《2025年海淀单元测试AB卷八年级英语下册外研版》

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。
Deng Qingming is one of the three Chinese astronauts carrying out China's Shenzhou - 15 spaceship mission. He 1. ______（final）got the chance to go to space after nearly 25 years of preparation.
Deng was born in a village in Jiangxi Province in 1966. As his 2. ______（parent）both worked in the fields, he had to look after his younger brothers and sisters. At that time, his dream was to go to college and find a job 3. ______（help）his family.
Deng 4. ______（be）a member of the PLA Air Force(空军）since 1984. When he left his village that year, his friends came to say goodbye to him. He was deeply touched and decided to work hard. Years of hard 5. ______（train）made him an excellent pilot, and he was chosen as one of the 6. ______（one）group of Chinese astronauts in 1998.
For a long time, Deng served as a backup（后备）astronaut. His road to space was 7. ______（long）than that of his teammates. He spent almost all of his time 8. ______（prepare）and waiting and he was given the chance to travel to space in the end.
Besides that, Deng's wife supported him a lot. She 9. ______（take）care of the whole family and never complained. “You've set an example to 10. ______（we）daughter and we are proud of you,” she told him.
After a long wait, he flew into space by Shenzhou - 15 spaceship in November 2022 at last. Twenty - five years was quite a long time, but Deng never gave up. Whenever the nation needs him, he is always waiting there, ready to take on any challenge.

答案： 1.finally 2.parents 3.to help 4.has been 5.training 6.first 7.longer 8.preparing 9.took 10.our

阅读下面短文，根据短文后的要求答题。
When Armstrong took his first plane ride at the age of 6, he knew he wanted to fly into the sky. Thirty years later, Armstrong's wish came true.
On July 20, 1969, he became the first man to walk on the moon. More than forty years later he said goodbye to man. On August 25, 2012, Armstrong died at the age of 82.
Armstrong's footprints made the moon different. In 1969, three astronauts got to the moon by spaceship. The trip from the earth took about four days. When he got onto the moon, Armstrong spoke his famous words, “That's one small step（步）for a man, one giant leap for mankind(人类). ”
At the same time, about 600 million people on the earth were watching TV or listening to the radio. People were enjoying what he just did. And Armstrong was popular in the world.
1. What do you learn from the first two paragraphs?
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2. Why did the writer say “Armstrong's footprints made the moon different”?
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3. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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4. List two ways in which people on the earth were trying to get the information.
(1)____________ (2)____________
5. What did people think of Armstrong?
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答案： 1.Armstrong's life. 2.Because Armstrong reached/stepped on the moon. 3.这是个人的一小步，却是人类的一大步。 4.
(1)Watching TV.
(2)Listening to the radio. 5.He was very great and popular in the world.

假如你是一名宇航员，你曾乘坐宇宙飞船遨游太空，请描述一下你的经历及感受。词数80左右。

答案： One possible version：
I am an astronaut. I have ever been to space once. I went there by spaceship. I went around the earth several times. I saw the earth，the sun and many other planets through the window of the spaceship. They were very beautiful. I also walked in space. When I walked，I felt as if I was flying.
Space is very beautiful. I hope I can go to space again. I also hope to go to the moon one day.