体的好方法。此处“a great way”是固定搭配，表示“一种很好的方式”，故填a。 6．句意：学生们会享受这种锻炼，帮助他们保持健康。此处“and”前后一致，表示平行并列，fit“合适的”，形容词，and后接形容词，health的形容词形式为healthy。故填healthy。 7．句意：接下来，一位学生曾在文章中写道，辅助治疗动物可以让他们表现得更好。根据句意可知，句子时态为一般过去时态，此处动词用过去式，write过去式为wrote，故填wrote。 8．句意：当学生感到悲伤、生气或担忧时，他们可以花些时间坐下来与宠物交谈。根据句意可知，此处需要一个连词引导时间状语从句，表示“当……的时候”，When符合题意。故填When。 9．句意：与训练有素的动物待在一起可以让人平静下来，然后再回到学习中。根据句意可知，本句中动名词短语“Staying close to a trained animal”作主语，谓语动词“calm”用单数形式，故填calms。 10．句意：辅助治疗动物被教导如何友好待人，并且是一个很好的倾听者。此处是一个名词，listen“听”的名词形式为listener“倾听者”，“a great listener”表示“一个很好的倾听者”，故填listener。 （24-25八年级上·辽宁沈阳·期中）阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。 Eric Green has always wanted to know about things that live in the ocean. When he was young, he loved to swim. He liked to watch all kinds of underwater animals and plants through his diving mask (潜水面罩). When he 1 (grow) up, he wanted to look for new things in the ocean. Today, Mr. Green is 2 marine ecologist (海洋生态学家). He studies how underwater animals and plants keep in touch with each other and need each other 3 (stay) alive (活着的). Mr. Green studies coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the Pacific Ocean. A coral reef is 4 a big underwater town. A lot of 5 (animal) and plants live there. They compete (竞争) for both food 6 space there. As a result, the coral reefs get injured (受伤) 7 (easy). Mr Green also studies how 8 (people) actions can change coral reefs. Sometimes people pollute the water or overfish  (过度捕捞), so the way that all the living things are joined together has been changed. If 9 (beauty) coral reefs get hurt, many animals have to find new homes. Some animals’ numbers drop low, and some animals just die out. Mr Green wants to stop this from happening. Mr Green believes that all the living things in a coral reef should be kept safe. “Underwater ecosystems (生态系统) are like airplanes,” Mr Green says. “They need all of their parts to work correctly (正确地).” “To take better care of marine homes, humans must know them first. It’s time for 10 (we) to understand the great influence (影响) humans have on these places,” Mr Green says. 【答案】 1．grew 2．a 3．to stay 4．like 5．animals 6．and 7．easily 8．people’s 9．beautiful 10．us 【导语】本文主要讲述了海洋生态学家格林先生意识到珊瑚礁所面临的问题以及它们的重要性，呼吁人们要先了解它们并保护它们。 1．句意：当他长大后，他想在海洋中寻找新的东西。grow up“长大”，固定短语，时态为一般过去时。故填grew。 2．句意：现在，格林先生是一个海洋生态学家。根据“Mr. Green is … marine ecologist (海洋生态学家).”可知此处表示泛指，marine以辅音音素开头。故填a。 3．句意：他研究水下的动物和植物是如何相互联系、相互需要以维持生存的。根据“underwater animals and plants connect with each other and need each other … (stay) alive (活着的).”可知此处是need sth. to do sth.“需要某物做某事”。故填to stay。 4．句意：一个珊瑚礁就像一个大型的水下城镇。根据“A coral reef is … a big underwater town.”可知一个珊瑚礁就像一个大型的水下城镇，此处需填介词like“像……”。故填like。 5．句意：许多动物和植物生活在那里。根据“A lot of … (animal) and plants live there.”可知，a lot of 后跟名词复数形式。故填animals。 6．句意：在那里它们为食物和空间进行竞争。根据“both food … space”可知此处是both...and“两者都”。故填and。 7．句意：因此，珊瑚礁很容易受伤。此处修饰动词用副词。故填easily。 8．句意：格林先生也研究了人们的行为是如何改变珊瑚礁的。此处需用名词所有格作定语修饰actions。故填people’s。 9．句意：如果美丽的珊瑚礁受到伤害，许多动物必须寻找新的家园。此处需用形容词beautiful“美丽的”作定语修饰coral reefs。故填beautiful。 10．句意：是时候让我们了解人类对这些地方的巨大影响了。介词for后面应跟人称代词宾格，we的宾格是us。故填us。 （24-25八年级上·湖北武汉·期中）On February 1st, 2024, after spending 136 days at the Shenzhen Wildlife Rescue Center, a leopard cat cub (豹猫仔) finally went back into the wild. The cub’s journey began last September when someone 1 (find) it in a city park and called the center. Leopard cats are protected animals in China, so the workers at the center decided to take in 2 cub and look after it. When the cub first arrived, it was small and weak. The workers had to put it in an incubator (保温箱). 