8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you interested in space travel? It     1     （report）that space will soon be a popular place to go on a holiday by 2050. One Japanese company is     2    （plan）a space holiday center. It will look like bicycle wheel with a hotel and a theme park. It will travel round the earth at a     3    （high）of 300 km. The leaders of the company say that     4    （fly）to the center will be faster than that from Hong Kong to Singapore.

    5     the space trip will cost about 100,000 dollars, the company still believes lots of people can afford it. And years later, the trip will become much     6    （cheap）. Of course, the tourists will be treated better as well. Recently, an American hotel group is also thinking of building     7     unusual hotel called the Lunar Hotel. It'll probably be ready by 2049. This will be on the moon. Most of the hotel will be under the ground so it will be     8     too hot nor too cold. The guests will eat food for lunch     9    （normal）. The cooks will just mix dried food with water     10    （make）instant meals（素食）.

10 . Once there was a small boy called Shankar who belonged to a poor family.

One day, he was walking through the forest, carrying some wood. He saw an old man who was very hungry. Shankar wanted to give him some food, but he did not have any food with him. So he continued on his way. On the way, he saw a fox who was very thirsty. He wanted to give him some water, but he did not have any water for himself. So he went on his way ahead.

Then he saw a young man with a dog who wanted to make a fire but did not have wood. Shankar learned about his problem and gave some wood to him. In return, the man gave him some food and water. Now he went back to the old man and gave him some food. Then he found the fox and gave some water to him. The old man and the fox were very thankful for Shankar’s help. Then Shankar went on his way happily.

Unluckily, one day Shankar fell down the hill. He was in pain but he couldn’t move and no one was there to help him. But the old man who he had helped before saw him, and quickly came and pulled him up the hill. Shankar had many wounds on his legs. The fox whom Shankar had given water to saw his wounds and quickly went to the forest and brought some herbs. The old man helped to put the herbs on Shankar’s wounds. After some time, Shankar got well. All were very happy that they were able to help each other. If you help others, then they will also help you.

1. What did Shankar carry when he walked through the forest?

A．Wood.	B．Food.
C．Water.	D．Herbs.

2. Who gave Shankar food and water?

A．The old man	B．The young man.
C．The fox.	D．The dog.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “herbs” in Chinese?

A．鲜花	B．野果
C．药草	D．毒虫

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．Help each other	B．A fox may help you
C．Don’t believe the stranger	D．Food and water are important