《2025年通城学典组合训练八年级英语上册译林版苏州专版》

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A father and his son went to a kite festival. When they arrived, there were many people playing there. The sky was full of colourful 1. The boy wanted to fly a kite too. So they went to a kite shop and 2 a beautiful one.
Soon the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Dad, it 3 that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. Can we cut it?" The father said 4 but just cut the string off. The kite went higher. This made the boy happy.
But after a few minutes, the kite started to 5 slowly. And it soon fell onto the ground. The son was 6 to see this. He asked, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. But 7 did it fall down?"
The father smiled and said, "The role of the string was helping the kite stay in the sky, because the kite 8 couldn't fly up. When you cut the string, it could not support the kite."
In our life, we may sometimes feel like that there are some things that are holding us back and stopping us from 9. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the 10. We can really grow up and become better by knowing the importance of these things.
( )1. C
( )2. B
( )3. B
( )4. D
( )5. A
( )6. B
( )7. C
( )8. A
( )9. D
( )10. C

答案： 1. C 根据上文中“A father and his son went to a kite festival.”可知e天空中充满五颜六色的风筝。
2. B 根据空前的So they went to a kite shop可知e他们买了一个漂亮的风筝。
3. B 儿子说似乎线阻止风筝飞得更高。it seems that意为“似乎”。
4. D 根据空后的but just cut the string off可知e爸爸什么也没说。
5. A 根据下文中的“And it soon fell onto the ground.”可知e风筝开始慢慢降落。
6. B 根据下文中的“He asked, ‘I thought that after cutting the string，the kite would fly higher…’”可知e儿子看到风筝掉在地上是很惊讶的。
7. C 根据上文中的“He asked, ‘I thought that after cutting the string，the kite would fly higher…’”可知e此处是问风筝为什么会掉下来。
8. A 根据上文中的The role of the string was helping the kite stay in the sky可知e风筝自己不能飞起来。
9. D 根据下文中的“But in fact，these might be the things that support us the…”可知e在我们e的生活中，我们有时可能会觉得有些事情阻碍我们成长。
10. C 根据下文中e“We can really grow up and become better by knowing the importance of these things.”可知e这些可能e最支持我们e东西。

( )1. According to the text, if the egg in the salt water doesn’t float, which is the reason?
D
( )2. What does the underlined word “plain” probably mean?
D
( )3. 新考法·写作意图 The writer may write this passage to explain ______.
B

答案： 1. D 细节理解题。根据“If the egg in the salt water does not float well，add more salt into the bowl.”可知，如果盐水中的鸡蛋浮不起来，是因为盐不够。
2. D 词义猜测题。根据“The egg in the plain water sinks. The egg in the salt water floats.”可推知，鸡蛋在清水中下沉，在盐水中漂浮。
3. B 写作意图题。根据“If you have ever been swimming in the ocean…pool water. Here's why.”及全文可知，本文通过一个简单的实验解释了为什么人们在海中比在泳池中更容易浮起来。