3 (help) it grow stronger, they fed it milk every two hours. After about 20 days, the cub was healthier. So the workers started feeding it meat. They then moved the cub to a special place with trees to get it ready for life in the wild. They tried not to make contact with the cub too much, so it wouldn’t get used to being around people. By the end of December, the workers started 4 (train) it to hunt small animals like chickens, mice and fish. Once the cub could catch 5 (it) own food and stay 6 (safety), the workers knew it was ready to go back into the wild. Before letting the cub go, the workers fed it a little more food than usual in case it couldn’t find any right away. “I’m happy 7 we’ve raised it well and now it can live in the wild, have a home, and 8 (hopeful) have babies on its own.” said one of the 9 (worker). What a 10 (touch) story of humans and animals! 【答案】 1．found 2．the 3．To help 4．training 5．its 6．safe 7．that 8．hopefully 9．workers 10．touching 【导语】本文主要介绍了一只豹猫仔在深圳野生动物救助中心经过136天的照顾后，最终被放归野外的故事。 1．句意：这只幼崽的旅程始于去年9月，当时有人在城市公园里发现了它，并给中心打了电话。根据“last September”可知，此处用一般过去时，所以此处用find的过去式found。故填found。 2．句意：豹猫是中国的保护动物，所以中心的工作人员决定收养这只幼崽并照顾它。根据“Leopard cats are protected animals in China”可知，此处特指上文提到的这只豹猫幼崽，所以用定冠词the。故填the。 3．句意：为了帮助它变得更强壮，他们每两个小时给它喂一次奶。根据“it grow stronger”可知，此处用不定式作目的状语，所以此处用to help，句首首字母大写。故填To help。 4．句意：到12月底，工人们开始训练它捕捉小鸡、老鼠和鱼等小动物。根据“started”可知，此处用start doing sth.“开始做某事”，所以此处用training。故填training。 5．句意：一旦幼崽能自己捕食并安全地生存下来，工人们就知道它准备好重返野外了。根据“own food”可知，此处用形容词性物主代词its“它的”修饰名词food。故填its。 6．句意：一旦幼崽能自己捕食并安全地生存下来，工人们就知道它准备好重返野外了。根据“stay”可知，此处用形容词safe作表语，stay safe“保持安全”。故填safe。 7．句意：“我很高兴我们把它养得很好，现在它可以在野外生活，有一个家，希望能有自己的孩子。”其中一位工人说。根据“I’m happy...we’ve raised it well”可知，此处是that引导的宾语从句，无实义，只起连接作用。故填that。 8．句意：“我很高兴我们把它养得很好，现在它可以在野外生活，有一个家，希望能有自己的孩子。”其中一位工人说。根据“have babies on its own”可知，此处用副词hopefully“有希望地”修饰动词短语。故填hopefully。 9．句意：“我很高兴我们把它养得很好，现在它可以在野外生活，有一个家，希望能有自己的孩子。”其中一位工人说。根据“one of the...”可知，此处用复数名词workers“工人们”。故填workers。 10．句意：这是一个多么感人的关于人和动物的故事啊！根据“story”可知，此处用形容词touching“感人的”修饰名词story。故填touching。 （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。 Pets are very common in many families. Many people keep a kind of animal as a pet, such 1 dogs, cats, birds and so on. And the pets 2 (be) very important in some families. They think of the pets as their family members. In many ways, pets can bring love and happiness, and sometimes they also feel thankful. They show 3 (they) thanks in special ways. Especially the dogs, they are human’s 4 (friend). A few weeks ago, a fireman saved a dog named Dodo from a fire. She was 5 good mother dog and has six babies. Then he 6 (go) on working in the fire. The tired man sat 7 to rest after he put out the fire. He saw the mother dog walking straight to him and wanted 8 (know) what she was going to do. To his surprise, she came up to him and kissed him. At first he was too surprised to do anything. But then he hugged (拥抱) her 9 (happy) at once. Although pets are not human beings, their behavior (行为) sometimes is 10 (good) than the human beings, because they always keep loyal (忠诚的) to the master. Most important of all, keeping pets helps people to reduce (减少) loneliness and forget their unhappy things for a while. 【答案】 1．as 2．are 3．their 4．friends 5．a 6．went 7．down/there 8．to konw 9．happily 10．better 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了许多人喜欢养动物作为宠物的现象。 1．句意：许多人养一种动物作为宠物，如狗、猫、鸟等。根据下文“dogs, cats, birds and so on”可知，此处是在列举作为宠物的动物，故应用such as“例如”，故填as。 2．句意：宠物在一些家庭中很重要。句子主语为“pets”，且根据语境可知，句子应用现在时，故be动词应用are，故填are。 3．句意：它们用特殊的方式表达它们的感谢。空格后为名词“thanks”，故应用形容词性物主代词，人称代词they的形容词性物主代词为their，意为“它们的”，符合句意，故填their。 4．句意：尤其是狗，它们是人类的朋友。句子主语为“they”，故名词friend应用复数形式。故填friends。 5．句意：她是一个好狗妈妈，有六个孩子。空格后为名词“mother dog”，故应用不定冠词修饰，表示“一”的概念，且空后“good”以辅音音素开头，故应用不定冠词a，故填a。 6．句意：然后他继续在火场中做事。根据语境可知，此处叙述过去发生的事，故应用过去时，故动词go应用过去式。故填went。 7．句意：那个疲倦的人扑灭了火后坐下来休息。根据下文“after he put out the fire”可知，扑灭火之后男子十分疲惫，于是坐下休息。