《2025年通城学典全程测评卷八年级英语上册译林版》

四、词汇。(每小题 1 分,共 10 分)
A. 根据句意及中文或首字母提示完成单词。
1. The internet and smartphones are two of the most important inventions(发明)of the past few years.
2. — What can I do for you?
— I’d like a single(单人的)room,please.
3. Chinese people have been using traditional Chinese medicine for centuries(世纪).
4. Hong Kong returned to China in 1997. It was an important milestone in Chinese history.
5. Life is like a journey. Plan ahead,and you will see a lot more beautiful scenery(风景).
B. 用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. When we learn English,we must pay attention to pronouncing(pronounce)the words correctly.
2. In order not to miss(miss)the early bus,my father got up at 5：00 yesterday morning.
3.(白银、武威中考)As we grow older,we’ll find we have two hands：one for helping ourselves(we)；the other for helping others.
4. Getting a good grade in the English test is one of the hardest(hard)things for the naughty boy.
5. Our maths teacher saved as much as possible to buy(buy)books and clothes for the children in poor areas.

答案： A. 1. inventions 2. single 3. centuries 4. returned 5. journey B. 1. pronouncing 2. to miss 3. ourselves 4. hardest 5. to buy

A.(南京市玄武区期中)根据短文内容及首字母提示补全短文。
Once,a father and his son went to a kite flying festival. The son was very 1. excited to see all the colourful kites in the sky and asked his father to buy him one. To make him happy,the father went to a nearby shop and bought one.
The son started flying his kite happily. Soon it 2. reached high up in the sky. After some time,the son thought to 3. himself,“It seems like that the string(绳子)makes it hard for the kite to fly higher. If I break it,the kite will be free to fly 4. even higher.” So he asked his father for a small knife and cut the string.
5. Without the string,the kite did go a little bit higher. However,it soon started to come down and landed in a tall tree. The son was 6. sad. He wished that the kite could fly higher after he cut the string 7. rather than fall down. He turned to his father for the reason.
“Well,the string wasn’t holding the kite down. In fact,it was helping it stay up when the wind was calm and was 8. guiding it in the right direction(方向)when the wind picked up,” the father explained. “When you cut the string just now,the kite lost everything and fell down. Similarly,in life or at school,we may face a lot of limits(限制),9. like rules or hard tasks. Sometimes,they are holding us back,but they are actually bringing us in the right direction. Just as the kite needs the string,we need these limits to grow better. We should try to understand their 10. importance and use them to improve ourselves. Don’t be afraid of them. Instead,accept them and let them help us fly higher in our lives.”
B. 阅读下面短文,用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式填空,使短文完整、通顺。
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Norman Greenstein lives in Hartford,Connecticut,the USA. When he knew he had Parkinson’s(帕金森病),he chose to turn his dark diagnosis(诊断)into a good chance 1. to make a lifelong dream come true. Now,Norman 2. is well known as “The Parkinson’s Painter”.
When Norman was young,he loved painting and dreamed of being an artist. But a teacher of an art school didn’t think he had a 3. talent for painting when he showed his work to the teacher. Then Norman put his dream aside,and decided 4. to support his family whole-heartedly. However,his love for painting was always in his heart. But 5. unluckily,in 2008,he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and had to give up his job.
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To stay busy,he picked up the brush again. He found that this 6. creative work helped him face the problems of his Parkinson’s. He said,“Painting has brought me 7. happiness and peace. The simple movements of painting relax me. It’s one of my favourite 8. activities.”
In addition to(除了)creating his own paintings,Norman also tried to help much 9. more people like him. He raised money for the research on Parkinson’s. Also,Norman sold his paintings. He 10. gave away 20% of all sales to two Parkinson’s research organizations.
We will never know what life will throw at us in the future. But we can choose how to face the difficulties in life.

答案： A. 1. excited 2. reached 3. himself 4. even 5. Without 6. sad 7. rather 8. guiding 9. like 10. importance B. 1. to make 2. is well known as 3. talent 4. to support 5. unluckily 6. creative 7. happiness 8. activities 9. more 10. gave away