【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ；他想了大約一分鐘。for+時間段，故答案是for?！军c(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，考查詞匯在語篇中的運(yùn)用能力。注意理解句意，首先讀一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短語及語境。8．閱讀下面短文，在空格處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式（每空不多于兩個單詞）。 It39。s not often sunny in Paris, but people still love to walk along the banks of the Seine. They love the city39。s old buildings,________（especial） Notre Dame Cathedral（巴黎圣母院）. Unluckily, that view ________（go） since April 16th, 2019. On April 16, a fire destroyed the 850yearold cathedral, and twothirds of the roof. The fire________（shock） Parisians. People came together to the church,________（sing） songs and praying （祈禱）for the hundreds of firefighters who fought the flames. Notre Dame, not only to Catholics, ________to all Parisians means a lot, wrote by ________author, It39。s a symbol of French culture and history. That39。s ________people felt sad. The church itself, after all, is a treasure. It was built in 1163 and after Notre Dame, churches in Europe were built ________（tall） and looked more beautiful. Though Notre Dame had a long history and many ________（treasure）, Victor Hugo, a writer, made the church truly famous. His novel, The Hunchback of NotreDame, presented the building to us. He wrote the book to remind people ________it, with hope they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.【答案】 especially；has gone；shocked；singing；but；an；why；taller；treasures；of 【解析】【分析】主要講了被大火燒掉的巴黎圣母院。 （1）句意：他們喜歡這個城市古老的建筑物，尤其是巴黎圣母院。尤其是用especially，故填especially。 （2）句意：不幸運(yùn)的是，那個景色自從2019年4月16日就已經(jīng)消失了。since引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句，從句用一般過去時，主句用現(xiàn)在完成時，句子是主句，所以用現(xiàn)在完成時，結(jié)構(gòu)是have/has+動詞過去分詞，主語是單數(shù)view，所以用has，go的過去分詞是gone，故填has gone。 （3）句意：這場大火震驚了巴黎人。時態(tài)是一般過去時，所以用過去式shocked，故填shocked。 （4）句意：人們一起來到教堂，唱歌和為救火的數(shù)百名消防戰(zhàn)士祈禱。and連接并列成分，praying是ing，所以sing也用ing，即singing，故填singing。 （5）句意：“巴黎圣母院，不僅僅對天主教徒，而且對巴黎人意義重大。”not only...but（also）...不僅……而且……，故填but。 （6）句意：由一名作家所寫“它是法國文化和歷史的象征?！盿uthor是可數(shù)名詞，以元音音素開頭，所以用an，故填an。 （7）句意：那是人們?yōu)槭裁锤械奖瘋脑?。that39。s why+句子，表示那是為什么……的原因，故填why。 （8）句意：歐洲的教堂被建立的更高和看起來更漂亮。and表并列，前后單詞用法一致，more beautiful，比較級，所以tall也用比較級taller，故填taller。 （9）句意：盡管巴黎圣母院有長的歷史和許多珠寶。many修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，treasure的復(fù)數(shù)是treasures，故填treasures。 （10）句意：他寫這本書使他們想起它。remind sb. of sth.，使某人想起……，故填of。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，考查詞匯在語篇中的運(yùn)用能力。注意理解句意，首先讀一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短語及語境。二、八年級英語上冊閱讀理解專項(xiàng)練習(xí)（含答案解析）9．閱讀理解 Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid. About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their houses as much as possible. In 1749, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people for stopping thieves. They were like policemen and were called Bow Street Runners because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were about 120Bow Street Runners, but London had bee very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan （or London） Police Service was started with about 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses.Today, London police are quite well—paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even higher than for the others.（1）In 1700, the men who protected the streets in London were paid _______. A.a fewB.nothingC.a littleD.a lot（2）About 300 years ago, many people _______. A.wanted to leave LondonB.had big houses in LondonC.became policemenD.came to live in London（3）People didn39。t leave their houses because _______. A.they had no moneyB.they were afraid of losing moneyC.the city was not cleanD.they liked homes（4）The Bow Street Runners _______. A.stopped people from stealingB.stole moneyC.paid people for stealingD.stopped people riding horses【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要講述了倫敦警察的發(fā)展史，起初倫敦沒有警察，但隨著越來越多的人來到倫敦居住，小偷變得多了起來。Henry就花錢雇傭一些人來防止小偷，倫敦的警察就產(chǎn)生了。后來警察的數(shù)量越來越多了，報酬也越來越高了。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not ，在1700年，倫敦根本沒有警察，少數(shù)的老人來保護(hù)城市的街道，而且題目沒有報酬。故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live ，在大約300年前，倫敦變得越來越大，越來越多的人來到倫敦居住。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as ，在300年前，倫敦的街道上有很多的小偷，所以人們都盡可能的呆在自己的家里。故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow ，在1750年，Henry Fielding開始付錢請一些人來防止小偷。他們就像今天的警察一樣，他們被叫做Bow Street Runners，因?yàn)樗麄冊贐ow Street 這個街道附近工作。故這些人是來防止小偷的。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題，首先仔細(xì)閱讀文后的問題，弄清問題的大意；然后帶著問題閱讀短文，抓住關(guān)鍵信息，選擇正確答案。10．閱讀理解 Ferdinand Magellan（1480~1521） was a Portuguese explorer. In 1519, he led the voyage to sail around the world. It was also the first voyage to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Magellan gave the Pacific Ocean its name, which means peaceful sea in Portuguese. However, Magellan was killed in a battle before the voyage was finished. Only one of his ships, Victoria pleted the journey. It39。s said that Laozi lived in the about 5th century BC. It is