sit down/there意为“坐下/坐那里”，符合句意，故填down/there。 8．句意：他看到狗妈妈径直向他走来，他想知道它要做什么。want to do sth.意为“想要做某事”，符合句意，故填to know。 9．句意：但他马上高兴地拥抱了它。根据句子结构，空格处应填副词修饰谓语“hugged”，故形容词happy应用其副词形式happily，意为“快乐地”，符合句意，故填happily。 10．句意：虽然宠物不是人类，但它们的行为有时比人类好，因为它们总是对主人保持忠诚。空格后为“than”，故形容词good应用比较级形式。故填better。 （23-24八年级下·浙江嘉兴·期中）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， Have you heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed 1 a cat and a bear. No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, several 2 (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear’s cage (笼子), and the two animals 3 (play) together peacefully at that time. They were surprised that the small cat got along well with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat 4 (stay) with the bear. And later the two animals and their unusual friendship 5 (become) a ho topic at the zoo. After several years, the zoo built a new cage for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around 6 (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat and let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got 7 (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in 8 sun. Sometimes 9 may be natural for animals to have their own ideas about whom they would like to make friends with. And scientists have expected animals to form relationships with others of the same species 10 they heard the story. They also hope humans and animals can live peacefully together in the world. 【答案】 1．between 2．workers 3．were playing 4．to stay 5．became 6．angrily 7．closer 8．the 9．it 10．since 【导语】本文介绍了德国的一家动物园里的一只熊和一只猫之间的真挚友谊，同类动物之间成为朋友很常见，但当不同类的动物之间交朋友却令人惊讶。 1．句意：一种不同寻常的友谊在一只猫和一只熊之间发展起来。根据“…a cat and a bear”可知，表示在两者之间：between…and…，固定搭配，故填between。 2．句意：一天，几个工人在动物园注意到熊笼子里有一只黑猫。根据“several”可知，worker“工人”，可数名词，几个工人，空处使用可数名词复数，故填workers。 3．句意：两只动物当时和平地在一起玩耍。根据“at that time”可知，那时工人正好看到两只动物在一起玩耍，使用过去进行时，主语是animals，结构是were doing，故填were playing。 4．句意：养熊人允许猫与熊在待在一起。根据“allowed the cat”可知，allow sb to do sth“同意某人做某事”，故填to stay。 5．句意：后来这两种动物和它们不寻常的友谊成为了物园的热门。根据“The bear keeper allowed the cat”可知，本文讲述过去发生的故事，使用一般过去时，become“变成”，过去式became，故填became。 6．句意：然而，猫仍然在原来的笼子里，所以它生气地走来走去，哭着要和熊在一起。空处缺少副词修饰动词walked，angrily“生气地”，故填angrily。 7．句意：猫和熊比以前更亲近了。根据“than before”可知，空处填写形容词比较级，closer“更亲密的”，故填closer。 8．句意：它们经常坐在一起，在阳光下一起吃饭。sun“太阳”，独一无二的事物，使用定冠词the修饰，故填the。 9．句意：有时候，对于动物来说，它们想要和谁交朋友是很自然的。该句真正的主语是“to have their own ideas about whom they would like to make friends with”，空处使用it作形式主语，故填it。 10．句意：自从科学家们在听到这个故事后，就希望动物能与同一物种的其他动物建立关系。该句是时间状语从句，主句是现在完成时，从句是一般过去时，引导词使用since“自从”，故填since。 （23-24八年级下·浙江杭州·期中）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。将答案写在答题纸的相应位置。 Do you know dolphins? Dolphins are very social animals, and they are 1 (friend) to humans as well as their own kind. Dolphins are much 2 (clever) than we thought. Scientists have 3 (recent) found that the bottle-nosed dolphins can recognize(认出) themselves in the mirror. Presley and Deb are two male dolphins who stay in 4 pool with mirror wall in the Aquarium(水族馆). Researchers noticed they didn’t seem to think that they 5 (look) at another dolphin when they saw themselves in the mirror. This got the researchers thinking. Perhaps the dolphins recognized 6 (they) own images. So they decided 7 (find) it out. Using black ink, they made marks on different 8 (part) of the dolphins’ bodies, changing the place every week. Every time they saw the marks on their bodies, the dolphins made more trips to the mirror than usual. Now doesn’t it sound familiar? Imagine the dolphins wondering “Where did that mark come 9 ? I wonder how long it’s going to stay.” The scientists did the same test on other animals. 10 until now, only dolphins and great apes can recognize their images in the mirror, much like you and me! 