短文填空--2024-2025学年牛津译林版八年级下册期末专项

1 / 10 短文填空-牛津译林版八下期末专项（解析版） Passage 1 1. them：among是介词，后接人称代词宾格，故填 them。 2. has traveled：根据“Since then”可知，句子时态为现在完成时，其结构为“have/has+过去分 词”，主语 he是第三人称单数，所以用 has traveled。 3. peaceful：修饰名词 place要用形容词，peace的形容词形式是 peaceful，意为“宁静的”。 4. months：several表示“几个”，后接可数名词复数，month的复数形式是 months。 5. became：根据“In 2012”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，become的过去式是 became。 6. to search：此处用动词不定式表示目的，即“步行或骑车是为了寻找未知的地方” ，故填 to search。 7. surprised：表示人“感到惊讶的”用 surprised，修饰人；surprising修饰物，意为“令人惊讶 的”。 8. records：由 always 可知，句子时态为一般现在时，主语 Lecomte是第三人称单数，所以谓语 动词 record要用第三人称单数形式 records。 9. invention：根据“the most useful”可知，此处应填名词，invent的名词形式是 invention，意 为“发明”。 10. really：修饰动词 enjoys要用副词，real的副词形式是 really，意为“真正地”。 Passage 2 1. since：根据“Mike has traveled to China almost every year”可知，此处表示“自从 1999 年第 一次访问中国以来”，用 since引导时间状语从句。 2. his：修饰名词 favorites要用形容词性物主代词，he的形容词性物主代词是 his。 3. peaceful：修饰名词 life要用形容词，peace的形容词形式是 peaceful，意为“宁静的”。 4. simply：修饰动词 lie要用副词，simple的副词形式是 simply，意为“仅仅；简单地”。 5. a：此处表示“成为一名导游”，表泛指，tour以辅音音素开头，所以用不定冠词 a。 6. tourists：take是动词，后接名词作宾语，tourist意为“游客”，此处要用复数形式 tourists， 表示泛指一类人。 7. for：search for是固定短语，意为“寻找”。 8. records：由 always 可知，句子时态为一般现在时，主语Mike是第三人称单数，所以谓语动 词 record要用第三人称单数形式 records。 9. taken：根据“So far”可知，句子时态为现在完成时，其结构为“have/has+过去分词”，take 2 / 10 的过去分词是 taken。 10. introducing：enjoy doing sth.是固定用法，意为“喜欢做某事”，所以填 introducing。 Passage 3 1. fed：根据“Once upon a time”可知，故事发生在过去，要用一般过去时，feed的过去式是 fed。 2. to eat：此处用动词不定式作后置定语，修饰 enough，意为“足够吃的东西”，故填 to eat。 3. choice：根据“had no”可知，此处应填名词，choose的名词形式是 choice，意为“选择”， have no choice but to do sth. 意为“除了做某事别无选择”。 4. would：主句时态是一般过去时，从句要用相应的过去时态，所以 will要变为 would。 5. So：前文说他不敢直接减少猴子食物，后文说他决定骗猴子，前后是因果关系，且后句是结 果，所以用 So连接。 6. with：discuss sth. with sb.是固定短语，意为“和某人讨论某事”，故填 with。 7. Thinking：分析句子结构可知，此处用现在分词作原因状语，think与主语 all the monkeys 之 间是主动关系 ，所以用 Thinking。 8. beginning：in the beginning是固定短语，意为“开始；起初”。 9. means：根据“It later”可知，此处描述的是现在的含义，句子时态为一般现在时，主语 It是 第三人称单数，所以谓语动词 mean要用第三人称单数形式 means。 10. expressions：根据“Other”可知，此处应填名词复数，express的名词形式是 expression，其 复数形式是 expressions，意为“表达方式”。 Passage 4 1. happy：此句是感叹句，How后接形容词或副词，feel是系动词，后接形容词作表语，happy 意为“高兴的”。 2. While/When：此处表示“当他们爬山的时候”，引导时间状语从句，while和 when都有“当…… 时候”的意思，while引导的从句中动词常用延续性动词，when引导的从句中动词可以是延续 性动词也可以是短暂性动词，此处“climbing”是延续性动词，两个词都可用。 3. found：根据“Last Sunday”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，find的过去式是 found。 4. To：to one's surprise是固定短语，意为“令某人惊讶的是”。 5. were having：根据“they heard some noise in it”可知，此处表示“一些学生正在房子里开心 地野餐”，句子时态为过去进行时，其结构为“was/were+动词的现在分词”，主语 Some students 是复数，所以用 were having。 6. a：have a wonderful time是固定短语，意为“玩得开心”。 Passage 5 3 / 10 1. loves：句子描述的是客观事实，时态为一般现在时，主语 Everyone是不定代词，作主语时谓 语动词用第三人称单数形式，love的第三人称单数形式是 loves。 2. into：turn...into...是固定短语，意为“把……变成……”。 3. has progressed：根据“since Reform and Opening-up”可知，句子时态为现在完成时，其结构 为“have/has+过去分词”，主语 China是第三人称单数，所以用 has progressed。 4. the strongest：“one of+the+形容词最高级+可数名词复数”表示“最……之一”，strong的最 高级是 strongest，所以填 the strongest。 5. development：根据“With the”可知，此处应填名词，develop的名词形式是 development，意 为“发展”。 6. thousands：thousands of是固定短语，意为“成千上万的”。 7. because：“they like to take a holiday in this...country”是“Every year...people from other countries come to China”的原因，所以用 because引导原因状语从句。 8. peaceful：修饰名词 country要用形容词，peace的形容词形式是 peaceful，意为“宁静的”。 9. tourists'：此处表示“在许多外国游客的眼中”，要用名词所有格形式，tourist的复数形式是 tourists，其所有格形式是 tourists'。 10. an：此处表示“一个不同寻常的国家”，表泛指，unusual以元音音素开头，所以用不定冠 词 an。 Passage 6 1. pollution：less是 little的比较级，修饰不可数名词，pollute的名词形式是 pollution，意为“污 染”。 2. their：修饰名词 lunches要用形容词性物主代词，they的形容词性物主代词是 their。 3. least：根据“choose the class”和“report it to the whole school”可知，是要选出产生垃圾最少 的班级，little的最高级是 least。 4. an：hour以元音音素开头，所以用不定冠词 an，表示“一个小时”。 5. cleaner：根据“than before”可知，此处要用比较级，clean的比较级是 cleaner。 Passage 7 1. same：the same as是固定短语，意为“和……一样”。 2. fridge：根据“It was cold”和“she took me out of the fridge”可知，这里填 fridge，意为“冰 箱”。 3. took：文章讲述过去发生的事，用一般过去时，take的过去式是 took，take out of意为“从…… 拿出”。 4 / 10 4. awful：and连接并列成分，empty是形容词，此处也用形容词。awful意为“糟糕的”，符合 被扔垃圾桶后的感受。 5. back：the back of a truck指“卡车的后部” ，垃圾通常被扔到卡车后部，故填 back。 6. rest：the rest of意为“其余的；剩余的”，这里指和其余垃圾被挤在一起。 7. myself：当主语和宾语是同一人时，宾语用反身代词，这里指“我发现自己在一个可怕的地 方”，用 myself。 8. hoping：keep doing sth.意为“一直做某事”，hope的现在分词是 hoping。 9. what：分析句子结构可知，这是宾语从句，从句中缺少主语，表示“什么”，用 what引导。 10. thousands：thousands of意为“成千上万的”，这里指会在这待上数千年。 Passage 8 1. surprising：修饰名词 ways要用形容词，surprise的形容词形式 surprising意为“令人惊讶的”， 修饰物。 2. into：separate...into...是固定短语，意为“把……分成……”。 3. sixth：表示“在几年级”用“in+序数词+grade”，six的序数词是 sixth。 4. a：此处表示泛指“一个计划”，plan以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词 a。 