2026年名校课堂八年级英语上册人教版湖北专版第70页答案
三、短文填空。
阅读短文,从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空,使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词,每词仅用一次。
(2025-2026·十堰市名校联盟期中)
spare role expect important connect beautiful actually protect believe useful
Many people love putting plants in their homes. The plants don't just make their homes look 21.
beautiful
. They are also closely 22.
connected
with people's daily life.
We all know the 23.
importance
of plants in Chinese medicine. But the benefits of plants are far greater than we might 24.
expect
. One of the most popular plants is ginseng(人参). Doctors think that ginseng is good for health and use it for 25.
protecting
people from illnesses. Also, Chinese people use ginseng to cook different dishes.
In India, people are familiar with neem(楝树) because they use it a lot. Neem is 26.
useful
in solving some common health problems. 27.
Actually
, some supermarkets now still sell toothpaste(牙膏) made from it.
Another popular plant is aloe vera(芦荟). I 28.
believe
this name reminds you of cosmetics(化妆品). People often use aloe vera to make cosmetics and medicines. It can help to solve some skin problems like sunburn. And it is usually used in moisturisers(保湿霜) to make people's skin feel very smooth. It is very common and easy to grow, so people would like to 29.
spare
some time to grow it at home.
In a word, plants really play an amazing 30.
role
in our life.
词汇积累
1. benefit /'benɪfɪt/ n.
益处

2. illness /'ɪlnəs/ n.
疾病

3. smooth /smuːð/ adj.
光滑的

答案

21. beautiful 22. connected 23. importance 24. expect 25. protecting 26. useful 27. Actually 28. believe 29. spare 30. role
词汇积累
1. 益处 2. 疾病 3. 光滑的

解析

【分析】
本题为短文选词填空题,解题思路如下:1. 通读全文把握短文主旨,明确每个空格的语境;2. 分析每个空格的词性需求(如形容词、名词、动词等),结合方框内单词初步筛选;3. 关注单词形式变化(如动词ing、名词转换、副词大写等),结合语境确定答案;4. 检查是否符合“每空一词、每词仅用一次”的要求。
【解析】
21. look为系动词,后接形容词,方框中beautiful符合语境,填beautiful;
22. 固定搭配be connected with意为“与……有关联”,填connected;
23. 固定搭配the importance of意为“……的重要性”,需用important的名词形式,填importance;
24. 语境为植物好处远超预期,expect符合,填expect;
25. 介词for后接动词ing形式,protect sb from sth为固定搭配,填protecting;
26. 固定搭配be useful in意为“在……方面有用”,填useful;
27. 此处需副词,actually表“实际上”,句首首字母大写,填Actually;
28. 语境为“我相信这个名字让你想到化妆品”,believe符合,填believe;
29. 固定搭配spare time to do sth意为“抽出时间做某事”,填spare;
30. 固定搭配play a role in意为“在……中起作用”,填role;
词汇积累:1. benefit意为益处;2. illness意为疾病;3. smooth意为光滑的。
【答案】
21. beautiful 22. connected 23. importance 24. expect 25. protecting 26. useful 27. Actually 28. believe 29. spare 30. role
词汇积累
1. 益处 2. 疾病 3. 光滑的
【知识点】
词汇运用、固定搭配、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查英语基础词汇在语境中的运用,需结合词性、固定搭配及上下文选词,同时注意单词形式变化,是常见的基础题型,注重对核心词汇的掌握。
【难度系数】
0.6