单词适当形式填空题 2025-2026学年外研版英语八年级下册

(解析版）26年春外研新版八下英语单词适当形式填空题 Unit 1 Career talks 1. The past 30 years were filled with both challenges (挑战) and joys. 答案：challenges, 解析：challenge 是名词，意为“挑战”；both...and... 连接并列结构，后面joys为复数，前面也用复数形式 challenges。 2. I still remember my first summer as a “spiderman (蜘蛛侠)”. 答案：spiderman, 解析：spiderman是名词，意为“蜘蛛侠”；此处为课文特定比喻用法，作专有称呼用单数原形。 3. It was a day much hotter than today! I was wet (湿的) all over. 答案：wet, 解析：wet是形容词，意为“湿的”；be动词后用形容词作表语，固定搭配 be wet all over 表示“浑身湿透”。 4. Drops of sweat (汗水) fell in my eyes. 答案：sweat, 解析：sweat是不可数名词，意为“汗水”；无复数形式，drops of sweat表示“汗珠”。 5. She opened the window and handed me a piece of juicy watermelon (西瓜). 答案：watermelon, 解析：watermelon是名词，意为“西瓜”；a piece of后接不可数含义的名词，用原形表示“一块西瓜”。 6. I’m reminded (remind) of some other friends I met through the glass. 答案：reminded, 解析：remind是动词，意为“使想起”；本句为被动语态be reminded of，表示“被使想起/想起”，被动语态用过去分词。 7. There was this sweet newborn (新生的) baby. 答案：newborn, 解析：newborn是形容词，意为“新生的”；修饰名词 baby，作前置定语，用形容词原级。 8. She laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my brush (刷子). 答案：brush, 解析：brush是名词，意为“刷子”；此处指“我”的一把刷子，为单数含义，用原形。 9. Window cleaning is not always considered (consider) a good job, but I’ll never regret it. 答案：considered, 解析：consider是动词，意为“认为”；本句为被动语态be considered，表示“被认为”，被动结构用过去分词。 10. I found a sense of achievement (成就) in my job. 答案：achievement, 解析：achievement是名词，意为“成就”；a sense of后接名词，构成固定搭配a sense of achievement“成就感”。 11. The city shines (shine) brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. 答案：shines, 解析：shine 是动词，意为“发光”；主语 the city是第三人称单数，一般现在时动词加s，故用 shines。 12. However, new ones are springing up to meet new needs (需要). 答案：needs, 解析：need是名词，意为“需要”；meet new needs 表示“满足新的需求”，此处表泛指多种需求，用复数形式。 13. Cashiers in shops and supermarkets may not be necessary (必要的，必需的) in the near future. 答案：necessary, 解析：necessary是形容词，意为“必要的，必需的，必不可少的”；情态动词 may后接be动词，be动词后用形容词作表语。 14. They may soon be replaced (replace) by machines. 答案：replaced, 解析：replace是动词，意为“取代”；本句为被动语态be replaced by，表示“被…取代”，被动结构用过去分词。 15. With the development of new technology, there might be no need for human pilots (驾驶员，飞行员) in the future! 答案：pilots, 解析：pilot是名词，意为“(飞机或宇宙飞船上的)驾驶员，飞行员，驾驶仪”；此处泛指“人类飞行员”，表示一类人用复数。 16. Space tourism (旅游业，观光业) began in 2001. 答案：tourism, 解析：tourism是不可数名词，意为“旅游业，观光业”；无复数形式，space tourism为固定搭配“太空旅游业”。 17. In the future, travelling to space will surely（当然地，确定地） be provided (provide) at a lower cost. 答案：surely; provided, 解析：provide是动词，意为“提供，供应，供给”；本句为一般将来时被动语态will be provided，表示“将被提供”，用过去分词。 18. Space tour guides will be needed to lead people to the moon and beyond (在更远处；往更远处)! 答案：beyond, 解析：beyond是副词，意为“在更远处；往更远处”；与 the moon并列，构成固定表达to the moon and beyond。 19. In the future, more people will work and play in virtual (虚拟的，模拟的) reality（真实，现实）. 答案：virtual；reality, 解析：第一空：virtual是形容词，意为“虚拟的，模拟的”；修饰名词reality，作前置定语，构成固定搭配virtual reality“虚拟现实”。 20. People will need cool and fashionable (时髦的，流行的) clothes, so VR fashion designers will be greatly needed! 答案：fashionable, needed, 解析：第一空 fashionable是形容词，意为“时髦的，流行的”，与 cool 并列修饰名词 clothes，用原级；第二空need是动词，意为“需要”，本句为被动语态be needed，表示“被需要”，被动结构中用过去分词 needed。 Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 1. [Mum is sitting in the living room, worried. The clock reads 10:27 pm (下午（用于表示钟点的数字之后）). The son runs through the door, out of breath.] 答案：pm，解析：pm是名词，专门用于具体钟点后表示下午或晚上，属于固定时间标识词，无词性变形和单复数变化，直接使用原形即可。 