《2025年亮点给力大试卷八年级英语上册译林版》

二、完形填空。(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Every year in Australia, the long-distance(长距离) runners run more than 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne. The competition 11 more than five days to finish. Many world-famous runners 12 the race. They become spokespeople for sporting goods.
In 1983, 13, as the runners waited in a line to start the race, a 61-year-old farmer joined them, wearing overalls(工装裤) and rubber boots. His name was Cliff Young. The other runners thought he was just a watcher. But Cliff told them 14 that he was there to join the race. He told them that on his family’s sheep farm, he often had to bring about 2,000 animals together by himself. “Sometimes I had to 15 those sheep for two or three days,” he said.
When the race began, the younger runners flew 16 Cliff. Instead of catching up with them, Cliff ran slowly along in an unusual way. The other runners and the watchers thought he would never finish the race. But 17 happened. When all the other runners took a break to sleep, Cliff kept running. The other runners caught up with him each morning, but finally Cliff was too 18 in front of them. On the fifth day, the sheep farmer ran into first place.
Cliff got 10,000 for winning the race. He didn’t know there would be prize money(奖金), and he gave the money to runners like him. Doing this 19 him a hero in Australia. Since then, many runners have started to use his 20 way of running. No one sleeps during the race any more. The farmer changed long-distance racing and showed that age and style aren’t everything.
( )11. A. spends B. takes C. costs D. pays
( )12. A. go for B. go through C. look for D. look through
( )13. A. moreover B. however C. instead D. otherwise
( )14. A. carefully B. suddenly C. clearly D. slowly
( )15. A. look after B. pick up C. wait for D. run after
( )16. A. past B. over C. by D. upon
( )17. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
( )18. A. early B. late C. near D. far
( )19. A. made B. led C. helped D. let
( )20. A. awful B. free C. usual D. special

答案： 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D 【解析】根据前句“He told them that on his family's sheep farm，he often had to bring about 2,000 animals together by himself.”可知，他有时不得不花两三天的时间来追赶(run after)这些羊。16. A 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. D