2025年英语听读空间八年级英语上册译林版加强版第115页解析答案

Over forty years ago, a fat orange cat was born under the pen of Jim Davis. He named the cat Garfield after his grandfather because he thought both of them had many (1)

similar

qualities. At that time, Davis never thought his cat would be popular so long. Today, if you say the name "Garfield", (2)

almost

everyone will know you are talking about the cat.
Garfield became famous very quickly. At first, it appeared in more than 40 newspapers. Soon, the (3)

number

rose to 1,000. Today, about 200 million people read Garfield's story in about 2,570 newspapers every day. There are also many Garfield books, TV plays, (4)

movies

and even clothes.
Davis said he already found out the (5)

secret

of the cat's popularity. "Garfield is just the cat next door," he said. "He eats a lot and likes eating human food such as pizza (6)

instead

of the food for cats. He never likes exercising, so he is fat. He doesn't like Monday—the (7)

beginning

of the weekdays. He thinks Monday is like a disaster to him, a day (8)

filled

with trouble. We may say there is a Garfield deep in everyone's heart." Most of us may have the same idea like him.
At the age of 75, Davis still (9)

keeps

writing the Garfield books. He never thinks about putting down his pen. He hopes people can learn from Garfield. Don't be too serious about life and treat everything more (10)

easily

. "Do something to make people laugh and happy," Davis said. "That's what I go for all the time."

答案：【解析】：这是一道英语填空题，需要根据上下文和首字母提示，补全句子中的空白处。本题主要考查对英语词汇、语法和上下文理解的综合运用。解题关键在于准确理解句意，结合首字母提示，选择恰当的单词填入空白处。
【答案】：
(1) s______：根据句意“他认为他和它都有很多____品质”，结合首字母s，可推断出应填similar（相似的）。
(2) a______：根据句意“今天，如果你说‘加菲猫’这个名字，____每个人都会知道你在谈论那只猫”，结合首字母a，可推断出应填almost（几乎）。
(3) n______：根据句意“很快，____上升到1000”，前文提到出现在40多家报纸上，结合首字母n，可推断出应填number（数量）。
(4) m______：根据句意“也有许多加菲猫的书、电视剧、____甚至衣服”，结合首字母m，可推断出应填movies（电影）。
(5) s______：根据句意“戴维斯说他已经发现了这只猫受欢迎的____”，结合首字母s，可推断出应填secret（秘密）。
(6) i______：根据句意“他吃得很多，喜欢吃人的食物，比如披萨，____猫的食物”，结合首字母i，可推断出应填instead（代替）。
(7) b______：根据句意“他不喜欢星期一——工作日的____”，结合首字母b，可推断出应填beginning（开始）。
(8) f______：根据句意“他认为星期一对他来说就像一场灾难，一个____麻烦的日子”，结合首字母f，可推断出应填filled（充满）。
(9) k______：根据句意“在75岁时，戴维斯仍然____写加菲猫的书”，结合首字母k，可推断出应填keeps（保持）。
(10) e______：根据句意“不要对生活太认真，更____地对待一切”，结合首字母e，可推断出应填easily（轻松地）。

1. Whose name can we write across the bottom while making a family tree?

We can write the names of the people in our immediate family across the bottom while making a family tree.

2. How did people usually get their last names?

People usually got their last names from their jobs or from places where their families lived.

3. How do families remember their history?

Families remember their history by passing down traditions, such as how they celebrate holidays, food customs, and family stories.

4. What may be the best way to celebrate your family history?

The best way to celebrate your family history might be to get together with your relatives.

5. What do you think of making a genealogy?

I think making a genealogy is a meaningful and interesting activity, which can help us learn more about our cultural background and feel closer to our family.

答案：【解析】：本题主要考查了阅读理解和信息提取能力。题目给出了一个关于家谱的短文，然后提出了五个问题，要求从短文中找出答案。这五个问题分别涉及到家谱制作、姓氏来源、家族历史记忆方式、庆祝家族历史的最佳方式以及对制作家谱的看法。解答这类问题时，需要先仔细阅读短文，然后根据短文内容，逐一回答每个问题。
【答案】：
1. We can write the names of the people in our immediate family across the bottom while making a family tree.
2. People usually got their last names from their jobs or from places where their families lived.
3. Families remember their history by passing down traditions, such as how they celebrate holidays, food customs, and family stories.
4. The best way to celebrate your family history might be to get together with your relatives.
5. I think making a genealogy is a meaningful and interesting activity, which can help us learn more about our cultural background and feel closer to our family. (此题为开放性问题，答案不唯一，合理即可。)