5. be collected：句子主语 these（指代易拉罐和瓶子）和 collect之间是被动关系，且 can是情态 动词，含有情态动词的被动语态结构是“情态动词+be+过去分词”，collect的过去分词是collected。 6. much：money是不可数名词，用 much修饰，so much意为“如此多”。 7. going：keep sth. doing意为“让某事持续进行”，所以用 going。 8. least：at least是固定短语，意为“至少”。 9. cleaner：根据“has prevented more than 2 million bottles and cans from littering”可知，环境变 得更干净了，用 clean的比较级 cleaner。 10. to help：此处用动词不定式表示目的，“做一点事是为了让世界变得更美好”，故填 to help。 Passage 9 1. sheep：sheep是单复数同形的名词，several修饰可数名词复数，所以填 sheep。 2. with：此处表示“晚上和羊一起回家”，with意为“和……一起”。 3. but：“他到处找羊”和“找不到羊”之间是转折关系，用 but连接。 4. was：文章讲述过去的事，用一般过去时，主语 the shepherd是单数，be动词用 was。 5. caught：文章时态是一般过去时，catch的过去式是 caught。 6. The：the next morning是固定短语，意为“第二天早上”，用于讲述过去发生的事情中表示 第二天的早上。 5 / 10 7. follow：should是情态动词，后接动词原形，所以填 follow。 8. to make：此处用动词不定式作目的状语，“更频繁检查羊圈是为了确保它完好”，故填 to make。 9. lost：文章时态是一般过去时，lose的过去式是 lost。 10. possible：as soon as possible是固定短语，意为“尽快”。 Passage 10 1. excited：表示人“感到兴奋的”用 excited，修饰人；exciting修饰物，意为“令人兴奋的”。 2. started：根据“about a month ago”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，start的过去式是 started。 3. ourselves：by oneself是固定短语，意为“独自”，主语是We，所以用 ourselves。 4. and：“run around”“play games”和“have picnic”是并列关系，用 and连接。 5. to：want to do sth.是固定用法，意为“想要做某事”，所以填 to。 6. made：根据“has”可知，句子时态为现在完成时，其结构为“have/has+过去分词”，make 的过去分词是 made。 7. sandwiches：some 修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词，sandwich 是可数名词，其复数形式是 sandwiches。 8. thinking：keep doing sth.是固定用法，意为“一直做某事”，think的现在分词是 thinking。 9. with：表示“和某人一起”用 with，这里指“和同学们一起开心玩耍”。 10. happiest：根据“in the world”可知，此处要用最高级，happy的最高级是 happiest，意为“最 幸福的”。 Passage 11 1. set：set up意为“建立”，此处是一般过去时的被动语态，set的过去分词还是 set。 2. many：修饰可数名词复数 children，用 many表示“许多” 。 3. countries：根据“over 190”可知，此处用 country的复数形式 countries，表示“国家”。 4. better：结合语境，UNICEF致力于让世界对儿童来说变得更好，用 good的比较级 better。 5. healthy：由“provides them with clean water and food”可知，是希望儿童健康，be动词后用形 容词 healthy。 6. from：prevent sb. from doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“阻止某人做某事” 。 7. provides：provide sth. for sb.表示“为某人提供某物”，主语 it是第三人称单数，句子时态是 一般现在时，所以用 provides。 8. wants：want to do sth.意为“想要做某事”，主语 It是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用第 三人称单数形式 wants。 9. raises：raise money表示“筹款”，主语 UNICEF是第三人称单数，一般现在时中用 raises。 6 / 10 10. support：情态动词 can后用动词原形，人们可以通过捐款或做志愿者来支持 UNICEF，所以 用 support。 Passage 12 1. serious：由“Environmental problems”可知，环境问题越来越严重，用 serious表示“严重的”。 2. harmful：汽车让空气对人有害，be harmful to是固定短语，意为“对……有害” 。 3. given：give off表示“排放”，gas和 give off是被动关系，用被动语态 be done，give的过去 分词是 given。 4. cut：cut down意为“砍伐”，trees和 cut down是被动关系，cut的过去分词还是 cut。 5. carelessly：修饰动词 disposed用副词，结合语境，垃圾被随意处理，用 carelessly表示“粗心 地；随意地”。 6. care：take care of是固定短语，意为“照顾；照料”，这里指照顾地球。 7. realized：由“more and more people”和“these problems”可知，人们意识到了这些问题，句 子时态是现在完成时，realize的过去分词是 realized。 8. by：“Measures have been taken”是被动语态，by引出动作的执行者 the government，表示“被 政府”。 9. pollution：法律被通过来阻止污染，用名词 pollution表示“污染”。 10. become：will后用动词原形，这里指希望地球变得越来越好，用 become。 Passage 13 1. imagined：由“Have you ever”可知，句子时态是现在完成时，imagine 意为“想象”，其过 去分词是 imagined。 2. interested：be interested in是固定短语，意为“对……感兴趣”。 3. achieve：help sb. do sth.是固定用法，意为“帮助某人做某事”，achieve one's dream表示“实 现某人的梦想”。 4. planning：由“is”可知，此处用现在进行时，plan的现在分词是 planning，表示“计划” 。 5. called：be called意为“被称为”，是被动语态，这里指这次旅行被叫做“Bus to London”。 6. countries：根据“18”可知，用 country的复数形式 countries，表示“国家”。 7. places：根据“get off at any time to visit”可知，是去参观一些地方，place是可数名词，此处 用复数形式 places。 8. experience：want to do sth.意为“想要做某事”，experience 表示“体验”，这里指体验长途 旅行。 9. decisions：make decisions是固定短语，意为“做决定” 。 7 / 10 10. However：前文说旅行公司会做好准备工作，后文说旅行费用不便宜，前后是转折关系，用 However表示“然而”，且首字母大写。 Passage 14 1. fewer：根据“Most people will work at home”可知，在办公室工作的人会更少，用 few 的比 较级 fewer修饰可数名词 people。 2. electronic：修饰名词 products用形容词，electron的形容词形式是 electronic，表示“电子的”。 3. will be required：根据“Since most work can be done by AI”可知，工厂里需要的工人会更少， workers和 require是被动关系，且说的是未来的情况，用一般将来时的被动语态，结构是 will be done，require的过去分词是 required。 4. and：“space policeman”和“space tour guide”是并列关系，用 and连接。 5. Taking：分析句子结构，此处作主语，用动名词形式，take的动名词是 Taking。 6. attractions：根据“good knowledge of”可知，此处指对景点的了解，attract的名词形式是 attraction， 此处用复数形式 attractions表示“景点”。 7. of：because of是固定短语，意为“因为”，后接名词、代词或动名词，这里接名词短语“the development of science and technology”。 8. to get：It takes sb. some time to do sth.是固定句型，意为“做某事花费某人多长时间”，所以 用 to get。 9. first：结合语境，在月球开车要先获得驾照，用 first表示“首先”。 10. a：make...a reality是固定短语，意为“使……成为现实”。 Passage 15 1. about：complain to sb. about sth.是固定短语，意为“向某人抱怨某事”。 2. play：此处表示“玩最新的游戏”，play the games是常用搭配，to后用动词原形。 3. bigger：根据“than yours”可知，用 big的比较级 bigger，表示“更大的”。 4. or：否定句中连接并列成分用 or，这里连接“computers”和“video games”。 