【答案】 1．friendly 2．cleverer/more clever 3．recently 4．a 5．were looking 6．their 7．to find 8．parts 9．from 10．But 【导语】本文讲述了海豚很友好，只有海豚和类人猿能在镜子里认出它们的形象，就像你我一样。 1．句意：海豚是非常社会化的动物，它们对人类和同类都很友好。be friendly to“对……友好”，为固定短语，故填friendly。 2．句意：海豚比我们想象的要聪明得多。根据“than”可知应用比较级，clever的比较级为cleverer或more clever。故填cleverer/more clever。 3．句意：科学家最近发现瓶鼻海豚能认出镜子中的自己。recent“最近的”，形容词，此处应用副词修饰动词，故填recently。 4．句意：普雷斯利和黛布是两只雄性海豚，它们待在水族馆里一个有镜子墙的游泳池里。此处是泛指一个游泳池，pool以辅音音素开头，应用a修饰，故填a。 5．句意：研究人员注意到，当它们在镜子里看到自己时，似乎并不认为自己在看另一只海豚。look“看”，动词。根据“when they saw themselves in the mirror.”可知，本句是含有when的过去进行时态，表示“它们正在镜子里看自己”，主语是复数，be动词用were，故填were looking。 6．句意：也许海豚认出了自己的形象。they是人称代词主格，空后是名词，所以应用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词，故填their。 7．句意：所以他们决定找出原因。decide to do sth“决定做某事”，为固定短语。故填to find。 8．句意：他们用黑色墨水在海豚身体的不同部位做记号，每周换一个地方。part“部位”，可数名词，different修饰可数名词复数，故填parts。 9．句意：那个标记是从哪里来的？根据“Where did that mark come...”可知此处是固定短语come from“来自”，故填from。 10．句意：但直到现在，只有海豚和类人猿才能认出镜子中的自己，就像你我一样！根据前后句可知，此处应用but“但是”表示转折，故填But。 （23-24八年级下·山东枣庄·期中）阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Do you know a group called Animal Helpers? People set it up 1 (help) the disabled. The disabled may be unable to see, hear, or use their hands 2 (easy), so they have many 3 (difficult) in their life, such as answering the telephone, carrying things and so on. Then trained animals can help 4 . Of all the animal helpers, dogs are 5 (common). Here is a story between Ben Smith and his trained dog Lucky. Mr. Smith 6 (take) Lucky home after the dog got six months of training at Animal Helpers. Mr. Smith named it Lucky 7 he felt lucky to have it. Lucky is very clever and 8 (understand) many English words. It can help Mr. Smith do many things, and also can cheer him 9 when he is upset. The animal helpers 10 (make) a big difference to many people’s life. 【答案】 1．to help 2．easily 3．difficulties 4．them 5．the most common 6．took 7．because 8．understands 9．up 10．make 【导语】本文介绍了一个“动物助手”的组织，人们建立它是为了帮助残疾人。 1．句意：人们建立它是为了帮助残疾人。根据“People set it up...the disabled”可知人们建立这个组织是为了帮助残疾人，此处应用动词不定式作目的状语，故填to help。 2．句意：残疾人可能看不见，听不见，或者不容易使用他们的双手，所以他们在生活中有很多困难，比如接电话，拿东西等等。easy是形容词，此处应用副词修饰动词。故填easily。 3．句意：残疾人可能看不见，听不见，或者不容易使用他们的双手，所以他们在生活中有很多困难，比如接电话，拿东西等等。many修饰可数名词复数，difficult的名词为difficulty，复数为difficulties。故填difficulties。 4．句意：然后训练有素的动物可以帮助他们。根据“Then trained animals can help...”可知此空是代指残疾人，应用宾格代词them。故填them。 5．句意：在所有的动物帮手中，狗是最常见的。根据“Of all the animal helpers”可知此处应用形容词最高级。故填the most common。 6．句意：史密斯先生把它带回家。take是动词，根据语境可知本句是一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填took。 7．句意：史密斯先生把它命名为“Lucky”，因为他觉得拥有它很幸运。根据“Mr. Smith named it Lucky...he felt lucky to have it”可知前后是因果关系，前果后因，应用because引导原因状语从句，故填because。 8．句意：Lucky非常聪明，能听懂很多英语单词。根据“is”可知本句是一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，动词用三单形式，故填understands。 9．句意：它可以帮助史密斯先生做很多事情，也可以在他心烦意乱的时候让他振作起来。cheer sb up“使某人振作起来”，为固定短语。故填up。 10．句意：动物助手给许多人的生活带来了很大的不同。分析前后语境可知，本句是一般现在时，主语是名词复数，动词用原形。故填make。 （23-24八年级下·浙江温州·开学考试）阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法情况和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。 Koalas are tree-hugging animals with big, round ears and black noses. Australia is their only home 1 the world. A lot of people love 2 (they) for their small size and cartoon-like looking. A koala mother gives birth to and raises only one baby koala at a time. A baby koala can’t see or climb. It is less than 3 cm long when it was born. What 3 cute animal it is! It lives in the mother’s pocket for about six 4 (month). Then in the following year, its mother looks after it 5 (careful). Koalas spend most of their time 6 (sleep) and eating. Eucalyptus (桉树) leaves are the only food koalas eat. The leaves are not good to most animals 7 koalas feel good to eat the leaves. Every day, each koala usually 8 (eat) three hours during the night time, and rests for 16 to 18 hours a day. Koalas are facing many serious problems. Losing their natural home is one of 9 (big) problems of the lovely animals. Fire and the act of cutting down trees make their living environment even worse. We should do something 10 (save) koalas. Animals are our friends. 