短文填空专项训练-8年级下期

1）Last year I 1. _____ to Australia to study and travel. I stayed there2. _____21 days. I lived in Sydney for two weeks.

I 3.______a place of interest in the morning and had English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed

4.________a family in Sydney. The home-stay family were very nice to us. We talked

5. ______ a lot of things in English. My spoken English became

6.________ better in Australia. I didn’t have to speak

7._______ so often in China. But in Australia, I had to. Soon I could talk with my teachers and home-stay family freely.

To me, the best 8. ______ in Australia is the Sydney Opera House. On my second day in Sydney, I went there. The Opera House is 9. ______. It is so beautiful. I can’t sing very 10. _______, but when I was in it, I really wanted to sing.

2）Which season do you like best? I love summer best 1. ______ I can do many activities outdoors, like going to the park 2. ______ a long day’s work. In summer it’s very

3. _______to go camping or to sit next to a fire with a drink at night. I love to

4. _____ in the sea and lie on the beach reading a book. The temperature there is

5. ______ than that in other places, so I feel really comfortable. I love to walk on the beach as the

6. ______ goes down before darkness(天黑) and I think it is beautiful. I also love to drive up to the north. It is sunny there. The leaves are so nice in the warm sun. When I wake

7. _______, I can hear the birds

8. _______ right there. I love summer because flowers come out with beautiful colors. I love to sit in my garden. There I can

9. _______ my lemon （柠檬）tree. When it is 10. ______ outside, I love to jump into a pool and I feel so relaxed.

3）Have you ever eaten vegetables from the garden? 1. ______so, you know how delicious they can be. Freshly-picked vegetables are also 2. ______ for you, and it’s fun to grow them. This book will show how to 3. _______ vegetables in your garden.

You will 4. ______many things to grow5. ______.6. ______ example, you need a small piece of land, seeds, water, and fertilizer(肥料) to help your plants grow. But you will need 7. _______ else, too. You need math! That is 8. ______ you will have to know how large your 9. ______ is and how much space(空间) each plant need. To do all of that, you will use a lot of 10. ________.

4）Dear Jane,

Thank you so much for 1. ______ me such a nice birthday party. I 2. ______ really surprised! You, Jerry, Kate and all my old friends at high school 3. _________! I had a fantastic time! I didn’t 4. _______, But I guess there were 10 to 12 people there. I enjoyed seeing all of 5. ______.

Thank you also for the beautiful sweater. The size is good and I love the 6. _______. How did you know that red is my favorite?

Then, what are you busy doing these days? Do you have a lot of homework to do? I am

7. ______ for my tests. I can’t wait 8. ______ the summer holidays to come! I’m going to my grandparent home in Hawaii for the holidays. Their house is near the beach and I can go

9. ______ every day! It would be very 10. ______. Thanks again for the party and the great gift. Write soon and tell me about your plans for the summer holidays!

Yours,

Nancy

5）It is very hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. 1.______ a good friend can make your life 2.______ and easier. How to make friends?

If you are in a new class, don’t be nervous. Be 3.______ to others and they will be friendly to you too. Give your opening mind to other 4. ______. They will like you soon.

The same interest is 5. ______. Singing and dancing are most students’ hobbies. If you have, they 6._______get close to you.

At last, in order to keep a 7. ______ friendship, we should help, understand and respect 8. ______ other.

In a word, as a good9._________, giving others more means getting more from 10.______.

6）My hobby is collecting stamps. I have been collecting stamps 1. _______ ten years.

Ten years ago, while I was playing in Jim’s house one day, he 2. ________ me his stamp albums. I was 3. _______ to see so many colorful stamps of different shapes and sizes. He gave me some stamps. My interest in stamp collection 4. ______ from that day.

At first, I 5. _____ stamps in my notebooks. Later, I found that most of 6. ________ became dirty and some of them were lost. 7. ________ I bought an stamp album. It was very lovely. I have 8. _______ than two hundred stamps now. My foreign friends often send stamps to me from different 9. _______ around the world. In my free time, I usually bring out all my 10. ____ stamps. They can help me remember my friends. I really enjoy doing this.

7）Americans like to say “Thank you” when others help them 1. _____ say something kind to them. It is a very 2. _______ habit.

You should say “Thank you” when someone 3. _______ you the salt on the table, when someone walking in front of you holds the door 4. _______ for you, when someone says you have done 5. _______work very well, or you have bought something nice, or your city is very 6. ______.

“Thank you” 7. ______not only used among friends, but also between parents 8. ______ children, brothers and 9. ______, husbands and wives.

So we always say “Thank you” 10. _______we get help from others.

8）请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、

意义相符的单词。

I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my grandfather's

life story.

My grandfather was 71 in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian,

China. At the age of 14, he first heard of

America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily become

72 there.

