Unit 4 How can we become good learners（短文填空专练）英语鲁教版五四学制八年级下册

Unit 4 How can we become good learners? 短文填空专练 话题：人与自我—学习科目 基础篇 01 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。） wear   safe   everyone   before   experiment   burn   fantastic   include   chemistry   we Doing experiments is one of the most interesting things about studying 1 . In general, teachers do experiments in front of the class while students watch. However, in our class, we do them by 2 . The first time I took a class in my school’s chemistry lab, I was surprised to find that students were 3 special glasses and plastic gloves, as if everyone was a scientist. 4 is the most important for science lab classes. The outfit protects us from harmful chemical materials. Our chemistry teacher usually gives us the instruction paper and lets us read it 5 every lab class. In each class, she first goes over the steps of the 6 and then puts us into groups. What’s special is that for every class, she changes 7 partner to let us work with different classmates. The class is often filled with laughs. Once we tried to 8 chemicals. The chemicals produced many colors of flames (火焰), including bright orange and dark green. Many students were amazed. “Wow! That’s so 9 !” they shouted. After finishing an experiment, we need to write a report. It 10 the steps, our feelings and the final results. We also have to analyze (分析) the mistake if there has been one. The report is really important. 【答案】 1．chemistry 2．ourselves 3．wearing 4．Safety 5．before 6．experiment 7．everyone’s 8．burn 9．fantastic 10．includes 【导语】本文讲述了作者所在班级的化学实验课的有趣经历和流程。 1．句意：做实验是学习化学最有趣的事情之一。“studying”表明此处指学科，第二段“in my school’s chemistry lab”提到化学实验室，chemistry符合语义。 2．句意：然而，在我们班，我们自己做实验。by oneself意为“独自地”，此处主语we，应使用反身代词ourselves，everyone不符合语法习惯。 3．句意：我第一次在学校的化学实验室上课的时候，惊讶地发现学生们都戴着特制的眼镜和塑料手套，就好像每个人都是科学家一样。“special glasses and plastic gloves”表示“戴着特制的眼镜和塑料手套”；空前“were”为过去进行时标志，结构：were/was + doing。表状态“戴着”防护用具，用wear的现在分词wearing。 4．句意：安全对于科学实验室是最重要的。此处缺主语，且后文提到“The outfit protects us from harmful chemical materials”表明安全是最重要的，故用safe的名词形式safety表示“安全”，句首首字母大写。 5．句意：老师通常会给我们一份指导说明并让我们在每个实验课前要阅读它。“read it__every lab class”指先阅读再做实验，故用介词before“在……之前”表示先后顺序。 6．句意：在每节课，她首先复习实验的步骤，然后给我们分组。“the steps of the__”这里指实验的步骤，用名词experiment，空前有定冠词the，且上下文都是单次实验的流程，用单数。 7．句意：每节课的特别之处在于她改变我们每个人的搭档让我们与不同的同学合作。“partner”为单数，此处指“每个人的”搭档，everyone变为所有格everyone’s与partner构成词组。 8．句意：有一次我们试图燃烧化学品。try to do后接动词原形，后文“flames”产生火焰，表明此处是燃烧，需用动词burn。 9．句意：那真是太奇妙了！“amazed”表明学生赞叹实验现象，用形容词fantastic“奇妙的”表示赞叹。 10．句意：它包括步骤、我们的感受和最终结果。“the steps, our feelings and the final results”指报告包括这些内容，主语it第三人称单数，谓语用includes。 02 请选择适当的词完成下面的短文。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。(有两项是多余的) fun  they  go  in  and  have  beautiful  flower  why  also Students usually study traditional subjects at school, such as Chinese, math, English and science. But now, a new subject 1 into some schools—school gardening (园艺)! It’s an outdoor (室外的) subject. 2 the class, students learn to grow plants. The students like this subject very much. 3 do they enjoy it? Because they can have great 4 . It’s different from their indoor (室内的) subjects. The students can go out of the classroom 5 do many things by themselves. Some students like to grow tomatoes. Some other students like to grow 6 . When it’s spring, the flowers look really 7 . It’s not just (仅仅) about fun. There are 8 many other good things about school gardening. Most students think school gardening is good for 9 health. So they love 10 this outdoor class. I hope more schools will have this kind of new subject. 【答案】 1．goes 2．In 3．Why 4．fun 5．and 6．flowers 7．beautiful 8．also 9．their 10．having 【导语】本文介绍了学校新开设的一门课程——园艺课。 1．句意：但是现在，一门新的课程进入了一些学校——学校园艺！根据“a new subject…into some schools”可知，此处是说一门新的课程进入了一些学校，go into“进入”符合语境，句子是一般现在时，主语是单数，动词用三单形式goes。 2．句意：在课上，学生们学习种植植物。根据“…the class, students learn to grow plants.”可知，此处是说在课上，in the class“在课上”，句首首字母大写。 3．句意：他们为什么喜欢它？根据“Because they can have great…”可知，此处是问为什么喜欢，备选词why“为什么”符合语境，句首首字母大写。 4．句意：因为他们可以玩得很开心。根据“It’s different from their indoor (室内的) subjects.”可知，此处是说可以玩得很开心，备选词fun“乐趣”符合语境，have great fun“玩得很开心”。 5．句意：学生们可以走出教室，自己做很多事情。根据“The students can go out of the classroom…do many things by themselves.”可知，此处是并列关系，备选词and“和”符合语境。 6．句意：其他一些学生喜欢种花。根据“When it’s spring, the flowers look really…”可知，此处是说种花，备选词flower“花”符合语境，此处用复数形式。 7．句意：当春天来临的时候，这些花看起来真的很漂亮。根据“When it’s spring, the flowers look really…”可知，此处是说花看起来很漂亮，备选词beautiful“漂亮的”符合语境，在句中作表语。 8．句意：学校园艺还有很多其他的好处。根据“It’s not just (仅仅) about fun. There are…many other good things about school gardening.”可知，此处是说还有很多其他的好处，备选词also“也”符合语境。 9．句意：大多数学生认为学校园艺对他们的健康有好处。根据“Most students think school gardening is good for … health.”可知，此处是说对他们的健康有好处，备选词they“他们”符合语境，此处用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词health。 10．句意：所以他们喜欢上这门户外课。根据“So they love…this outdoor class.”可知，此处是说喜欢上这门户外课，备选词have“上（课）”符合语境，love doing sth“喜欢做某事”，此处填having。 