【答案】 1．in 2．them 3．a 4．months 5．carefully 6．sleeping 7．but 8．eats 9．the biggest 10．to save 【导语】 本文主要从长相、习性和面临的威胁等方面介绍了澳大利亚的考拉。 1．句意：澳大利亚是它们在世界上唯一的家。in the world在世界上，固定短语。故填in。 2．句意：很多人喜欢它们的小尺寸和卡通般的外表。分析句子，空格处作love的宾语，应用they的宾格them。故填them。 3．句意：它是多么可爱的动物啊！根据“cute animal”是可数名词单数，且“cute”以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a，故填a。 4．句意：它在母亲的口袋里生活了大约六个月。根据空格前数词“six”可知空格处用名词month复数months，故填months。 5．句意：然后在接下来的一年里，它的母亲会细心地照顾它。空格处修饰动词短语“looks after”应用副词，careful的副词是carefully。故填carefully。 6．句意：考拉大部分时间都在睡觉和吃饭。spend st. (in) doing sth.花费时间做某事，固定短语。故填sleeping。 7．句意：树叶对大多数动物都不好，但考拉吃树叶感觉很好。根据“The leaves are not good to most animals…koalas feel good to eat the leaves.”可知此句是并列句，前后句句意是转折关系，应用but连接。故填but。 8．句意：每天，每只考拉通常在晚上吃三个小时，每天休息16到18个小时。根据频度副词“usually”可知此句时态为一般现在时，主语“each koala”是第三人称单数，谓语动词应用三单形式，eat的三单形式是eats。故填eats。 9．句意：失去天然家园是这些可爱动物最大的问题之一。one of the+形容词最高级+名词：最……之一，固定用法，big的最高级是biggest。故填biggest。 10．句意：我们应该做点什么来拯救考拉。此句谓语是should do，后面再跟动词一般使用动词不定式，此句用动词不定式作目的状语。故填to save。 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 6 Birdwatching 单元话题阅读理解练习 （24-25八年级上·湖北武汉·期中）I strongly believe that all schools should have a therapy animal (辅助治疗动物) working with their students. They would work harder on the schoolwork, get much exercise and act better too. Firstly, therapy animals can 1 (help) students in schools, such as listening to students read. It’s reported that kids are getting better at 2 (read), and doing better on reading tests after they spend time learning 3 the animals. For shy students who do not like reading aloud to their friends, a therapy animal is the 4 (good) answer of all. Secondly, therapy animals are 5 great way to get students exercising. Schools with a therapy dog need to make sure that the dog is taken for a walk every day and cared for very well. Students will enjoy the exercise helping them to be fit and 6 (health). Next, a student once 7 (write) in an article that therapy animals could make them act better. 8 the students feel sad, angry or worried, they can spend some time sitting and talking to the pet. Staying close to a trained animal 9 (calm) people down before they get back to their learning. A therapy animal is taught how to be nice and also be a great 10 (listen). （24-25八年级上·辽宁沈阳·期中）阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。 Eric Green has always wanted to know about things that live in the ocean. When he was young, he loved to swim. He liked to watch all kinds of underwater animals and plants through his diving mask (潜水面罩). When he 1 (grow) up, he wanted to look for new things in the ocean. Today, Mr. Green is 2 marine ecologist (海洋生态学家). He studies how underwater animals and plants keep in touch with each other and need each other 3 (stay) alive (活着的). Mr. Green studies coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the Pacific Ocean. A coral reef is 4 a big underwater town. A lot of 5 (animal) and plants live there. They compete (竞争) for both food 6 space there. As a result, the coral reefs get injured (受伤) 7 (easy). Mr Green also studies how 8 (people) actions can change coral reefs. Sometimes people pollute the water or overfish  (过度捕捞), so the way that all the living things are joined together has been changed. If 9 (beauty) coral reefs get hurt, many animals have to find new homes. Some animals’ numbers drop low, and some