Unit 2 单元短文首字母填空训练-2022-2023学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

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Unit 2 School Life
单元短文首字母填空训练
（2022·江苏·扬州市梅岭中学七年级期末）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词,使短文完整。（每空一词）
In our life, we may meet persons with d____1____ personalities(个性). What is your personality type? Read about the following and find it out!
       A Dreamer thinks there is a “right” way to do things. This person wants to live in the “perfect world”. They like to do things in order. Many are good at l____2____ and like to help others. Many Dreamers work a____3____ teachers, and often lead others. Famous Dreamers: Mohandas Gandhi. A Partner wants to be in a group. For this person, rules are i____4____. They pay attention to rules and think everybody should follow them. Partners are often b____5____ serious and careful. Many do well as teachers, managers and officers. Famous Partners: Queen Elizabeth II, Mother Teresa.
For Thinkers, understanding things is very important. They like to deal with problems and make new things. Thinkers are creative. They like to take the lead (领先) and w____6____. They have very strong opinions. Many Thinkers work as scientists (科学家), inventors and e____7____. Famous Thinkers: Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking.
       Artists want to be f____8____. They don’t want to f____9____ the rules all the time. They also like trying new things. They are 1ively and active and do w_____10_____ as musicians and writers. Famous Artists: Beethoven, Jin Yong.
（2022·江苏扬州·七年级期末）根据短文内容及首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，每空一词。

Reading is an important part of any child’s growth. B____11____can open up a new world to children. They teach them how the world works, tell them old stories and help them tell r____12____ from wrong.
A good parent always reads to the kid at an e____13____age and goes on reading as he grows up. Some children may become future book lovers and do well in some areas with the help of r____14____. They will always remember the wonderful time when they read with their loved ones.
Children’s Day is here. Maybe you can choose a book below as the g____15____for your kid. An’s Seeds is my recommendation.
An’s Seeds is a good book. It tells the story about t____16____ young men who each gets a lotus seed（种子） from their master in w____17____. They talk about their ideas. The first man d_____18_____ to plant it in the cold land right away. The second man will plant it in an expensive box. The third man An says he will w____19____for spring to plant his seed, because the nature（自然）is the best way for the plants to grow. It is a story of waiting and every child is like a “seed”. We should learn to wait while teaching them and follow their nature. Give them enough t____20____, they will grow into “lotus”.
（2022·江苏·扬州中学教育集团树人学校七年级期末）Your body is like a factory. It takes in “materials” and puts out “goods”（货品）. If you start with poor materials, your goods may not be very high-quality（高质量的）. But if you use b____21____ materials, your goods will come out much better.
What does this mean（意味着） in our life? It means getting enough sleep, eating healthy food, and e____22____ every day. You may not think about this much as a student, but as you get older, it b____23____ very important.
It’s good to start building a better “factory” at a young a____24____. Getting into the habit of living healthily can help you in many ways. If you get enough sleep, you’ll be a____25____ to do well in your studies. Eating healthy food helps your body g____26____ strong and fight off sickness. And exercise can help you stay f____27____ and live a healthy life.
This sounds like a lot to do. So b____28____ me and try to start small—go to bed at the same time each night and wake up at the same time as well. Find time to eat an apple each day—they say “an apple a day, k____29____ the doctor away”. Try to exercise just a little bit each day, even if it’s only for ten m_____30_____. Keep doing these little things, and you will have a healthy body and a great life.
（2022·江苏扬州·七年级期末）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
Every evening the Fisherman calls the Mermaid and she sings for him. His eyes are full of l___31___ and he wants her to be his wife. Unluckily, the Mermaid doesn’t agree because the fisherman has a human soul. She tells him that they can be together if he s___32___ his soul away.
So the fisherman t___33___ his best to solve the problem. First, he goes to the Priest’s house for help. “Father,” he says to the Priest, “I am in love with a Mermaid. I want to send my soul away, then she can love me. I can’t see my soul. I can’t touch it. I do not n___34___ it. Tell me how to do it.”
