《2025年星火英语Spark巅峰训练八年级人教版》

DAY 1 完形填空 人与自然(自然生态) | 说明文 | 词数: 231 | 难度: ★★★★☆ | 建议用时: 8 min | 答案册: P3
Hippos may weigh more than 1 360 kilograms, but they are still able to run as fast as 22.5 kilometers per hour on land. That's _1_ than many people. A new study has shown that even though hippos are heavy, some lift all four _2_ off the ground when running.
Hippos are so _3_ that people can't get close to them. To study how they _4_, a team of scientists used video to watch them from a distance. The team filmed 32 hippos and then watched them run. They discovered hippos move fast enough and sometimes their feet don't _5_ the ground. In fact, the scientists found the fastest hippos spent about 15% of their running time in the air.
From the study, the scientists also found hippos trot(小跑). Hippos could move _6_ front foot and opposite back foot at the same time. Other _7_, like horses, move from a walk to a trot and then to a gallop(飞奔), but hippos are _8_ them. Hippos almost always trot.
A person once made a video about a baby pygmy(矮小的) hippo. The video _9_ the baby pygmy hippo is galloping, so the scientists want to see if other baby hippos can gallop. Scientists also want to discover _10_ they lose the skill as they grow. These will be their next main tasks.
1. A. higher B. farther C. slower D. faster
2. A. head B. hands C. arms D. legs
3. A. dangerous B. friendly C. cute D. calm
4. A. move B. sleep C. grow D. eat
5. A. add B. touch C. sweep D. dig
6. A. his B. its C. your D. their
7. A. plants B. groups C. animals D. people
8. A. similar to B. busy with C. full of D. different from
9. A. means B. shows C. guesses D. improves
10. A. when B. where C. whether D. that

答案： 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. C