《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。(2025·江苏宿迁7校调研)
Sam got an email from his friend Rosa. Rosa asked 1him(he) to her birthday party on Sunday afternoon. Sam was happy 2to get(get) the invitation(邀请), but it also made him worried, because he only had a few dollars. That was not enough to buy a good birthday gift. And Sam's father 3lost(lose) his job last month, so it wasn't a good time to ask his parents for help.
Sam 4went(go) to study in the library that day. There was a book sale in the library. The books were all from the library. They were old but very cheap. Sam saw two books. They were about how to cook traditional food. Sam knew Rosa was good 5atcooking, but would it be bad to use old books as a birthday gift? Well, it was 6better(good) than no gifts at all!
On Sunday, Sam packed the two books and went to 7Rosa's(Rosa) party. He had a good time at the party, 8butstill worried about his gift. The next day, he got an email from Rosa. It said, “Of all the 9gifts(gift), yours was the nicest. Thank you for being such 10awonderful friend!”
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______

答案： 1. him 2. to get 3. lost 4. went 5. at 6. better 7. Rosa's 8. but 9. gifts 10. a

六、跨学科阅读理解。
Scientists in Australia have shown that bees seem to understand the idea of zero. This is surprising since bees have very small brains. So far, only humans and a few animals, such as monkeys and some birds, have shown that they understand zero. And humans don't usually understand it until they're around four years old. But bees are smarter than they look. Scientists already knew that bees could count up to four. They also knew that bees could “talk to” each other. By dancing in some ways, bees can tell other bees how far away food is and in what direction.
Scientists at RMIT University in Australia have come up with a smart way to test whether bees understand the concept(概念) of “zero”. They prepared some cards with different numbers of shapes on them. First they had to train the bees by giving them sugar water to make them choose the cards with fewer shapes on them. They put something sour(酸的) under the cards with more shapes on them. Soon the bees knew there was sugar water under the cards with fewer shapes.
After about 40 tests, the bees learned to choose the cards with different numbers of shapes. Then came the interesting part. The scientists put out a card with nothing on it—zero shape. Even though they had never seen it, the trained bees chose the blank(空白的) card. This showed that they knew that zero, or “none”, meant less than “some”.
Bees' brains are about 1/86,000 the size of human brains. How are they able to do so much with such a small brain? Scientists want to study more bees to find out more. Many are now trying to create machines that can “think” like bees. By learning how the bees' brains work, they may be able to use some of those ideas to teach computers and robots some new tricks.
(D)1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. Bees are smarter than monkeys. B. Most animals can count up to four.
C. Humans can understand zero since birth. D. Dancing is a form of bees' communication.
(D)2. What did the scientists use sugar water for?
A. To train the bees to choose shapes.
B. To check if bees can tell sweet from sour.
C. To test if bees understand the meaning of numbers.
D. To encourage the bees to choose cards with fewer shapes.
(A)3. The interesting result of the test is that ______.
A. the bees picked up the blank card B. the bees parked on the sugar water
C. the bees flew towards the sour water D. the bees chose the cards with some shapes
(B)4. The underlined word “tricks” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.
A. numbers B. skills C. ideas D. goals
(C)5. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Bees are in need of protection B. Bees are important to humans
C. Bees know the meaning of zero D. Bees have funny social activities

答案： 1. D 【点拨】根据“By dancing in some ways, bees can tell other bees how far away food is and in what direction.”可知，蜜蜂能通过跳舞传递信息，因此可推知跳舞是蜜蜂交流的一种形式。故选 D。 2. D 【点拨】根据“First they had to train the bees by giving them sugar water to make them choose the cards with fewer shapes on them.”可知，科学家们使用糖水是为了让蜜蜂选择带有更少形状的卡片。故选 D。 3. A 【点拨】根据“Even though they had never seen it, the trained bees chose the blank(空白的) card.”可知，测试中有趣的结果是蜜蜂选择了空白卡片。故选 A。 4. B 【点拨】根据“By learning how the bees' brains work，they may be able to use some of those ideas to teach computers and robots some new tricks.”可知，tricks 指的是技巧。故选 B。 5. C 【点拨】通读全文可知，科学家们做的测试就是为了知道蜜蜂是否知道零的含义，并且最终发现蜜蜂知道零的含义，因此选项 C“蜜蜂知道零的含义”最适合作为本文标题。故选 C。