2026-2027学年人教版英语八年级第一次月考英语仿真试卷

八年级第一次月考英语仿真试卷 答案解析（笔试部分） 一、答案速查 【完形填空】（1-15） 1.A 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.A 11.A 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.A 【阅读理解 A/B/C】（16-25） 16.B 17.B 18.B 19.B 20.A 21.B 22.B 23.A 24.B 25.A 【六选五】（26-30） 26.E 27.C 28.D 29.A 30.B 【短文填空·无提示词】（31-35） 31.a 32.because 33.what 34.about 35.for 【短文填空·有提示词】（36-45） 36.takes 37.eyes 38.became 39.clicking 40.carefully 41.could 42.him 43.amazed 44.success 45.anything 【任务型阅读】（46-50） 46.In north-east India. 47.The summer monsoon (rains). 48.Almost 12,000 millimetres (about 470 inches) a year. 49.Because the summer monsoon can last for days or weeks without stopping. 50.(开放题，言之成理即可) 【补全对话】（51-55） 51.What did you do 52.How was it / What was it like 53.Did you have 54.Did you 55.What will you do / What are you going to do 【书面表达】（—） 详见第六节 写作指导与参考范文 二、逐题详解 I. 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分） 1. Every autumn, a small (1)_____ of thrushes flew south to warmer lands. A. flock B. team C. class D. set 【答案】A 【解析】考查名词词义辨析与固定搭配。"a flock of + 复数鸟/动物"表示"一群（鸟）"，为英语固定用法；team/class/set 均不用于鸟群。 2. As she flapped through the air, a great (2)_____ of wind hurt her wing. A. gust B. storm C. drop D. piece 【答案】A 【解析】考查量词搭配。"a gust of wind"意为"一阵风"，符合"风吹伤翅膀"的语境；storm 为"风暴"（不与 a great 直接搭配表一阵），drop/piece 不搭配 wind。 3. She found (3)_____ falling towards the forest far below! A. herself B. himself C. itself D. themselves 【答案】A 【解析】考查反身代词。主语是 she（the little thrush），反身代词用 herself，表示"她发现自己正朝森林坠落"。 4. She landed in a drift of snow, which (4)_____ her fall. A. broke B. cushioned C. stopped D. saved 【答案】B 【解析】考查动词词义。cushion 本义"垫子"，此处作动词"缓冲、减缓"，雪堆"缓冲"了坠落，语义最贴切；broke 打破 / stopped 停止 / saved 拯救（搭配 her fall 不自然）。 5. She was stuck in the winter woods with no food (5)_____ shelter. A. and B. but C. or D. so 【答案】C 【解析】考查并列连词。否定句中表示"也没有遮蔽处"用 or；and 用于肯定句，but/so 表转折/结果，不合逻辑。 6. “I’m cold and hungry. Can you (6)_____?” A. help B. leave C. stay D. eat 【答案】A 【解析】考查语境推理。上文说"我又冷又饿"，自然请求对方"帮忙"，help 最贴切。 7. The birch tree was proud of its (7)_____. A. beauty B. height C. age D. size 【答案】A 【解析】考查名词词义。桦树"以它的美（beauty）为傲"，与后文"too good to talk to a common thrush"呼应；height/age/size 无此情感色彩。 8. “Go away and (8)_____ me alone!” it snapped. A. keep B. leave C. let D. make 【答案】B 【解析】考查固定搭配。"leave me alone"意为"别管我/让我一个人待着"，为英语惯用表达。 9. The thrush walked through the deep snow to (9)_____ a great oak tree stood. A. which B. where C. what D. when 【答案】B 【解析】考查定语从句关系词。先行词 a great oak tree 表地点，且在从句中作地点状语，用 where。 10. “Do you have any food for a (10)_____ thrush?” A. poor B. small C. little D. weak 【答案】A 【解析】考查形容词词义。上文"cold and hungry"说明小鸟可怜，poor 在此意为"可怜的"，最贴切；small/little 指体型，weak 指虚弱，均不如 poor 贴合语境。 11. “I will (11)_____ you food now.” A. give B. show C. pass D. lend 【答案】A 【解析】考查动词词义。"give you food"意为"给你食物"，符合橡树拒绝帮助的语气；show/pass/lend 均不搭配。 12. Then the thrush (12)_____ over to the willow. A. walked B. flew C. hopped D. ran 【答案】C 【解析】考查动词词义与动物动作。小鸟在雪地中"跳"到柳树下，hop 最符合鸟类动作；walked 不用于鸟，flew 与落地困境矛盾，ran 不贴切。 13. “…if I do, you won’t learn about self-(13)_____!” A. dependence B. confidence C. defense D. difference 【答案】A 【解析】考查构词与语境。self-dependence 为"独立"，柳树说"若我帮你，你学不会独立"，与主题契合（参考词汇亦列出 self-dependence）。 14. The thrush began to (14)_____ that she might never find shelter. A. hope B. worry C. believe D. dream 【答案】B 【解析】考查动词词义与情感逻辑。身处困境、找不到遮蔽处，小鸟开始"担心（worry）"；hope/believe/dream 与困境氛围相反。 15. “Come and take shelter among the leaves on my (15)_____!” A. branches B. roots C. flowers D. leaves 【答案】A 【解析】考查名词词义。云杉让小鸟在"树枝（branches）"间避风雪，后文"thick … protect you from the wind and snow"指枝叶；roots/flowers/leaves 不合"take shelter among"。 II. 阅读理解（共15小题，计20分） 第一节 A/B/C 篇（16–25，每小题1.5分） A 篇 16. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to keep personal information safe when shopping online. B. What online tracking tools are and the way they work. C. How to clear all recorded website data. D. The history and invention of the internet. 【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题。全文围绕"cookie 是什么、如何记录并追踪用户"展开，B"在线追踪工具及其工作方式"概括最准确。A 仅为细节（第三方 cookie 用途之一），C、D 文中均未提及。 17. According to the passage, what is the job of a first-party cookie? A. To show users more products they might want to buy. B. To keep a user logged in while using a website. C. To follow the user across many different websites. D. To record the pages the user visits on other sites. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。第二段明确说 first-party cookie "keeps you signed in"，即"保持用户登录状态"，对应 B。A、C、D 均为 third-party cookie 的特征。 18. In Paragraph 3, the word "browsing" is closest in meaning to _____. A. buying B. looking through C. deleting D. printing 【答案】B 【解析】词义猜测题。第三段 "record your browsing history"（记录你的浏览历史），browsing 在此意为"浏览（网页）"，与 looking through 同义。 B 篇 19. When did the first Earth Day take place? A. In the middle of the 20th century. B. On April 22, 1970. C. In the year 1960. D. About five decades ago. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。第一段首句 "On April 22, 1970, millions of people paraded … It was the first Earth Day"，直接对应 B。A、C 时间错误；D 虽接近但不够确切。 20. What does the passage say about environmental problems since 1970? A. Water pollution has become less serious. B. Smog has got worse in most big cities. C. Leaded gasoline is still produced everywhere. D. The world’s rivers are still full of trash. 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。第四段 "Water pollution has decreased since 1970" 说明水污染减轻，A 正确。B、C、D 均与原文相反（smog 改善、无铅汽油已停产、河流污染减轻）。 21. What can we infer about the world today compared with 1970? A. The environment is in worse shape than experts expected. B. People have a better life than was feared. C. The world’s great rivers are still full of rubbish. D. People now live about 13 years less on average. 【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。第三段 "a huge surge in human well-being" "better health" "90 percent … have enough food" 表明人类生活比专家担心的要好，B 正确。A、C 与原文相反；D 错在把 "increased by more than 13 years" 理解反了。 C 篇 22. What is the passage mainly about? A. Why we should completely stop exploring space. B. Different views on sending humans to live in space. C. How to build a Mars colony step by step. D. The dangers of the sun’s rays during space travel. 【答案】B 【解析】主旨大意题。文章先列支持者（Hawking、Zubrin、Musk），再列反对者（太贵、健康风险），B"关于送人类去太空居住的不同观点"最准确。A 与原文相反；C、D 仅为局部细节。 23. What does Robert Zubrin think sending people to Mars will help us do? A. Learn to live in a different environment and improve medicine and health on Earth. B. Find a new kind of food for everyone. C. Travel to the moon in a much shorter time. D. Stop climate change by leaving the Earth. 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。第三段 Zubrin 认为火星任务能让人"learn … to live in a very different environment"，且"advances … in science, technology, medicine, and health will benefit people here on Earth"，对应 A。B、C、D 均曲解或夸大。 24. What can we infer from the sentence "Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea"? A. Everyone agrees that space travel is completely safe. B. Some people doubt whether space travel is worth the cost and risk. C. Space trips are always short and comfortable. D. The writer believes space colonization is impossible. 【答案】B 【解析】推理判断题。末段列举 "too expensive" "health problems" 等，说明"并非所有人都认为靠谱"，即有人怀疑其成本与风险是否值得，B 正确。A、C 与原文相反；D 作者未下此结论。 25. According to the passage, why do some people oppose sending humans into space? A. It costs too much and the trips are long with health risks. B. There is no plan to go to Mars at all. C. Stephen Hawking disagreed with the idea. D. The moon has no water or air. 