03 请从方框内选择适当的词并用正确形式填空，使文章连贯完整。每词限用一次，其中有一词是多余的。 win  begin  finish  after  at  require  one  little  morning  be  scientist The school day begins at 9 a.m. Class teachers meet the class and check who is present or absent 1 the start of the day. All the classes meet 2 a week on Fridays. The head teacher speaks to the whole school. Morning lessons begin at 9: 20 a.m. There are three forty-minute lessons, with a twenty-minute break in between. The lunch break is from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Afternoon lessons begin at 1 p.m. and the school day 3 at 3 p.m. All the students study and take exams in maths, 4 and English. They also choose one subject from history, geography, art, French and Chinese. All the students take PE lessons, but no exams are 5 . The chess, music, language and theatre clubs often have meetings 6 school. Students may join as many clubs as they like, but they must join at 7 one. After-school sports practice and matches take place on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday 8 . The school has a good record in sports. Last year, we 9 the best in football and tennis, and some students 10 prizes for swimming and running. 【答案】 1．at 2．once 3．finishes 4．science 5．required 6．after 7．least 8．mornings 9．were 10．won 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了某学校的日常作息安排、课程设置及课后活动等内容。 1．句意：班主任会在一天开始时与班级见面，检查谁出勤或缺勤。根据“the start of the day”可知，此处需用介词表示“在……时”，结合备选词汇，“at”符合语境，“at the start of...”是固定搭配，意为“在……开始时”，故填at。 2．句意：所有班级每周在周五集会一次。根据“a week”可知，此处需用数词表示频率，结合备选词汇，“one”的副词形式“once”，“once a week”是固定搭配，意为“每周一次”符合语境，故填once。 3．句意：下午的课程在1点开始，上课日在3点结束。根据“Afternoon lessons begin at 1 p.m. and...”的并列结构可知，此处需用动词表示“结束”，结合备选词汇“finish”，且主语“the school day”是第三人称单数，时态为一般现在时，故谓语动词要用三单形式，故填finishes。 4．句意：所有学生都学习数学、科学和英语并参加这些科目的考试。根据“maths... and English”的并列结构可知，此处需填学科类名词，结合备选词汇，“scientist”的名词形式“science”，意为“科学”，是学科类名词，符合语境，故填science。 5．句意：所有学生都上体育课，但不需要考试。根据“no exams are...”可知，此处是被动语态，结构是：be+过去分词。结合备选词汇，“require”的过去分词“required”，意为“被要求”符合语境，故填required。 6．句意：国际象棋、音乐、语言和戏剧俱乐部经常在放学后开会。根据“school”可知，此处需用介词表示“在……之后”，结合备选词汇，“after”意为“在……之后”，“after school”是固定搭配，意为“放学后”符合语境，故填after。 7．句意：学生可以加入任意多的俱乐部，但他们必须至少加入一个。根据“at...one”可知，此处需用形容词表示“至少”，结合备选词汇，“little”的变形“least”，“at least”是固定搭配，意为“至少”符合语境，故填least。 8．句意：课后体育训练和比赛在周三下午和周六上午进行。根据“Saturday”可知，此处需填表示时间的名词，结合备选词汇，“morning”的复数形式“mornings”，表示多个周六的上午，符合语境，故填mornings。 9．句意：去年，我们在足球和网球方面表现最好，一些学生还获得了游泳和跑步的奖项。根据“the best”可知，此处需用be动词构成“be the best”，意为“表现最好”，结合“Last year”可知要用一般过去时，主语是“we”，故填were。 10．句意：去年，我们在足球和网球方面表现最好，一些学生还获得了游泳和跑步的奖项。根据“prizes”可知，此处需用动词表示“赢得”，win意为“赢得”符合语境，结合“Last year”可知是一般过去时，win的一般过去式是won，故填won。 04 clear   interest   they   big   student   be   work   school   grow   important These days, a new subject becomes popular in many schools. That is school gardening. Students learn it outside the classroom. It is not only a(n) 1 subject, but also a great way to learn about nature. In the gardening class, students can go out and get fresh air. More 2 , they can learn a lot. When some young students have food, they always ask, “Where does the rice come from?” In this class, they can get the answer 3 . And they can learn to do things by 4 with their own hands. They can also learn some teamwork skills and care about plants. Keeping a school garden is difficult, but teachers are trying to make it 5 . Some schools can have gardens inside, but other 6 are small, so teachers turn to gardens and parks near the school. The school garden doesn’t have to be very 7 . Students can have a lot of fun in it. At first, teachers decide what vegetables to grow. Then they grow them with students. Carrots and tomatoes are 8 favorites because it is nice for them to get carrots or tomatoes, wash them and eat them right away in the garden. Some vegetables can be 9 easily, but others need hard work. This can teach students hard work pays off (回报). Gardening 10 as important as any other subject. Students should learn it at school. 【答案】 1．interesting 2．importantly 3．clearly 4．themselves 5．work 6．schools 7．big 8．students’ 9．grown 10．is 【导语】本文主要讲述了学校园艺这一新的热门课程。 1．句意：这不仅是一门有趣的学科，也是了解自然的好方法。根据“It is not only a(n)…subject, but also a great way to learn about nature.”及备选词可知，此处表达“一门有趣的学科”，空处应用形容词作表语，interest“兴趣”，名词，形容词为interesting。故填interesting。 2．句意：更重要的是，他们可以学到很多东西。根据“More…they can learn a lot.”及备选词可知，此处表达“更重要的是”，空处应用副词修饰句子，important“重要的”，形容词，副词为importantly。故填importantly。 3．句意：在这节课上，他们可以清楚地得到答案。根据“When some young students have food, they always ask, ‘Where does the rice come from?’ In this class, they can get the answer…”及备选词可知，此处表达“清楚地得到答案”，空处应用副词修饰动词get，clear“清楚的”，形容词，副词为clearly。故填clearly。 4．句意：他们可以用自己的双手学会自己做事情。根据“And they can learn to do things by…with their own hands.”及备选词可知，此处表达“学会自己做事情”，by oneself“独自一人”，介词短语，they的反身代词为themselves。故填themselves。 5．句意：管理一个学校花园很困难，但是老师们正在努力让它发挥作用。根据“Keeping a school garden is difficult, but teachers are trying to make it…”及备选词可知，but后表示转折，因此空处应表达“让它发挥作用”，work“起作用”，动词，作make的宾语补足语。