5. was：根据“before I...sixteen”可知，句子时态是一般过去时，主语是 I，be动词用 was。 6. A：此处泛指“一个典型的家庭”，typical以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词 a，且首字母大写。 7. Technology：根据“tiny computers and amazing smartphones”可知，说的是技术的变化，用 Technology表示“技术”，且首字母大写。 8. However：前文说现在青少年拥有更多东西，后文说技术让青少年锻炼不足、社交变少，前 后是转折关系，用 However表示“然而”，且首字母大写。 9. as：not as...as...是固定结构，意为“不如……”，表示比较。 8 / 10 10. Although/Though：“young people still get on well with their friends”和“some people think teenagers today aren't as sociable”之间是让步关系，用 Although或 Though引导让步状语从句， 表示“尽管”。 Passage 16 1. instead：instead of是固定短语，意为“代替；而不是”，此处表示坐公交而不是开车，故填 instead。 2. enough：当用户的绿色能量达到“足够”高时，蚂蚁森林及其合作伙伴会为其种树，enough 意为“足够的”，符合语境。 3. received：根据“2019”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，receive the award表示“获奖”，receive 的过去式是 received。 4. Since：“since+时间点”常与现在完成时连用，此处表示“自 2016年 8月发起以来”，故填 Since，注意首字母大写 。 5. cover：句子描述客观事实，时态为一般现在时，主语 The trees 是复数，动词用原形，cover 表示“覆盖”，这里指树木覆盖的面积。 6. greener：根据语境及前文蚂蚁森林种树的内容可知，这只是中国让地球“更绿”的部分努力， 用 green的比较级 greener。 7. developed：and连接并列成分，“has improved”是现在完成时，develop“发展”也用现在完 成时，其过去分词是 developed。 8. reached：根据“2017”可知用一般过去时，reach 表示“达到”，过去式是 reached，这里指 项目区域的森林覆盖率达到一定比例。 9. example：由语境可知，联合国环境规划署认为中国是其他国家学习的好“榜样”，example 意为“例子；榜样” 。 10. successful：根据“has lessons to share with the world”可知，中国在绿化沙漠方面很“成功”， 用形容词 successful作定语修饰 countries。 Passage 17 1. India：表示国家“印度”用 India，in India意为“在印度”。 2. to：“疑问词+动词不定式”结构在句中作宾语，此处表示“第二天做什么”，故填 to。 3. excited：表示人“感到兴奋的”用 excited，修饰人；exciting修饰物，意为“令人兴奋的” 。 4. to be：used to do sth.是固定短语，意为“过去常常做某事”，此处指这个地方过去是一座宫 殿。 5. feared：文章讲述过去发生的事，用一般过去时，fear的过去式是 feared，表示“害怕”。 9 / 10 6. under：结合语境，大象在树下休息，under the trees意为“在树下”。 7. us：told是 tell的过去式，tell sb. sth.表示“告诉某人某事”，sb.用宾格形式，we的宾格是 us。 8. three：此处表示数量“三捆”，用基数词 three。 9. about：talk about是固定短语，意为“谈论”，这里指谈论这次参观。 10. playing：dream of doing sth.是固定用法，意为“梦想做某事”，play的动名词是 playing。 Passage 18 1. but：“They were young and strong”和“they never worked or helped him on the farm”之间是 转折关系，用 but连接。 2. got：文章讲述过去的事，用一般过去时，get old表示“变老”，get的过去式是 got。 3. ill：由“He thought that he might die soon”可知，他生病了，become ill意为“生病” 。 4. tell：情态动词 can后用动词原形，这里指不能告诉其他人，用 tell。 5. at：at the beginning of是固定短语，意为“在……开始时”。 6. early：根据“worked until late”可知，他们早起干活，early意为“早地”，修饰动词 woke up。 7. nothing：由后文可知他们没找到宝藏，用 nothing表示“什么也没有”。 8. better：根据“they made a lot of...and became rich”可知，葡萄长得比以前更好，用 good的比 较级 better。 9. money：根据“became rich”可知，他们赚了很多钱，make money意为“赚钱” 。 10. father：结合前文，此时儿子们明白了父亲的意思，用 father表示“父亲”。 Passage 19 1. capital：曼谷是泰国的“首都”，用 capital表示，the capital of意为“……的首都”。 2. along：walk along the streets意为“沿着街道走”，along表示“沿着”。 3. best：根据“fromApril 13th to 15th, because it is the time of the Water Festival”可知，这是去泰 国游玩的“最佳”时间，用 good的最高级 best。 4. other：each other是固定短语，意为“互相”，泼水节人们互相泼水。 5. luck：结合文化背景，泰国人认为水可以冲走坏东西，带来好“运气”，用 luck表示。 6. yourself：enjoy oneself是固定短语，意为“玩得开心”，主语是 you，此处用 yourself。 7. delicious：泰国是品尝“美味”食物的好地方，用 delicious表示“美味的”修饰 food。 8. cheaply：修饰动词 buy用副词，这里指能便宜地买到热带水果，用 cheap的副词形式 cheaply。 9. If：分析句子结构，此处引导条件状语从句，表示“如果”你去泰国，用 If，注意首字母大写。 10. symbol：大象是泰国的“象征”，用 symbol表示，a symbol of意为“……的象征”。 Passage 20 10 / 10 1. worry：根据“fuel or petrol will run out soon”可知，许多国家“担心”燃料会耗尽，句子时 态是一般现在时，主语是复数，动词用原形 worry。 2. nearly：此处表示燃料价格涨到“将近”每升 10元，nearly意为“将近；几乎”。 3. buying：think of doing sth.是固定用法，意为“考虑做某事”，buy an electric car 表示“买一 辆电动汽车”，buy的动名词是 buying。 4. solving：as well as连接并列成分，前面是“act on our empty wallet”，此处用 solve的动名词 形式 solving，solve climate change表示“解决气候变化问题”。 5. environment：结合语境，是让“环境”比现在更绿色，用 environment表示“环境”。 6. depends：It all depends on...是固定表达，意为“这完全取决于……”，主语 It 是第三人称单 数，句子时态是一般现在时，depend用第三人称单数形式 depends。 7. showed：根据“On May 28, 2022”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，show表示“展示”，过去 式是 showed，这里指中国汽车公司的电动汽车在车展上展示。 8. take：It may take some time to do sth.是固定句型，意为“做某事可能花费多长时间”，take表 示“花费”，may后用动词原形。 9. chance：结合语境，政府建更多充电站是解决长途旅行充电问题的好“机会”，用 chance表 示。 10. future：in the near future是固定短语，意为“在不久的将来” 。 