2. Mum: Look at the time! Do you remember your promise (保证，承诺，诺言)? 答案：promise，解析：promise是名词，意为“承诺”；形容词性物主代词your后必须接名词，此处表示单数概念，因此使用原形。 3. Son: (in a low voice) Yes, I promised to be back before 9 tonight ((在)今晚). But… 答案：tonight，解析：tonight是副词，在句中作时间状语修饰动词短语be back，无单复数和词性变化，直接使用原形。 4. Mum: (interrupting) A deal is a deal! The promise wasn’t kept (keep). So you can’t stay out late next time. 答案：kept，解析：本句为一般过去时被动语态，结构为 wasn’t + 动词过去分词；keep 是不规则动词，意为“遵守，履行”，其过去分词为kept。 5. Son: Halfway back, I noticed an old woman under a street lamp (灯). 答案：lamp，解析：lamp是名词，意为“灯”；street lamp 为固定搭配表示“路灯”，前面有不定冠词a修饰，需使用单数原形。 6. Son: She was wearing a thin blouse (女士宽松短衫，女衬衫) and it was cold. 答案：blouse，解析：blouse是名词，意为“女士宽松短衫”；前面有不定冠词a和形容词thin修饰，需使用单数原形。 7. Son: She looked pale (苍白的). I asked her if she needed help. She said she was lost. 答案：pale，解析：pale 是形容词，意为“苍白的”；感官动词look后接形容词作表语，无形式变化，使用形容词原级。 8. Son: I checked and saw that a yellow band was attached (attach) to her wrist (腕（关节）). 答案：attached；wrist，解析：第一空：本句为一般过去时被动语态，结构为 was + 动词过去分词；attach 是规则动词，意为“系，绑”，其过去分词为 attached。第二空：wrist，解析：wrist是名词，意为“腕关节”；形容词性物主代词 her 后接名词，此处表示单数概念，使用原形。 9. Son: I waited with her until she was taken home by a policewoman (女警察). 答案：policewoman，解析：policewoman是名词，意为“女警察”；前面有不定冠词a修饰，需使用单数原形。 10. I have practised (练习) so much, and it all ended today. 答案：practised，解析：本句为现在完成时，语法结构为have/has + 动词过去分词；practise为规则动词，过去分词直接在词尾加-ed，故填 practised。 11. Back then, I was so disappointed (失望的) at being too short and failing to get on the basketball team. 答案：disappointed，解析：disappoint为动词，修饰人需用-ed形容词表示“感到…的”；固定搭配be disappointed at 意为“对…感到失望”，故填 disappointed。 12. I couldn’t help laughing at my heartbreaking (令人心碎的) words then. 答案：heartbreaking，解析：修饰事物（words）需用-ing形容词表示“令人…的”，故填 heartbreaking。 13. I was so hurt by my failure (失败) back then, and my friends were all worried. 答案：failure，解析：形容词性物主代词my后必须接名词；fail为动词，其名词形式为 failure，故填 failure。 14. Why not try something else, like swimming or skiing (滑雪运动)? 答案：skiing，解析：介词like后接动名词形式，且与swimming构成并列结构；ski的动名词为 skiing，故填 skiing。 15. But soon, I fell completely (完全地) in love with the sport. 答案：completely，解析：修饰动词短语 fall in love with需用副词；complete为形容词，副词形式在词尾加 -ly，故填 completely。 16. Now I understand that failure (失败) is a part of life. 答案：failure，解析：宾语从句中缺少主语，主语需用名词形式；fail 的名词形式为 failure，故填 failure。 17. It may fall upon (在…上面) us at any stage in our lives. 答案：upon，解析：固定短语 fall upon 意为“落在…身上”，此处需填介词upon构成固定搭配。 18. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises, if we can see them clearly (清楚地). 答案：clearly，解析：修饰动词 see 需用副词；clear 为形容词，副词形式在词尾加 -ly，故填 clearly。 Unit 3 What makes a great team? 1. Thank you for making me director (导演) of our drama, Snow White. 答案：director，解析：director 是名词，意为“导演”；固定搭配 make sb. +名词表示“使某人成为…”，此处用名词原形作宾语补足语。 2. It is a great honour (荣誉) for me. I’ve never been a leader (领导者) before. 答案：第一空：honour，解析：honour是名词，意为“荣誉”；不定冠词a后接单数名词，因此使用原形。第二空：leader，解析：leader是名词，意为“领导者”；不定冠词a后接单数名词，因此使用原形。 3. But a problem appeared during the very first task – giving out the roles (角色). 答案：roles，解析：role是名词，意为“角色”；此处指多个角色，需用复数形式 roles。 4. Everyone looked at me and expected me to decide. But I just froze (突然停止；呆住). 答案：froze，解析：freeze是不规则动词，意为“突然停止；呆住”；句子为一般过去时，freeze 的过去式为 froze。 5. My silence (沉默) made Lisa angry. “I’m out!” she shouted and stormed off. 答案：silence，解析：silence是名词，意为“沉默”；形容词性物主代词my后接名词，因此使用原形。 6. My first day as a leader was awful (糟糕的，恶劣的)! 