广东省化州市第一初级中学八年级英语能力训练题3 外研版

能力训练题（三）一、完形填空ACan you imagine astronauts’ everyday life in space? They also need to eat, __1__, exercise and relax. They do the same things as us, but they do __2__ differently.On earth, we put food on a plate and water in a glass. Gravity(重力) holds the food down and keeps the water in the glass. __3__ there is almost no gravity in space, so food can float (漂浮) away, and astronauts must eat and drink __4__.Sleeping is very different in space .Some astronauts like to float in the air, but most like to be in a __5__ bag. They tie the bag to a wall __6__ they won’t float away at night. Exercise is very important in space. On earth, your legs __7__ your body, but in space, astronauts float. So they do not use their legs often. This is very __8__ their legs, so they must exercise for thirty minutes every day.After a day’s work, astronauts relax. They may listen to music, read, watch films, play games, or talk to their friends and famil ies __9__ the radio Sometimes they just enjoy __10__ in the air.1. A. play B. work C. sleep D. drink2. A. it B. them C.one D. themselves3. A. And B. But C . So D. Or4. A. careless. B. carelessly C. careful D. carefully5. A. sleep B. sleepy C. sleeping D. asleep6. A. when B. while C. so that D. if7. A. take B. carry C. bring D. get8. A. good for B. bad for C. good at D. good with9. A. on B. by C. with D. for10. A. float B. floating C. floated D. to floatBAt 9:00 am on October 15,2003, our country launched (发射) its first spaceship, Shenzhou Ⅴ, into space at Jiuquan Satell ite Launch Centre. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours 11 the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He 12 Liaoning Province and 13 an air force pilot (飞行员) since 1983.He was chosen 14 14 pilots after many difficult tests.The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. 15 on a spacesuit takes him 15 minutes with the help of others.Sleeping in space is not easy,16. He 17 sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity (重力). Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s specially made 18 in space but tastes just like the real thing.“I‘m feel ing very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,”said Yang.“I have looked at our beautiful earth and recorded 19 I h ave seen there.”China has became the third country in the world to send a person into space.We are all 20 our motherland.11.A.circled B.circling C.to circle D.circle12.A.was born B.came to es from D.gave birth to13.A.has been B.was C.are D.in14.A.of B.for C.in D. from15.A.To putting B.Put C.Puts D.To put16.A.too B.also C.as well D.either17.A.must B.has to C.may D.can18.A.to eat B.eat C.ate D.eat up19.A.which B.what C.where D.when20.A.pride of B.pride in C.proud of D.proud in二、阅读理解AScientists wanted to know more about the moon. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon. The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane cannot fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket.How does a rocket fly? There is gas in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.Rockets can fly far out into space. Rockets with space-ships with men in them have been to the moon. Several rockets with spaceships with men have flown to another planet much farther away than the moon. One day rockets may be able to go to any place in the space.1. Scientists can be sent to the moon by ______.A. planeB. rocketC. satelliteD. man-made satellite2. The earth is about 384,000 kilometers away from the ______.A. moonB. universeC. starD. sun3. A plane cannot fly to the moon because ______.A. there is no gas in the planeB. the plane must be driven by a manC. there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the earthD. it is smaller than a rocket4. The hot gas in the rocket is used for ______.A. keeping the men in the rocket warmB. cooking foodC. making the rocket fly upD. keeping the balance of temperature5. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. The gas in the rocketB. The plane can’t fly to the moon.C. We can know about the moon and the rockets.D. The wa y from the earth to the moon.BIn the universe, as we know, there is the sun, the moon, the eart h and many stars. In our geography lessons, we know the earth goes round the sun, and the moon goes round the earth. We have day and night because the earth keeps turning all the time. When our part of the earth turns to the sun, it is day. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, it is night.Just because the moon is nearer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. Big things will look smaller when they are farther, and small things also look bigger when they are nearer.The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can't give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the sta rs. But actually the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon also because they are farther away from the earth.There are still many other planets in the universe. All of them move round the sun. But o f all these planets, only on the earth there are living things and people can only live on the earth, too. But at 9:00 a. m, on October 15th 2003, Chinese pilotYang Liwei was sent up to space. He stayed there for 21 hours. It was the first time for Chinese to get into space.6.We find the sun ______ than the moon because it is ______ to us.A. bigger; fartherB. smaller; nearerC. bigger; closerD. smaller; farther7. When our part of the earth turns away from the sun, the other part of the earth is ______.A. nightB. dayC. eveningD. Sunday8. People and living things can live on the ______.A. earthB. MarsC. moonD. sun9. When did the pilot from our country return to the earth?A. On November 15th, 2002.B. On Octo ber 16th, 2003.C. On May 5th, 2004.D. On October 15th, 2003.10. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The moon goes round the earth, and it can't give out any light at all.B. The moon goes round the sun, and its light is from the sun.C. The earth moves round the moon, and people can live only on the earth.D. Of all the planets, only the earth moves round the sun.CVenus (金星) is only a little smaller than the earth, ab out 95% of the earth’s diameter (直径) and 80% of the earth’s mass (质量). The word Venus means the goddess of love and beauty in Greek. We name the planet so probably because it is one of the brightest planets we have known by now. We human beings have known Venus for a long time. It is the brightestthing in the sky except the sun and the moon. Venus reaches its maximum (最大的) brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, and is often thought of as the Morning Star or as the Evening Star. A lot of observation of Venus was important to Copernicus’s heliocentric theory (日心说) of the solar system. In 1962 scientists sent the first spacecraft (宇宙飞船) to explore Venus. So far there have been more than 20 and we will know more about Venus in the future.11. What’s Venus like?A. It’s bigger and heavier than the earth.B. It’s smaller and brighter than the moon.C. It’s bigger and lighter than the sun.D. It’s smaller and lighter than the earth.12. What does the word “Venus” mean in Greek?A. The goddess of love and beauty.B. The morning star.C. The evening star.D. The center of the solar system.13. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Venus is not a planet.B. Venus is the brightest in the sky.C. Venus is in the solar system.D. People have never sent a spacecraft to Venus.14. What does the underlined word “observation” mean in Chinese?A. 理论B. 观察C. 学说D. 作品15. Scientists sent the first spacecraft to Venus in .A. 2012B. 1942C. 1962D. 1982参考答案：一 (A)1-5CBBDC 6-10CBBAB(B)11-15CCADD 16-20DBABC二 1-5BACCC 6-10DBABA 11-15DACBC。