《2025年通城学典组合训练八年级英语上册译林版苏州专版》

四、词汇运用
KEY→P23
范畴:人与自然
主题:自然生态
体裁:记叙文
难度:★★★
建议用时:5分钟
评价:___/5
请认真阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的单词或短语,填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
somebody prepare for life fish big
It is the beginning of 1960. Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard 1are preparing for a big journey. It is a journey to the deepest place on planet Earth. They are above the Mariana Trench(马里亚纳海沟) in the Pacific Ocean. They want to go down 11 kilometres in a small submarine.
2Nobody knows what is at the bottom of the ocean.
On January 23, 1960, the sea over the Mariana Trench isn't calm. But it is not a problem for the men. The submarine is only a little 3bigger than a fridge. They go down.
At 150 metres, it starts to be dark. They see some big 4fish. At 1,600 metres, they see a fish which they don't know.
Five hours later, the submarine comes to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. There is sand. At one moment, the men see a 30-centimetre-long fish. It is clear that 5life also exists in the deepest place on Earth.
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______

答案： 1. are preparing for 2. Nobody 3. bigger 4. fish 5. life