1 / 10 短文填空-牛津译林版八下期末专项（原卷版） Passage 1 Millions of tourists visit Mount Huang every year. Among ____1____(they) are a large number of foreign people. In 1999, Lecomte went to China for the first time. Since then, he ____2____(travel) to China almost every year. He says the mountains, rivers and old villages are his favorites of this beautiful country. In 2009, Lecomte traveled to Mount Huang in Anhui Province. "It was a ____3____(peace) place and I felt relaxed. I didn't want to leave there," Lecomte said. He lived at the foot of the mountain for several ____4____(month). "I can climb up the mountains to enjoy the seas of clouds. Sometimes I just lie in my tent and watch the stars." Lecomte's trip to China turned into a long-term stay. In 2012, he ____5____(become) a tour guide. Unlike other tour guides, Lecomte hardly takes tourists to the most popular places. Instead, he often walks or rides with some visitors ____6____(search) for unknown places around Mount Huang. And they are ____7____(surprise) from time to time. Lecomte always ____8____(record) some interesting people and things he meets during his travels with his camera and shares beautiful photos online. He thinks the camera is the most useful ____9____(invent) in the world. By now, he has had over 118,000 photos. He says he ____10____(real) enjoys the amazing scenery(风景) around the world. Passage 2 Millions of foreign people visit China every year. Mike, an Indian, is one of them. Mike has traveled to China almost every year ____1____he visited it for the first time in 1999. He says the mountains, rivers and ancient villages are ____2____(he) favorites of this beautiful country. In 2009, Mike traveled to Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. He lived at the foot of the mountain for several months. "I had a ____3____(peace) life there and I didn't want to leave." he said. "I could climb up the mountain and enjoy the seas of clouds, or ____4____(simple) lie in my tent and watch the stars." Mike's trips to China turned into a long-term stay. In 2012, he became ____5____tour guide. Unlike other guides, Mike hardly takes ____6____(tour) to the most popular places. Instead, he searches____7____the hidden scenery(风景) around Huangshan Mountain. 2 / 10 During his travels, Mike always ____8____(record) interesting people and things with his camera. So far he has ____9____(take) more than 118, 000 photos. Mike likes to share the beautiful photos online. He says he really enjoys ____10____(introduce) the amazing scenery of China to people around the world. Passage 3 Once upon a time, there lived an old man in Song Kingdom, who raised a lot of monkeys at home. He loved his monkeys so much that he ____1____(feed) his own family's food to the monkeys to make them happy. Later there came a time when his family didn't have enough ____2____(eat). He had no ____3____(choose) but to cut down on the monkeys' food. But he was afraid that the monkeys ____4____(will) not listen to him. ____5____he decided to trick them into accepting less food. He discussed the matter ____6____his monkeys, "From today on, I will give each of you three acorns(橡子 ) in the morning and four acorns in the evening. Is that OK?" Hearing this, all the monkeys got angry. They didn't agree with this. Then the old man asked, "I'll give each of you four acorns in the morning and three acorns in the evening. Would that be enough?" ____7____(think) that there were four in the morning, all the monkeys became happy again. Three in the morning and four in the evening: In the ____8____(begin), the idiom shows that someone fools others by playing tricks. It later ____9____(mean) changing one's mind very often or not being responsible. Other ____10____(express): to play fast and loose, or to chop and change. Passage 4 Last Sunday Mr. Black and his neighbor went out to a mountain outside their city. It was sunny and the sky was blue that day. How ____1____(happy) they felt! ____2____they were climbing the mountain, they saw some monkeys eating bananas in the big trees. After that, they ____3____(find) a small house on the top of the mountain and there was a very nice smell. It came out of the house. So they couldn't wait to go into the house. ____4____their surprise, when they came to the front of the house, they heard some noise in it. What was happening? Oh! Some students ____5____(have) a picnic inside the house happily. At last, Mr. Black and his neighbor joined the students. They all had ____6____wonderful time last Sunday. Passage 5 Everyone ____1____(love) his or her own country, and they all want to turn their country 3 / 10 ____2____ a strong one. China ____3____(progress) a lot since Reform and Opening-up(改革开放) and it's becoming one of ____4____(strong) countries in the world. With the ____5____(develop) of technology, our lives are becoming better and better. Every year ____6____(thousand) of people from other countries come to China ____7____ they like to take a holiday in this ____8____(peace) and beautiful country. They like many things in China, especially Chinese food. In many foreign ____9____(tourist) eyes, it is such ____10____ unusual country that they even want to live here in the future. Passage 6 In most parts of the world, many students help schools make less ____1____(pollute). They join environment clubs. In environment clubs, people work together to make the environment clean. Here are some things students often do. No-garbage lunches. How many lunch bags do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring ____2____(they) lunches in bags. Then the bags are used again and again. Every week they will choose the class that makes the ____3____(little) garbage and report it to the whole school. No-car days. Cars also pollute the environment, so on a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car, including the students and the teachers. Turn off the water. A leaky toilet can waste twenty to forty liters of water in ____4____ hour. In a year, that would fill a large swimming pool. In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets. As a result, our environment will be ____5____(clean) than before. Passage 7 I am a plastic bottle. A week ago, I was on a supermarket shelf, the s____1____ as all my brothers and sisters—other bottles full of water. I felt really happy. Then a tall woman picked me up and put me in her basket! The woman took me home and put me in the f____2____. It was cold, but I soon made friends with the cans and bottles in it. However, only a few hours later, she t____3____ me out of the fridge and drank the water inside me. Then she threw me into a litter bin. I have never felt so empty and a____4____ in my life. Early the next morning, a man took me out of the litter bin. He threw me and the other rubbish into the b____5____ of a truck. There were so many awful smells. Then I was pushed together with the r____6____ of the rubbish. Soon I was completely flat. I cannot believe how thin I became. 4 / 10 I slept for a while. When I woke up, I found m____7____ in a terrible place. Everything around me was ugly and had nasty smells. I felt afraid. I kept h____8____ that I would be moved somewhere else. Then huge trucks came and covered us with a lot of soil. I asked another bottle w____9____would happen to us. He said that we would never leave this crowded place, but would stay here for t____10____of years. "Why can't they reuse or recycle us?" I cried. Passage 8 Recycling is good for the environment. It can also do good to a community in ____1____(surprise) ways. Mateo Lange, 15, knows this well. On weekends, you'll find him separating things like glass and plastic bottles ____2____ different groups in his hometown of Indian River( 印 第 安 河 ), Michigan(密歇根州), America, where he leads a community recycling program. Mateo started the program in 2020. He was 11 and in ____3____(six) grade, playing baseball with the Northern Michigan Cyclones. The team was new and needed money to travel to tournaments(锦标赛). Mateo suggested ____4____ plan. "There were cans and bottles always thrown around the road," he tells TIME for Kids. In Michigan, these can ____5____(collect) and changed for money. With his dad's help, Mateo started a bottle and can drive. It raised $7,500. "We built up so ____6____(much) money during just a few weeks," he says, "So I said," "Why don't we keep this ____7____(go) as long as we can?" Since then, his recycling effort has raised $350,000 and helped at ____8____(little) 50 local youth groups. It has also prevented more than 2 million bottles and cans from littering the roadside and polluting Michigan's lakes and rivers. "It's kept our community a lot ____9____(clean)," he says. Mateo believes everyone can—and should—be of service. "Just do a little bit____10____(help) make the world a little bit of a better place," he says. "Be creative," he adds, "Have an idea and build on it." Passage 9 Once upon a time, there was a shepherd(牧羊人). He kept several ____1____(sheep). Every day, he would take his sheep out to eat grass in the fields and return home ____2____ them in the evening. One day, the shepherd found that one of his sheep was missing. He looked for it everywhere, ____3____ he couldn't find it. The shepherd ____4____(be) very unhappy, but he still didn't know what to do. It turned out that during the night, a wolf ____5____(catch) his sheep through a hole in the 5 / 10 sheep pen(羊圈 ). His neighbor suggested to him, "You should fix the pen and cover the hole right away." But the shepherd said, "The sheep is already lost, so I don't need to fix it." And so he didn't accept the neighbor's suggestions. ____6____ next morning, he discovered that another sheep was missing. Once again, the wolf stole the sheep through the hole in the pen. This time, he realized that he should ____7____(follow) the neighbor's advice. So he picked up his tools and started