答案：awful，解析：awful是形容词，意为“糟糕的，恶劣的”；be动词后接形容词作表语，因此使用原级。 7. Could you please advise (建议) me? 答案：advise，解析：advise是动词，意为“建议”；固定句型 Could you please do sth.? 后接动词原形，因此使用原形。 8. Sometimes good teamwork (合作，协作，配合) is hard to achieve! 答案：teamwork，解析：teamwork是不可数名词，意为“合作，协作，配合”；形容词 good后接名词，因此使用原形。 9. So the leader should (应该) take responsibility in times of disagreement. 答案：should，解析：should是情态动词，意为“应该”；情态动词后接动词原形，此处用于表达建议或责任。 10. You should (应该) discuss the matter with Lisa. 答案：should，解析：should 是情态动词，意为“应该”；情态动词后接动词原形，此处用于提出建议。 11. What are her strengths (优点，长处，优势) and weaknesses (弱点，缺点，不足)? 答案：第一空：strengths，解析：strength 是名词，意为“优点，长处，优势”；此处表示多个优点，需用复数形式 strengths。第二空：weaknesses，解析：weakness是名词，意为“弱点，缺点，不足”；此处表示多个缺点，需用复数形式weaknesses。 12. Why not have Lisa and Mary both try two roles? All the team members can vote (投票，表决) for the most suitable person for each role. 答案：vote，解析：vote是动词，意为“投票，表决”；情态动词can后接动词原形，因此使用原形。 13. You’re the director, but you don’t have to (不必) deal with all the problems yourself. 答案：don’t have to，解析：don’t have to是情态动词短语，意为“不必”；后接动词原形，用于表达没有必要做某事。 14. At noon (正午，中午) on 24 May 1960, four climbers (登山运动员) stood alone on the “roof of the world”. 答案：第一空：noon，解析：noon是名词，意为“正午，中午”；固定搭配 at noon 表示“在中午”，直接使用原形。第二空：climbers，解析：climber 是名词，意为“登山运动员”；前面有数词four修饰，需用复数形式 climbers。 15. They were near the top of a thirty-metre-high wall of rock. The roof (顶，顶部) of Mount Qomolangma seemed right within reach. 答案：roof，解析：roof 是名词，意为“顶，顶部”；此处指珠穆朗玛峰的顶部，用单数形式即可。 16. Liu Lianman led the way. The thin air took his strength (力量) away. 答案：strength，解析：strength是名词，意为“力量”；形容词性物主代词 his 后接名词，直接使用原形。 17. So he chose to be a “human ladder (梯子)” for his teammates! 答案：ladder，解析：ladder是名词，意为“梯子”；不定冠词a后接单数名词，因此使用原形。 18. He lowered (把〔某物〕移低，降下) his body and let Qu Yinhua stand on his shoulders. 答案：lowered，解析：lower是动词，意为“把〔某物〕移低，降下”；根据let得知，句子为一般过去时，需变为过去式lowered。 19. Every second was painful (令人痛苦的), but Liu stood still. 答案：painful，解析：painful是形容词，意为“令人痛苦的”；be 动词后接形容词作表语，使用原级。 20. Then he and Wang Fuzhou climbed up with a rope (绳，粗绳，绳索). 答案：rope，解析：rope 是名词，意为“绳，粗绳，绳索”；不定冠词 a 后接单数名词，因此使用原形。 21. They made every effort (努力) through the cold and dark. 答案：effort，解析：effort是名词，意为“努力”；固定搭配 make every effort 表示“尽一切努力”，用单数形式即可。 22. When they returned to base (基地，根据地，总部，大本营) camp, they were welcomed as heroes. 答案：base，解析：base是名词，意为“基地，根据地，总部，大本营”；固定搭配 base camp 表示“（登山）大本营”，直接使用原形。 23. He did not reach the top, but he shouldered his team into China’s mountaineering (登山运动) history. 答案：mountaineering，解析：mountaineering是名词，意为“登山运动”；此处作定语修饰 history，用名词原形即可。 Unit 4 Helping out 1. “Excuse (劳驾) me, may (可以，礼貌请求) I have a purple (紫色的) crayon (彩色蜡笔), please?” five-year-old Leah asked a nurse. 答案：第一空：Excuse，解析：固定搭配excuse me  意为“劳驾”，用于礼貌地引起他人注意，句首首字母需大写，故填Excuse。第二空：may，解析：情态动词 may 在此处表示礼貌请求，意为“可以”，后接动词原形have ，故填 may。第三空：purple，解析：形容词purple意为“紫色的”，修饰名词crayon，填purple 。第四空：crayon，解析：名词crayon 意为“彩色蜡笔”，不定冠词a 后接单数名词，使用原形，故填 crayon 。 2. Well, crayons may (可能) carry viruses (病毒) and spread diseases. 答案：第一空：may，解析：情态动词  may在此处表示推测，意为“可能”，后接动词原形 carry ，故填 may。第二空：viruses，解析：名词virus意为“病毒”，此处表示泛指的多种病毒，需用复数形式viruses ，故填 viruses。 3. The hospital just couldn’t afford (买得起) new crayons for every child. 答案：afford，解析：动词afford意为“买得起”，情态动词couldn’t后接动词原形，故填afford 。 4. Leah was born with a serious illness (病，疾病), and she made many hospital visits. 答案：illness，解析：名词 illness  意为“病，疾病”，形容词 serious后接名词，使用单数形式，故填 illness 。 