Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 单元话题语法填空（短文）（含解析） -2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（沪教牛津版）

2024-2025学年八年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（沪教牛津版） Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 单元话题语法填空（短文） 一、语法填空 1．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的，限填一词)，使文章意思完整、正确。 The Value of a Dollar When I was nineteen, I had a job at a local bookstore. One night, a young couple came in and walked here and there looking for a book. They seemed 　 　 (be) the usual type to give mall 　 　 (worker) a hard time. When they went to pay 　 　 the book, the girl was a dollar or two short of 　 　 (buy) the book she wanted. She looked disappointed. I had a customer discount card and it was still active. I told the girl 　 　 (gentle), "Hang on, don't worry, you'll have the money to buy the book." I typed my password. She gave me a 　 　 (thank) smile. With a dollar left, she and her boyfriend left the store. I believed that I would never see 　 　 (they) again. I don't remember how long it was. 　 　 they did return later that evening just to bring me 　 　 beautiful card that said "It's people like you who make the world a better place to live in." I 　 　 (move) by the little girl and her boyfriend. In fact, they have also made the world a little brighter. 2．语法填空 Animals are 　 　(people) friends. But many wild animals are facing the danger of 　 　 (die) out. There're many reasons. First, their living environment changes 　 　 lot because of the 　 　(develop) of many cities. Also,　 　 (pollute) becomes worse and this makes wild animals lose　 　 homes. And some people are killing animals 　 　 getting their fur, skin, teeth and meat. People should do something to help protect 　 　(endanger) wild animals. For example, people can build some nature reserves to save wild animals' homes. Animals can live 　 　 (free) there. Besides, people are not allowed 　 　 kill wild animals. If we start protecting the animals, our world will become much better. 3．语法填空 World Pangolin(穿山甲) Day is on the third Saturday of February each year. This year, it fell　 　Feb.18. It's a day　 　 (help) people know more about pangolins. Pangolins are animals that live in Africa and Asia. They have scales(鳞片) on their skin and eat ants. Pangolins are important 　 　 (animal) because they help to protect trees in forests.　 　, pangolins are now endangered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 1 million pangolins have been killed or sold in the last 10 years. Last year, IUCN added the pangolin 　 　 the world's "endangered animals list". Now pangolins are more endangered than pandas. The growing trade of their scales and meat is the main reason for their decline (下降) in number. Many people in Asia and Africa eat 　 　(they) meat, and some even use their scales to treat sick people. Luckily, this situation 　 　 (get) better. The government now stops anyone from 　 　 (buy) and eating pangolins in China. Breaking this law will be regarded 　 　a crime. The ... ...