“Are you mad?” answers the Priest. “God gives us our souls to do g___35___ things. Human souls are precious（珍贵的）. The Sea-folk are lost. Good and evil（邪恶） are the same for them.” However, the fisherman doesn’t listen and the Priest closes his door angrily.
Then, the fisherman walks to the marketplace and is ready to s___36___ his soul to merchants（商人）. But the merchants don’t buy it because his soul has no value（价值） and is not u___37___ at all to them.
Later he remembers a young witch who is good at spells（咒语）. He asks her to help him and he can even give her everything. The witch only wants him to dance with h___38___ as a price. At last, she tells him to stand on the seashore with the moon behind him and cut away his shadow（影子）w___39___ a knife. So the fisherman does as she says and the shadow — his soul rises.
In the fisherman’s mind, love is more i___40___ than anything in the world. He looks forward to living with his Mermaid in the sea.
— From the Fisherman and his soul
（2022·江苏扬州·七年级期末）根据对话内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使对话完整。（每空一词）
A young fisherman found a mermaid and wanted nothing more than to marry her, but he couldn’t, for one couldn’t live underwater i____41____ he had a soul. He went to his priest, but the priest told him that people w____42____ souls were lost. He tried to sell it to merchants, who told him it wasn’t worth anything. He went to a witch, she told him to c____43____it away with a knife.
After freeing soul from his b____44____, his Soul told him that the world was cruel and asked for his h____45____. The fisherman refused to give his soul his heart, because his love needed it. He sent the Soul away and f____46____his Mermaid under the sea.
Each year the Soul came to the Fisherman to tell him what he had done. Each year, he travelled in a d____47____direction and met different people from distant cultures; each time he came with a magical object, but the Fisherman valued love g____48____ than everything the Soul showed him. The third year, the Soul told him about a beautiful dancer. Because it was so near that he could e____49____come back to his legless Mermaid, he agreed to go with the Soul to see her d____50____. Rising up from the water, he and his Soul were reunited. The Fisherman tried to cut away his Soul again, but discovered that, once reunited, they could never again be parted.
—Taken from The Fisherman and His Soul
（2022·江苏南京·七年级期末）请根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。

Fall（秋天）has finally arrived. The weather is getting a bit cold and the leaves are changing their colors. Before we know it, the l____51____ signs（迹象）of summer will be gone. Each country has its own way to celebrate fall. China celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival every year. During this holiday, it is a tradition for f____52____ to get together to enjoy the moon and eat mooncakes. Do other countries have fall traditions? The US has many, in fact. F____53____ enjoying colorful leaves to picking up apples, fall is a fun time in this country.
When fall a____54____, the leaves of different kinds of trees change their colors quietly. Some will turn bright red, while others will be yellow or green. In some parts of the US, it is popular to have a “color t____55____”. Families will get in their cars and drive around the countryside（乡村）, l____56____ at all the beautiful colors of the trees.
As the leaves change color, they also f____57____ to the ground and make the yards messy. People have to rake（用耙子耙）their yards to keep them c____58____. They will rake these leaves into piles（堆）and kids can then j____59____ into the leaves to play. It’s quite interesting!
Apple picking is another family tradition for many American families. Outside New York city, owners of farms and orchards often invite customers（顾客）to “pick your o____60____”. Customers will be charged（收费）by weight when they leave. This apple picking activity gives families a good chance to experience farm life. Apple pie, spiced apple cider（苹果酒）and all varieties of apple-related products are more common in stores and cafes during fall.
（2022·江苏南京·七年级期末）
Do you know Grandpa Amu? He is good at u___61___ wood to make a lot of things by hand. He knows a lot about woodworking, and always finishes his work w___62___ any machine, or even nails or glue(钉子或胶水). People call him “Modern Lu Ban”— a famous woodworker in Warring States p___63___.
Grandpa Amu’s real name is Wang Deweng. He is now 63 years old and s___64___ his house with his son’s family in Guangxi, south-east China. In his video posts, Grandpa Amu shows people h___65___ to make an apple-like Lu Ban lock, a dragon boat and many different farm machines all made of wood. He also builds a wooden bridge to help local people c___66___ the river and they don’t need to travel far any more. Over 40 million people watch it on Douyin, a famous mobile-phone APP.
