《2025年评优监测课时作业八年级英语下册译林版》

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We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things. However，most of us usually 1 some things.
Electricity(电) is one thing that we waste 2. Lights，TVs， 3 and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them. We should turn them off when we do not need them. It 4 less than a second to do it. Anyway，not wasting electricity saves money，because we do not have to 5 the electricity we do not use.
The second thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is precious(宝贵的)， 6 it shouldn't be wasted. It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap. I am sure 7 can do this easily if he wants to.
8 big waste is food. My mother 9 cook so much food that much of it was thrown away. I told her that we had wasted so 10 food. She thought I was right and now cooks 11 what we can eat.
It is not 12 to waste anything. I find there is a simple 13 of not wasting things. That is to use only what we 14. Do not touch what we do not need. 15 this way we can stop being wasteful.
( )1. A. use B. wash C. waste D. forget

答案： C
解析：前文“we have many things. However...”表转折，意为“我们拥有很多，但通常浪费一些东西”，“waste”符合语境，故选C。

( )2. A. little B. most C. few D. least

答案： B
解析：由下文“Lights，TVs...often kept on”可知，电是“浪费最多的”东西，“most”意为“最多”，故选B。

( )3. A. radios B. apples C. bikes D. doors

答案： A
解析：与“Lights，TVs”并列的电器是“radios（收音机）”，其他选项非电器，故选A。

( )4. A. brings B. costs C. keeps D. takes

答案： D
解析：“It takes+时间+to do sth”意为“做某事花费时间”，固定句型，故选D。

( )5. A. buy B. save C. pay for D. care for

答案： C
解析：“不需要为没用的电付费”，“pay for”意为“付费”，符合语境，故选C。

( )6. A. though B. because C. so D. but

答案： C
解析：“淡水宝贵，所以不应该浪费”，表因果关系，“so”意为“所以”，故选C。

( )7. A. nobody B. something C. everybody D. nothing

答案： C
解析：“每个人如果想做，都能轻易做到”，“everybody”意为“每个人”，符合语境，故选C。

( )8. A. Others B. Other C. Another D. The other

答案： C
解析：前文讲了电、水两种浪费，此处指“第三个浪费是食物”，“another”意为“另一个”，故选C。

( )9. A. planned to B. used to C. was able to D. was afraid to

答案： B
解析：“过去做太多饭，现在不这样了”，“used to”意为“过去常常”，符合语境，故选B。

( )10. A. little B. much C. few D. many

答案： B
解析：“food”为不可数名词，“so much”修饰不可数名词，意为“如此多的食物”，故选B。

( )11. A. mainly B. only C. quickly D. badly

答案： B
解析：“现在只做能吃完的”，“only”意为“只，仅仅”，符合语境，故选B。

( )12. A. right B. fine C. bad D. possible

答案： A
解析：“浪费任何东西是不对的”，“right”意为“正确的”，否定形式“not right”符合语境，故选A。

( )13. A. way B. thing C. plan D. project

答案： A
解析：“不浪费东西的简单方法”，“way”意为“方法”，符合语境，故选A。

( )14. A. buy B. need C. bring D. get

答案： B
解析：“只用我们需要的东西”，“need”意为“需要”，符合语境，故选B。

( )15. A. On B. In C. For D. At

答案： B
解析：“In this way”意为“用这种方法”，固定搭配，故选B。

一、根据所给英语解释或者首字母提示，用合适的单词填空
1. If you keep a pet，you should learn to look after it in ________ (right or correct) ways.

答案： proper
解析：“right or correct”意为“正确的”，“proper”意为“恰当的，正确的”，故填proper。

2. Take my advice，and you will ________ (try not to do something) causing many problems.

答案： avoid
解析：“try not to do something”意为“避免做某事”，“avoid”意为“避免”，故填avoid。

3. We had to end our ________ (a small talk) because my bus came.

答案： chat
解析：“a small talk”意为“闲聊”，“chat”意为“聊天，闲聊”，故填chat。