()8. — Reading is the best way to pass the time on the train.
— I never go travelling without a book.

A.You are joking.
B.I don't think so.
C.It sounds like fun.
D.That's true.

8. D

【分析】
本题考查英语情景交际，解题思路是先理解上下句的语境逻辑，再结合选项判断说话人的态度。上句提出“阅读是在火车上打发时间的最好方式”，下句回应“我旅行从不不带书”，说明是赞同上句观点，据此分析各选项。
【解析】
首先分析对话语境：第一句表达阅读是火车上打发时间的最佳方式，第二句“我旅行从不不带书”体现对前句观点的赞同。逐一分析选项：A选项“你在开玩笑”不符合赞同态度；B选项“我不这么认为”是反对，与语境矛盾；C选项“听起来有趣”未明确表达赞同；D选项“那是对的”契合赞同的语境，因此选D。
【答案】
D
【知识点】
情景交际
【点评】
本题为基础情景交际题，需结合上下文语境判断说话人的态度，难度较低，适合日常情景对话的考查。
【难度系数】
0.8

四、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
主题群:文学、艺术与体育
子主题:体育活动
语篇类型:说明文
难度:★★
Every day, in all 1. (kind) of weather, a lot of men and women go jogging. Why is jogging so popular now? Most people start jogging 2. they hear it is very good exercise. Jogging 3. (make) the heart(心脏) strong and helps people keep 4. (health). If you keep jogging, you don't have to go without meals to be slim. Jogging can also make you 5. (feel) better about yourself.
Benny is 6. 42-year-old man and works in an office. He began jogging a few 7. (year) ago because he was fat. At first, he could only run about 500 metres, but two years later, he could run over 20 kilometres.
Do you jog? If you do, be sure to ask your doctor 8. advice. Does jogging cost much? Almost nothing. But it is very important 9. (have) a good pair of shoes. They should be specially made for jogging. If not, when you run on the hard ground for a long time, your 10. (foot) may hurt.

1. kinds 2. because 3. makes 4. healthy
5. feel 6. a 7. years 8. for 9. to have 10. feet

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则（主谓一致、词性转换、名词单复数、冠词、介词等）逐一分析每个空格，确定单词的正确形式。
【解析】1. 考查固定搭配，all kinds of意为“各种各样的”，故填kinds；2. 考查连词，前文询问慢跑受欢迎的原因，此处用because引导原因状语从句，故填because；3. 考查主谓一致，主语Jogging为第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填makes；4. 考查形容词，keep为系动词，后接形容词作表语，health的形容词形式为healthy，故填healthy；5. 考查固定搭配make sb do sth，意为“让某人做某事”，故填feel；6. 考查冠词，此处泛指“一个42岁的男人”，42-year-old以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a；7. 考查名词复数，a few后接可数名词复数，year的复数为years，故填years；8. 考查固定搭配ask sb for advice，意为“向某人寻求建议”，故填for；9. 考查固定句型it is + adj + to do sth，其中it为形式主语，真正主语为不定式，故填to have；10. 考查名词复数，foot的复数形式为feet，此处指双脚，故填feet。
【答案】1. kinds 2. because 3. makes 4. healthy 5. feel 6. a 7. years 8. for 9. to have 10. feet
【知识点】固定搭配、主谓一致、词性转换
【点评】本题围绕慢跑话题的说明文语法填空，考查基础语法与词汇搭配，难度适中，需学生掌握常见固定搭配及基本语法规则。
【难度系数】0.5

