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题型:短文填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难

广东省惠州市惠城区2018-2019学年八年级下学期英语期末质量试卷

请用适当的词完成下面的短文,每个空只能填写一个形式正确,意义相符的词。

    As we all know, the Moon is the moon of Earth, and it goes around the earth. Scientists have already  a lot about it, but they've always wanted to know more about it. And they decided to send  to the Moon. They think it's the  way to learn more about the moon.

    But  do the astronauts get to the moon? The moon is about 384,000 kilometres away from the earth.  can't take a plane to the Moon. But something can fly even  there is no air. That is a manned spacecraft (载人宇宙飞船). Several astronauts have been to the Moon in the manned spacecraft. It is said that so far more than ten astronauts have  to the Moon in the manned spacecraft and returned successfully.

    Scientists have always asked the questions:  so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space: Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has no one  with us? We do not know the yet. But some scientists believe that they will find out the fact someday.

举一反三

A. Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes

B. She learned to make a machine with the blocks(积木)

C. Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects

D. They should also provide a good education

E. The four areas together are known as STEM

 Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The US government wants to change that. The government will spend three billion dollars on the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The purpose of the government's investment(投资)is to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.

Camsie McAdams is at the US Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. 

Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a toy for girls. The name of the toy is “Goldie Blox”. To interest girls, Sterling created the character “Goldie”. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and builds new worlds.

 Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .

 Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . At school, girls should take part in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking. 

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)

    Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe(低头族)”. Are you a heads-down tribe m{#blank#}1{#/blank#}? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.

    More and more traffic accidents are h{#blank#}2{#/blank#} because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined(罚款).

    As we can see above, u{#blank#}3{#/blank#} mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let's have a look at an interesting TV r{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. A man in America k{#blank#}5{#/blank#} using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so a{#blank#}6{#/blank#} that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their o{#blank#}7{#/blank#} mobile phones. It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite to them d{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with o{#blank#}9{#/blank#} on the phone.

    Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on h{#blank#}10{#/blank#} people use them. Let's be “healthy” users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe.”

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