Grandpa Amu makes some wooden t___67___ for his grandson. His grandson’s favorites include a walking Peppa Pig (小猪佩奇) and a bubble blowing machine. Grandpa Amu first l___68___ woodworking skills to make more money for his poor family. Now Grandpa Amu is happy to make his grandson interested in playing with those wooden works.
Grandpa Amu’s whole family work full time on his videos. “We make the videos b___69___ we want to bring our culture (文化) to others and let people know skills of woodwork art from Chinese people hundreds of years ago,” says his son. Grandpa Amu loves woodworking very much, so he does the s____70____ work day after day. “Choose one thing and do it for your whole life.” he always says.
Because of his wonderful woodworking skills, Grandpa Amu shows the world an ancient country in a modern way.
（2022·江苏南京·七年级期末）Tradition Sets Sail
Let’s say a group of students are given a craft-making（工艺制作）task, what do you think they will be able to do? In terms of（谈到）this question, some students have given a satisfactory（令人满意的）a___71___. They built a wooden Chinese sailing ship.
The students come from the No. 8 High School in Fuzhou, Fujian. In a practical class offered by the school, about 30 students d___72___ to build a sailing ship. Their idea came from a typical Fujian-style trading ship used during the Ming and Qing d___73___. With the h___74___ of their teacher and two experienced craftsmen, they started their work in March, 2021.
However, b___75___ a sailing ship was far more difficult than they had thought. A group of the students s___76___ time drawing sketches, bringing wood to make the hull, and raising the sails. When they f___77___ the ship, another group started to paint the ship. Liu Xinyi, a student who learns traditional Chinese painting, worked with her partner. One of their p___78___ is a bird with big wings. “My idea is from a traditional Chinese s___79___ about the bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea with stones,” said Liu.
Now, the w___80___ Chinese sailing ship stands still among teaching buildings. Teachers use the ship as a teaching tool. “It’s so great to encourage creativity in students, improve their hands-on skills and inherit the spirit of craftsmanship（工匠精神）,” said one of the student group’s teachers.

参考答案：
1．(d)ifferent
2．(l)istening
3．(a)s
4．(i)mportant
5．(b)oth
6．(w)in
7．(e)ngineers
