【文章內容簡介】 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：不幸運的是，那個景色自從2019年4月16日就已經(jīng)消失了。since引導的時間狀語從句，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，結構是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?！眓ot 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)名詞復數(shù)，treasure的復數(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。 【點評】考查語法填空，考查詞匯在語篇中的運用能力。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練習（含答案解析）9．根據(jù)短文內容選擇正確答案。B Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves。 some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It39。s hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons（變色龍） can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes. Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them. Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them.（1）Animals have ways to stay alive. How many of them are mentioned in the passage?A.OneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Five（2）Why do animals hide?A.Because they like to play hideandseek.B.Because they are shy.C.Because they want to catch other.D.Because they want to protect themselves.（3）How do Chameleons hide?A.They change colors.B.They change shapes.C.They hide in snow.D.They hide in leaves.（4）How do zebras hide?A.Bee good friends.B.Talk to each other.C.Help each other look out for danger.D.Eat and play together.（5）Why do animals try to look bigger than they are ?A.They want other animals to run away from them.B.They want other animals to follow them.C.They want other animals to see them.D.They want other animals to like them.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）C（5）A 【解析】【分析】這篇短文中作者主要介紹了一些動物為了更好的生存保護自己來掩飾自己的幾種不同的方法。（1）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段 Some animals hide in leaves。 some animals hide in ，第二段第一句話Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. 介紹了第三種自我保護的方法；故選C。（2）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一句話Many animals hide to stay alive. 及第二段This helps them stay alive. 可知，動物掩飾自己的目的是為了更好的生存；故選D。（3）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段Chameleons（變色龍） can hide by changing colors. 可知，變色龍的特點就是變換顏色；故選A。（4）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. 可知斑馬可以通過聚在一起來相互提醒對方注意危險；故選C。（5）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. 可知，他們使自己看起來很龐大的原因是嚇跑覓食的動物；故選A。10．閱讀理解 The years from 500 to 1450 are called the Middle ages. Sometimes they are also called the Dark Ages since few people had an education during that time. Still, there were lots of new ideas and inventions. Many of them came from China.Paper Money In 1023. the first government—printed （政府印制的） paper money was printed in China. Before that, paper money had been printed just by panies. Marco polo was an Italian explorer who went to China. He wrote about paper Money. Paper money did not bee popular in Europe Until Sweden began printing it in 1601.Movable type printing machine Bi Sheng Made the first movable type printing machine in China in the 1000s. Before this， people had to make copies of books by writing out the whole book by hand.Magnetic（磁的）pass A pass is