《2025年节节高大象出版社八年级英语下册仁爱版》

( )26. The group of musicians went to the country to _______.
A. make a living
B. bring rain to the country
C. teach people to play music
D. play joyful music for the people

答案： A
解析：根据第二段“A group of musicians happened to travel the country to make a living from their concerts.”可知，音乐家去这个国家是为了谋生，故选A。

( )27. It didn't rain in the small country for _______.
A. a whole year
B. a few years
C. many weeks
D. many months

答案： D
解析：第二段提到“it was cloudy for many months but no drop of rain fell.”，可知这个国家好几个月没下雨了，故选D。

( )28. The underlined word "summit" means "_______" in Chinese.
A. 山脚
B. 山顶
C. 山谷
D. 山前

答案： B
解析：“summit of the highest mountain”意为“最高山的顶部”，即“山顶”，故选B。

( )29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. No one felt like listening to music because of bad harvest.
B. The people in the small country found out the reason why it wouldn't rain.
C. Everyone was interested in the music and went up the mountain.
D. To remember that musical rain, people had a concert on the mountain every year.

答案： A
解析：A项：根据第二段“no one felt like listening to music because of the bad harvest.”可知正确；B项：文中是音乐家试图找出不下雨的原因，而非当地人，错误；C项：第四段“After hearing the music, everyone was surprised and went up the mountain.”是听到音乐后才上山，并非一开始就感兴趣，错误；D项：最后一段“they took turns to go up the mountain every day”是每天而非每年，错误。故选A。

( )30. What can be the best title for the passage?
A. The Lively Clouds
B. Music for the Clouds
C. The Most Beautiful Music
D. The Friendly Musicians

答案： B
解析：本文主要讲述音乐家通过音乐让云层降雨，人们为纪念这一事件，每天用音乐给云层带来快乐，“Music for the Clouds”（给云层的音乐）最能概括主题，故选B。