《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语下册译林版宿迁专版》

( )5. I feel ________ thirsty, so I want to drink ________ water.
A. a little; a bit
B. a bit; a little of
C. a little; a bit of
D. a bit of; a little

答案： 5. C 【点拨】句意：我感觉有点渴，我想喝点水。thirsty是形容词，所以第一个空填 a little 或 a bit，排除D；water 是不可数名词，所以用 a little 或 a bit of 修饰。故选C。

( )6. —What a terrible car accident!
—________, the passengers are safe now, and that's what I care about most.
A. Instead
B. Anyway
C. Otherwise
D. Moreover

答案： 6. B 【点拨】句意：——多么可怕的一场车祸啊！——不管怎样，乘客现在安全了，那是我最关心的。instead 代替，反而；anyway 不管怎样；otherwise 否则，不然；moreover 此外，而且。故选B。

( )7. ________, Kate is more like her mother than her father.
A. By way of
B. All the way
C. In the way
D. In some ways

答案： 7. D 【点拨】句意：在某些方面，凯特更像她的母亲，而不是她的父亲。in some ways 在某些方面。故选D。

( )8. —I know my friend Tom lives ________.
—We are supposed to visit him at times. Then, he won't feel ________.
A. alone; lonelier
B. lonely; lonely
C. lonely; alone
D. alone; lonely

答案： 8. D 【点拨】alone 强调独自一人，lonely 指情感上孤独。第一个空指独自一人生活，第二个空指情感上孤独。故选D。

四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
When I was a little kid, my grandma often told me I ________（be）a manager in the future, and I believed it would happen. But two years ago, I decided to give up this idea. The reason ________ I give it up is that my mother, as a manager of a company, often works too much and does not have time to take care of ________（we）family. So, I will not do the same job as she ________.
Now my dream is to become an excellent doctor. I hope to cure（治愈）sick people ________（quick）so that they can enjoy their ________（life）. I also hope I can prolong the average lifespan（延长平均寿命）of people to 100 years old. Then, people can see what life will be like in the next century. Isn't that cool?
But my mother questioned this. “If all the people live for 100 ________（year）, then the world will have a huge population（人口）,” she said. “The ________（many）people there are, the fewer resources we will have. What shall we do then?”
Although it's a difficult question for me, I think we can solve it step by step. Perhaps there is another student who has a big dream like I do, ________ he or she can work out that problem. Then my job is just to make more people ________（health）and let them live longer. In any case, I will stick to my dream and try my best to be a good doctor.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________
6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________ 9. ________ 10. ________

答案： 1. would be 2. why 3. our 4. does 5. quickly 6. lives 7. years 8. more 9. and 10. healthy

五、阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（2023·江苏宿迁一模）
Imagine pioneers travelling west in the 1800s. In those days, it was hard to find running water and shops to buy things. As time went by, most pioneers had to make their homes near a river so that they could get water easily.
How did rivers help people in the past?
Back in the pioneer days, people grew their own food, caught their own fish, and collected their own water. ________ People also used rivers as roads. Traders shipped goods（货物）to people in other areas.
________
When many factories are built right next to rivers for the water's power to make machines work, some people choose to live near a river. They use the river to ship large goods, and some of them work at these factories where power factories provide electricity for homes and businesses. ________
Who wouldn't want to live near a river?
Some people are nervous about living near rivers because rivers can cause floods（洪水）. Every once in a while, floodwaters rise higher than a house, ruining（毁坏）many things in the house. ________ Such waste causes water to smell bad and pollutes the crops we eat. Water and crops in polluted areas can make people very sick.
How do people decide where to live?
________ Rivers can provide jobs and fun activities in a beautiful place. However, those living by rivers should be willing to accept possible problems as well.
A. Why did people want to live near a river?
B. Why do people live near rivers now?
C. People should think over the possible risks before deciding where to live.
D. Staying close to a river made it easy for people to get water.
E. Some factories stop waste water from running into rivers.
F. Some factories put their waste into rivers.
G. People who carry goods onto ships live near the river, too.
1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________ 5. ________

答案： 1. D 2. B 3. G 4. F 5. C