《2025年拔尖特训八年级英语上册译林版》

四、完形填空。
What's your favourite time of a year? I like different seasons for different reasons. But my favourite season is ____1____.
Growing up,I spent a lot of time ____2____ my dad and his friends on their farm. In summer,I would swim and go fishing with my dad. In winter,I'd spend hours sliding on a hill and ____3____ snowballs,and then I'd come inside to ____4____ my feet by the fire. In spring,my grandma and I would go hunting for trees and flowers. In fall,the weather was usually perfect,warm enough to play in the river by day,cold enough at night to comfortably sit down and listen ____5____ my grandma or my dad was telling me stories.
But my best fall memory ____6____ with rain when I was 6. We drove to the farm in a light rain. The next day,when the clouds parted,I went out to see a sight I would never forget. I shouted and my grandma came ____7____.
"What's the matter?" said my grandma nervously. "Look!" I shouted,pointing at what looked to me like flames(火焰). "The mountains are on fire!" She looked. Then she ____8____. "That's not fire," she said. "That's ____9____ fall."
I think you may have seen it. Those leaves left their mark on my heart. Fall became my favourite season not just for its ____10____,but for other things—books we read,talks we shared and good times we spent together. We did all those things in every season. ____11____ in fall,the days grew shorter,and ____12____ evenings gave us more time for things that meant the most.
That was long ago,but I still remember it ____13____. Some memories are gifts that stay with us forever.
When seasons change,they remind us that life keeps moving. We recall(回忆)good old days,give thanks for ____14____ and look forward to what lies ahead.
Fall will always be my favourite time of a year. But the best season to enjoy life is any ____15____,any place,and any chance we're given.
1. A. spring
B. summer
C. fall
D. winter
2. A. for
B. with
C. as
D. from
3. A. throwing
B. eating
C. building
D. washing
4. A. move
B. control
C. hit
D. warm
5. A. or
B. while
C. since
D. however
6. A. continued
B. folded
C. began
D. ended
7. A. running
B. pressing
C. feeling
D. realizing
8. A. cried
B. changed
C. guessed
D. laughed
9. A never
B. just
C. instead
D. neither
答案讲解
10. A. month
B. food
C. colour
D. place
11. A. But
B. Nor
C. Though
D. Unless
12 A. larger
B. longer
C. higher
D. smaller
13. A. quickly
B. suddenly
C. hardly
D. clearly
14. A. now
B. past
C future
D. days
15. A. reason
B. person
C. time
D. thing

答案： 1. C 根据“Fall became my favourite season …”可知，“我”最喜欢秋天。
2. B 根据“I spent a lot of time … my dad and his friends”可知，“我”花了很多时间和父亲以及他的朋友们在一起。
3. A 根据语境可知，在冬天，“我”会花几个小时在山上滑雪、扔雪球。
4. D 根据In winter 和“… my feet by the fire”可知，“我”在火边暖脚。
5. B 根据“cold enough at night to comfortably sit down and listen … my grandma or my dad was telling me stories”可知，此处强调前后动作同时发生，用while引导时间状语从句。
6. C 根据“But my best fall memory … with rain when I was 6.”可知，“我”最美好的秋天记忆始于6岁时的一场雨。
7. A 根据said my grandma nervously可知，奶奶很紧张，所以是跑过来。
8. D 根据上下文可知，“我”的言论引得奶奶大笑。
9. B 根据“That's not fire … That's … fall.”可知，奶奶说那不是火，那只是秋天。
10. C 根据句意可知，秋天变成“我”最爱的季节不仅仅是因为它的颜色，还有其他的东西。上文提到了树叶像火焰一样，故此处表示“颜色”。
11. A 前后两句构成转折关系，用But连接。
12. B 根据“the days grew shorter，and … evenings”可知，秋天白天变短，夜晚变长。
13. D 根据“That was long ago，but I still remember it …”可知，虽然是很久以前，但是“我”仍然清楚地记得。
14. A 根据“We recall good old days，give thanks for … and look forward to what lies ahead.”可知，此处表示“感恩现在”。
15. C 根据“But the best season to enjoy life is any … any place，and any chance we're given.”可知，享受生活的最佳季节是任何时间、任何地点、任何机会。