5. Leah didn’t want other young patients to feel her disappointment (失望，沮丧). 答案：disappointment，解析：名词disappointment  意为“失望，沮丧”，形容词性物主代词her后接名词，使用原形，故填disappointment 。 6. “It can (可能) be boring to wait for X-rays (X光检查) and treatments (治疗，诊治). I want them to feel good,” she said. 答案：第一空：can，解析：情态动词 can 在此处表示推测，意为“可能”，后接动词原形be ，故填can。第二空：X-rays，解析：名词X-ray意为“X光检查”，此处表示多次检查，需用复数形式X-rays ，故填X-rays。第三空：treatments，解析：名词 treatment 意为“治疗，诊治”，此处表示多种治疗，需用复数形式 treatments ，故填treatments 。 7. However, all her pocket (衣袋，口袋) money was only enough for about 40 boxes. 答案：pocket，解析：固定搭配 pocket money意为“零花钱”， pocket 作定语修饰money ，使用原形，故填pocket 。 8. And she would always be there in her wheelchair (轮椅). 答案：wheelchair，解析：名词wheelchair意为“轮椅”，形容词性物主代词her后接名词，使用单数形式，故填wheelchair 。 9. Word spread fast, and Leah’s story went public (公开的). 答案：public，解析：固定搭配go public意为“公开，公之于众”， public为形容词，使用原级，故填public 。 10. Then, a pair of strong hands reached out to (伸出援手) to me – I was saved. 答案：reached out to，解析：固定短语reach out to意为“伸出援手；主动提供帮助”；句子为一般过去时，需变为过去式 reached out to ，故填reached out to 。 11. Day and night, they raced against time (争分夺秒) to save as many people as possible. 答案：raced against time，解析：固定短语 race against time  意为“争分夺秒；与时间赛跑”；句子为一般过去时，需变为过去式 raced against time ，故填 raced against time 。 12. I graduated (毕业) from college (大学，学院) and became a nurse. 答案：第一空：graduated，解析：动词graduate意为“大学毕业”；句子为一般过去时，需变为过去式graduated ，故填graduated。第二空：college，解析：名词 college意为“大学，学院”；固定搭配graduate from college表示“从大学毕业”，使用原形，故填 college 。 13. I still remembered the warmth (温暖) of those helping hands 12 years ago. 答案：warmth，解析：名词warmth意为“温暖”；定冠词 the后接名词，使用原形，故填warmth。 14. It was time for me to offer (提供) mine. 答案：offer，解析：动词 offer意为“提供；给予”；固定句型It's time for sb. to do sth.  后接动词原形，故填 offer 。 15. The work was by no means (绝不，一点儿都不) easy. 答案：by no means，解析：固定短语by no means 意为“绝不，一点儿都不”，直接使用原形，故填by no means 。 16. She had offered a helping hand (援手，帮助) to Wenchuan 12 years ago. 答案：a helping hand，解析：固定短语a helping hand 意为“援手；帮助”，直接使用原形，故填a helping hand 。 17. Love leads to love, and so creates a circle of goodwill (善意) and kindness (善良). 答案：第一空：goodwill，解析：固定短语circle of goodwill意为“善意的循环”。第二空：kindness，解析：名词 kindness 意为“善意，善良”，与前面的circle of goodwill并列，使用原形，故填kindness。 Unit 5 Looking into nature 1. Imagine a dinosaur (恐龙) in an ancient forest. It is running around, looking for its next meal. 答案：dinosaur，解析：可数名词，意为“恐龙”；不定冠词a后必须接单数形式，故用原形。 2. With an angry cry, it opens its mouth, raises its beautiful feather-covered (羽毛覆盖的) arms, and… 答案：feather-covered，解析：复合形容词，由“名词+过去分词”构成，意为“羽毛覆盖的”，作定语修饰名词arms。 3. For hundreds of years, people believed that dinosaurs looked like huge lizards (蜥蜴). 答案：第一空：that，解析：连词，引导宾语从句，从句为陈述句，that无实际词义、不作成分，只起连接作用；第二空：lizards，解析：可数名词，意为“蜥蜴”，此处表泛指一类事物，需用复数形式lizards。 4. However, thanks to a piece of amber (琥珀), scientists now know that this idea is wrong. 答案：第一空：amber，解析：不可数名词，意为“琥珀”，固定搭配a piece of amber表示“一块琥珀”；第二空：that，解析：连词，引导及物动词know后的宾语从句，从句为陈述语气，无实际含义。 5. In the amber from Southeast Asia, they found the tail of a dinosaur – with feathers (羽毛). 答案：feathers，解析：可数名词，意为“羽毛”，此处表示多根羽毛，需用复数形式feathers。 6. These beautiful golden stones quietly keep pieces of the past. They can tell us whether dinosaurs had feathers, but that’s not all. 答案：whether，解析：连词，引导宾语从句，意为“是否”，表示对事实不确定，正式语境优先使用whether。 7. They also help us understand that life on earth has always changed. 答案：that，解析：连词，引导及物动词understand后的宾语从句，从句为陈述句，无实际词义，不作句子成分。 