8．(f)ree
9．(f)ollow
10．(w)ell
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲述了不同的人有不同的个性，并介绍了几种性格类型。
1．
句意：在我们的生活中，我们可能会遇到不同性格的人。根据“we may meet persons with...personalities”以及首字母可知是不同性格的人，修饰名词用形容词different“不同的”。故填(d)ifferent。
2．
句意：许多人善于倾听并喜欢帮助他人。根据“Many are good at...and like to help others. Many Dreamers work...teachers, and often lead others”以及首字母可知梦想家擅长倾听，listen“听”，be good at doing sth.“擅长做某事”。故填(l)istening。
3．
句意：许多梦想家担任教师，并经常领导他人。根据“Many Dreamers work...teachers, and often lead others”以及首字母可知此处是work as“担任……工作”。故填(a)s。
4．
句意：对于这个人来说，规则很重要。根据“They pay attention to rules”以及首字母可知他们关注规则，说明规则很重要，作be动词的表语用形容词important“重要的”。故填(i)mportant。
5．
句意：伙伴往往既认真又细心。根据“serious and careful”以及首字母可知此处是“both...and”，意为“既……又”。故填(b)oth。
6．
句意：他们喜欢带头并获胜。根据“They like to take the lead”以及首字母可知是喜欢领先并获胜，win“获胜”，and前后动词形式保持一致，和take一致，用动词原形。故填(w)in。
7．
句意：许多思想家以科学家、发明家和工程师的身份工作。根据“Many Thinkers work as scientists (科学家), inventors and”以及首字母可知思想家很多是工程师，engineer“工程师”，此处用名词复数表示泛指。故填(e)ngineers。
8．
句意：艺术家想要自由。根据“They don’t want to...the rules”以及首字母可知他们不喜欢规则，想要自由，be动词后作表语用形容词free“自由的”。故填(f)ree。
9．
句意：他们不想一直遵守规则。根据“They don’t want to...the rules”以及首字母可知他们想要自由，不想遵守规则，follow“遵守”，want to do sth.“想要做某事”。故填(f)ollow。
10．
句意：他们活泼好动，在做音乐家和作家方面做得很好。根据“do...as musicians and writers”以及首字母可知此处指做得好，修饰动词用副词well“好”。故填(w)ell。
11．(B)ooks
12．(r)ight
13．(e)arly
14．(r)eading
15．(g)ift
16．(t)hree
17．(w)inter
18．(d)ecides
19．(w)ait
20．(t)ime
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍书籍对孩子们有好处，并介绍An’s Seeds这本书。
11．
句意：书籍可以为孩子们打开一个新世界。根据“Reading is an important part of any child’s growth.”以及首字母提示可知，阅读是任何孩子成长的重要组成部分，所以书籍为孩子们打开新世界，book“书”，表示复数含义，使用名词复数形式，句首需大写首字母，故填(B)ooks。
12．
句意：他们教孩子这个世界是如何运转的，给他们讲古老的故事，帮助他们辨别是非。根据“help them tell r...from wrong”以及首字母提示可知，帮助孩子们辨别是非，right与wrong语意相反，故填(r)ight。
13．
句意：一个好的父母总是在孩子很小的时候就给他读书，并在他长大后继续读书。根据“A good parent always reads to the kid at an e...age”以及首字母提示可知，at an early age“在很小的时候”，故填(e)arly。
14．
句意：一些孩子可能会成为未来的书籍爱好者，在阅读的帮助下在某些领域取得好成绩。 根据“do well in some areas with the help of r...”以及首字母提示可知，在阅读的帮助下取得好成绩，reading“阅读”符合语境，故填(r)eading。
15．
句意：也许你可以选择下面的一本书作为礼物送给你的孩子。根据“Maybe you can choose a book below as the g...for your kid.”以及首字母提示可知，选择一本书作为礼物，gift“礼物”符合语境，故填(g)ift。
16．
句意：它讲述了三个年轻人在冬天分别从他们的主人那里得到一颗莲子的故事。 根据“The third man”以及首字母提示可知，三个年轻人，three“三”符合语境，故填(t)hree。
17．
句意：它讲述了三个年轻人在冬天分别从他们的主人那里得到一颗莲子的故事。根据“in the cold land”以及首字母提示可知，是在冬天种下的，winter“冬天”符合语境，故填(w)inter。
