2026年轻松作业本八年级英语上册译林版第60页答案
五、综合填空。
Recently, I visited my former classmate Leo in his new home, where he lives with his wife and daughter. Nowadays, he would like to spend his holidays and weekends (1)
making
(make) his house look more beautiful. (2)
Like
hundreds of thousands of other British people, he has found the joy of DIY home repairs. This means that if anything needs fixing around the house, he will try to do the job (3)
himself
(he).
Leo showed me his new kitchen that he put together himself, and his newly-painted walls. I asked him where he got the idea to do these things. He (4)
told
(tell) me that it came from a DIY programme on TV.
This got me to think about how popular DIY programmes are in the UK. Each channel has at (5)
least
(little) one home or garden makeover(装饰) show. Some channels are even completely talking about the subject.
I don't think it's really (6)
surprising
(surprise) that DIY programmes are so welcomed by people. There are two common British sayings—“(7)
An
Englishman's home is his castle” and “there's no place like home”—which show (8)
how
important their houses are to them. With the economic(经济) changes of the last several years, many people don't have enough money to buy (9)
bigger
(big) houses than before. So they are looking at how they can make their houses better (10)
without
spending a lot of money. DIY, obviously, is the perfect choice.

答案

1. making 2. Like 3. himself 4. told 5. least 6. surprising 7. An 8. how 9. bigger 10. without

解析

【分析】
本题为英语综合填空题,需结合语境、固定搭配、语法规则等逐个分析解题:先通读全文理解大意,再针对每个空的考点(固定搭配、词性变化、时态、冠词等)推导答案。
1. 第一空:考查固定搭配,spend time (in) doing sth是固定结构,需用动名词;
2. 第二空:根据句意“像成千上万的其他英国人一样”,需用介词表“像”;
3. 第三空:句意表“他自己做”,需用反身代词;
4. 第四空:全文为一般过去时,动词需用过去式;
5. 第五空:固定搭配at least(至少),需用little的最高级;
6. 第六空:修饰事物(DIY节目),需用形容词surprising;
7. 第七空:Englishman以元音音素开头,不定冠词用An;
8. 第八空:此处为感叹句结构,需用how引导;
9. 第九空:由than可知需用形容词比较级;
10. 第十空:根据句意“不用花很多钱”,需用介词表否定含义。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配:spend time (in) doing sth,故填making;
2. 考查介词:结合句意“像其他成千上万的英国人一样”,填Like;
3. 考查反身代词:此处表“他自己”,填himself;
4. 考查动词时态:全文为一般过去时,tell的过去式为told,填told;
5. 考查固定搭配:at least是固定短语,填least;
6. 考查形容词:修饰事物DIY programmes用surprising(令人惊讶的),填surprising;
7. 考查冠词:Englishman以元音音素开头,不定冠词用An,填An;
8. 考查感叹句引导词:感叹句结构“how + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语”,填how;
9. 考查形容词比较级:由than可知用比较级,big的比较级为bigger,填bigger;
10. 考查介词:结合句意“不用花很多钱”,填without。
【答案】
1. making 2. Like 3. himself 4. told 5. least 6. surprising 7. An 8. how 9. bigger 10. without
【知识点】
固定搭配、反身代词、动词时态、形容词比较级、冠词
【点评】
本题考查英语综合运用能力,涵盖词汇、语法、固定搭配等基础知识点,需结合语境分析,适合初中阶段学生练习,能有效检测基础掌握情况。
【难度系数】
0.5