So, my grandfather came to America. "I had thought it was easy to 73 money in America," he told me. "But when I 74 in Los Angeles, I realized it was not true. I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English. I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, 75 I couldn't afford it. Later, I worked in a small 76 , serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. I was such 77 helpful and honest worker that my boss was pleased with me. I was popular with my workmates, 78 . Life became easier and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English."

My grandfather kept working hard , and finally made 79 dream come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned 80 my grandfather.

9) Dear Anne,

How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday, 71 12th 2013. It was a traditional

Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.

This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of 72 greatest Chinese poets. He killed

himself by calendar(阴历)，278BC. People there moved the boat to 73 him. But it was

too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the 74 to feed the fishes so that they

would stay away from his body.

75 then on, every year on this day, people enjoy 76 Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on.

In the past we ate it only 77 a year, but now we regard it as our daily food. We have it any time we like.

Have you ever 78 the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as 79 as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.

If you have a plan to visit China next year, would 80 like to spend this festival with us.

Best wishes

10)

My biggest problem

My biggest problem is that I am too busy. When I was young, I used to have 76 much time, but these days I get up early and 77 in school all day. 78 I go right home and eat dinner. Before I started 79 school, I used to spend a lot of time 80 games with my friends, but I just don’t have the time anymore. In the evening, I used to watch TV or 81 with my grandmother, but now I 82 to study. I love 83 ,and my father used to take me to the concerts. These days, I hardly ever have time for 84 . I do homework and go to bad. I really 85 the old days.

11) Peter, was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he 1 ，he would feel really good．If he lost，he would feel terrible，It seemed to Peter that losing was the 2 thing in the world．

A new kid，Albert，came to Peter's school．He was good at table tennis, too．Soon there would be a match 3 Peter and Albert．Peter worked hard to get ready for the match，but Albert didn't seem to think 4 of it．When the match began，Albert was a real player．There was always a 5 on his face．while Peter looked serious all the time．Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat(舞弊)，but he lost in the end.

“You played very well ,Peter．I think we can play again sometime，”said Albert．

But Peter didn't 6 happy and couldn't fall asleep that night．

One day，Peter saw Albert playing basketball．7 he lost again and again，the happy smile never left his face．Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball．However，he enjoyed 8 of them．Whether he won or lost the game, Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to realize that enjoying a game was much more important than winning or losing it，He felt happier than ever before．

12) Holding doors open for people behind you, picking up litter, thanking people... these acts of kindness seem very 58 . But students at James Middle School know that such small acts make the world a better place.

Eighth-graders from James Middle School, took part in the Random Acts of Kindness Week 59 March 31 to April 4. During the week, they tried their best to do kind things for others. Celeste Murray, an English teacher at the school, started the activity. Since she was little, she has always tried to do small acts of kindness in her daily life. “I believe the world is 60 by small things,” she told the newspaper The Daily Times. Over the week, to her surprise, Murray also 61 great changes in her class.

Before that, she always needed to ask her 62 to push the chairs in or turn off the lights before they leave the classroom. Now, the students do those things by 63 . “The teachers have a lot of work,” Said Jordon, one of Murray’s students. He learned to care more about others. Eliza,64 student, gave out more praises（赞扬）to others. “It makes them feel happy and successful,” she said. The activity made students feel that they can make a difference. Hailey decides to continue to do at least one act of kindness every week, 65 busy she is. She believes her acts could encourage others.

答案

1）1.went ,2.for, 3.visited 4. with 5. about 6. much 7. English 8. place 9. great 10. well,

2）1.because,2. after 3. nice 4. swim 5. lower 6. sun 7. up 8. singing,9 smell. 10. hot

3）1. If 2. good,3. grow 4. need 5. vegetables 6. For 7. something 8. because 9. garden,10. math

4）1. giving 2. was 3. came 4. count 5. them 6. color 7. studying 8. for 9. swimming 10. exciting

5）1. Making 2. happier 3. friendly 4. students 5. important 6. will 7. good 8. each

9. friend 10. others

6）1. for 2. showed 3. surprised/interested 4. began 5. kept 6. them 7. So 8. more 9. countries 10. lovely 7）1. or 2. good 3. passes 4. open 5. your 6. beautiful 7. is 8. and 9. sisters 10. when

8）71. born 72. rich 73. make 74. arrived 75.but

76. restaurant 77. a 78. too 79. his 80. from

9）71.on 72. the 73. save 74. river 75. From 76. eating 77. once 78. watched

79. fast 80. you

10）76. too 77. study 78. Then 79. for 80. playing 81. chat 82. have 83. music 84. concerts 85.

miss

11）1. won 2. worst 3. between 4. much 5. smile 6 feel 7 Though 8. both

12）58. small 59.from 60.changed 61.found/saw/discovered 62.students 63.themselves 64.another 65.however