18．
句意：第一个人决定马上把它种在寒冷的土地上。根据“The first man d...to plant it in the cold land right away.”以及首字母提示可知，第一个人决定立刻就种，decide“决定”，时态是一般现在时，主语是第三人称单数，动词用三单，故填(d)ecides。
19．
句意：第三个人安说他将等到春天播种，因为大自然是植物生长的最好方式。根据“The third man An says he will w...for spring to plant his seed”以及首字母提示可知，安要等到春天播种，wait for“等待”，用于助动词will后，使用动词原形，故填(w)ait。
20．
句意：给它们足够的时间，他们会成长为“莲花”。根据“Give them enough t..., they will grow into ‘lotus’.”以及首字母提示可知，给种子时间，它们就可以成长为花，time“时间”，在动词后作宾语，故填(t)ime。
21．(b)etter
22．(e)xercising
23．(b)ecomes
24．(a)ge
25．(a)ble
26．(g)row
27．(f)it
28．(b)elieve
29．(k)eeps
30．(m)inutes
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一篇说明文。短文把身体比喻成了“工厂”，要想保持身体的健康，就得投入“更好的原料”，比如，充足的睡眠、吃健康的食物和每天运动。
21．
句意：但是如果你使用更好的材料，你的货品就会以更好的形态呈现出来。根据“come out much better”可知货品更好，说明要使用“更好的”材料，此处应用形容词的比较级，“更好的”是better，首字母b，符合题意。故填(b)etter。
22．
句意：这意味着有充足的睡眠，吃健康的食物，还有每天运动。means后接3个并列的动名词短语作宾语，getting和eating，因此空格处应填动名词。结合语境，此处应是指每天“运动”，“运动”是动词exercise，其动名词为exercising。故填(e)xercising。
23．
句意：作为学生，你可能还不会考虑太多这方面的事情，但是当你慢慢变老，这件事就变得非常重要了。由“as you get older”可知该句应用一般现在时，主语为it，谓语应用动词的第三人称单数形式，空格后是形容词important，因此谓语动词应是连系动词，结合语境，此处应是指“变得”非常重要，首字母为b，因此要用become，其动词的第三人称单数形式为becomes。故填(b)ecomes。
24．
句意：在年轻的时候开始建造一个更好的“工厂”是很好的。at a young age意为“在年轻的时候”，首字母为a。故填(a)ge。
25．
句意：如果你拥有充足的睡眠，你就可以在学习上表现优异。be able to do sth.意为“可以做某事”，首字母为a。故填(a)ble。
26．
句意：吃健康的食物有助于你的身体长得健壮，能抵抗疾病。help sb. do sth.意为“帮助某人做某事”，grow strong意为“长得健壮”，首字母为g。故填(g)row。
27．
句意：同时运动可以帮你保持健康，过上一种健康的生活。keep fit意为“保持健康”，首字母为f。故填(f)it。
28．
句意：因此，相信我，并且尝试从小事做起——每天晚上在同一个时间上床睡觉，也在同一个时间醒来。连词and连接两个动词原形，结合语境可知此处表示“相信我”，首字母为b，应用动词believe。故填(b)elieve。
29．
句意：每天找时间吃一个苹果——他们说：“一天一苹果，医生远离我”。此处是习语，an apple a day keeps the doctor away。故填(k)eeps。
30．
句意：尝试每天运动一点点，即使只有十分钟。ten后接复数名词，结合语境及首字母m，可知此处应是指“分钟”。故填(m)inutes。
31．(l)ove
32．(s)ends
33．(t)ries
34．(n)eed
35．(g)ood
36．(s)ell
37．(u)seful
38．(h)er
39．(w)ith
40．(i)mportant
【解析】
【导语】
本文是《渔夫和他的灵魂》节选中的有关渔夫为了爱，要丢掉自己灵魂的故事。
31．
句意：他的眼睛充满了爱，他希望她成为他的妻子。根据“he wants her to be his wife”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是“眼中充满了爱”，故填(l)ove。
32．
句意：她告诉他，如果他送走灵魂，他们可以在一起。根据“ the Mermaid doesn’t agree because the fisherman has a human soul.”及“his soul away”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是send away“驱逐”，句子是if引导的条件状语从句，从句用一般现在时，主语是he，动词用三单形式，故填(s)ends。
33．
句意：所以渔夫尽全力解决这个问题。根据“his best to solve the problem”及首字母提示可知，是“尽力解决问题”，是try one’s best to do sth结构，主语是单数名词，动词用三单形式，故填(t)ries。