to fix the pen. He also checked the pen more often ____8____(make) sure it's fine. From then on, the shepherd never ____9____(lose) another sheep. He learned that it is important to take preventive measures(防患于未然) and fix problems as soon as ____10____(possibly), rather than wait for things to get worse. Passage 10 I am going on a picnic with my classmates tomorrow so I am feeling very ____1____(excite) tonight. Some of our teachers will also go with us. We ____2____(start) to prepare for it by ____3____(us) about a month ago. We are going to Center Park. There is a large playground in the park. Children can run around, play games ____4____ have picnic there. I have prepared some food. I want ____5____ take some potato chips and different hamburgers. My mother has ____6____(make) some ____7____(sandwich) and a cake for me. My classmates are also going to take some food and we can share food. I will also carry my baseball bat with me. We want to play baseball. I feel I just cannot go to sleep tonight. I keep ____8____(think) of playing happily ____9____ my classmates tomorrow. But my mother came into the room and told me to go to sleep. "If you don't go to sleep. now, you may feel tired at the picnic." my mother said. Maybe she's right. Mum loves me and I think I am the ____10____(happy) child in the world. So, good night! Passage 11 What is UNICEF? UNICEF is part of the United Nations. It was s____1____ up in Europe in 1946, after World War II. At that time, m____2____children's lives were changed because of the war, and UNICEF wanted to help them. Now UNICEF works in over 190 c____3____and areas. It helps governments, communities and families make the world a b____4____place for children. UNICEF wants all children to be h____5____, so it provides them with clean water and food, and tries to prevent them f____6____getting illnesses. UNICEF believes that it is important for children to receive basic education, so it p____7____ basic education for children in poor areas. UNICEF keeps 6 / 10 working for the equal rights of girls and women. It also w____8____ to prevent the spread of some serious diseases. UNICEF r____9____ money by selling Christmas cards and organizing other activities. People can s____10____ it by donating money or working as volunteers. Passage 12 Environmental problems are becoming more and more s____1____ all over the world. For example, cars have made the air h____2____ to people and poisonous(有毒的) gas is g____3____ off by factories. Trees on the hills have been c____4____ down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish c____5____ disposed(处理). Pollution is threatening(威胁) our existence. The Earth is our home and we have the duty to take c____6____ of it for ourselves and our later generations. Fortunately, more and more people have r____7____ these problems. Measures have been taken to deal with these problems b____8____ the government. Laws have been passed to stop p____9____. I hope the problem will be solved in the near future and our homeland will b____10____ better and better. Passage 13 Most people like travelling. Have you ever i____1____ traveling around the world by bus? If you have, you must be i____2____ in the following new trip. It can help you a____3____ your dream. A travel company is p____4____ a special bus trip. It will carry travelers from Delhi to London. The trip is c____5____ "Bus to London". Twenty travelers will go on the trip. It will cross 18 c____6____ over a period of 70 days. Travelers can get off at any time to visit some p____7____ places. For example, they can get off in China if they plan to visit the Great Wall and many famous cities there. The company was set up by Tushar Agarwal and Sanjay Madan. "A lot of people want to e____8____ these long-distance journeys, but they don't want to drive," they said. "So we came up with the idea of the bus trip. Once they make d____9____, people needn't make preparations for the trip because we have done everything. "H____10____, this road trip isn't cheap. It will cost around 20, 000 per person. Maybe not everyone can afford it. Passage 14 Our city will have an amazing future. There will be much ____1____(few) people working in offices, compared with today. Most people will work at home with their computers, smart phones or other ____2____(electron) products. Powerful network will connect all of us and make work much 7 / 10 more efficient(高 效 的 ). Since most work can be done by AI, fewer workers in the factories ____3____(require). Most people will work six hours a day and three days a week. There will be many new types of