故填work。 6．句意：有的学校里面可以有花园，有的学校比较小，老师就转向学校附近的花园和公园。根据“Some schools can have gardens inside, but other…are small, so teachers turn to gardens and parks near the school.”及备选词可知，but后表示转折，此处表达“其它的学校”，other后修饰名词复数，school“学校”，复数名词为schools。故填schools。 7．句意：学校的花园不必很大。根据“The school garden doesn’t have to be very…Students can have a lot of fun in it.”及备选词可知，此处表达“花园不必很大”，应用形容词作表语，big“大的”，形容词。故填big。 8．句意：胡萝卜和西红柿是学生的最爱，因为对他们来说，在花园里摘胡萝卜或西红柿，洗干净，然后马上吃是很好的。根据“Carrots and tomatoes are…favorites because it is nice for them to get carrots or tomatoes, wash them and eat them right away in the garden.”及备选词可知，此处表达“胡萝卜和西红柿是学生的最爱”，空处应用所有格形式，student的所有格形式为students’。故填students’。 9．句意：有些蔬菜很容易种植，但有些需要辛勤的劳动。根据“Some vegetables can be…easily, but others need hard work.”及备选词可知，此处表达“有些蔬菜很容易种植”，应用be done表示被动，grow“种植”，动词，过去分词为grown。故填grown。 0．句意：园艺和其他学科一样重要。根据“Gardening…as important as any other subject.”及备选词可知，空处应用系动词作谓语，句子为一般现在时，主语Gardening为动名词形式，谓语动词应用三单。故填is。 05 offered, keep, care about, come, shorter, success, each, twice, special, mainly A new singing course for the old is becoming very popular at Harbin University for the Aged. “These years, we often see many old people going to KTV to sing together with their family and friends, so we have 1 up with the idea of starting the course,” said Qi Xin, a leader of the university. The course began last winter. Every class has 42 students, and 2 student only needs to pay 90 yuan for 16 classes. The students have classes 3 every week. Different from other singing courses, the course 4 teaches popular songs. “I usually choose popular songs that don’t need 5 skills,” said Huang Nannan, a music teacher. She also added that her students worked hard and got good at singing a song in 6 time than she had thought. The new singing course was a great 7 . Last term, the university had about 39,000 students taking courses. The students were between 45 and 90 years old. 118 different courses like writing, dance, and computers were 8 to them. “We 9 the real needs of the old and start courses that they are interested in,” said Sun Dengcheng, a teacher from the university. He said that as people live longer, they want to 10 learning new things, so the university will go on doing that. 【答案】 1．come 2．each 3．twice 4．mainly 5．special 6．shorter 7．success 8．offered 9．care about 10．keep 【导语】本文主要讲述了哈尔滨老年大学推出的一门新的唱歌课程，该课程在老年人中非常受欢迎。 1．句意：这些年来，我们经常看到许多老人和他们的家人和朋友一起去KTV唱歌，所以我们有了开办这门课程的想法。根据“so we have...up with the idea ”可知考查come up with“提出，想出（计划、想法等）”，此处用动词过去分词，与have构成现在完成时，故填come。 2．句意：每个班级有42名学生，每个学生只为16节课需支付90元。根据“and...student only needs to pay 90 yuan for 16 classes.”及备选单词可知是each作定语, 修饰单数可数名词“student”，故填each。 3．句意：学生们每周上两次课。根据“The students have classes...every week.”及备选单词可知此处指上课的频率是一周两次，故填twice。 4．句意：与其他歌唱课程不同，这门课程主要教授流行歌曲。根据“Different from other singing courses, the course...teaches popular songs.”及所给单词可知，此处应为副词“mainly”修饰动词“teaches”，指这门课程主要教授的内容，故填mainly。 5．句意：我通常选择不需要特殊技巧的流行歌曲。根据“I usually choose popular songs that don’t need..skills”及备选单词可知此处形容词修饰名词“skills”，指不需要特别的技巧的歌曲，故填special。 6．句意：她还补充说，她的学生很努力，在比她想象的更短的时间内就能唱好一首歌。根据“than”可知此处为形容词比较级，修饰名词“time”，故填shorter。 7．句意：新的歌唱课非常成功。根据“Last term, the university had about 39,000 students taking courses. ”及可知这门课报名人数非常多，很成功，故填success。 8．句意：学校为他们开设了118门不同的课程，如写作、舞蹈和计算机。根据“were...to”及所给单词可知考查offer sth to sb“给某人提供……”，此处使用动词过去分词，与were构成一般过去时的被动语态，故填offered。 9．句意：我们关心老年人的真正需求，并开设他们感兴趣的课程。根据“the real needs of the old and start courses that they are interested in”及备选单词可知是指关心老年人的真正需求，care about“关心”，句中时态为一般现在时，主语是复数，动词使用原形，故填care about。 10．句意：他说，随着人们寿命的延长，他们希望不断学习新事物，所以大学将继续这样做。根据“learning”及备选单词可知考查keep doing“继续做某事”，动词不定式符号to后用动词原形，故填keep。 06 fair, how, help, what, punish, course, you, who, wise, break, follow, develop You go to school every day, but have you ever wondered why you have to do so? First, school is a place where you can not only get knowledge but also learn how to behave well. At school, you learn many 1 like Chinese, math, English and so on. As we all know, Chinese 2 you to express yourself correctly; math teaches you to think 3 ; English makes you communicate properly with people 4 come from other countries. All those subjects play an important part in your 5 and they will have a great influence on your life in the future, so you should try 6 best to learn those subjects as well as you can in school. It’s believed that knowledge is power. On the other hand, your teachers always ask you 7 the school rules. That can force you to be a good member when you enter the society. Sometimes you probably think that your teachers are too strict with you and those school rules are 8 . But in fact, you are wrong. If you’re allowed to break them, you may get into bad habits of doing wrong and you 9 by law in the future. It’s those rules that always remind you 10 you can do and what you mustn’t do during your school time. Only in this way can you behave well and grow up quickly. 【答案】 1．courses 2．helps 3．wisely 4．who 5．development 6．your 7．to follow 8．unfair 9．will be punished 10．what 【导语】本文讲述了学生需要上学的原因，上学让人们获得知识，同时让人们学会遵守规则。 1．句意：在学校，你学习许多课程，像语文、数学、英语等等。根据“like Chinese, math, English”可知，这是在学校学习的课程，course“课程”符合语境，many修饰可数名词复数。故填courses。 2．句意：众所周知，语文能帮助你正确表达自己。空处作谓语，结合备选词汇，表示语文帮助人们学会准确地表达，help“帮助”符合语境，时态为一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，谓语用三单形式。故填helps。 3．句意：数学教会你明智地思考。空处修饰动词think，表示数学让人明智地思考，wise“明智”的副词wisely符合语境。故填wisely。 4．句意：英语能使你与来自其他国家的人进行恰当的交流。句子含定语从句，先行词是people，从句缺主语，空处用who引导定语从句。故填who。 5．句意：所有这些科目在你的发展中都起着重要作用，它们将对你未来的生活产生巨大影响，所以你应该尽你所能在学校里学好这些科目。your修饰名词，表示学习有助于人的发展，develop的名词development符合语境。故填development。 6．句意：所有这些科目在你的发展中都起着重要作用，它们将对你未来的生活产生巨大影响，所以你应该尽你所能在学校里学好这些科目。try one’s best“尽某人最大努力”，结合备选词汇，you的形容词性物主代词your符合语境。故填your。 7．句意：另一方面，你的老师总是要求你遵守校规。根据“the school rules”可知，表示遵守校规，follow“遵守”符合语境，ask sb to do sth“要求某人做某事”。故填to follow。 8．句意：有时你可能会认为你的老师对你太严格了，学校的规定不公平。空处作表语，结合备选词汇，表示你可能认为规则不公平，fair“公平的”反义词unfair符合语境。故填unfair。 9．句意：如果你被允许违反它们，你可能会养成做错事的坏习惯，你将来会受到法律的惩罚。根据“doing wrong and you … by law in the future”可知，做错事会受到法律的惩罚，punish“惩罚”符合语境，表示被惩罚，且时态为一般将来时，用被动语态will be done的结构。故填will be punished。 10．句意：正是这些规则总是提醒你在上学期间可以做什么，不能做什么。根据“… you can do and what you mustn’t do”可知，空处作do的宾语，指做的事情，用what引导宾语从句。故填what。 07 use,  part, like, learn, because, time, are, with, cook, especially Dear Liz, My stay in Thailand has been the best experience in my life. Life here is busy and exciting. Bangkok, 1 many other big cities in the world, faces a big problem of heavy traffic. I am lucky 2 my host family lives in a nice quiet area outside the city. There 3 Mr and Mrs Sophonpanich, their son Chatri, who is 18. and their daughter, Chollada, who is 16 in the family. I go to an international school 4 Chatri and Chollada every day. The school teaches about 70% in English, and 30% in Thai. I have 5 to speak some Thai, but my Thai writing is bad. The cooking lesson is my favorite. I am learning all about Thai food and culture. People don’t 6 chopsticks here, but spoons and forks. When I come home, I will 7 you a real Thai meal. I am surprised by everything in Thailand, 8 the elephants. Elephants are an important 9 in Thailand. They have been a symbol of Thailand for many years. Hey, got to go. It is 10 for my Thai boxing(拳击) lesson, and I will e-mail you soon. Lily 【答案】 1．like 2．because 3．are 4．with 5．learnt 6．use 7．cook 8．especially 9．part 10．time 【导语】本文是Lily写给Liz的邮件，文中介绍她在泰国的学习和生活。她的寄宿家庭在城外一个安静的地方，每天她和住宿家庭的二个孩子一起去上学；Lily学会说一些泰语，但泰语写作很差，她最喜欢烹饪课，对泰国的一切感到惊奇。 1．句意：曼谷和世界上许多其他大城市一样，面临着交通拥挤的大问题。此处是同位语，结合“many other big cities in the world”可知此处指“曼谷和世界上许多其他大城市一样”；备选词like“像……”符合语境。故填like。 2．句意：我很幸运，因为我的寄宿家庭住在城外一个安静的地方。空格在2个单句之间，填连词；根据语境“我很幸运”因为“寄宿家庭住在城外一个安静的地方”，表原因；备选词because“因为”符合语境。故填because。 3．句意：家里有索芬帕奇先生和夫人，他们18岁的儿子查特里和16岁的女儿乔拉达。分析句子成分可知本句是“There be…”句式；根据“Mr and Mrs Sophonpanich, their son Chatri…and their daughter…”是复数名词，可知，备选词are“是”符合语境。故填are。 4．句意：我每天和查特里和乔拉达一起上国际学校。由上文可知“查特里和乔拉达是作者住宿家庭的二个孩子”；空格位于句尾且在名词前，用备选词介词with“和……一起”，指“和查特里和乔拉达一起上学”。故填with。 5．句意：我已经学会说一些泰语，但我的泰语写作很差。下文“but my Thai writing is bad”，根据but表句意转折可知此处指“学会说一些泰语，但泰语写作很差”；备选词learn“学习”符合语境，此处填过去分词与have构成现在完成时。故填learnt。 6．句意：这里的人不用筷子，而是用勺子和叉子。根据“but spoons and forks”使用的餐具，可知此处指“不用筷子，而是用勺子和叉子”；备选词use“使用”符合语境，空格在don’t后填动词原形。故填use。 7．句意：当我回家的时候，我会给你做一顿真正的泰国饭。上文“The cooking lesson is my favorite. I am learning all about Thai food and culture”喜欢烹饪、学习泰国的食物和文化；可知此处指“回来时给你做一顿真正的泰国饭”；备选词cook“烧饭”符合语境；空格在will后填动词原形；故填cook。 8．句意：我对泰国的一切感到惊惊奇，尤其是大象。上文“I am surprised by everything in Thailand”对泰国的一切感到惊奇；“the elephants”列举一个具有代表性的例子，作进一步强调；备选词especially“特别、尤其”符合语境。故填especially。 9．句意：大象是泰国的重要部分。根据下文“They have been a symbol of Thailand for many years”多年来，大象一直是泰国的象征；可知，大象是泰国的重要部分；备选词part“部分”符合语境。故填part。 10．句意：该上泰国拳击课了，我很快会给你发电子邮件。根据“got to go”和“for my Thai boxing lesson”可知此处指“该上泰国拳击课了”；“It is time for…”意为“是……的时候”。故填time。 培优篇 08 请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。 注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余1项。 too  learn   again  we  so  afraid  with  note   take  make  already  many As we all know, English is an important subject in middle school. Everyone knows that we must 1 English well at school, but some students don’t know how to learn it well. Here are some suggestions that may help you 2 your English. The biggest problem is 3 own fear. We worry that we won’t say things correctly or that we will look foolish 4 that we don’t speak English at all. Don’t be afraid of being laughed at. Only if we aren’t  5 of making mistakes can we learn English well. The fastest way to learn something is to do it 6 and again until we get it right. Learning English of course needs practice. Don’t let a little fear stop us from getting what we want. The best way to learn English is to have a good environment. Take 7 in English, put English books around our room, listen to English radios, watch English news and TV programs. The 8 English materials (材料) we have around us, the faster we will learn it. Many people think that exercises and tests aren’t much fun. However, by doing exercises and 9 tests we can really improve our English. If we never take tests, we will never know how much progress we have 10 . I believe with these methods, we will improve our ability in learning English well. 【答案】 1．learn 2．with 3．our 4．so 5．afraid 6．again 7．notes 8．more 9．taking 10．made 【导语】本文主要介绍了就如何学好英语给出了一些建议。如不要恐惧，不害怕犯错，要有一个好的环境，多做练习和经常测验等。 1．句意：每个人都知道我们在学校必须学好英语，但有些学生不知道如何学好。根据“Everyone knows that we must…English well at school, ...”可知是学习英语，learn“学习”符合题意，由句中情态动词must可知空格处用动词原形。故填learn。 2．句意：这里有一些建议可以帮助你提高英语水平。根据“may help you…your English”可知考查动词短语help sb. with sth.，意为“帮助某人做某事”，故填with。 3．句意：最大的问题是我们自己的恐惧。根据下文“We worry that we won’t say things correctly…”可知是，我们自己的恐惧，空格处填“我们的”，空格处作定语，应用形容词性物主代词，we的形容词性物主代词是our。故填our。 4．句意：我们担心我们说得不对，或者我们会看起来很愚蠢，以至于我们根本不会说英语。根据“We worry that we won’t say things correctly or that we will look foolish…that we don’t speak English at all.”可知此句是so that引导的结果状语从句，故填so。 5．句意：只有不害怕犯错，我们才能学好英语。根据“Only if we aren’t…of making mistakes can we learn English well.”可知是，不害怕错误，此句考查短语be afraid of“害怕做某事”，故填afraid。 6．句意：学习东西最快的方法就是一遍又一遍地做，直到我们做对为止。again and again一遍又一遍地，反复地，固定短语。故填again。 7．句意：用英语做笔记，把英语书放在房间里，听英语收音机，看英语新闻和电视节目。根据“Take…in English, put English books around our room,”和所给词可知是记笔记，take notes记笔记，故填notes。 8．句意：我们身边的英语材料越多，我们学习的速度就越快。此句考查比较级句型“the +比较级…，the+比较级…”，意为“越……越……”，结合“The…English materials (材料) we have around us, the faster we will learn it.”和所给词可知是，我们身边的英语材料越多，学习的速度就越快，应用many的比较级more。故填more。 9．句意：然而，通过练习和考试，我们真的可以提高英语水平。根据“by doing exercises and …tests we can really improve our English.”可知是，通过练习和考试，take tests考试，动词短语，空格处作介词by的宾语，应用动名词。故填taking。 10．句意：如果我们从不参加考试，我们就永远不会知道我们取得了多大的进步。此句考查短语make progress“取得进步”，此句是定语从句，定语从句“we have…”时态为现在完成时，空格处应用make的过去分词made。故填made。 09 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。） be; young; they; make; allow; help; Chinese; decide; but; good In your school, can you choose the subjects you want to learn? Of course, the answer is “No” in 1 . In America, a school is trying something new. At a high school in Florida, students will be able to choose their own classes. We all know that some students are not as 2 as others at some subjects. At this school students can make their 3 to choose subjects they are interested in, and possibly even find the field they would like to go into after school. They are 4 to choose a subject like biology, math, a foreign language, or study skills like computer or car repair. Some people think this is a good idea, because it 5 students think about where they want to go in the future. 6 others disagree. They think that fourteen-year-old teens are too 7 to know what they want to do in the future. And bad choices may get in the way of 8 studies. What do you think of it? Is it fine or awful to choose your own classes? Many useful changes have been 9 in education, but seeing the differences in each student 10 also important. How can we help each student become a better student? 【答案】 1．China 2．good 3．decisions 4．allowed 5．helps 6．But 7．young 8．their 9．made 10．is 【导语】本文主要介绍了在美国佛罗里达州的一所高中允许学生自主选择自己感兴的课程，这是一种新尝试，从而引发了教育界的讨论。针对该方案，有人赞成，有人反对。 1．句意：当然，在中国，答案是“不能”。结合下文“In America, a school is trying something new.”和备选词汇可知，此处是指在中国不允许学生自己选择科目，因此用Chinese的名词China“中国”，专有名词，首字母要大写，in China“在中国”，介词短语。 故填China。 2．句意：我们都知道，有些学生在某些科目上不如其他学生好。结合“not as. . . as”和备选词汇可知，此处是指在某些科目上有些学生不如其他的学生好；good“好的”，形容词，在句中作表语。故填good。 3．句意：在这所学校，学生可以作出决定来选择他们感兴趣的科目，甚至可能找到他们放学后想进入的领域。结合“make their …to…”和备选词汇可知，此处考查动词短语make one’s decision to do sth.“决定做某事”，应用动词decide“决定”的名词形式decision“决定”，此处是指学生们的决定，因此用复数形式decisions。故填decisions。 4．句意：他们被允许选择生物、数学、外语等科目，或学习计算机或汽车修理等技能。结合“are … to choose a subject”和备选词汇可知，此处考查动词短语be allowed to do sth.“被允许做某事”，因此这里应用动词allow“允许”的过去分词allowed。故填allowed。 5．句意：有些人认为这是个好主意，因为它帮助学生思考他们将来想去哪里。根据上文“Some people think this is a good idea,”可知，此处是指允许学生选择自己喜欢的学科可以帮助学生思考他们将来想去哪里，考查help sb do sth.“帮助某人做某事”，动词短语；句子时态为一般现在时，主语it为第三人称单数，谓语动词help应用三单形式helps。故填helps。 6．句意：但其他人不同意。根据下文“…others disagree.”可知，此处与前文存在转折关系，因此用转折连词but，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填But。 7．句意：他们认为十四岁的青少年太年轻而不知道自己将来想做什么。根据句子主语“fourteen-year-old teens ”和下文“what they want to do in the future ”可知，此处是指他们认为十四岁的青少年太年轻了；young“年轻的”，形容词，在句中作表语。故填young。 8．句意：错误的选择可能会妨碍他们的学习。根据语境可知，错误的选择可能会妨碍学生们的学习；这里应用人称代词they“他们”的形容词性物主代词their“他们的”作定语，修饰名词studies。故填their。 9．句意：教育方面已经做出了许多有益的改变，但看到每个学生的差异也很重要。结合“Many useful changes”和备选词汇可知，此处是指做出了许多改变；make“做出”，动词；主语Many useful changes与动词make逻辑上是动宾关系，应用被动语态，因此用动词make的过去分词made。故填made。 10．句意：教育方面已经做出了许多有益的改变，但看到每个学生的差异也很重要。根据空后形容词important可知，此处是系表结构，谓语是系动词be；句子应用一般现在时，主语seeing the differences是动名词短语，谓语应用be动词的三单形式is。故填is。 10 note  what  all  improve  well  own  me  stranger  as  by I entered my third year of middle school when the new term began. There was a new course-chemistry. Before the monthly exam, I reviewed 1 I had learned carefully. I reviewed the textbook and did as many exercises as I could, but I still didn’t do 2 in the exam. It seemed that I was born without the ability to study chemistry. It made me sad. I wanted to do something to 3 my chemistry grades. First of all, I took out all of my chemistry homework and corrected 4 my wrong answers carefully. I found that some of them were caused 5 my carelessness. Some of the results were from lack of knowledge, and some answers could even be found in my 6 . These findings were important, because they showed me that I should listen to my teacher more carefully. One day, some words of a 7 reminded me to understand and remember the basic knowledge. When I was repeating his words and trying to do 8 he said, someone told me he was my new chemistry teacher. Then, he created a study group to help students like 9 . If we are not sure whether we understand the knowledge or not, we will ask him. And he always treats us patiently. With the help of my teacher and my 10 hard work, I improved my monthly exam score by eight points this month. It’s small, but it’s still a lot of encouragement for me. 【答案】 1．what 2．well 3．improve 4．all 5．by 6．notes 7．stranger 8．as 9．me 10．own 【分析】本文主要讲述了作者化学成绩不好，在化学老师和自己的努力下，逐渐地提高了化学成绩，这对于作者来说是一个很大的鼓励。 1．句意：在月考之前，我认真复习了我学过的东西。此处是一个宾语从句，此空作动词learned的宾语，故此空应填what，故填what。 2．句意：但我还是考得不好。根据“but I still didn’t do… in the exam”可知，考试还是没考好，do well in“在某方面做得好”，故填well。 3．句意：我想做点什么来提高我的化学成绩。化学考试没考好，这让作者很难过，所以想做些什么来提高成绩，动词不定式符号to后接动词原形，故填improve。 4．句意：首先，我拿出了我所有的化学作业，认真地改正了我所有的错误答案。根据“corrected … my wrong answers carefully”可知，修改所有错误答案，故填all。 5．句意：我发现其中一些是由于我的粗心造成的。be caused by“由……引起的”，故填cause。 6．句意：有些答案甚至可以在我的笔记中找到。根据“some answers could even be found in my”及备选词可知，在笔记里找到了答案，此空应填复数形式，故填notes。 7．句意：有一天，一个陌生人的一些话提醒我要理解和记住基本知识。a修饰名词的单数形式，备选词stranger“陌生人”符合，故填stranger。 8．句意：当我重复他的话并试图按照他说的去做时，有人告诉我他是我新的化学老师。根据“trying to do …he said”可知，试图按照他说的去做，as“照……方式”，故填as。 9．句意：然后，他创建了一个学习小组来帮助像我这样的学生。根据“If we are not sure whether we understand the knowledge or not, we will ask him”可知，来帮助像“我”这样的学生，故填me。 10．句意：在老师的帮助和我自己的努力学习下。根据“my … hard work”及备选词可知，此处指“我自己的努力学习”，one’s own“某人自己的”，故填own。 ( 1 / 13 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Unit 4 How can we become good learners? 短文填空专练 话题：人与自我—学习科目 基础篇 01 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。） wear   safe   everyone   before   experiment   burn   fantastic   include   chemistry   we Doing experiments is one of the most interesting things about studying 1 . In general, teachers do experiments in front of the class while students watch. However, in our class, we do them by 2 . The first time I took a class in my school’s chemistry lab, I was surprised to find that students were 3 special glasses and plastic gloves, as if everyone was a scientist. 4 is the most important for science lab classes. The outfit protects us from harmful chemical materials. Our chemistry teacher usually gives us the instruction paper and lets us read it 5 every lab class. In each class, she first goes over the steps of the 6 and then puts us into groups. What’s special is that for every class, she changes 7 partner to let us work with different classmates. The class is often filled with laughs. Once we tried to 8 chemicals. The chemicals produced many colors of flames (火焰), including bright orange and dark green. Many students were amazed. “Wow! That’s so 9 !” they shouted. After finishing an experiment, we need to write a report. It 10 the steps, our feelings and the final results. We also have to analyze (分析) the mistake if there has been one. The report is really important. 02 请选择适当的词完成下面的短文。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。(有两项是多余的) fun  they  go  in  and  have  beautiful  flower  why  also Students usually study traditional subjects at school, such as Chinese, math, English and science. But now, a new subject 1 into some schools—school gardening (园艺)! It’s an outdoor (室外的) subject. 2 the class, students learn to grow plants. The students like this subject very much. 3 do they enjoy it? Because they can have great 4 . It’s different from their indoor (室内的) subjects. The students can go out of the classroom 5 do many things by themselves. Some students like to grow tomatoes. Some other students like to grow 6 . When it’s spring, the flowers look really 7 . It’s not just (仅仅) about fun. There are 8 many other good things about school gardening. Most students think school gardening is good for 9 health. So they love 10 this outdoor class. I hope more schools will have this kind of new subject. 03 请从方框内选择适当的词并用正确形式填空，使文章连贯完整。每词限用一次，其中有一词是多余的。 win  begin  finish  after  at  require  one  little  morning  be  scientist The school day begins at 9 a.m. Class teachers meet the class and check who is present or absent 1 the start of the day. All the classes meet 2 a week on Fridays. The head teacher speaks to the whole school. Morning lessons begin at 9: 20 a.m. There are three forty-minute lessons, with a twenty-minute break in between. The lunch break is from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Afternoon lessons begin at 1 p.m. and the school day 3 at 3 p.m. All the students study and take exams in maths, 4 and English. They also choose one subject from history, geography, art, French and Chinese. All the students take PE lessons, but no exams are 5 . The chess, music, language and theatre clubs often have meetings 6 school. Students may join as many clubs as they like, but they must join at 7 one. After-school sports practice and matches take place on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday 8 . The school has a good record in sports. Last year, we 9 the best in football and tennis, and some students 10 prizes for swimming and running. 04 clear   interest   they   big   student   be   work   school   grow   important These days, a new subject becomes popular in many schools. That is school gardening. Students learn it outside the classroom. It is not only a(n) 1 subject, but also a great way to learn about nature. In the gardening class, students can go out and get fresh air. More 2 , they can learn a lot. When some young students have food, they always ask, “Where does the rice come from?” In this class, they can get the answer 3 . And they can learn to do things by 4 with their own hands. They can also learn some teamwork skills and care about plants. Keeping a school garden is difficult, but teachers are trying to make it 5 . Some schools can have gardens inside, but other 6 are small, so teachers turn to gardens and parks near the school. The school garden doesn’t have to be very 7 . Students can have a lot of fun in it. At first, teachers decide what vegetables to grow. Then they grow them with students. Carrots and tomatoes are 8 favorites because it is nice for them to get carrots or tomatoes, wash them and eat them right away in the garden. Some vegetables can be 9 easily, but others need hard work. This can teach students hard work pays off (回报). Gardening 10 as important as any other subject. Students should learn it at school. 05 offered, keep, care about, come, shorter, success, each, twice, special, mainly A new singing course for the old is becoming very popular at Harbin University for the Aged. “These years, we often see many old people going to KTV to sing together with their family and friends, so we have 1 up with the idea of starting the course,” said Qi Xin, a leader of the university. The course began last winter. Every class has 42 students, and 2 student only needs to pay 90 yuan for 16 classes. The students have classes 3 every week. Different from other singing courses, the course 4 teaches popular songs. “I usually choose popular songs that don’t need 5 skills,” said Huang Nannan, a music teacher. She also added that her students worked hard and got good at singing a song in 6 time than she had thought. The new singing course was a great 7 . Last term, the university had about 39,000 students taking courses. The students were between 45 and 90 years old. 118 different courses like writing, dance, and computers were 8 to them. “We 9 the real needs of the old and start courses that they are interested in,” said Sun Dengcheng, a teacher from the university. He said that as people live longer, they want to 10 learning new things, so the university will go on doing that. 06 fair, how, help, what, punish, course, you, who, wise, break, follow, develop You go to school every day, but have you ever wondered why you have to do so? First, school is a place where you can not only get knowledge but also learn how to behave well. At school, you learn many 1 like Chinese, math, English and so on. As we all know, Chinese 2 you to express yourself correctly; math teaches you to think 3 ; English makes you communicate properly with people 4 come from other countries. All those subjects play an important part in your 5 and they will have a great influence on your life in the future, so you should try 6 best to learn those subjects as well as you can in school. It’s believed that knowledge is power. On the other hand, your teachers always ask you 7 the school rules. That can force you to be a good member when you enter the society. Sometimes you probably think that your teachers are too strict with you and those school rules are 8 . But in fact, you are wrong. If you’re allowed to break them, you may get into bad habits of doing wrong and you 9 by law in the future. It’s those rules that always remind you 10 you can do and what you mustn’t do during your school time. Only in this way can you behave well and grow up quickly. 07 use,  part, like, learn, because, time, are, with, cook, especially Dear Liz, My stay in Thailand has been the best experience in my life. Life here is busy and exciting. Bangkok, 1 many other big cities in the world, faces a big problem of heavy traffic. I am lucky 2 my host family lives in a nice quiet area outside the city. There 3 Mr and Mrs Sophonpanich, their son Chatri, who is 18. and their daughter, Chollada, who is 16 in the family. I go to an international school 4 Chatri and Chollada every day. The school teaches about 70% in English, and 30% in Thai. I have 5 to speak some Thai, but my Thai writing is bad. The cooking lesson is my favorite. I am learning all about Thai food and culture. People don’t 6 chopsticks here, but spoons and forks. When I come home, I will 7 you a real Thai meal. I am surprised by everything in Thailand, 8 the elephants. Elephants are an important 9 in Thailand. They have been a symbol of Thailand for many years. Hey, got to go. It is 10 for my Thai boxing(拳击) lesson, and I will e-mail you soon. Lily 培优篇 08 请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。 注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余1项。 too  learn   again  we  so  afraid  with  note   take  make  already  many As we all know, English is an important subject in middle school. Everyone knows that we must 1 English well at school, but some students don’t know how to learn it well. Here are some suggestions that may help you 2 your English. The biggest problem is 3 own fear. We worry that we won’t say things correctly or that we will look foolish 4 that we don’t speak English at all. Don’t be afraid of being laughed at. Only if we aren’t  5 of making mistakes can we learn English well. The fastest way to learn something is to do it 6 and again until we get it right. Learning English of course needs practice. Don’t let a little fear stop us from getting what we want. The best way to learn English is to have a good environment. Take 7 in English, put English books around our room, listen to English radios, watch English news and TV programs. The 8 English materials (材料) we have around us, the faster we will learn it. Many people think that exercises and tests aren’t much fun. However, by doing exercises and 9 tests we can really improve our English. If we never take tests, we will never know how much progress we have 10 . I believe with these methods, we will improve our ability in learning English well. 09 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确（每个单词限用一次，每空限填一个单词。） be; young; they; make; allow; help; Chinese; decide; but; good In your school, can you choose the subjects you want to learn? Of course, the answer is “No” in 1 . In America, a school is trying something new. At a high school in Florida, students will be able to choose their own classes. We all know that some students are not as 2 as others at some subjects. At this school students can make their 3 to choose subjects they are interested in, and possibly even find the field they would like to go into after school. They are 4 to choose a subject like biology, math, a foreign language, or study skills like computer or car repair. Some people think this is a good idea, because it 5 students think about where they want to go in the future. 6 others disagree. They think that fourteen-year-old teens are too 7 to know what they want to do in the future. And bad choices may get in the way of 8 studies. What do you think of it? Is it fine or awful to choose your own classes? Many useful changes have been 9 in education, but seeing the differences in each student 10 also important. How can we help each student become a better student? 10 note  what  all  improve  well  own  me  stranger  as  by I entered my third year of middle school when the new term began. There was a new course-chemistry. Before the monthly exam, I reviewed 1 I had learned carefully. I reviewed the textbook and did as many exercises as I could, but I still didn’t do 2 in the exam. It seemed that I was born without the ability to study chemistry. It made me sad. I wanted to do something to 3 my chemistry grades. First of all, I took out all of my chemistry homework and corrected 4 my wrong answers carefully. I found that some of them were caused 5 my carelessness. Some of the results were from lack of knowledge, and some answers could even be found in my 6 . These findings were important, because they showed me that I should listen to my teacher more carefully. One day, some words of a 7 reminded me to understand and remember the basic knowledge. When I was repeating his words and trying to do 8 he said, someone told me he was my new chemistry teacher. Then, he created a study group to help students like 9 . If we are not sure whether we understand the knowledge or not, we will ask him. And he always treats us patiently. With the help of my teacher and my 10 hard work, I improved my monthly exam score by eight points this month. It’s small, but it’s still a lot of encouragement for me. ( 1 / 13 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $