一、根据课文内容以及首字母提示完成短文
After the ship crashed against the rock, Gulliver (1) s as fast as he could. He was really tired out and (2) s on the beach. When he woke up, he found himself unable to move because his arms, legs and even hair were (3) t to the ground.
A very small man was standing near his face. His (4) s was the same as Gulliver’s little finger. Soon more small men started (5) c all over him. He shouted at them, they (6) f over because of the noise. However, they soon got up (7) a. One small man tried to talk to Gulliver, but they could not (8) u each other. Gulliver (9) m to break free. When he lifted the left hand into the air, he saw a huge (10) a of tiny people coming straight towards him. Gulliver thought he must run away from them, but what should he do?

(1) swam
(2) slept
(3) tied
(4) size
(5) climbing
(6) fell
(7) again
(8) understand
(9) managed
(10) army

这篇短文出自《格列佛游记》相关课文，需结合语境、时态和固定搭配填空：
1. 根据前文船触礁的语境，此处表示“游泳”，用swim的过去式swam；
2. 由“tired out”和后文“woke up”可知此处是“睡着”，用sleep的过去式slept；
3. 表示“被绑在地上”，用tie的过去分词tied，构成被动语态；
4. 描述小矮人的“尺寸”，用名词size；
5. start doing sth是固定搭配，此处表示“爬”，用climbing；
6. 表示“摔倒”，用fall的过去式fell；
7. 结合语境表示“又，再”，用副词again；
8. 表示“理解”，用动词understand；
9. manage to do sth是固定搭配，意为“设法做成某事”，用manage的过去式managed；
10. a huge army of是固定搭配，意为“一大群”，填army。

二、微写作：Have you ever faced a challenge like the ones Gulliver met, which seemed impossible to overcome ? If yes,what did you do ? (At least 5-8 sentences)

Have you ever faced a challenge that seemed impossible to overcome? I have such an unforgettable experience. Last year, I took part in the 3000-meter race in our school sports meeting. At first, I thought I could finish it easily, but after running 2000 meters, my legs felt like lead and I could hardly catch my breath. I really wanted to give up, just like Gulliver when he was trapped by the tiny Lilliputians. But then I remembered how Gulliver tried his best to get out of trouble instead of giving up. So I took a deep breath, slowed down my pace a little and kept moving forward step by step. With the warm cheers from my classmates, I finally crossed the finish line. Although I didn't win the first prize, I felt extremely proud of myself. I learned that no matter how hard the challenge is, we can overcome it if we hold on to the end.

这篇微写作选取校园长跑比赛的经历，贴合题目中“类似格列佛遇到的看似无法克服的挑战”的要求，以“遇困-受格列佛精神鼓舞-坚持突破”为逻辑线展开，句式多样，词汇符合八年级下册英语水平，满足句子数量要求，内容真实自然，传递出面对挑战的积极态度。

三、完形填空
When teachers are teaching, they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to 1 something.
Manu, a doctor, thought that struggling can help students learn 2. He made students into two groups. In the first group, students worked out Math problems 3 the teacher’s help. In the second group, students 4 the answer to the same problem by helping one another, 5 getting help from the teacher.
With the teacher’s help, students in the first group could 6 right answers but they got low marks in tests. Students in the second group did not work out the problem quickly. 7, they came up with a lot of good ideas and they got 8 marks in the same test.
So 9 teachers for help is not the right way for us. It’s more 10 for students to learn something by themselves.
() 1. A. learn
B. teach
C. read
D. answer
() 2. A. worse
B. slower
C. harder
D. better
() 3. A. in
B. with
C. on
D. for
() 4. A. realized
B. solved
C. clicked
D. gathered
() 5. A. instead of
B. because of
C. as a result of
D. in need of
() 6. A. see
B. think
C. find
D. hear
() 7. A. Otherwise
B. However
C. Therefore
D. Moreover
() 8. A. high
B. low
C. tall
D. bad
() 9. A. learning
B. needing
C. following
D. asking
() 10. A. boring
B. important
C. worse
D. different

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. B

1. 本文围绕学习方式展开讨论，此处表达“学习知识”，learn（学习）符合语境，故选A。
2. 根据后文实验结论，自主探索能让学生学得更好，better（更好地）契合文意，故选D。
3. "with one's help"是固定短语，意为“在某人的帮助下”，故选B。
4. 第二组学生互相协作来解决问题得出答案，solved（解决）符合语境，故选B。
5. 第二组学生靠互相帮助而非老师指导，instead of（而不是）体现这种对比关系，故选A。
6. 在老师帮助下第一组学生能找到正确答案，find（找到）符合文意，故选C。
7. 前文说第二组解题速度慢，后文说他们有很多好想法，是转折关系，However（然而）用于表转折，故选B。
8. 根据实验结果，第二组测试分数更高，high（高的）可修饰marks（分数），故选A。
9. "ask sb for help"是固定搭配，意为“向某人求助”，此处动名词短语作主语，故选D。
10. 文章结论是学生自主学习更重要，important（重要的）符合语境，故选B。

四、首字母填空
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876. Life was (1) h when Jack was growing up and he started working when he was 10. He did lots of different jobs. In his free time, he went to the library and he spent many hours there, (2) r. In 1894, he went back to school, and (3) p his first short story Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan. Then in 1896, he went to the University of California at Berkeley, but he had to (4) l because of money problems.
In 1897, he left for the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska. (5) H, he became ill and came home and started working as a full-time (6) w. He wrote short stories and soon he was well-known. In 1903, he wrote his most (7) f story The Call of the Wild. His next novel was The Sea-Wolf (1904) which is perhaps his best novel. (8) W the money, he bought a large farm in California, where he died, aged only 40 years old.
London wrote a lot of novels in his (9) s life. Between 1905 and 1916, he published 18 novels and six collections of stories, as well as a play, different kinds of works of non-fiction and a biography (自传). He is (10) b for his descriptions of nature and the animal world.

1. hard
2. reading
3. published
4. leave
5. However
6. writer
7. famous
8. With
9. short
10. best-known

1. 根据后文“he started working when he was 10”可知杰克成长时期生活艰难，结合首字母h，填hard。
2. 前文提到在图书馆，结合首字母r，且spend time doing sth.是固定结构，填reading。
3. 结合语境是发表第一篇短篇小说，首字母p，文章时态为一般过去时，填published。
4. 前文提及进入大学，后文说因为钱的问题，所以是不得不离开，had to后接动词原形，填leave。
5. 前文说去淘金，后文说生病回家，表转折关系，首字母H，填However。
6. 后文提到他写故事，可知是做全职作家，首字母w，填writer。
7. 《野性的呼唤》是杰克·伦敦最著名的作品之一，首字母f，填famous。
8. 表示“用这些钱”，首字母W，填With。
9. 杰克·伦敦仅40岁就去世，所以是短暂的一生，首字母s，填short。
10. 表示“以……最为著名”，首字母b，填best-known。