34．
句意：我不需要它。根据“I want to send my soul away, then she can love me. I can’t see my soul. I can’t touch it.”及首字母提示可知，是不需要自己的灵魂，need“需要”，故填(n)eed。
35．
句意：神赐给我们灵魂去行善。根据“Human souls are precious（珍贵的）. The Sea-folk are lost. Good and evil（邪恶） are the same for them.”及首字母提示可知，上帝赐予我们灵魂是要我们去做好事的，故填(g)ood。
36．
句意：然后，渔夫走向市场，准备把他的灵魂卖给商人。根据“But the merchants don’t buy it”及首字母提示可知，渔夫想卖掉灵魂，空前有to，动词用原形，故填(s)ell。
37．
句意：但是商人不买，因为他的灵魂没有价值，对他们来说根本没有用处。根据“his soul has no value（价值）”及首字母提示可知，渔夫的灵魂对于商人没有用，故填(u)seful。
38．
句意：巫婆只想让他和她跳舞作为代价。结合“The witch only wants him to dance with”及首字母提示可知，女巫想要渔夫和自己跳舞，此处用her指代“女巫”，故填(h)er。
39．
句意：最后，她告诉他站在海边，月亮在他身后，用刀割掉他的影子——他的灵魂升起。根据“cut away his shadow（影子）...a knife”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是使用某种工具，有形的工具用with，故填(w)ith。
40．
句意：在渔夫的心目中，爱比世界上任何东西都重要。根据“anything in the world. He looks forward to living with his Mermaid in the sea.”及首字母提示可知，在渔夫看来，爱比世界上任何东西都重要，故填(i)mportant。
41．(i)f
42．(w)ithout
43．(c)ut
44．(b)ody
45．(h)eart
46．(f)ollowed
47．(d)ifferent
48．(g)reater
49．(e)asily
50．(d)ance
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲述了一位年轻的渔夫爱上了美人鱼，但美人鱼告诉渔夫只有当他没有灵魂了，他们才能在一起，渔夫千方百计去掉了自己的灵魂的故事。
41．
句意：因为如果一个人有灵魂，他就不能在水下生活。“for one couldn’t live underwater ”与“he had a soul”是条件关系，结合首字母i可知，此处用if引导条件状语从句，故填(i)f。
42．
句意：他去找他的牧师，但是牧师告诉他没有灵魂的人会迷路的。根据“people …souls were lost”及首字母可知，没有灵魂的人是会迷失自我的，without“没有”，故填(w)ithout。
43．
句意：他去找女巫，她让他用刀子把它割掉。根据“it away with a knife”及首字母可知，用刀把它切掉，cut“切”，tell sb to do sth“告诉某人做某事”，此空应填动词原形，故填(c)ut。
44．
句意：把灵魂从身体中释放出来后，他的灵魂告诉他世界是残酷的，想要他的心。根据“After freeing soul from his”及首字母可知，把灵魂从身体中释放出来，body“身体”，故填(b)ody。
45．
句意：把灵魂从身体中释放出来后，他的灵魂告诉他世界是残酷的，想要他的心。根据“The fisherman refused to give his soul his heart”可知，还想要他的心，heart“心”，故填(h)eart。
46．
句意：他把灵魂送走了，跟着他的美人鱼沉入海底。根据“his Mermaid under the sea”及首字母可知，跟随着美人鱼去往海底，follow“跟随”，根据“sent”可知，此句用一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填(f)ollowed。
47．
句意：每年，他都会去不同的地方旅行，遇到来自遥远文化的不同人。根据“met different people from distant cultures”可知，去了不同的地方旅行，different“不同的”，故填(d)ifferent。
48．
句意：但渔夫认为爱比灵魂展现给他的一切都重要。根据“each time he came with a magical object, but the Fisherman valued love … than everything the Soul showed him”可知，渔夫认为爱更好，great“极好的”，根据“than”可知，此空应填比较级，故填(g)reater。
49．
句意：因为距离很近，他可以很容易地回到他没有腿的美人鱼身边，所以他同意和灵魂一起去看她跳舞。根据“Because it was so near that he could …come back to his legless Mermaid”及首字母可知，因为距离近，所以很容易地回来，副词easily“容易地”修饰动词短语come back，故填(e)asily。