animals just die out. Mr Green wants to stop this from happening. Mr Green believes that all the living things in a coral reef should be kept safe. “Underwater ecosystems (生态系统) are like airplanes,” Mr Green says. “They need all of their parts to work correctly (正确地).” “To take better care of marine homes, humans must know them first. It’s time for 10 (we) to understand the great influence (影响) humans have on these places,” Mr Green says. （24-25八年级上·湖北武汉·期中）On February 1st, 2024, after spending 136 days at the Shenzhen Wildlife Rescue Center, a leopard cat cub (豹猫仔) finally went back into the wild. The cub’s journey began last September when someone 1 (find) it in a city park and called the center. Leopard cats are protected animals in China, so the workers at the center decided to take in 2 cub and look after it. When the cub first arrived, it was small and weak. The workers had to put it in an incubator (保温箱). 3 (help) it grow stronger, they fed it milk every two hours. After about 20 days, the cub was healthier. So the workers started feeding it meat. They then moved the cub to a special place with trees to get it ready for life in the wild. They tried not to make contact with the cub too much, so it wouldn’t get used to being around people. By the end of December, the workers started 4 (train) it to hunt small animals like chickens, mice and fish. Once the cub could catch 5 (it) own food and stay 6 (safety), the workers knew it was ready to go back into the wild. Before letting the cub go, the workers fed it a little more food than usual in case it couldn’t find any right away. “I’m happy 7 we’ve raised it well and now it can live in the wild, have a home, and 8 (hopeful) have babies on its own.” said one of the 9 (worker). What a 10 (touch) story of humans and animals! （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。 Pets are very common in many families. Many people keep a kind of animal as a pet, such 1 dogs, cats, birds and so on. And the pets 2 (be) very important in some families. They think of the pets as their family members. In many ways, pets can bring love and happiness, and sometimes they also feel thankful. They show 3 (they) thanks in special ways. Especially the dogs, they are human’s 4 (friend). A few weeks ago, a fireman saved a dog named Dodo from a fire. She was 5 good mother dog and has six babies. Then he 6 (go) on working in the fire. The tired man sat 7 to rest after he put out the fire. He saw the mother dog walking straight to him and wanted 8 (know) what she was going to do. To his surprise, she came up to him and kissed him. At first he was too surprised to do anything. But then he hugged (拥抱) her 9 (happy) at once. Although pets are not human beings, their behavior (行为) sometimes is 10 (good) than the human beings, because they always keep loyal (忠诚的) to the master. Most important of all, keeping pets helps people to reduce (减少) loneliness and forget their unhappy things for a while. （23-24八年级下·浙江嘉兴·期中）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， Have you heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed 1 a cat and a bear. No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, several 2 (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear’s cage (笼子), and the two animals 3 (play) together peacefully at that time. They were surprised that the small cat got along well with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat 4 (stay) with the bear. And later the two animals and their unusual friendship 5 (become) a ho topic at the zoo. After several years, the zoo built a new cage for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it walked around 6 (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on the cat and let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got 7 (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in 8 sun. Sometimes 9 may be natural for animals to have their own ideas about whom they would like to make friends with. And scientists have expected animals to form relationships with others of the same species 10 they heard the story. They also hope humans and animals can live peacefully together in the world. （23-24八年级下·浙江杭州·期中）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。