八、阅读短文,根据语篇要求填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
How will you feel if you see a fish walking along the road? Will you feel amazed if you see a fish climbing a tree? 1. fact, a kind of fish can do both. It is called the climbing perch (攀鲈).
It was said that 2. tourist to India first found this kind of fish. One day, he saw a fish was high up in a tree by accident. What was the fish doing there? How did it get 3. the tree? He thought that maybe a bird put it there.
The next day, the tourist saw another fish come out of water. It was hard to believe, 4. it was true. The fish used its fins (鳍) and tail to pull itself along the road. After it got high up in the tree, it took a rest. He was very surprised to see the scene (情景) and told others about 5. he saw.
Now, people can find this kind of fish mainly in some Asian countries, such as India, Thailand, Pakistan and the Philippines.

1.In 2.a 3.up 4.but 5.what

1. 考查固定短语。“in fact”为固定搭配，意为“事实上”，句首首字母需大写，故填In。
2. 考查冠词。此处泛指“一位游客”，tourist以辅音音素开头，应用不定冠词a，故填a。
3. 考查介词。“get up the tree”表示“爬上树”，up有“向上”之意，符合语境，故填up。
4. 考查连词。前半句“很难相信”与后半句“这是真的”之间为转折关系，应用but连接，故填but。
5. 考查宾语从句引导词。此处引导宾语从句，从句中缺少宾语，指代“他所看到的事物”，应用what，故填what。

九、有关动植物的知识你了解多少呢？请你查阅相关资料,回答下列问题。
1. Why do cats like to eat fish and mice?
2. Why do dogs like to put out their tongues (舌头) in summer?
3. Why does the broad - leaved epiphyllum (昙花) bloom for only a moment?
4. Why do scallions (葱) have white and green parts?

1. Cats need taurine (牛磺酸) for good health, and fish and mice are rich in taurine.
2. Dogs put out their tongues to pant (喘气) and cool down through evaporation of saliva.
3. The broad - leaved epiphyllum blooms at night when pollinators (传粉者) like moths are active, and the flower wilts quickly to conserve energy.
4. The white part of scallions is below the ground and doesn't receive sunlight for photosynthesis (光合作用), while the green part is above the ground and can carry out photosynthesis.