五、完形填空。
主题群:文学、艺术与体育 子主题:体育活动 语篇类型:说明文 难度:★★
People in every place of the world do sport in their life. Many of them have their 1 sports and players.
Why do people like sport? 2 helps people to keep happy and healthy. Many people like to 3 other people play games. They feel it interesting to 4 their favourite games or players. They enjoy the games on TV or on the internet. When their favourite players or teams win, they get very 5.
6 are games and sports from? They are often from people’s work and 7. People in some countries and places use 8 to help them work, so they use horses in their sport too. Some sports are 9, and people like to play them. More and more people play football now 10 it is interesting.
Some sports like jumping or 11 date back to(追溯到) many years ago. 12 basketball and volleyball are very new. Both of them are only about 130 years old. People are inventing(发明) new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing(滑水) is 13 of the new members in the sports family. People 14 different places in the world may not know each other very well, but they can become good 15 after a game.
()1. A. best B. favourite C. kind D. terrible
()2. A. Basketball B. Football C. Sport D. Tennis
()3. A. watch B. listen C. hear D. look
()4. A. listen to B. hear from C. talk about D. play with
()5. A. happy B. afraid C. sad D. tired
()6. A. When B. Where C. Why D. Which
()7. A. wish B. life C. dream D. holiday
()8. A. cars B. cows C. dogs D. horses
()9. A. sad B. interesting C. busy D. different
()10. A. but B. so C. or D. because
()11. A. shopping B. reading C. drawing D. running
()12. A. But B. And C. Because D. So
()13. A. two B. some C. one D. any
()14. A. on B. out C. with D. from
()15. A. friends B. teachers C. brothers D. sisters

1~5. BCACA 6~10. BBDBD 11~15. DACDA

【分析】
先通读全文，明确文章围绕世界各地的体育运动展开，讲解人们喜爱运动的原因、运动的起源及新旧运动等内容。解题时需结合语境、词汇搭配、词义辨析逐一分析：1空需表达“最喜欢的”修饰运动，对应语境选favourite；2空指代前文核心的“运动”，选sport；3空表示“观看比赛”用watch；4空对应“谈论喜爱的比赛/运动员”选talk about；5空对应“队伍获胜时的情绪”选happy；6空询问运动的来源，用where；7空对应“工作和生活”选life；8空呼应后文的horses；9空对应“人们喜爱的运动属性”选interesting；10空解释原因用because；11空与jumping并列的运动选running；12空表转折（古老与新运动的对比）选but；13空用one of表“…之一”；14空表“来自不同地方”用from；15空对应“比赛后成为好友”选friends。
【解析】
1. 考查形容词辨析：句意为“很多人有自己最喜欢的运动和运动员”，favourite（最喜欢的）符合语境，选B。
2. 考查代词指代：前文核心话题是sport，此处指代“运动帮助人们保持开心健康”，选C。
3. 考查动词辨析：表示“观看比赛”用watch，listen/hear侧重听，look为不及物动词，选A。
4. 考查动词短语：句意为“他们觉得谈论最喜欢的比赛或运动员很有趣”，talk about（谈论）符合，选C。
5. 考查形容词：喜欢的队伍获胜时，人们会感到开心，happy符合，选A。
6. 考查疑问词：询问“运动和游戏来自哪里”，where符合，选B。
7. 考查名词：运动常源于人们的工作和生活，life符合，选B。
8. 考查名词：后文提到horses，此处指人们用马辅助工作，选D。
9. 考查形容词：人们喜爱的运动通常是有趣的，interesting符合，选B。
10. 考查连词：解释“越来越多人踢足球”的原因，用because，选D。
11. 考查名词：与jumping并列的运动类词汇，running符合，选D。
12. 考查连词：前文说部分运动古老，后文说篮球排球很新，为转折关系，用but，选A。
13. 考查代词：one of表示“…之一”，符合“滑水是新运动之一”的语境，选C。
14. 考查介词：表示“来自不同地方”，用from，选D。
15. 考查名词：不同地方的人通过比赛成为好朋友，friends符合，选A。
【答案】
1~5. BCACA 6~10. BBDBD 11~15. DACDA
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、语境理解
【点评】
本文是围绕体育运动展开的说明文，考察学生对词汇、语境的综合理解，难度中等，适合巩固完形填空的解题方法。
【难度系数】
0.6