《2025年实验班提优训练八年级英语上册外研版》

Ⅰ.根据句意及汉语提示完成句子
1. Those books cost (花费) Brian a lot of money, but they're certainly worth it.
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2. Wan Hu was the Ming Dynasty pioneer (先锋) of space exploration.
3. Please come up with an idea for an invention and then write an advertisement (广告) for it.
4. —What everyday (日常的) problem do you face?
—We don't have enough time to exercise.
5. We hope these smart machines (机器) can help those blind people.

答案： Ⅰ. 1. cost 2. pioneer 3. advertisement 4. everyday 5. machines

Ⅱ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. (2025·甘肃天水麦积区期中) Thank you for telling (tell) me about this news.
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2. He has some trouble practising (practise) speaking English.
3. Peter likes goldfish because he likes watching (watch) them swim (swim) around.
4. Bill often pretends to understand (understand) in class, but actually he doesn't at all.
5. Thomas Edison was a great inventor and he had a lot of inventions. (invent)

答案： Ⅱ. 1. telling 2. practising 3. watching; swim 4. to understand 5. inventor; inventions

—It is reported that Chinese people spend more than forty minutes a day on WeChat.
—It's true, but I think WeChat A too much of our time.
A.takes
B.costs
C.spends
D.pays

答案： 1. A [解析]考查动词辨析。句意:——据报道,中国人每天花在微信上的时间超过40分钟。——这是真的,但是我认为微信占用了太多的时间。take花费,物作主语;cost花费,物作主语;spend花费,人作主语;pay支付,人作主语。根据"WeChat ... too much of our time"可知,此处指微信占用了太多的时间,物作主语,此处是"sth takes (sb)+一段时间"的用法。故选A。

—How great! Your sister won the first place in the women's tennis singles.
—She is hard-working and keeps practising it B.
A.in the future
B.all the time
C.in the beginning
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答案： 2. B [解析]考查短语辨析。句意:——太棒了!你姐姐在女子网球单打比赛中获得第一名。——她很勤奋,一直在练习。in the future将来;all the time一直,始终;in the beginning开始,开端。根据“She is hard-working and keeps practising it”可知,姐姐一直在练习。故选B。

3. The players train in difficult ____ to learn how to solve problems and to work in a team.D
A.exhibitions
B.inventions
C.operations
D.conditions

答案： 3. D [解析]考查名词辨析。句意:球员们在困难的条件下训练,学习如何解决问题和团队合作。exhibition展览会;invention发明;operation操作;condition条件。根据语境及“to learn how to solve problems”可知,此处是指球员们在困难的条件下训练。故选D。

4. To help develop students' ____ thinking, teachers can encourage them to ask more “what if” questions.B
A.energetic
B.creative
C.difficult
D.traditional

答案： 4. B [解析]考查形容词辨析。句意:为了帮助培养学生的创造性思维,教师可以鼓励他们提出更多“what if”问题。energetic精力充沛的;creative有创造力的;difficult困难的;traditional传统的。根据“teachers can encourage them to ask more ‘what if’ questions”可知,是培养创造性思维。故选B。

5. (2025·北京大兴区期末) John wants C cartoons in his free time because they're enjoyable.
A.watch
B.watched
C.to watch
D.watching

答案： 5. C [解析]考查非谓语动词。句意:约翰想在空闲时间看动画片,因为它们很有趣。want to do sth“想要做某事”,空处用动词不定式。故选C。

Ⅳ.根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 更糟糕的是,孩子们长得很快。
What's worse, children grow quickly.
2. 他决定在线发布他的设计。
He decided to post his design online.
3. 伊斯顿允许人们免费使用他的设计。
Easton allowed people to use his design for free.
4. 他被电力所吸引,对电的本质有着浓厚的好奇心。
He was drawn to electricity and had a deep curiosity about its nature.
5. 这项发明防止建筑物遭雷击。
This invention protects buildings from lightning.

答案： Ⅳ. 1. What's worse 2. decided to post 3. allowed people to use 4. was drawn to; curiosity about 5. protects buildings from