《2025年名校金典课堂八年级英语上册人教版成都专版》

三、短文填空。从下面的方框中选出10个单词并用其正确形式补全短文,使短文意思正确通顺(每词限用一次)。

Parker was interested in space from an early age. He always dreamed of 1. becoming an astronaut. But no matter(无论) how much he studied，trained(训练) and took tests，he wasn't able 2. to succeed. Finally，he grew over the age for taking the tests and it seemed 3. impossible for him to achieve his dream.
People all felt sorry for Parker when they thought about all the time he spent in trying to be an astronaut. Parker 4. himself felt sad in the beginning，too. But he still studied and exercised every day to keep healthy.
Parker kept this on until he got older and older. One day，he heard that a few 5. scientists were doing some important medical experiments(医学实验). They needed a man who knew space very well. Parker was the only old man all over the world who got a good 6. education about space. So，he flew to space. Everybody thought he got the job 7. easily. However，only he knew how hard he worked.
Parker got much information during his trip in space. And what he got made a great 8. improvement in old people's health. He became a hero and photos of him with a stick(拐杖) and no 9. teeth got popular all over the world.
Parker's story tells us that sometimes our dreams may not come true in the way we expect，but keeping working hard for it probably brings other things just as good or better. Nothing is 10. more important than keeping working hard.

答案： 1. becoming; 2. to succeed; 3. impossible; 4. himself; 5. scientists; 6. education; 7. easily; 8. improvement; 9. teeth; 10. more important