2026年练习部分八年级英语上册沪教版五四制第54页答案
3 Choose the best answer to complete the passage. 选择最恰当的答案补全短文。
In a small English (英格兰的) village called Woolsthorpe, there was a boy named Isaac Newton. He lived with his grandma, who heard him (1)
A
all kinds of questions every day. Most of the time, she (2)
B
answer them, so she told him to find the answers by himself.
A story goes that one day, (3)
C
young Isaac was sitting in the garden, an apple fell from a tree. “Why do apples (4)
C
fall down and not up or sideways (往一侧)?” he wondered. He decided to find it out. He did a lot of research and tried his best (5)
B
the answer.
When he finally understood, he shared his ideas (6)
C
everyone. His discoveries changed the way people thought about the world. Before Isaac, (7)
A
understood why things fall towards the ground; but (8)
A
he shared his findings, people learned about the force that pulls things down.
Isaac’s success came from always wanting to know why things happen, not just seeing them (9)
A
. He didn’t stop (10)
C
he found the answers, and that’s how he became a great scientist.

(1) A. ask B. to ask C. asked
(2) A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. mustn’t
(3) A. before B. after C. while
(4) A. sometimes B. never C. always
(5) A. discover B. to discover C. discovering
(6) A. to B. on C. with
(7) A. nobody B. somebody C. everyone
(8) A. after B. until C. since
(9) A. happen B. to happen C. happened
(10) A. as B. when C. until

答案

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) C (5) B (6) C (7) A (8) A (9) A (10) C

解析

【分析】
先通读全文,理解文章讲述牛顿的成长故事,再结合语法、固定搭配及语境逐一分析每个空:1. 考查固定搭配;2. 结合语境判断情态动词;3. 选择合适的时间连词;4. 根据语境选副词;5. 考查固定搭配;6. 考查固定搭配;7. 根据语境选代词;8. 选择合适的时间连词;9. 考查固定搭配;10. 考查固定搭配。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配hear sb do sth,意为“听到某人做某事”,强调动作全过程,故选A;
2. 语境为奶奶无法回答问题,couldn’t表示“不能”,符合句意,故选B;
3. while引导时间状语从句,意为“当……的时候”,符合“当牛顿坐在花园时苹果掉落”的语境,故选C;
4. 句意:为什么苹果总是掉下来,always表示“总是”,符合常识,故选C;
5. 固定搭配try one’s best to do sth,意为“尽某人最大努力做某事”,故选B;
6. 固定搭配share sth with sb,意为“和某人分享某物”,故选C;
7. 句意:在牛顿之前,没人懂为什么东西落地,nobody表示“没人”,符合语境,故选A;
8. 句意:在他分享发现之后,人们才知道,after表示“在……之后”,故选A;
9. 固定搭配see sth do sth,意为“看到某物做某事”,故选A;
10. 固定搭配not...until...,意为“直到……才……”,符合“直到找到答案才停止”的语境,故选C。
【答案】
(1)A (2)B (3)C (4)C (5)B (6)C (7)A (8)A (9)A (10)C
【知识点】
固定搭配、连词用法、代词辨析
【点评】
本文围绕牛顿的故事展开,考查初中英语基础语法与词汇,结合语境即可解答,是典型的完形填空基础题,适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6