【答案】A 【解析】细节理解题。末段明确反对理由："too expensive" "trips are not short" "health problems"，对应 A。B 与"多国计划"矛盾；C 错（Hawking 是支持者）；D 文中未提。 第二节 六选五（26–30，每小题1分） 26. （26）_____ — 位于 "buy extra items … not on our shopping list" 之后。 E. For example, you might pick up a snack you didn’t plan to buy. 【答案】E 【解析】前文说"我们会买清单外的额外物品"，E 用 "For example" 举例"你可能拿起本来没打算买的零食"，衔接最自然。 27. （27）_____ — 位于 "we look at the shelves from top to bottom" 之后，后接 "They are also easy to reach." C. So supermarkets put expensive items at eye level because we see those items first. 【答案】C 【解析】前文讲顾客自上而下看货架，C"所以超市把贵商品放在视线高度，因为我们最先看到"顺承；后句 They 指代 expensive items，逻辑连贯。 28. （28）_____ — 位于 "Cheaper items are on lower shelves, so we have to bend down" 之后。 D. This makes us more likely to grab the more expensive items. 【答案】D 【解析】前文讲便宜商品在底层要弯腰，D"这使我们更可能抓贵的商品"总结本段"贵商品更好卖"的主旨。 29. （29）_____ — 位于 "playing slow music … made shoppers walk more slowly" 之后。 A. This meant they spent more time — and money — in the store. 【答案】A 【解析】前文讲慢音乐让顾客走得慢，A"这意味着他们在店里花更多时间——也花更多钱"直接承接并点明超市目的。 30. （30）_____ — 位于 "how can you avoid buying more than you need?" 之后，后接 "Or perhaps try ordering online." B. The best advice is to make a list, and don’t buy anything that isn’t on it. 【答案】B 【解析】前文提问"如何避免买多？"，B 给出建议"列清单、不买清单外的"，与后句"或尝试网上下单"构成并列建议。F 为多余项（讲快音乐，与本段慢音乐不连贯）。 III. 短文填空（共15小题，计15分） 第一节 无提示词填空（31–35，每小题1分） 31. A homestay is when you stay in (31) ____________ family home. 【答案】a 【解析】考查不定冠词。family 以辅音音素 /f/ 开头，泛指"一个寄宿家庭"用 a。 32. Many students choose a homestay (32) ____________ they want to learn a language in another country. 【答案】because 【解析】考查原因状语从句连词。前后为因果关系"选择寄宿家庭是因为想学语言"，填 because。 33. You can ask your host family about (33) ____________ life is like there. 【答案】what 【解析】考查宾语从句引导词。"what life is like"为固定表达，what 在从句中作 like 的宾语，意为"生活是怎样的"。 34. … they will tell you interesting things (34) ____________ their daily life. 【答案】about 【解析】考查介词搭配。"tell sb. about sth."表示"告诉某人关于……的事"，填 about。 35. A homestay is good practice (35) ____________ your speaking, too. 【答案】for 【解析】考查介词。"be good practice for …"意为"对……是好练习"，for 表"对于"。 第二节 有提示词填空（36–45，每小题1分） 36. … because he has problems with his (36) ____________. 【答案】eyes 【解析】eye → eyes，考查名词复数。眼睛为成对器官，常用复数 eyes。 37. Ben is a boy who (37) ____________ a trip to the hospital because he has problems with his eyes. 【答案】takes 【解析】take → takes，考查一般现在时第三人称单数。主语 Ben 为第三人称单数，谓语动词加 -s。 38. … the doctors had to remove his eyes and Ben (38) ____________ blind. 【答案】became 【解析】become → became，考查一般过去时。叙述 1994 年往事，用过去式。 39. He made (39) ____________ noises with his mouth … 【答案】clicking 【解析】click → clicking，考查现在分词作定语。made clicking noises 意为"发出咔哒声"。 40. … and listened very (40) ____________, … 【答案】carefully 【解析】careful → carefully，考查形容词变副词。修饰动词 listened 用副词形式。 41. … and he (41) ____________ hear noises bounce off buildings. 【答案】could 【解析】can → could，考查情态动词过去式。叙述过去能力，用 could。 42. The noises told (42) ____________ where the buildings were. 【答案】him 【解析】he → him，考查人称代词宾格。tell 后接宾语，用 him。 43. Scientists and doctors were (43) ____________ by his talent. 【答案】amazed 【解析】amaze → amazed，考查动词转化形容词（-ed 形式）。be amazed by 意为"对……感到惊奇"。 44. … and his life was a great (44) ____________. 【答案】success 【解析】success 为名词（由 successful 派生）。a great success 意为"巨大的成功"。 45. … he taught people that (45) ____________ is possible. 【答案】anything 【解析】anything 为复合不定代词。"anything is possible"意为"一切皆有可能"，契合文意。 IV. 任务型阅读（共5小题，计10分） 46. Where is Meghalaya? 【答案】In north-east India. / In the state of Meghalaya, north-east India. 【解析】细节提取。首段 "the state of Meghalaya, in north-east India" 直接给出位置。 47. What does the word "monsoon" mean in the passage? 