将答案写在答题纸的相应位置。 Do you know dolphins? Dolphins are very social animals, and they are 1 (friend) to humans as well as their own kind. Dolphins are much 2 (clever) than we thought. Scientists have 3 (recent) found that the bottle-nosed dolphins can recognize(认出) themselves in the mirror. Presley and Deb are two male dolphins who stay in 4 pool with mirror wall in the Aquarium(水族馆). Researchers noticed they didn’t seem to think that they 5 (look) at another dolphin when they saw themselves in the mirror. This got the researchers thinking. Perhaps the dolphins recognized 6 (they) own images. So they decided 7 (find) it out. Using black ink, they made marks on different 8 (part) of the dolphins’ bodies, changing the place every week. Every time they saw the marks on their bodies, the dolphins made more trips to the mirror than usual. Now doesn’t it sound familiar? Imagine the dolphins wondering “Where did that mark come 9 ? I wonder how long it’s going to stay.” The scientists did the same test on other animals. 10 until now, only dolphins and great apes can recognize their images in the mirror, much like you and me! （23-24八年级下·山东枣庄·期中）阅读下面的短文, 在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Do you know a group called Animal Helpers? People set it up 1 (help) the disabled. The disabled may be unable to see, hear, or use their hands 2 (easy), so they have many 3 (difficult) in their life, such as answering the telephone, carrying things and so on. Then trained animals can help 4 . Of all the animal helpers, dogs are 5 (common). Here is a story between Ben Smith and his trained dog Lucky. Mr. Smith 6 (take) Lucky home after the dog got six months of training at Animal Helpers. Mr. Smith named it Lucky 7 he felt lucky to have it. Lucky is very clever and 8 (understand) many English words. It can help Mr. Smith do many things, and also can cheer him 9 when he is upset. The animal helpers 10 (make) a big difference to many people’s life. （23-24八年级下·浙江温州·开学考试）阅读下面的短文，按照句子结构的语法情况和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入适当的词或用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。 Koalas are tree-hugging animals with big, round ears and black noses. Australia is their only home 1 the world. A lot of people love 2 (they) for their small size and cartoon-like looking. A koala mother gives birth to and raises only one baby koala at a time. A baby koala can’t see or climb. It is less than 3 cm long when it was born. What 3 cute animal it is! It lives in the mother’s pocket for about six 4 (month). Then in the following year, its mother looks after it 5 (careful). Koalas spend most of their time 6 (sleep) and eating. Eucalyptus (桉树) leaves are the only food koalas eat. The leaves are not good to most animals 7 koalas feel good to eat the leaves. Every day, each koala usually 8 (eat) three hours during the night time, and rests for 16 to 18 hours a day. Koalas are facing many serious problems. Losing their natural home is one of 9 (big) problems of the lovely animals. Fire and the act of cutting down trees make their living environment even worse. We should do something 10 (save) koalas. Animals are our friends. 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$