8. In the future, amber may also help us discover whether other species have changed over time. 答案：whether，解析：连词，引导及物动词discover后的宾语从句，意为“是否”，表达疑问语气。 9. Thanks to amber, more than 300 species (物种) have been discovered. 答案：species，解析：名词，意为“物种”，单复数同形，前面有数字300，表复数概念。 10. In a piece of amber from Africa, scientists found 13 ants. Research shows that they are a completely (完全地；充分地；彻底地) new species. 答案：that，解析：连词，引导及物动词shows后的宾语从句，从句为陈述句，无实际含义；答案：completely，解析：副词，意为“完全地”，修饰形容词new，副词修饰形容词需用原级。 11. The discovery of this African (非洲的) species has changed old beliefs (观点) about the history of ants. 答案：第一空：African，解析：形容词，意为“非洲的”，作定语修饰名词species；第二空：beliefs，解析：可数名词，意为“观点”，表复数含义，需变复数beliefs。 12. Then we can use this key to unlock (揭开) more secrets of nature. 答案：unlock，解析：动词，意为“揭开”，固定搭配use sth. to do sth.中to后接动词原形。 13. Nature presents us with endless (无数的；无限的) wonders. 答案：endless，解析：形容词，意为“无数的；无限的”，作定语修饰名词wonders，用原级。 14. For over 70 years, Professor Wang explored China’s plants with great passion and hard work. He discovered and named about 1,370 new plant species (物种). 答案：species，解析：名词，意为“物种”，单复数同形，前面有数字1370，表复数概念。 15. He lost sight (视力，视觉) in his right eye at the age of 83. 答案：sight，解析：不可数名词，意为“视力，视觉”，固定搭配lose sight表示“失去视力”。 16. With a magnifier (放大镜) in hand, he still carried on with his research for another 10 years. 答案：magnifier，解析：可数名词，意为“放大镜”，不定冠词a后接单数形式，用原形。 17. Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or wealth (财富). 答案：wealth，解析：不可数名词，意为“财富”，与名词honour并列，用原形。 18. Although he received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award twice, he hardly (几乎不) mentioned it. 答案：hardly，解析：副词，意为“几乎不”，表否定含义，修饰动词mentioned，用原级。 19. For him, the award belonged to (属于) the team, and he was just doing his job. 答案：belonged to，解析：固定短语，意为“属于”；句子为一般过去时，动词belong需变过去式belonged。 20. But for a long time, even his granddaughter (孙女；外孙女) had no idea. 答案：granddaughter，解析：可数名词，意为“孙女；外孙女”，此处指单数概念，用原形。 Unit 6 Living with nature 1. Lively birds sang sweetly (悦耳动听地，好听地) in the trees. Villagers (村民) hurried to the fields. 答案：第一空sweetly，解析：副词，意为“悦耳动听地，好听地”，修饰动词sang，用副词原级；第二空：Villagers，解析：可数名词，意为“村民”，此处表泛指一类人，需用复数形式Villagers，句首首字母大写。 2. Adults were busy cutting the wheat (小麦). Children raced behind to pick up the ears. 答案：wheat，解析：不可数名词，意为“小麦”，固定搭配cut the wheat表示“收割小麦”，用原形。 3. I grew up in the countryside (乡下，农村) of Shandong Province (省). 答案：第一空：countryside，解析：名词，意为“乡下，农村”，固定搭配in the countryside表示“在乡下”，用原形；第二空：Province，解析：专有名词，意为“省”，此处指“山东省”，首字母需大写，用原形。 4. The terms helped them understand why things happened at certain times, and how they should react. 答案：第一空：why，解析：连词，引导宾语从句，意为“为什么”，表示对原因的疑问；第二空：how，解析：连词，引导宾语从句，意为“如何”，表示对方式的疑问。 5. I always feel excited when a new term is set to begin. 答案：第一空：when，解析：连词，引导宾语从句/时间状语从句，意为“当…时候”，表示时间关系。 6. I’m so happy that many people, especially (尤其) the young, are taking a new interest in the ancient wisdom (智慧，才智). 答案：第一空：especially，解析：副词，意为“尤其”，修饰名词短语the young，用副词原级；第二空：wisdom，解析：不可数名词，意为“智慧，才智”，固定搭配ancient wisdom表示“古代智慧”，用原形。 7. People celebrate their arrival (到来) with traditional activities. The ancient calendar (历法) has never disappeared from the life of the Chinese. 答案：第一空：arrival，解析：名词，意为“到来”，固定搭配celebrate the arrival of...表示“庆祝…的到来”，用原形；第二空：calendar，解析：名词，意为“历法”，固定搭配the ancient calendar表示“古代历法”，用原形。 8. The desert (沙漠，荒漠) sand can be as hot as 80℃ in midsummer (仲夏). 答案：第一空：desert，解析：名词，意为“沙漠，荒漠”，修饰名词sand，用原形；第二空：midsummer，解析：名词，意为“仲夏”，固定搭配in midsummer表示“在仲夏时节”，用原形。 9. Rainfall (雨量) in Turpan is only 16 mm a year. How do people survive (活下来；幸存) in such a terrible climate? 答案：Rainfall，第一空：名词，意为“雨量”，句首首字母大写，作句子主语，用原形；第二空：survive，解析：动词，意为“活下来；幸存”，助动词do后接动词原形，用原形。 10. Under these wells are large underground (地下的) canals. Water from the mountains falls into the wells. 答案：underground，解析：形容词，意为“地下的”，修饰名词canals，用原级。 11. No wonder it’s among the top three projects (项目) of ancient China. 答案：projects，解析：名词复数，意为“项目”，前面有top three修饰，需用复数形式projects。 12. Today, the area faces a water shortage (缺水). There is less water from the mountains, lower rainfall (雨量) and a large increase (增加，增多；增长) in water use. 答案：第一空：water shortage，解析：名词短语，意为“缺水”，固定搭配face a water shortage表示“面临缺水问题”，用短语原形；第二空：rainfall，解析：名词，意为“雨量”，与less water并列，用原形；第三空：increase，解析：名词，意为“增加，增多；增长”，固定搭配a large increase in…表示“…的大幅增加”，用原形。 13. Now, more and more young people are taking action to protect (保护) it. 答案：to protect，解析：动词，意为“保护”，固定搭配take action to do sth.中to后接动词原形。 第 1 页 共 23 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $26年春外研新版八下英语单词适当形式填空题 Unit 1 Career talks 1. The past 30 years were filled with both ______ (挑战) and joys. 2. I still remember my first summer as a “______ (蜘蛛侠)”. 3. It was a day much hotter than today! I was ______ (湿的) all over. 4. Drops of ______ (汗水) fell in my eyes. 5. She opened the window and handed me a piece of juicy ______ (西瓜). 6. I’m ______ (remind) of some other friends I met through the glass. 7. There was this sweet ________ (新生的) baby. 8. She laughed as her cat tried to “catch” my ______ (刷子). 9. Window cleaning is not always ______ (consider) a good job, but I’ll never regret it. 10. I found a sense of ________ (成就) in my job. 11. The city ______ (shine) brighter because of us, and the job will make us shine, too. 12. However, new ones are springing up to meet new ______ (需要). 13. Cashiers in shops and supermarkets may not be ______ (必要的，必需的) in the near future. 14. They may soon be ______ (replace) by machines. 15. With the development of new technology, there might be no need for human ______ (驾驶员，飞行员) in the future! 16. Space ______ (旅游业，观光业) began in 2001. 17. In the future, travelling to space will ______（当然地，确定地）be ______ (provide) at a lower cost. 18. Space tour guides will be needed to lead people to the moon and ______ (在更远处；往更远处)! 19. In the future, more people will work and play in ______ (虚拟的，模拟的) ______（真实，现实）. 20. People will need cool and ______ (时髦的，流行的) clothes, so VR fashion designers will be greatly ______(need)！ Unit 2 Growing pains and gains 1. [Mum is sitting in the living room, worried. The clock reads 10:27 ______ (下午（用于表示钟点的数字之后）). The son runs through the door, out of breath.] 2. Mum: Look at the time! Do you remember your ______ (保证，承诺，诺言)? 3. Son: (in a low voice) Yes, I promised to be back before 9 ______ ((在)今晚). But… 4. Mum: (interrupting) A deal is a deal! The promise wasn’t ______ (keep). So you can’t stay out late next time. 5. Son: Halfway back, I noticed an old woman under a street ______ (灯). 6. Son: She was wearing a thin ______ (女士宽松短衫，女衬衫) and it was cold. 7. Son: She looked ______ (苍白的). I asked her if she needed help. She said she was lost. 8. Son: I checked and saw that a yellow band was ______ (attach) to her ______ (腕（关节）). 9. Son: I waited with her until she was taken home by a _________ (女警察). 