jobs in the future such as space policeman ____4____ space tour guide. ____5____(take) a spaceship will be as easy as taking an airplane today. The space tour guides will be similar to the tour guides today, having good knowledge of the ____6____(attract) and making travels pleasant. Because ____7____ the development of science and technology, a travel from Shenzhen to the moon will be a trip instead of a journey. It will only take us several hours ____8____(get) there. Visitor will be able to drive a special car on the moon. Of course, he/she will need to get the moon-driving license(资格 ) ____9____(one). The future of our city will be great and it is our responsibility to make the bright future ____10____ reality. Passage 15 You're complaining(抱怨) to your parents ____1____ something. Maybe your laptop(笔记本电脑) isn't powerful enough to ____2____ the latest games. Or your friends' houses are ____3____ than yours. Then you hear ... When I was your age, there weren't any computers ____4____ video games. And I didn't get a bike before I ____5____ sixteen. And it was second-hand and was too big for me. So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It's certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. ____6____ typical(典型的 ) family is smaller now, so parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children. ____7____ is probably the greatest change. For example, 40 years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are used widely in our daily life. ____8____, technology often means we spend more time at home. Teenagers aren't as healthy ____9____ they were in the past because they don't do enough exercise. ____10____ young people still get on well with their friends, some people think teenagers today aren't as sociable as they were in the past. Passage 16 Taking public transport, making payments online or just walking around - these daily activities can help turn China's deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest. 8 / 10 Ant Forest is a feature in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users' low-carbon activities— taking a bus to work i____1____ of driving, for example—and gives users "green energy". When a user's green energy gets high e____2____, Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for that person. Ant Forest r____3____ the 2019 Champions of the Earth award(地球卫士奖), the UN's highest environmental honor, for encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment. S____4____ its launch(发起)in August 2016, Ant Forest and its partners have planted some 122 million trees in China's driest areas, which include regions in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi, reported Xinhua News Agency. The trees c____5____ an area of 112,000 hectares(公顷). The project has become China's largest private-sector tree-planting initiative(倡议). This is only part of China's efforts to make Earth g____6____. In 1978, China began a national-level forestation(造林)project—the Three North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as the "Great Green Wall". The program has improved living conditions and d____7____ local business, according to China Daily. It's reported the forest coverage rate(覆盖率)among the regions of the project r____8____ 13.57 percent in 2017, compared to 5.05 percent 40 years ago. In light of China's success against desertification(沙漠化 ), the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) believes the country is a good e____9____ for others to follow. "China is one of the most s____10____ countries in greening the desert and has lessons to share with the world." former UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim told Xinhua. Passage 17 For the whole year, I waited for the summer holidays to start all the time, because I would visit my uncle's family in ____1____(Indian). My cousins were waiting for me. Finally I reached there on June 9th. In the evening when we were discussing what ____2____ do the next day, my uncle advised us to visit an elephant sanctuary(保护区). We were so ____3____(excite). I love elephants. The place was not far. The bus ride only took half an hour. My uncle said it used ____4____(be) a great palace(宫殿). Before I got in, I ____5____(fear) that the elephants might stamp(踩) on me, but soon I got relaxed. I saw a cute baby elephant. Then many more came over. Some elephants were taking a shower while others were resting ____6____ the trees. The guide told ____7____(we) that 9 / 10 there were 49 elephants. They ate mostly palm leaves(棕榈叶 ). Each took about ____8____(third) bundles(捆) of palm leaves at a time. My cousins and I fed the elephants and took lots of photos of them. Soon we had to leave. On our way home, we kept talking ____9____ the visit happily. Later that night I dreamt of ____10____(play) with elephants. It was truly an unusual journey in my life. Passage 18 There lived a hardworking farmer with a large farm. On the farm, he grew grapes. Every year his harvest (丰收)was very great. He had three sons. They were young and strong, ____1____ they never worked or helped him on the farm. As the farmer ____2____ old, he began to worry about his sons' futures. One day in late autumn, he became very ____3____. He thought that he might die soon. He called his sons to the bed and told them, "Dear sons, my death is near. I want to share a secret with you. You can't ____4____ anyone else. I hid some treasure in the yard. When I am dead, you can try to find it. " The old farmer died ____5____ the beginning of spring. His sons started looking for the treasure. Determined (下定决心的)to find it, they woke up ____6____ and worked until late. They spent days digging up every part of the farm. "We have to dig everywhere and find the treasure!" they said. They dug all summer, but they found ____7____. One day, they found the grapes grew much ____8____ than ever. In autumn, they made a lot of ____9____ and became rich. The sons understood what their ____10____ meant at that time. Treasure comes from hard work. Passage 19 Have you ever been to Thailand? For thousands of tourists from China, this small country in Southeast Asia is an excellent place to visit. Bangkok(曼谷) is the c____1____ of Thailand. There are many temples(寺庙) in Bangkok. You can see some monks(僧侣) walking a____2____ the streets. The b____3____ time to visit Thailand is from April 13th to 15th, because it is the time of the Water Festival. People sing, dance and go on the streets to throw water at each o____4____. The local people think that water can wash away bad things and bring good 1____5____. On the one hand, a lot of travelers would like to choose beaches and sunshine. In this country, there are many hotels facing the sea, so you can enjoy y____6____ on the beach or swim in the sea. On the other hand, Thailand is a good place to try d____7____ food. You can eat seafood at any restaurant or buy some tropical(热带的) fruit c____8____. For example, the prices of mangoes and 10 / 10 durians(榴莲) are so low that you can't believe your eyes. I____9____ you go to Thailand, you won't forget to ride an elephant. The elephant is a s____10____ of Thailand. It's believed that Thailand is one of the most fascinating travel places. Passage 20 With the increasing population and cars, many countries w____1____ their fuel or petrol(汽油) will run out soon, so fuel price has risen up to n____2____10 yuan per litre(升). As a result, the cost of running a petrol-based car becomes higher and higher. Have you ever thought of b____3____ an electric(电) car? Now it's clear that we all need to act on our empty wallet as well as s____4____ climate(气候 ) change, however, will people really be ready to make changes in their lives? Can we really make our e____5____ greener than it is now? If you want to buy an electric car,which would you like? That is a question. It all d____6____ on your personal taste. On May 28, 2022, so many Electronic smart cars made by Chinese auto companies s____7____ at Greater Bay Area Auto Show in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, which caught lots of young people's eyes. However, Electric cars aren't perfect just yet. It may t____8____ eight hours or more to charge(充 电) a car for only 300 km of driving. Many people think it a waste of time. Price is a problem, too. Electric cars cost much. The good news is that electric-car technology(技术 ) is getting better. As it does, the prices of this kind of cars are going down. In order to charge the car more easily, our Chinese government is trying to build more charging stations around the country. And it will be a good c____9____ to work out the problem of charging on a long-distance trip. Because of better batteries(电池), last month(in May, 2022), 51.2% of all new car registrations(登 记) were electric cars. Among them, Chinese auto companies made a great contribution(贡献). So the change is starting to happen. It is safe to say that Chinese auto industry is overtaking in the corner. Now car-makers are looking for other ways to make the car cheaper. Then more people will use electric cars and we will have a clean and green world in the near f____10____. Maybe, you can give them an opportunity, especially those made in China.