50．
句意：因为距离很近，他可以很容易地回到他没有腿的美人鱼身边，所以他同意和灵魂一起去看她跳舞。根据“The third year, the Soul told him about a beautiful dancer”可知，同意去看跳舞，dance“舞蹈”，故填(d)ance。
51．(l)ast
52．(f)amilies
53．(F)rom
54．(a)rrives
55．(t)rip
56．(l)ooking
57．(f)all
58．(c)lean
59．(j)ump
60．(o)wn
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲述了秋天的一些变化以及人们的活动。
51．
句意：在我们还没注意到改变之前，夏天的最后迹象将消失。此空为形容词作定语修饰名词，根据“The weather is getting a bit cold and the leaves are changing their colors.”可知此处指夏天最后的迹象，last表示“最后的”。故填(l)ast。
52．
句意：在这个节日里，家人聚在一起赏月、吃月饼是一种传统。根据“Mid-Autumn Festival”和常识可知，应该是“家人们”在一起赏月。families表示“家人”，复数概念。故填(f)amilies。
53．
句意：从欣赏五颜六色的树叶到摘苹果，秋天在这个国家是一段有趣的时光。from...to...表示“从……到……”。故填(F)rom。
54．
句意：当秋天来临时，各种各样的树的叶子悄悄地改变颜色。根据“the leaves of different kinds of trees change their colors quietly. Some will turn bright red, while others will be yellow or green.”可知此处介绍秋天来临时，叶子颜色的变化。arrive表示“到达”，fall作主语，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。故填(a)rrives。
55．
句意：在美国的一些地方，进行一次“色彩之旅”很受欢迎。根据“Families will get in their cars and drive around the countryside（乡村）, ...at all the beautiful colors of the trees.”可知，此处应该是色彩“之旅”。trip表示“旅行”，a后接可数名词单数。故填(t)rip。
56．
句意：各家各户都会开着车在乡村里转悠，看着五颜六色的树木。look at表示“看”，此处用动名词形式作状语。故填(l)ooking。
57．
句意：随着树叶变色，它们也落到地上，使院子变得凌乱。根据“People have to rake（用耙子耙）their yards to keep them...”可知秋天叶子会落到地上。fall表示“落下”，此句为一般现在时，主语为they，动词用原形。故填(f)all。
58．
句意：人们必须用耙子耙院子以保持干净。keep sth adj表示“保持某物怎么样”，形容词作宾补；根据“People have to rake（用耙子耙）their yards”可知，用耙子耙院子会使院子变干净，clean表示“干净的”。故填(c)lean。
59．
句意：他们将这些树叶耙成一堆，然后孩子们可以跳进树叶里玩耍。根据“They will rake these leaves into piles”可推断，孩子们应该是“跳”进树叶里玩。jump表示“跳”，can后接动词原形。故填(j)ump。
60．
句意：在纽约城外，农场和果园的主人经常邀请顾客“采摘”。根据“Customers will be charged（收费）by weight when they leave.”可知这是采摘，自己采摘，your own表示“你自己”。故填(o)wn。
61．(u)sing
62．(w)ithout
63．(p)eriod
64．(s)hares
65．(h)ow
66．(c)ross
67．(t)oys
68．(l)earnt##(l)earned
69．(b)ecause
70．(s)ame
【解析】
【导语】
本文介绍了“当代鲁班”——阿木爷爷。
61．
句意：他擅长用木头手工制作很多东西。use sth to do sth“使用某物去做某事”，be good at doing sth“擅长做某事”，故填(u)sing。
62．
句意：他很懂木工，总是不用任何机器，甚至不用钉子或胶水就能完成工作。连词or用于否定句，因此用介词without“没有”，故填(w)ithout。
63．
句意：人们称他为“现代鲁班”——战国时期著名的木匠。Warring States period“战国时期”，故填(p)eriod。
64．
句意：他现在63岁了，和儿子一家住在中国东南部的广西。share…with…表示“和……分享……”，主语he是第三人称单数形式，谓语用第三人称单数形式，故填(s)hares。
65．
句意：在他发布的视频中，阿木爷爷向人们展示了如何制作苹果状的鲁班锁、龙舟和许多不同的农用机械，这些都是用木头做的。结合句意，他展示的是如何制作苹果状的鲁班锁，how to do sth“如何做某事”，故填(h)ow。
66．
