五、短文填空。
请从方框内选择适当的词，并根据需要用其正确形式填空，使文章语法正确、完整连贯。
注意：每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余选项。
metre sad when eat though large sleep they light for danger to
Mountain gorillas have a very terrible look. 1. this reason, most people would probably be very afraid of them and run away when seeing them. First, mountain gorillas are huge. They can grow up to two 2. tall and weigh more than 200 kg. Second, mountain gorillas can make loud noise. In fact, male mountain gorillas mainly do it 3. they are protecting（保护）their family.
Mountain gorillas are very clever animals and they stay together in small family groups. The leader is the 4. mountain gorilla. Mountain gorillas spend almost all of their time 5. and sleeping. Young mountain gorillas often play together. They run around and climb trees. At night, the animals make room to 6. in.
Most mountain gorillas make room on the ground, while the 7. ones may sleep in low trees. The baby mountain gorillas sleep with 8. mothers.
Mountain gorillas hardly attack（攻击）humans. 9. , there are only about 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the world. They are in great 10. . We need to take action to save them.

1. For 2. metres 3. when 4. largest 5. eating 6. sleep 7. lighter 8. their 9. Sadly 10. danger

【分析】
先通读短文，理解文章围绕山地大猩猩的外形、习性及生存现状展开。解题时需结合每个空的语法结构、语境，从方框内选词，同时注意词形变化（如名词复数、形容词最高级、动词形式转换等），还要关注固定搭配的运用，确保语法正确、语义连贯。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配for this reason（因此），故填For；
2. 数词two后接可数名词复数，metre的复数是metres，故填metres；
3. 此处引导时间状语从句，表“当……时”，用when，故填when；
4. 前面有定冠词the，结合语境指“最大的山地大猩猩”，用large的最高级largest，故填largest；
5. 固定搭配spend time doing sth（花费时间做某事），eat的动名词是eating，故填eating；
6. 固定搭配make room to do sth（腾出空间做某事），用sleep原形，故填sleep；
7. 与前文Most对应，指“体型较轻的（大猩猩）”，用light的比较级lighter，故填lighter；
8. 修饰名词mothers，用形容词性物主代词their，故填their；
9. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，表“遗憾的是”，sad的副词是Sadly，故填Sadly；
10. 固定搭配in danger（处于危险中），故填danger。
【答案】
1. For 2. metres 3. when 4. largest 5. eating 6. sleep 7. lighter 8. their 9. Sadly 10. danger
【知识点】
固定搭配、形容词最高级、非谓语动词、副词用法、名词复数
【点评】
本题考查短文填空，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配解题，重点关注词形变化，整体难度适中，是初中英语常见题型。
【难度系数】
0.5

Period 4 Section B 1a-1f
必备知识导学
核心词汇
知识点 connect 教材 p36 How are plants and animals connected with us?

54 新课程学习辅导 英语 八年级 上册 人教版
【情境运用】
用 connect 的适当形式填空。
(1) The study is closely to the history of tea.
(2) His healthy body has a strong with exercise.
(3) Ms. Brown tells us to new words with pictures to remember them faster.

(1) connected (2) connection (3) connect

【分析】首先分析每个句子的结构与所需词性：(1)句中be动词后需接形容词作表语，结合思维导图中connect的形容词形式；(2)句中a strong后需接名词，对应connect的名词形式；(3)句中tell sb to do sth结构需用动词原形，故判断需用connect的动词原形。
【解析】(1) 根据思维导图，connect的形容词为connected，be connected with/to表示“与……有关联”，符合句子结构，故填connected；(2) 此处需名词，connect的名词形式为connection，have a connection with表示“与……有联系”，故填connection；(3) tell sb to do sth是固定结构，需用动词原形，故填connect。
【答案】(1) connected (2) connection (3) connect
【知识点】connect词性变形；connect短语搭配
【点评】本题考查核心词汇connect的不同词性及用法，为基础词汇变形题，需结合句子结构判断词性，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.3