【答案】The summer monsoon (rains). / The heavy summer rains. 【解析】词义理解。首段 "The rains, called the summer monsoon" 说明 monsoon 指"夏季季风（暴雨）"。 48. How much rain does Meghalaya get each year? 【答案】Almost 12,000 millimetres (about 470 inches) of rain (each year). 【解析】细节提取。首段 "It gets almost 12,000 millimetres (about 470 inches) of rain each year"。 49. Why do people spend many months preparing for the heavy rain? 【答案】Because the summer monsoon can last for days or weeks without stopping. 【解析】细节/因果。首段 "the summer monsoon can last for days or weeks without stopping" 解释原因。 50. What do you think of the monsoon rain in Meghalaya? 【答案】(开放题) 示例：I think it is amazing but sometimes brings trouble. 【解析】开放表达。只要围绕季风特点（雨量大、持续时间长、既必要又带来不便）合理表述即可得分。 V. 补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 51. A: Hi, Lisa! (51) _____ B: I went to the science museum with my family. 【答案】What did you do last weekend? 【解析】由答语 "I went to …" 可知问句询问"上周末你做了什么？"，回答： What did you do last weekend? 52. A: (52) _____? B: It was amazing. We tried VR games and saw a robot show. 【答案】How was it? / What was it like? 【解析】由答语 "It was amazing" 可知询问"它（博物馆之行）怎么样？"，用 How was it? 或 What was it like? 53. A: (53) _____ B: Yes, but I finished it on Sunday evening. 【答案】Did you have any homework to do after that? 【解析】由答语 "Yes … finished it" 可知问句询问"那之后你有作业要做吗？"，回答：Did you have any homework to do after that? 54. A: (54) _____ B: Of course. I washed the dishes and took out the trash. 【答案】Did you help your parents with housework? 【解析】由答语 "I washed … took out the trash" 可知问句询问"你帮父母做家务了吗？"，回答： Did you help your parents with housework? 55. A: You are so helpful. (55) _____ B: I plan to visit my grandparents. 【答案】What will you do next weekend? / What are you going to do next weekend? 【解析】由答语 "I plan to visit …" 可知问句询问"下周末你打算做什么？"，回答：What will you do next weekend? / What are you going to do next weekend? VI. 书面表达（共1题，计15分） 写作指导 1. 审题：体裁为记叙文（游记）；人称以第一人称为主；时态以一般过去时为主（描述已发生的旅行）。 2. 内容要点：（1）旅行的时间与目的地；（2）所见风景与参与活动（至少两件，运用本单元词汇如 take one’s breath away, thousands of, comfortable, remind … of 等）；（3）个人感受。 3. 结构建议：开头一句话点明时间地点 → 中间两段写风景与活动 → 结尾写感受（可用 Although 表转折衬托愉快）。 4. 提分要点：句式有变化（复合句、感叹句），衔接自然（and / but / although），书写规范、词数≥70。 参考范文 My Summer Vacation This summer vacation, I went to Guilin with my family. It was a wonderful trip that I will never forget. On the first day, we took a boat on the Li River. The green hills and clear water took my breath away. We also climbed a famous mountain and took many photos there. The scenery reminded me of a beautiful Chinese painting. During the trip, I tried local food and bought some souvenirs for my friends. The people were friendly and the weather was comfortable. Thousands of visitors come to Guilin every year, and now I know why it is so popular. Although I was a little tired at the end of each day, I enjoyed the trip very much. It was an unforgettable summer vacation, and I hope to visit more places in the future. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ 八年级第一次月考英语仿真试卷 （笔试部分） 第一部分 笔试（共85分） I. 完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分） 阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 Every autumn, a small (1)_____ of thrushes flew south to warmer lands. One of them was a little thrush. As she flapped through the air, a great (2)_____ of wind hurt her wing. She found (3)_____ falling towards the forest far below! Luckily, the little bird landed in a drift of snow, which (4)_____ her fall. But now she was stuck in the winter woods with no food (5)_____ shelter. She decided to ask the trees for help. “Excuse me!” she chirped to the birch tree. “I’m cold and hungry. Can you (6)_____?” The birch tree was proud of its (7)_____, and thought it was far too good to talk to a common thrush. “Go away