《2025年基础训练大象出版社八年级英语上册人教版》

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Do you know the hermit crab (寄居蟹)? It is a kind of sea animal. Hermit crabs love staying on sandy beaches or in shallow water. 36. ______ Plants, vegetables and small animals are all their delicious foods.
As people throw more and more rubbish into the ocean, the rubbish is becoming the new “home” of hermit crabs. 37. ______ People sometimes see hermit crabs using bottle tops or even broken glass bottles as their “home”.
Unlike other crabs, hermit crabs are born with soft bodies, so they need to look for shells (壳) for protection. 38. ______ Then they use their legs to check the inside of the shells to make sure they fit. Does a hermit crab only use a shell all his life? That’s not the truth. As they grow, they give up the old shells and find bigger ones to live in. In their lifetime, they may use lots of shells.
Plastic (塑料) rubbish is lighter than common shells. 39. ______ It may also help hermit crabs to catch their lovers’ eyes, because man-made “shells” seem more interesting in their lovers’ eyes. Hermit crabs may also get stuck (卡住) and die when they go into plastic bottles.
根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
A. They like eating different kinds of foods.
B. However, the rubbish shells can bring danger.
C. So hermit crabs can move around easily in them.
D. First, they look at the shell’s type, size and colour.
E. Believe it or not, it is happening all over the world.

答案： 36. A
37. E
38. D
39. C
40. B