广东省佛山市顺德区五校联考2023-2024学年八年级下学期期中学科素养监测英语试题【含答案解析】.docx

2023学年第二学期期中学科素养监测

八年级英语

一、语法选择(每小题1分，共10分)

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，从每题所给的三个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。

TheFirstAstronauts

Sincetheearliesttimes,peoplehavelookedupatthestars,themoonandtheplanets.Todaypeopleusemodernmachines___1___atthesky.Thisisverydifferent___2___thesituationthousandsofyearsagowhenpeoplecouldonlyusetheireyes.

Whendidhumansfirstgointospace?Thestorybegannotsoverylongago,butthe___3___astronautswerenotpeople—theywereanimals.

Scientistswantedtomaketravellingtospaceassafeaspossibleforhumans,___4___theydecidedtoexperimentwithanimalsandtestinspaceflights.Insects,mice,frogs,dogsandmonkeysweresomeoftheanimalsthatfirstwentintospace.Manyofthem___5___buttheyhelpedtomakespacetravelsaferforhumans.For___6___greatservice,weshouldn’tforgettheseanimals.

AlbertIwasthefirstmonkeytogointospacein1949.SadlyhediedafterhisspaceshiplandedbackonEarth.___7___,theresultwasdifferentforHamtheMonkey.Hisstoryendedhappilywhenhereturnedtotheearthinverygood___8___.

Scientistswantedtoknowtheanswertotheimportantquestion:Could___9___animallikeHamdothesamethingsinspaceashecoulddoonEarth?TheanswercamewhenscientistssentHamintospacein1961.Yes,hedideverythingwellandlivedfor____10____16years.

1.

A.looked B.looking C.tolook

2.

A.with B.for C.from

3.

A.first B.one C.once

4.

A.but B.or C.so5.

A.die B.died C.havedied

6.

A.they B.their C.them

7.

A.Luck B.Lucky C.Luckily

8.

A.health B.healthy C.healthily

9.

A.a B.an C.the

10.

A.other B.others C.another

【答案】1.C2.C3.A4.C5.B6.B7.C8.A9.B10.C

【解析】

【导语】本文主要介绍了人类对太空探索的过程，其实在人类进入太空之前，科学家们先用很多动物做实验，保证人类太空旅行的安全。

【1题详解】

句意：今天，人们使用现代机器来看天空。

looked看，过去式；looking动名词/现在分词；tolook不定式。此处需用不定式表目的，故选C。

【2题详解】

句意：这与几千年前人们只能用眼睛的情况截然不同。

with和；for为了；from从