and (8)_____ me alone!” it snapped as it shook its leaves at her. The thrush walked through the deep snow to (9)_____ a great oak tree stood. “Pardon me!” she chirped. “Do you have any food for a (10)_____ thrush?” “Oh no!” said the oak in a proud way. “I will (11)_____ you food now. Next spring there will be a dozen thrush-chicks eating my acorns!” Then the thrush (12)_____ over to the willow. “Can you please give me food or shelter? Otherwise, I might get ill!” “Oh, I am very sad to hear that!” said the willow. “I would like to help you but, if I do, you won’t learn about self-(13)_____!” The thrush began to (14)_____ that she might never find shelter. What would happen to her? Just then, she heard a shy and quiet voice speak up. “Come over here, little bird! You can help yourself to my berries!” That was the juniper tree. The thrush saw some nice dark berries among its leaves. She hopped up onto the juniper’s branches and pecked at a few. “Thank you so much!” she chirped. “They are delicious!” Then the spruce tree spoke. “Come and take shelter among the leaves on my (15)_____! They are thick and will protect you from the wind and snow!” 参考词汇：thrush 画眉鸟；birch 桦树；oak 橡树；willow 柳树；juniper 杜松；spruce 云杉；self-dependence 独立 1. A. flock B. team C. class D. set 2. A. gust B. storm C. drop D. piece 3. A. herself B. himself C. itself D. themselves 4. A. broke B. cushioned C. stopped D. saved 5. A. and B. but C. or D. so 6. A. help B. leave C. stay D. eat 7. A. beauty B. height C. age D. size 8. A. keep B. leave C. let D. make 9. A. which B. where C. what D. when 10. A. poor B. small C. little D. weak 11. A. give B. show C. pass D. lend 12. A. walked B. flew C. hopped D. ran 13. A. dependence B. confidence C. defense D. difference 14. A. hope B. worry C. believe D. dream 15. A. branches B. roots C. flowers D. leaves II. 阅读理解（共15小题，计20分） 第一节：阅读下面A、B、C三篇材料，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的一个最佳答案。（共10小题，每小题1.5分，计15分） A Do you know how websites remember your sign-in information or just give you a personal feel? The answer is internet cookies. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website puts on your computer. Some cookies are needed for websites to work properly. For example, they collect and remember things about you, like what language you prefer. Other cookies are used by companies to try to sell you things. The simple job of a cookie is to record your on-line activities. A website owner uses a first-party cookie. This is a necessary cookie. It keeps you signed in and follows you as you use the website. For example, if you shop online, a cookie remembers what you put into your shopping basket. When you visit the website again, it knows that you are the same person. The website feels more personal and is quicker to use because the cookie knows the changes you made when you visited it before. Some cookies belong to someone other than the website owner, usually an advertising company. These are called third-party cookies. People want to use free websites, so website owners make money by “renting” website space to companies. Third-party cookies can follow you between websites and record your browsing history. For example, you browsed the internet one day for a new smartphone. You looked at some different websites but decided not to buy a phone. A few days later, you see adverts for smartphones on many websites you visit. 16. What is the passage mainly about? A. How to keep personal information safe when shopping online. B. What online tracking tools are and the way they work. C. How to clear all recorded website data. D. The history and invention of the internet. 17. According to the passage, what is the job of a first-party cookie? A. To show users more products they might want to buy. B. To keep a user logged in while using a website. C. To follow the user across many different websites. D. To record the pages the user visits on other sites. 18. In Paragraph 3, the word "browsing" is closest in meaning to _____. A. buying B. looking through C. deleting D. printing B On April 22, 1970, millions of people paraded through American cities to support the environment. It was the first Earth Day. Journalist and author Charles Mann, who was there, remembers that the crowd had mixed feelings. People were happy because they were celebrating the Earth together. But they were sad because the Earth was in trouble. Could they change it for the better? On that day in 1970, many speakers told the crowds that the world was in terrible condition. Firstly, about one out of four people did not have enough food. In some parts of the world, people did not live past the age of 45. The environment was also in bad shape. The world's great rivers were full of trash, and the water was undrinkable. Big cities were covered in smog, and leaded gasoline polluted the air. The speakers thought that these problems would only get worse. Happily, many of these problems did not get as bad as experts feared. In fact, according to Mann, there has been "a huge surge in human well-being" in the last 50 years. Most people around the world are enjoying better health and more nutritious food. Even though there are three billion more people than in 1970, 90 percent of us have enough food today — up from about 75 percent in 1970. In addition, average life expectancy has increased by more than 13 years. Some of the worst environmental problems have improved as well. Water pollution has decreased since 1970. Smog is less of a problem in many cities. And no country in the world makes leaded gasoline anymore. These improvements have not helped everyone, however. Millions still live in poverty. Millions more live in places that are becoming more polluted, not less. 19. When did the first Earth Day take place? A. In the middle of the 20th century. B. On April 22, 1970. C. In the year 1960. D. About five decades ago. 20. What does the passage say about environmental problems since 1970? A. Water pollution has become less serious. B. Smog has got worse in most big cities. C. Leaded gasoline is still produced everywhere. D. The world's rivers are still full of trash. 21. What can we infer about the world today compared with 1970? A. The environment is in worse shape than experts expected. B. People have a better life than was feared. C. The world's great rivers are still full of rubbish. D. People now live about 13 years less on average. C Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, believed that to survive, humans will one day have to move into space. "Once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe," he said. Today, the United States, Europe, Russia, China, and Japan are all planning to send astronauts back to Earth's closest neighbor: the moon. Some of these countries want to create space stations there within the next 10 years. These stations will prepare humans to visit and later live on Mars or other Earthlike planets. Robert Zubrin, a rocket scientist, thinks humans should colonize space. He wants to start with Mars. Why? He thinks sending people to Mars will allow us to learn a lot of things — for example, the ability of humans to live in a very different environment. Eventually, we could create new human societies on other planets. In addition, any advances we make in the fields of science, technology, medicine, and health will benefit people here on Earth. SpaceX is a company that builds rockets. Its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, also believes we should colonize Mars. He doesn't want to send just "one little mission," though. His long-term goal is to put one million people on the planet in case something bad happens to us here on Earth. Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea. Many say it's too expensive. Also, most space trips are not short. A one-way trip to Mars, for example, would take at least six months. People traveling this kind of distance could face many health problems. In addition, these first people would find life extremely difficult in space. On the moon's surface, for example, the sun's rays are very dangerous. People would have to stay indoors most of the time. 22. What is the passage mainly about? A. Why we should completely stop exploring space. B. Different views on sending humans to live in space. C. How to build a Mars colony step by step. D. The dangers of the sun's rays during space travel. 23. What does Robert Zubrin think sending people to Mars will help us do? A. Learn to live in a different environment and improve medicine and health on Earth. B. Find a new kind of food for everyone. C. Travel to the moon in a much shorter time. D. Stop climate change by leaving the Earth. 24. What can we infer from the sentence "Not everyone thinks sending humans into space is a smart idea"? A. Everyone agrees that space travel is completely safe. B. Some people doubt whether space travel is worth the cost and risk. C. Space trips are always short and comfortable. D. The writer believes space colonization is impossible. 25. According to the passage, why do some people oppose sending humans into space? A. It costs too much and the trips are long with health risks. B. There is no plan to go to Mars at all. C. Stephen Hawking disagreed with the idea. D. The moon has no water or air. 第二节：根据短文内容，从下面六个选项中选出五个选项还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整，其中有一项多余。（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分） The more time we spend in a supermarket, the more money a supermarket makes. Studies show that after about 30 minutes, we stop shopping rationally. Instead, we shop emotionally. We start to add items to our cart because it makes us feel good, not because we planned to buy the item. This is when we buy extra items — items that are not on our shopping list. (26)_____ Supermarkets also have strategies to make us buy more expensive items. When we are in an aisle, we usually look at the shelves from top to bottom — the same way we read a book. (27)_____ They are also easy to reach. Cheaper items are on lower shelves, so we have to bend down to get them. (28)_____ Supermarkets can use music to control our shopping, too. In a study of shopping habits in a New York City supermarket, researchers found that playing slow music in a store made shoppers walk more slowly. (29)_____ So, how can you avoid buying more than you need? (30)_____ Or perhaps try ordering from the supermarket online. A. This meant they spent more time — and money — in the store. B. The best advice is to make a list, and don’t buy anything that isn’t on it. C. So supermarkets put expensive items at eye level because we see those items first. D. This makes us more likely to grab the more expensive items. E. For example, you might pick up a snack you didn’t plan to buy. F. Fast music makes people walk quickly and buy less. III. 短文填空（共15小题，计15分） 第一节：无提示词填空（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词，使短文意思通顺、语法正确。 A homestay is when you stay in (31) ____________ family home. Many students choose a homestay (32) ____________ they want to learn a language in another country. You can ask your host family about (33) ____________ life is like there. If you are friendly, they will tell you interesting things (34) ____________ their daily life. A homestay is good practice (35) ____________ your speaking, too. 参考词汇：homestay 寄宿家庭；host family 寄宿家庭 第二节：有提示词填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确，每空限填一词。 success click take careful amaze eye anything he become can Ben is a boy who (36) ____________ a trip to the hospital because he has problems with his (37) ____________. In 1994, the doctors looked at his eyes and told his mother the bad news - Ben had cancer. After a few months, he had an operation to remove the cancer. The operation was successful and Ben was fine. However, the doctors had to remove his eyes and Ben (38) ____________ blind. After his operation, Ben developed an incredible talent like a superhero. When he was young, he learnt to "see" buildings with his ears. He made (39) ____________ noises with his mouth and listened very (40) ____________, and he (41) ____________ hear noises bounce off buildings. The noises told (42) ____________ where the buildings were. In this way, Ben could "see" where he was and what was around him. Scientists and doctors were (43) ____________ by his talent. There are only a few blind people in the world who can see like Ben. People respected him because of this, and his life was a great (44) ____________. He became famous. He was on TV and he travelled to different countries and talked to people about his life. Sadly, when Ben was 16, his cancer came back. He died soon after. However, during his life, he taught people that (45) ____________ is possible. Many people admired him because he inspired them and helped them feel strong. When he died in 2009, over 2,000 people went to his funeral. IV. 任务型阅读（共5小题，计10分） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 Every year the people living in the state of Meghalaya, in north-east India, spend many months preparing for heavy rain. The rains, called the summer monsoon, can last for days or weeks without stopping. The Guinness Book of World Records says that Meghalaya, which means "abode of clouds", is one of the wettest places on Earth. It gets almost 12,000 millimetres (about 470 inches) of rain each year. Compare this to the Sahara Desert, the world's largest hot desert, which gets less than 25 millimetres of rain a year. 46. Where is Meghalaya? 　　Meghalaya is in _______________________________. 47. What does the word "monsoon" mean in the passage? 　　It means _______________________________. 48. How much rain does Meghalaya get each year? 　　It gets about _______________________________ each year. 49. Why do people in Meghalaya spend many months preparing for the heavy rain every year? 　　They spend many months preparing because the summer monsoon ____________________. 50. What do you think of the monsoon rain in Meghalaya? 　　I think _______________________________. V. 补全对话（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分） 根据下面对话中的情景，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。 A: Hi, Lisa! (51)_____ B: I went to the science museum with my family. A: (52)_____? B: It was amazing. We tried VR games and saw a robot show. A: (53)_____ B: Yes, but I finished it on Sunday evening. A: (54)_____ B: Of course. I washed the dishes and took out the trash. A: You are so helpful. (55)_____ B: I plan to visit my grandparents. Would you like to come? VI. 书面表达（共1题，计15分） 假如你是李华。今年暑假，你和家人一起去了一处向往已久的风景名胜旅行。请以“My Summer Vacation”为题，用英语写一篇短文，记录这次旅行的经历与感受。 要求：1. 写作情境：暑假与家人/朋友的一次旅行经历；2. 体裁：记叙文（游记）；3. 字数：不少于70词；4. 内容要点：(1)旅行的时间和目的地；(2)你看到的风景与参与的活动（至少两件）；(3)你的感受（可运用本单元词汇，如 take one's breath away, thousands of, comfortable, remind...of 等）。语句通顺，意思连贯，书写规范。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $