《2025年名校金典课堂八年级英语上册人教版成都专版》

四、完形填空。阅读短文，根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
Hundreds of years ago，there lived a king. His people loved him，because he looked after their needs well. The king built many things. As he ___1___ old，the king thought，“I will build a palace（宫殿）to ___2___ my whole life. It will be the best one not only in my country，but also ___3___.”
In a month，the king worked out a design（设计）for his palace. He asked many smart people to give their ideas about the design. “___4___！It will sure be a perfect（完美的）palace.” Most of the smart people said. But only one old man stood there ___5___ saying anything.
The king ___6___ to the old man and asked，“Don't you think my palace will be a perfect one?” The old man answered in a calm voice，“Dear king! Your palace will be strong and last forever. It will be beautiful— but not ___7___. It will take tens of thousands of workers a whole lifetime to build it，working day and night. You ___8___ a lot of money，which must come from the people. If your people will live worse ___9___ this building，how perfect can it be?”
The king thought for a while and thanked the old man for his ___10___. He decided to give up his plan and care more about people's lives.
（C）1. A. kept
B. lived
C. grew
（B）2. A. forget
B. remember
C. leave
（C）3. A. in my family
B. around the palace
C. in the world
（A）4. A. Wonderful
B. Lucky
C. Interesting
（A）5. A. without
B. with
C. through
（B）6. A. said
B. turned
C. chose
（C）7. A. tall
B. strong
C. perfect
（A）8. A. will spend
B. spent
C. spends
（A）9. A. because of
B. according to
C. in order to
（C）10. A. speech
B. article
C. words

答案： C; B; C; A; A; B; C; A; A; C

五、阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。
Could flying to outer space be as easy as riding a bus? Could everyone—not just astronauts—take a space trip?
Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos，two of the world's richest men，are making this happen. Branson is a British businessman and founder（创始人）of the Virgin Group. Bezos from the US is the founder of Amazon，the world's biggest tech-company. In July，the two men flew into space. They also enjoyed beautiful views of Earth. Branson said the trip was “just magical”! Let's learn more about their trips from the chart.

(C)1. Bezos is .
A. a businessman in the Virgin Group
B. an astronaut in outer space
C. the founder of Amazon
(A)2. Branson and Bezos in July.
A. flew into outer space
B. bought a rocket
C. became the richest men in the world
（B）3. ______ when he was in space.
A. Bezos spent more than one hour enjoying beautiful views of Earth
B. Branson spent a lot of money traveling the outer space
C. Bezos flew with nobody
（B）4. Which one is TRUE according to the article?
A. Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos shared the rocket.
B. Richard Branson had the traveling earlier than Jeff Bezos did.
C. Bezos will make his dream come true.
（C）5. What do we know from the text?
A. It is easy to fly to outer space.
B. Rich people want to live in space.
C. More people are interested in taking trips into space.

答案： C; A; B; B; C