10. I have ______ (练习) so much, and it all ended today. 11. Back then, I was so ________ (失望的) at being too short and failing to get on the basketball team. 12. I couldn’t help laughing at my ______ (令人心碎的) words then. 13. I was so hurt by my ______ (失败) back then, and my friends were all worried. 14. Why not try something else, like swimming or ______ (滑雪运动)? 15. But soon, I fell ______ (完全地) in love with the sport. 16. Now I understand that ______ (失败) is a part of life. 17. It may fall ______ (在…上面) us at any stage in our lives. 18. Life is waiting for us with many other surprises, if we can see them ______ (清楚地). Unit 3 What makes a great team? 1. Thank you for making me ______ (导演) of our drama, Snow White. 2. It is a great ______ (荣誉) for me. I’ve never been a ______ (领导者) before. 3. But a problem appeared during the very first task – giving out the ______ (角色). 4. Everyone looked at me and expected me to decide. But I just ______ (突然停止；呆住). 5. My ______ (沉默) made Lisa angry. “I’m out!” she shouted and stormed off. 6. My first day as a leader was ______ (糟糕的，恶劣的)! 7. Could you please ______ (建议) me? 8. Sometimes good ______ (合作，协作，配合) is hard to achieve! 9. So the leader ______ (应该) take responsibility in times of disagreement. 10. You ______ (应该) discuss the matter with Lisa. 11. What are her ______ (优点，长处，优势) and ______ (弱点，缺点，不足)? 12. Why not have Lisa and Mary both try two roles? All the team members can ______ (投票，表决) for the most suitable person for each role. 13. You’re the director, but you ___________ (不必) deal with all the problems yourself. 14. At ______ (正午，中午) on 24 May 1960, four ______ (登山运动员) stood alone on the “roof of the world”. 15. They were near the top of a thirty-metre-high wall of rock. The ______ (顶，顶部) of Mount Qomolangma seemed right within reach. 16. Liu Lianman led the way. The thin air took his ________ (力量) away. 17. So he chose to be a “human ______ (梯子)” for his teammates! 18. He ______ (把〔某物〕移低，降下) his body and let Qu Yinhua stand on his shoulders. 19. Every second was ______ (令人痛苦的), but Liu stood still. 20. Then he and Wang Fuzhou climbed up with a ______ (绳，粗绳，绳索). 21. They made every ______ (努力) through the cold and dark. 22. When they returned to ______ (基地，根据地，总部，大本营) camp, they were welcomed as heroes. 23. He did not reach the top, but he shouldered his team into China’s __________ (登山运动) history. Unit 4 Helping out 1. “_______ (劳驾) me, ______ (可以，礼貌请求) I have a ______ (紫色的) ______ (彩色蜡笔), please?” five-year-old Leah asked a nurse. 2. Well, crayons ______ (可能) carry ______ (病毒) and spread diseases. 3. The hospital just couldn’t ______ (买得起) new crayons for every child. 4. Leah was born with a serious ______ (病，疾病), and she made many hospital visits. 5. Leah didn’t want other young patients to feel her ____________ (失望，沮丧). 6. “It ______ (可能) be boring to wait for ______ (X光检查) and ______ (治疗，诊治). I want them to feel good,” she said. 7. However, all her ______ (衣袋，口袋) money was only enough for about 40 boxes. 8. And she would always be there in her ______ (轮椅). 9. Word spread fast, and Leah’s story went ______ (公开的). 10. Then, a pair of strong hands __________ (伸出援手) to me – I was saved. 11. Day and night, they __________ (争分夺秒) to save as many people as possible. 12. I ______ (毕业) from ______ (大学，学院) and became a nurse. 