八年级-人教版-英语-下册-[综合训练]Unit 7 Section B (2a-2e)

Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world? (Period 5)
Section B (2a-2e)
Ⅰ．短文填空。

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适合的单词或括号内所给单词的正确形式。

Protecting wild animals is our duty. Because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on the earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, ____1____. So we should take good care ____2____ them to help us live a healthy life.
____3____ some people still don’t realize the ____4____ (important) of protecting wild animals. They often kill wild animals for food or for money. Every day many wild animals are being ____5____ (kill). So lots of animals have died out (灭绝). We can’t see them anymore. Today the number of wild animals ____6____ becoming smaller and smaller. If we don’t protect them, they will die out. If this goes on, the earth will be no animals left on the earth.
____7____ (luck), more and more people have begun to do many things to help protect wild animals. They ask people ____8____ (stop) killing wild animals. They get people to know that protecting wild animals is one of the most important things. Now many countries have made some laws (法律) to protect wild animals. Now that (既然) wild animals are so important to man, we should do our ____9____ (good) to protect them and it means human beings can make friends with animals and get on well with ____10____ (they).
1．__________ 2．__________ 3．__________ 4．__________ 5．__________
6．__________ 7．__________ 8．__________ 9．__________ 10．__________Ⅱ．阅读理解。

The cheetah (猎豹) is best known for being the world’s fastest land animal, reaching speeds of just over 110 kph for short period of time. However, many people know little else about this wonderful animal. The word cheetah probably comes from a Hindi word spotted (有斑点的) animal. It is very similar to other cats but also has some obvious differences. Its body is much leaner (更瘦的) than most cats and it has much longer legs.
People sometimes make a cheetah a leopard (美洲豹) because they both have spots, but in fact they are very different. A leopard is far heavier and more powerful, but also much slower. The cheetah’s
spots cover most of its body except for its stomach and throat. The cheetah’s tail has spots and these become rings at the end of the tail.
An adult cheetah weighs between 35—65 kilograms and is about 80 centimeters high at the shoulder. The cheetah’s head is quite small and the eyes are quite high up. A black line runs from each eye down to its mouth and makes it look a little sad. It has high shoulders that help it to walk so gracefully (优雅地).
Cheetahs are very fast but they are not very strong. They are not good fighters and will run away rather than fight another animal to protect their food. If they make a kill, it is sometimes taken away from them by stronger animals such as lions and leopard. These animals will kill their young if they get the chance. The cheetah is not a threat to humans at all. It will not attack humans and prefers to stay away from occupied areas.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。

11．Where does the word “cheetah” come from?
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12．What differences do cheetahs have from cats?
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13．What do a cheetah and a leopard have in common?
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14．Why do cheetahs walk so gracefully?
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15．Why will cheetahs not fight another animal to protect their food?
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【参考答案】
1．【答案】either
【解析】根据句意可知如果地球上没有动物，我们也将不能生存。

句子是否定句，表示“也（不）”应用either。

2．【答案】of
【解析】take good care of是固定搭配，意为“好好照顾”。

3．【答案】But
【解析】前文说保护野生动物是重要的，后文说一些人还是没有意识到保护野生动物的重要性，前后表示转折，所以用连词but。

位于句首，首字母应大写。

4．【答案】importance
【解析】the importance of ... 意为“……的重要性”，所以此处填important 的名词形式importance。

5．【答案】killed
【解析】主语是many wild animals，动物被杀，应用被动语态，其结构为“be+及物动词的过去分词”，kill 的过去分词为killed。

6．【答案】is
【解析】根据today 和becoming 可知此处为现在进行时，the number of ... 作主语时谓语动词用单数，所以填is。

7．【答案】Luckily
【解析】分析句子结构可知，此处应用副词作状语，修饰后面的句子；根据后文“...
more and more people have begun to do many things to help protect wild animals.”可知越来越多的人已经开始做许多事情来帮助保护野生动物，所以用luckily。

位于句首，首字母应大写。

8．【答案】to stop
【解析】ask sb.to do sth. 意为“让某人做某事”，是固定搭配，所以填to stop。

9．【答案】best
【解析】do one’s best to do sth. 意为“尽力做某事/尽某人最大的努力做某事”，是固定搭配，所以填best。

10．【答案】them
【解析】get on well with sb.意为“与……相处融洽；……进展顺利”，with 是介词，后面用宾格，they 的宾格是them。

11．【答案】It comes from a Hindi word.
【解析】根据文章第一段中的“The word cheetah probably comes from a Hindi word spotted animal.”可知，cheetah 这个单词很有可能来自印地语。

12．【答案】It has longer legs and leaner body.
【解析】根据文章第一段中的“It is very similar to other cats but also has some obvious differences. Its body is much leaner than most cats and it has much longer legs.”可知，猎豹与猫的不同之处在于腿长、身子瘦。

13．【答案】They both have spots.
【解析】根据文章第二段中的“People sometimes make a cheetah a leopard because they both have spots …”可知，猎豹和美洲豹的共同之处在于它们身上都有斑点。

14．【答案】Because it has high shoulders.
【解析】根据文章第三段中的“It has high shoulders that help it to walk so gracefully.”可知，由于猎豹的肩膀高，所以它走起路来很优雅。

15．【答案】Because they are not very strong.
【解析】根据最后一段中的“Cheetahs are very fast but they are not very strong. They are not good fighters and will run away rather than fight another animal to protect their food.”可知，猎豹不会为了食物而和其他动物打架，因为它们不够强壮。