三、短文填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
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。
danger easily miss plant pull excited so standard below weak
I hope I can travel into space with my family one day. This is what my dream trip looks like.
On the dream trip, wearing spacesuits(太空服) is our only choice. The space has no air—without them, we couldn't breathe and would be in 36. . The buildings 37. us are as small as ants when we take off and fly higher and higher. Soon, as we are getting closer to the space station, gravity(重力) gets 38. . As my body feels lighter, I float in the air 39. . Around me, everything floats in the air. At first, my body feels strange without gravity 40. me down, but floating freely soon becomes fun! When I see millions of shining stars passing by me, I must be very 41. .
Space has almost no gravity, 42. water floats, making washing hands fun! After arriving there, I'll do science experiments about 43. . Since I was a small child, I've wondered how things grow in space. I want to see if plants can meet the 44. that Earth has for life here, even without strong gravity. Besides, I'll put on a special spacewalk suit—I don't want to 45. a space walk. It's amazing to see the Earth from above.
I really look forward to travelling into space someday. It will be an amazing experience!

36. danger
37. below
38. weaker
39. easily
40. pulling
41. excited
42. so
43. plants
44. standard
45. miss

【分析】
解答此类短文填空需先通读全文理解主旨大意，再结合每个空的语境、语法规则（词性、时态、固定搭配等），从方框所给单词中选择恰当的词，并根据需要调整形式（如比较级、动名词等），确保填入后语句通顺、符合逻辑。具体到每个空：36题需用固定搭配be in danger；37题需表达“在下方”的方位介词；38题需用形容词比较级描述重力变化；39题需用副词修饰动词；40题需用动名词作介词without的宾语；41题需用形容词描述人的感受；42题需用连词表因果；43题需用名词复数对应后文植物相关内容；44题需用固定搭配meet the standard；45题需用动词原形作want to的宾语。
【解析】
36. 句意：太空没有空气，没有太空服我们无法呼吸，会处于危险中。固定搭配be in danger意为“处于危险中”，故填danger。
37. 句意：当我们起飞飞得越来越高时，我们下方的建筑物像蚂蚁一样小。below表示“在……下方”，符合方位语境，故填below。
38. 句意：当我们靠近空间站时，重力变得更弱。get后接形容词比较级，weak的比较级为weaker，符合重力随高度升高而减弱的常识，故填weaker。
39. 句意：我的身体变轻，我轻松地漂浮在空中。此处修饰动词float，需用副词，easily为副词，符合语境，故填easily。
40. 句意：起初，没有重力拉着我的身体，感觉很奇怪。without是介词，后接动名词，pull down意为“拉下来”，故填pulling。
41. 句意：当我看到数百万闪亮的星星经过我时，我一定很兴奋。此处形容人的感受，excited意为“兴奋的”，符合语境，故填excited。
42. 句意：太空几乎没有重力，所以水会漂浮，让洗手变得有趣。前后为因果关系，so表结果，故填so。
43. 句意：我会做关于植物的科学实验。根据后文“how things grow in space”可知是关于植物的实验，plant的复数形式为plants，故填plants。
44. 句意：我想看看植物是否能满足地球对生命的标准。固定搭配meet the standard意为“符合标准”，故填standard。
45. 句意：我不想错过太空行走。want to后接动词原形，miss意为“错过”，符合语境，故填miss。
【答案】
36. danger 37. below 38. weaker 39. easily 40. pulling 41. excited 42. so 43. plants 44. standard 45. miss
【知识点】
英语短文填空（词汇运用）、固定搭配、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空题，考查学生对词汇的理解、语境的把握以及基础语法知识（如比较级、动名词、固定搭配）的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则选择并正确调整单词形式，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6