《2025年初中英语听读空间八年级上册译林版》

一、完形填空
Do you know about the Grain in Ear? It is one of the 24 Solar Terms. When the weather gets 1, the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe(成熟的), we know the Grain in Ear is just around the corner. This year, it falls on June 5.
The arrival of the Grain in Ear means 2 time is coming. Wheat becomes ripe, and so do plums(梅子). 3 the day of the Grain in Ear, people will boil and eat green plums. It is said that this tradition started 4 two famous people Cao Cao and Liu Bei. There is a famous story. Cao and Liu 5 the heroes of their time while boiling and eating green plums with warm wine.
When the plums are ripe, the plum rains come. After the Grain in Ear, the 6 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will enter the plum rain season. Long periods of 7 and cloudy weather will last 8 June and July.
The plum rain season is a good time for 9 rice, vegetables and fruit, but it also means the falling of flowers. During the Grain in Ear, people have ceremonies to say 10 to the Flower Goddess.
With its busy harvests and natural beauty, the Grain in Ear is really a good period.
( ) 1. A. drier B. cooler C. hotter D. colderC
( ) 2. A. harvest B. tour C. hope D. joyA
( ) 3. A. For B. On C. At D. InB
( ) 4. A. instead of B. in order to C. in front of D. because ofD
( ) 5. A. protected B. recorded C. discussed D. advisedC
( ) 6. A. areas B. plans C. numbers D. seasonsA
( ) 7. A. foggy B. snowy C. sunny D. rainyD
( ) 8. A. across B. through C. with D. beforeB
( ) 9. A. selling B. saving C. growing D. collectingC
( )10. A. hi B. fine C. hello D. goodbyeD

答案： 【解析】：
这是一道英语完形填空题，主要考查对词汇、短语、固定搭配以及上下文理解的能力。解题的关键在于结合语境，理解每个空格所在句子的意思，然后从选项中选出最符合语境的答案。
1. 第一空：根据“the rain starts to fall and grain gets ripe”可知天气变得更热，雨才会下，谷物才会成熟，所以选“hotter”。
2. 第二空：“Wheat becomes ripe”表明小麦成熟，意味着收获季节来临，所以选“harvest”。
3. 第三空：在具体的某一天“the day of the Grain in Ear”前用介词“On”。
4. 第四空：“this tradition started...two famous people”表示这个传统是因为曹操和刘备而开始的，所以选“because of”。
5. 第五空：“Cao and Liu...the heroes of their time”结合语境可知是曹操和刘备讨论他们那个时代的英雄，所以选“discussed”。
6. 第六空：“the...in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River”表示长江中下游地区，所以选“areas”。
7. 第七空：“Long periods of...and cloudy weather”结合前文“the plum rains come”可知是长时间的雨天和多云天气，所以选“rainy”。
8. 第八空：“last...June and July”表示持续到六月和七月，“through”有“贯穿，通过”的意思，所以选“through”。
9. 第九空：“The plum rain season is a good time for...rice, vegetables and fruit”可知梅雨季节是种植水稻、蔬菜和水果的好时机，所以选“growing”。
10. 第十空：“people have ceremonies to say...to the Flower Goddess”结合常识可知人们举行仪式向花神告别，所以选“goodbye”。
【答案】：
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. D