句意：他还建了一座木桥帮助当地人过河，这样他们就不用再走很远了。cross the river“过河”，help sb do sth“帮助某人做某事”，故填(c)ross。
67．
句意：阿木爷爷给他的孙子做了一些木制玩具。根据“His grandson’s favorites include a walking Peppa Pig (小猪佩奇) and a bubble blowing machine.”可知，此处指的是玩具，toy“玩具”，有some修饰，用复数名词，故填(t)oys。
68．
句意：阿木爷爷刚开始为了给贫穷的家里赚更多的钱，学会了木工手艺。结合句意，他为了给家里赚更多的钱，学会了木工手艺，learn“学习”，根据“first”可知，此处用一般过去时，故填(l)earnt/(l)earned。
69．
句意：他的儿子说：“我们制作这些视频，是因为我们想把我们的文化带给其他人，让人们知道数百年前中国人的木工技艺。”结合句意，前一句表示我们制作这些视频，后一句表示我们想把我们的文化带给其他人，前后表示因果关系，因此用连词because“因为”，故填(b)ecause。
70．
句意：阿木爷爷非常喜欢做木工活，所以他每天都做着同样的工作。根据““Choose one thing and do it for your whole life.” he always says.”可知，一辈子做一件事，因此表示每天做同样的工作，same“同样的”，故填(s)ame。
71．(a)nswer
72．(d)ecided
73．(d)ynasties
74．(h)elp
75．(b)uilding
76．(s)pent
77．(f)inished
78．(p)aintings##(p)ictures
79．(s)tory
80．(w)ooden##(w)onderful
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲述了来自第八高中的学生制作了一艘木制的帆船，讲述了他们制作的过程以及老师对这个作品的看法。
71．
句意：对于这个问题，有些学生给出了满意的答案。根据“what do you think they will be able to do?”可知，针对这个问题给出了答案，answer“答案”，a修饰名词的单数形式，故填(a)nswer。
72．
句意：在学校开设的实践课上，大约30名学生决定建造一艘帆船。根据句子结构可知，此空缺少谓语动词，根据“to build a sailing ship”及首字母可知，决定建造一艘帆船，decide to do sth“决定做某事”，根据“came from”可知，此句用一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填(d)ecided。
73．
句意：他们的想法来自于明清时期一艘典型的福建风格的商船。根据“during the Ming and Qing”及首字母可知，此处指在明清时期，dynasty“王朝”，根据“Ming and Qing”可知，此空应填名词复数形式，故填(d)ynasties。
74．
句意：在老师和两名经验丰富的工匠的帮助下，他们于2021年3月开始了工作。根据“With the …of their teacher”及首字母可知，此处用with the help of表示“在……的帮助下”，故填(h)elp。
75．
句意：然而，建造一艘帆船比他们想象的要困难得多。根据前文“build a sailing ship”可知，此处指建造一艘帆船，build“建立”，此空在句中作主语，应填动名词，故填(b)uilding。
76．
句意：一群学生花时间画草图，带木头做船体，升起帆。根据句子结构可知，此空缺少谓语动词，根据“time drawing sketches”及首字母可知，此处用spend time doing sth表示“花费时间做某事”，描述过去发生的事情，动词用过去式，故填(s)pent。
77．
句意：当他们完成船的时候，另一组人开始油漆船。根据句子结构可知，此空缺少谓语动词，根据“another group started to paint the ship”及首字母可知，完成之后开始油漆船，finish“完成”，描述过去发生的事情，动词用过去式，故填(f)inished。
78．
句意：他们有一幅画是一只长着大翅膀的鸟。根据“a student who learns traditional Chinese painting”及首字母可知，此处指其中一幅画，painting或picture表示“画”，one of后接名词的复数形式，故填(p)aintings/(p)ictures。
79．
句意：我的想法来自中国的一个传统故事，精卫鸟试图用石头填海。根据“about the bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea with stones”及首字母可知，此处指传统故事，story“故事”，a修饰名词的单数形式，故填(s)tory。
80．
句意：现在，这艘木制的/美丽的中国帆船静静地矗立在教学楼之间。此空缺少形容词作定语，根据第一段最后一句“They built a wooden Chinese sailing ship”可知这是一艘木制的船，根据“Teachers use the ship as a teaching tool”可知，此处也可以表示美丽的船，wooden“木制的”，wonderful“极好的”，故填(w)ooden/(w)onderful。