《2026年名校金典课堂八年级英语上册人教版》

五、短文填空。从下面方框中选出10个单词,将其正确形式填入短文,使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。
agree
believe
be
create
hundred
mean
possible
predict
take
today
well
word
Almost every person has a picture of the future world in his or her mind. Then， how did people in the past dream of 1. world? Did their dreams come true?
Jules Gabriel Verne， a French writer， was a big dreamer. In his books， the words are easy to understand and the stories are interesting. More surprisingly， he made many 2. and many of them have come true. In the book From the Earth to the Moon， Verne discussed the idea of 3. a trip to the moon. He described so many things about how to help people go to the moon. Some people 4. that his idea would come true and people would go to another planet successfully. But others had some 5.. They thought it was not possible for people to leave the earth. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea， the characters go all around the world on an electric submarine（电动潜艇）. The idea of the electric submarine seemed 6. because the use of electricity was not common at the time. However， his book helped people think of wonderful ideas to make submarines work much 7. although Verne didn't invent（发明） the submarine.
Many people are surprised at Verne's 8. mind. In fact， he read a lot of books on different subjects， studied science and talked with 9. of scientists. In that way， he knew what was going on in his time. If we learn from Verne and try our best to bring out more new ideas， the life 10. different in the future. People will live more comfortably.
1.today's 2.predictions 3.taking 4.believed 5.disagreements 6.impossible 7.better 8.creative 9.hundreds 10.will be

答案： today's; predictions; taking; believed; disagreements; impossible; better; creative; hundreds; willbe