13. I still remembered the ______ (温暖) of those helping hands 12 years ago. 14. It was time for me to ______ (提供) mine. 15. The work was __________ (绝不，一点儿都不) easy. 16. She had offered _________ (援手，帮助) to Wenchuan 12 years ago. 17. Love leads to love, and so creates a circle of ________ (善意) and ______ (善良). Unit 5 Looking into nature 1. Imagine a _________ (恐龙) in an ancient forest. It is running around, looking for its next meal. 2. With an angry cry, it opens its mouth, raises its beautiful _________ (羽毛覆盖的) arms, and… 3. For hundreds of years, people believed ______ dinosaurs looked like huge ______ (蜥蜴). 4. However, thanks to a piece of ______ (琥珀), scientists now know ______ this idea is wrong. 5. In the amber from Southeast Asia, they found the tail of a dinosaur – with ______ (羽毛). 6. These beautiful golden stones quietly keep pieces of the past. They can tell us ______ dinosaurs had feathers, but that’s not all. 7. They also help us understand ______ life on earth has always changed. 8. In the future, amber may also help us discover ______ other species have changed over time. 9. Thanks to amber, more than 300 ______ (物种) have been discovered. 10. In a piece of amber from Africa, scientists found 13 ants. Research shows ______ they are a ______ (完全地；充分地；彻底地) new species. 11. The discovery of this ______ (非洲的) species has changed old ______ (观点) about the history of ants. 12. Then we can use this key to ______ (揭开) more secrets of nature. 13. Nature presents us with ______ (无数的；无限的) wonders. 14. For over 70 years, Professor Wang explored China’s plants with great passion and hard work. He discovered and named about 1,370 new plant ______ (物种). 15. He lost ______ (视力，视觉) in his right eye at the age of 83. 16. With a ______ (放大镜) in hand, he still carried on with his research for another 10 years. 17. Despite his huge success, Wang seldom thought about personal honour or ______ (财富). 18. Although he received the First Class Award of the National Natural Science Award twice, he ______ (几乎不) mentioned it. 19. For him, the award ______ (属于) the team, and he was just doing his job. 20. But for a long time, even his ______ (孙女；外孙女) had no idea. Unit 6 Living with nature 1. Lively birds sang ______ (悦耳动听地，好听地) in the trees. ______ (村民) hurried to the fields. 2. Adults were busy cutting the ______ (小麦). Children raced behind to pick up the ears. 3. I grew up in the ______ (乡下，农村) of Shandong ______ (省). 4. The terms helped them understand ______ things happened at certain times, and ______ they should react. 5. I always feel excited ______ a new term is set to begin. 6. I’m so happy that many people, ______ (尤其) the young, are taking a new interest in the ancient ______ (智慧，才智). 7. People celebrate their ______ (到来) with traditional activities. The ancient ______ (历法) has never disappeared from the life of the Chinese. 8. The ______ (沙漠，荒漠) sand can be as hot as 80℃ in ______ (仲夏). 9. ______ (雨量) in Turpan is only 16 mm a year. How do people ______ (活下来；幸存) in such a terrible climate? 10. Under these wells are large ________ (地下的) canals. Water from the mountains falls into the wells. 11. No wonder it’s among the top three ________ (项目) of ancient China. 12. Today, the area faces a ________ (缺水). There is less water from the mountains, lower ______ (雨量) and a large ______ (增加，增多；增长) in water use. 13. Now, more and more young people are taking action ______ (保护) it. 同步最新教材 吃透单词用法第 1 页 共 9 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $