八年级短文填空专练7篇(1)

八年级上册英语短文填空专项训练(附答案)(一)others, before, voice, at, well, need, writing, and, understand, classYou may think you are really good (1)at using the English language.This may be so,but you will(2)need to practice to use any language (3)well, you have to practice listening,speaking, teaching , reading and (4)writing.Most students read and write in class.Those are taught in school,so you practice both reading(5)and writing often.You might think you speak well.You may still not always say things in a way that helps people(6)understand what you mean.Think about what you will say(7)before you speak out loud in class.When you talk about in front of the (8)class,use a nice,loud(9)voice so that everyone in the class can hear you.Some people are better at listening than(10)others.Everyone can do some practice.When someone is speaking,give the person you full attention.(二)bad, pass, excite, take, win, well, play,much,run, ILast week our school held a sports meeting.Everyone in our class felt very (1)excited because we were the winners. In the boy’s relay race,Michael (2)ran very fast and our class won the first place.Yu Ting is (3)good at the long jump and she also (4)won. We’re sorry that we did (5)badly in the high jump, and was the first to (8)pass the finish line.This encouraged me a lot.Now I love sports better.I want to be a soccer(9)player.I will take(10)more exercise every day and I hope some day I will be able to take part in the Olympic Games.(三)choose,they, sit,bus, town, travel,something,save, stop, ticketWhat’s your favorite way of(1)traveling,by car,by train,or by plane?Maybe you like to travel on foot, by bus, on a motorbike or on a bicycle.My favorite transports for traveling is by train.I like trains because you can walk around in (2)them if you like, so you don’t need to (3)sit all the time,like in a plane or a car.You can see some beautiful scenery out of the windows of a train,but in a plane you can’t nearly see (4)anything.I think trains are very fast.They can make us(5)save lots of time.The (6)tickets for trains are also very cheap.Most people can buy them,and trains bring you right in the centre of a (7)town or a city.I don’t like (8)buses,because the smell of their oil is very terrible,and they (9)stop from time to time.The most important is that they are very slow.Of course,(10)choosing what kind of way depends on (依靠) where I’m traveling.(四)dangerous,foot,look,pound,leaf,eat,swim,head,join,largeThe African elephant is the largest living land animal,large than Asian elephant.They live in family groups(1)headed by a female.Males sometimes(2)join the group.Elephants are very good(3)swimmers.Elephants have few natural enemies except man,and they are in (4)danger of extinction because their habitats are losing and they are killed for their ivory.African Elephants are about 10(5)feet tall at the shoulder and about 6 tons.Males are (6)large than females.Both males and females have ivory.African Elephants have large ears (up to 5 feet)that(7)look like the continent of Africa.The ears not only hear well,but also help the elephant lose heat.Elephants breathe through their trunks.The trunks also get water and food.Elephants eat roots,grasses,(8)l eaves,fruit,and bark.They use their tusks and trunks to get food.They spend most of their time (9)eating.Males can eat up to 300-600(10)pounds of food each day.。

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人教版八年级下册期末复习之短文填空专练(一)短文填空（一）根据短文内容及提示填空。

Spring has (1) ________ (arrive) in Shijiazhuang. The weather becomes warm and the warm sunshine (2) ________ (feel) good. The days get (3) ________ (long) and the sun (4) ________ (rise) earlier in the morning. I need (5) n______ my winter coat (6) n______ my gloves. On the way (7) ________school, I saw some winter jasmine (8) ________ (blossom) and some people (9) ________ (practice) Tai Chi. My class is planning (10) ________ (go) on a trip next week. I can't wait.短文填空（二）根据短文内容及提示填空。

Beijing is entering the best travel season—“golden autumn”. The wind is blowing and the sun ____________1(shine). The colorful city sights make autumn the most popular ________2(season) to visit Beijing.“Beijing is an amazing city! I really want to show the special beautyof this country to my friends in Canada, ” said a tourist who was busy ________3(take) photos of the Summer Palace.In Beihai Park, two young ladies were recording some ancient ________4(stone) bridges with their DV.“Before the trip, what I knew ________5China was all from newspapers and television. Actually, it's m________6easier to travel in China than I thought. D________7this trip, I've learnt that China is developing very fast,” the girl with a hat ________8(name) Lily said.She also said that her travel ________9 included the Great Wall as well. “People here are quite ________10(friend). They like communicating with foreigners and this makes my trip more pleasant,” said the traveler.短文填空（三）根据短文内容及提示填空。

八年级上册英语短文填空(10 篇)（一）Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children.1_________ are young people. Some learn at2__________ , others teach themselves. Why do allthese people want to 3_________ (learn) English? It is hard to answer that question.Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is 4________ of their subjects. Manypeople learn English 5__________ it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English 6______ their higher studies because some of their books 7______(be) in English at college（学院）or university（大学）. 8________ people learn English because they want to 9________(read )newspapers and magazines（杂志）in 10_________.（一）1. Others2. school3. learn4. one5. because6. for7. are8. Other9. read10. English（二）In England,afternoon tea is 1_______ most informal(非正式 )meal of a day.It is taken 2__________ four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea 3_______ anytime. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members 4______ the family and visitors take thetea in the sitting room.Each person 5________(have) a cup and saucer(茶盘 ), a spoon (调羹 )6________ a small plate for bread and butter (黄油 ) and cakes. 7_______ the way, do not help8___________ to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though youcan eat as 9_________ as you want, do not put more 10________ one piece of bread or cake on范文范例参考your plate each time.（二）1. the2. between3. at4. of5. has6. and7. By8. yourself9. much10. than(三）How Much Is ItMrs Wilson likes to ask his husband 1_______(go) shopping with her on Sundays.Her husband pays for the things that she 2________(buy). Now they are in a shop."Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband."All right. And how 3________ is it?" he answers and gives money to the shop assistant.4__________ Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or 5_________, he often says "All right.And how much is it?" to her.6______ about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, 7________ he wants to have a drink.Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks 8______ at the moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the 9_______ sobeautiful?""All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers 10__________ (quick).(三） 1. to go 2. buys 3. much 4. When 5. bad 6. At7. and8. up9. moon10. quickly（四）I went to bed at 10 and 1_________（ sleep ） soundly. I ________ （ wake ） up at 2a.m.and smelt something 3_________ (burn). I leaped out of bed and ran to the kitchen. I 4 _______（see）nothing there: it was dark 5_______ quiet. I ran 6_______ the living room. The television was stillon. I7________ （ forget）to turn it 8________ before I went to bed last night.范文范例参考Smoke was rising out of the back of the set! I turned off the electricity just 9________ time, butthe experience 10_________（keep）me awake all night! I felt very worried and reallylearned my lesson!（四）1. slept ;2. woke ;3.burning4. saw ;5. and;6. to ;7. forgot ;8.off ;9. in ;10. kept（五）Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife alwayshad to say to him，"Don't forget this."One day he 1__________(go) on a long way alone. 2__________ he left home，his wife said，"Now you have all these things. You need them3_________ your way. Take 4_________ of your things on the way."He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour 5_______(late)，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the oldman and said，"Will you please show me your 6________?"The old man 7_________(look) for histicket in all his pockets 8_________ he could not find it. He was very worried. "I can't find myticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，"said the old man."I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right ， you don't have to buy 9_________ ticket ，"said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly ， "You don't know 10________ I'm worried. If I don't find my ticket，I can't remember my station. Where am I going? "（五） 1. went 2. Before 3. on 4. care 5. later 6. ticket7. looked8. but9. another10. why范文范例参考WORD 格式整理版(六）This is a beautiful park near my home. People like 1 ________( go) to the park after work.Some 2________ them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on a chairand 3____________ (watch) the children. Some children are playing the game of hide-and-seek( 捉迷藏 ).Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing 4________ a tree. Theyare talking. There 5________(be) a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the 6_______.Some children 7_________(sit) in the boats 8________ their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot ofbirds are singing 9_______ the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English 10________ school every day.(六） 1. to go 2. of 3. watching 4. under 5. is 6. river7. are sitting8. with9. in10. after（七）We each have a memory(记忆力）. That’s 1 _______ we can still remember things after a longtime. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things 2______heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do 3________ again andagain. Many of the great men of the world have got 4_____________(surprise) memories.A good memory is a great help in learning languages.Everybody learns his mother 5____________ when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, 6____________(remember) them andthen he learns to speak. Some children are living 7_______ their parents in foreign countries.They can learn two languages as 8_________(easy) as one because they hear，remember and 范文范例参考WORD 格式整理版speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language 9_________the pupils have so little time for it, and they are 10_______with other subjects, too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.（七） 1. why 2. by 3. them 4. surprising nguage 6. remembers7. with8. easily9. because10. busy（八）Mr. Smith had two sons .One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning duringthe holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for somemoney for sweets.“ Sweets are bad for yourteeth,”Mr. Smithsaid.“ Take thesetwo oranges instead ,and give one to your elder(年长的)brother,” One of the oranges is quite a lot biggerthan the other one ,and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that one for himself,and gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that his brother had a much larger orange than his own ,hesaid to him,“It’ s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself. If father had given me the oranges, I’ d have given you the bigger one.”“ I know you would,” answered hisbrother.” That’ s why Itook it.”（九）You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know who wrote this songand for whom it was written?范文范例参考Let me tell you a story.About one hundred years ago, there was a girl in the USA. She loved children very muchand wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The songwas very popular at that time among children, but not all grown-ups (成年人) knew it.The girl was very poor. Once her friends invited her to a little child’ s birthday party. Shefelt happy but sad because she had no money to buy a present for him. Finally she decided tosing the song Happy Birthday in the melody(曲调) of Good Morning to You for the little boy.When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy.“ How wonderfullyshe is singing! We have not heard this song before. It’s a special present,” said someone. And they learned to sing it together.Later, the song became very popular throughout the world. People like it because it ’ s simple and friendly.（十）Most American businesses are open five days a week.American school children go to school five days a week, too. American families usually have a two-day weekend. The weekendis Saturday and Sunday.Over the weekend,people spend their time in may ways.Many families enjoy weekend together. They may go shopping, go for a drive, or visit friends. Theymay also invite friends over and have a party at home. Many families take part in sport duringthe weekend. Running, hiking, playing volleyball and swimming are popular in summer. Skiingand skating are the favorite winter sports. Weekends are also a time for American families towork on something in their yards or in the house.Many families plant flowers and have 范文范例参考vegetable gardens. Some families spend the weekends to paint or repair their houses. For most Americans, weekend are very busy.范文范例参考。

八年级英语下册课文短文填空人教版第一篇：八年级英语下册课文短文填空人教版八年级英语下册课文短文填空人教新目标版短文填空Unit 1（根据3a,Section B改写）Ten years l______, I’d like to become a r_______.I will live in Shanghai because I like the city v______ m______.It’s really b_________.If I am a reporter, I am sure I will meet many i___________ people.I will live in an a__________ with my best friends because I don’t want to live a_______.If possible, I will have m______ p______ in my apartment in ten years because I like them.My mother h______ them so I can’t have any now.I probably keep a pet p________ in my room.And I will go s______ and s______ very often.On weekday,I will wear a u_______ because I want to look smart.On w________, I can dress more c_________.I will go to Hong Kong on v______ and one day I might even visit A________.Predicting the future can be difficult.There are many predictions that never c______(1)true.Before 1929, there was no s______(2)in movies.The head of one of the b______(3)movie companies in the United States predicted that no one w_______(4)want to see actors t______(5).Of course, he was wrong!In 1977, the head of the largest computer c______(6)in the United States said, “N______(7)one will want to have a c______(8)in his or her h_______(9).” He thought that computers would be n______(10)used by most people.短文填空 Unit 2（根据3a,Section B改写）My name is Mary and I am in charge of(主管)a newspaper advice column(专栏).Here is a letter from a lonely kid.In the letter, he says he has a p________ and n______ my help.He always thought he was p________ at school.But he just f_______ o_____ that hisfriends were p_________ a birthday party for his best friend and they didn’t i_______ him.E______ e________ in his class was i_______ e_______ him, and he doesn’t know w_______.He can’t think what he did w_______.He is very u________ and doesn’t know what to do.My dear friends, can you give him some advice? Thank you!短文填空 Unit 3(根据3a.Section B改写)Linda loves her dog Davy.They went to the New York City last Saturday.While Linda was b_________ a newspaper a___ the train station, the dog got out o____ his box and r_____ a________.The station was c_________ and Linda couldn't see Davy anywhere.When Linda s__________ his name, some people looked at her but Davy didn’t come.Then she called the police.While she was talking o___ the telephone, Davy met a________ dog outside the station.While the police were coming, Linda walked around the station and called Davy’s name.She didn’t think about looking o________ the station.F________, a little boy said to her, “Did you look outside? I saw a big black dog when I came in.” When Linda finally saw Davy, he was j_________ andrunning w_______ another dog.There was a police officer next to them.The police offi cer said to Linda, “I think my dog f________ your dog.”短文填空Unit 4（根据3a,Section B改写）Dear grandma,How’s it going? I hope that grandpa is well now.I was s________ to hear that he had a cold last week.I hope you are in good h_________.Things are fine here.I finished my e______________ exams last week, and got my r_____ card today.I always get n_________ when I see the e_________ from school in the mail, but l_________ I did OK this time.I had a really hard time w______ science this s___________, and I wasn’t s___________ to find that my w__________ report was from my science teacher.She saidI was l_________, which isn’t t_______.It’s just that I find science really d_______.Another d______________ result was in history.My history teacher said I c______ do better.The good news is that my math teacher said I was hard-working.And my Spanish teacher said my l___________ was good.Well, that’s about all the news I have f______ now.Mom and Dad s______ their love.Love,Alan My best friend is Xiao Li, but last week in school we had a big f__________, and she didn’t t________ to me.It all s_________ when she asked me i____ she could c_______ my homework.I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she said that she had f_____ to do hers.I said I didn’t think it was a good i dea for her to copy my h_________.It w_____ start a bad h_______ and she should do her o_____ work.She got really m____ at me and she didn’t want to be my best friend a__________.I said I was s_______ she would g_______ o__________ it.Yesterday she told me she was s_________.She said it was much b_________ if she did her own work.短文填空Unit 5（根据3a, Section B改写）If I become an athlete, _______I _____ happy?F___ many young people, b_________ a professional athlete m_______ seem like a dream job.If you become a p_________ athlete, you’ll be able to make a living d_______ something you love.If you become f_______, people all over the world will know you.Many a_______ give money to schools and c_________, and do a lot of work to help people.This is a great c_________ that many people do not have.H________, professional athletes can also have many problems.If you are famous, people will w_______ you all the time and f________ you everywhere.This can make life d_______.If you play sports for a l________, your job will sometimes be very d__________.Many professional athletes get i_________.And if you become r____, you will have a difficult time _________ who yourr_______ friends are.In fact, many famous people c_________ that they are not happy.They say they were h_______ before they became rich and famous.短文填空Unit 6(根据3a, Section B改写) Thanks for s________ me the snow globe of the monster.I love it.In fact, I think it’s p________ my f_________.I’ve been c_______ snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them.My mom s_____ I have to stop, because we’ve ______________________ to store them.They’re all around our a_________.I e_______s_______ them in boxes under my bed.The first one I e______ got was a birthday cake snow globe on my seventh birthday.I e__________ love globes with animals.I have a big one with bears in it, and a________ one with penguins.If you know anyone else who c_________ them, please tell me.I’d like to start a snow globe c_________ club.By the way, what’s your h________?短文填空Unit 7(根据3a, Section B改写)We asked some people what a________ them.Here’s what they said:I don’t like w_______ in line when a shop assistant h____ a long telephone conversation.When that happens, I usually say, “Would you mind h_______ me?” And I don’t like it when shop a_________ follow me around.Then I say, “Could you please not f_______ me around? I’ll ask you i____ I need some h_____.” U_________, the shop assistants say they are sorry, but s__________ they get mad.If that h___________, I won’t go back to that store again.短文填空Unit 8(根据3a, Section B改写)The t__________ kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig.David Smith of North London has a pot-bellied pig c_____ Connie.“Pot-bellied pigs m_______ the best pets,” said David.“She w_______TV on the sofa with me every night.She’s my best friend.” H_________, life w______ a pig isn’t alwaysp________.“When I got my pig, she was small,” said David, “but she eats a lot.Now she’s t______ big t______ sleep in the house, so I m_________ her a special pig house.Also, pigs need a lot of love.Sometimes I don’t have e________ time to spend w_________ her.”E________ likes gifts.Some little kids think they don’t get e________ gifts.Some old people think they get too many g_____.Different people like different k_____ of gifts.Some presents are never too small.A little child may give his mother a l______ from a tree.It is enough to make her very h_______.Gift g_______ is different in different c________.In Japan, people sometimes give s_________ gifts.But they are not opened.L________, the same gift may be g_______ away to someone e____.Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts t_________.In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else.They will p______ for a park bench or a tree to help r_______ a person.In the USA, some people ask their families to r_____ money for charity r_______ than buy them gifts.In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift.Peopl e don’t need to s________ too mnch money.I______, making a meal is enough.短文填空Unit 9(根据3a, Section B 改写)Mei Shan has been a f_______t________ for ten years.She wanted to t________ all over the world.She studied E_______ for five years.David wants to be a t________g_______.He has never been to an E___________ country.He has been l__________ at the school for one year.He is thinking of being an English teacher i__________.短文填空Unit 10(根据3a, Section B 改写)Dear Tony，Thanks for i____________me to watch a football game.I was r_______happy to have thet____________.I had a w_________ time on Saturdaynight.Sometimes it’s not easy being the new kid at school.But you are really f________ to me.Friends like you makes it a lot easier to get a_______ in a new place.I had a hard time s_______ English until you came along.You always help me with my English p_________.I feel like p_________ of the group now.Thank you so much again.Yours sincerely,John短文填空1Water is the most i________ of all the things we eat and d_______.No t many people uthis but it’s quite t.People can live wfood for a long time, yet two or three days without water can usually make people d.Many people don’t understand how much water the human body n.If we don’t have ewater, we’ll feel tand many of us will get i.So you know, how important water is to us all.短文填空2Nowadays(当今), in China, you can ________ a lot of parents pay special attention to(特别关注)their one child’s growing _______.When their child is two or three years old or even _________, they will _______ to choose a good kindergarten(幼儿园)_______ his kid.Some parents will spend about eight hundred to nine hundred yuan _______ their kid’s tuition(学费).This is a ________ burden(负担)for the young ________.But for their little emperor’s bright(光明的)_________, what _______ could they do?短文填空 3Last year English was _________ for me.First of all, it wasn’t easy for me to understand the teacher ________ she talked to the class.Because I thought she spoke too _______ and I couldn’t understand every word._______, I realized(意识到)that it doesn’t matter ________ you don’t understand every word.Also I was afraid to speak in class, because I thought my classmates might ________ at me.I couldn’t always make complete(完整的)sentences, either.Then I started to ________ English TV.It helpeda lot.I think that doing lots of listening practice is one of the secrets of _________ a good language learner.Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar(语法).So I decided to _______ lots of grammar notes in every class.Then I started to write my own original sentences using the grammar I was learning.It’s amazing how much this helped.Now I and enjoying learning English and I got ________ A this term.短文填空4If you are on a school bus, follow these safety rules---they could help you.υBe sure to get to the bus stop early.Be there five minutes earlier ________ the bus comes.υDon’t _________ in the street while you are waiting for the school bus.υMake sure the bus ________ before you try to get on.υWhen the bus stops, the door will open.Hold the handrail(扶手)and get on the bus.Be ___________!It’s a big step for a little person._________ push while you are getting on or off the bus.υWhen you get on the bus, go to your seat(座位)and sit _________.Keep all parts of your body inside the bu s at all times.You shouldn’t put your hands or head out of the __________.υ After getting off the school bus, _________ quickly to the sidewalk(人行道).短文填空 5Ellen likes to _______ snow globes._______ she was only 7 years old, she _______ to collect them.On her seventh birthday, she got a _________ present, a snow globe _______ a birthday cake in it.That’s her _______ snow globe.From then on, she has _______ collecting snow globes for 7 years, and has collected 226 of them.She could _______ find room to store them, even them in boxes under her bed, they have been all around her apartment.So her mother asked her to ________ collecting them.But she really likes them, _________ loves globes with animals.She wants to __________ a snow globe collectors’ club.If you know anyone _______ who collects them, please tell her.Thank you!短文填空 6Yesterday when school was over,I ______ back home.______ my way home,I ______ a boy fall off(掉下)his bike and hurt himself.He ______ on the road.I ______ him to the nearest hospital at once.The doctor ______ over the boy carefully and _______, “There ______ nothing serious(严重的)”The boy _________ me he must be careful next time.We both _________ the doctor and left..短文填空 7 Mr.Johnson had a factory.He once ______ on TV that animals could be taught to ______ some work for people if they were given ________ to eat.He loved the idea.He thought it would be ________ to have a dog look after his ____________ and an elephant do most heavy jobs _______ his factory.He bought a dog _______ an elephant in the market and decided to teach them to do some work for him.Of course, he also bought a lot of ________ for them.Several months later, the dog and the elephant _________ fatter and fatter, but they _________do any work for him.At last, Mr.Johnson had to give up.第二篇：新目标英语八年级下册短文填空练习新目标英语八年级下册短文填空专项练习(A)Happiness is for everyone.You don't need to care about the rich.Though they have beautifulIn into it.When you are in ,people aroundyou feel unhappy;when you succeed in something, your friends will sayyou.All these are your happiness.If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always are around you.money.It is a feeling of your heart.Although you are poor, you can also say you are very happy.Money is You have something else thatyou have more chances to challenge(挑战)yourself.So you can not always say you are luck.If you take every chance youget, you can be a happy and lucky person.(B)the environment and the earth.Choose with a few of your own.● Plant flowers, grass or trees.●Whenever you visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there----keep rubbish in a you can put it in a dustbin.●Turn the lights, TV sets when you leave the room.This saves a lot of electricity.●Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth.You can save some water by not letting it run.●Keep the doors and windows in winter to keep warm air in.●Give your old books and magazines7a library instead of throwing them away.●Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.●Use both sides of p aper.●Stop8dirty water into the rivers or the lakes nearby.●Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.You don’t have to until Earth Day to do these things.Make every day Earth Day.If everyone makes a contribution , the world will become much more beautiful.(C)I have a problem.Yesterday afternoon I with my best friend,Kim.And he was very angry.I thought about it a long time last night.Now I know I wasat that time.But I don’t know do.My mother thinks Igo to see Kim and tell him I was wrong.My father thinks I should to him.And my brotherI should call Teen talk,the radio advice program.My sister tellsI should callmy teacher for advice.Can you tell me what I should do?(D)day he went to sell his caps.He wentin it.It was very hot and the man wanted to rest a little.He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the and soon fell.“Where are my caps?” Smith cried when he woke up.He looked up and saw manyits head.“Give me back my caps!” Theman shouted at the monkeys.But the mo nkeys didn’tunderstand him.They only laughed.The man , took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, “If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!”And what do you think.Each monkey took off its cap and threw it on the ground.The man was very glad.He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.(E) Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2050.“What will our world bein the year 2050? ” “I don’t know, ” says Fred，“What do you think? ” “Well, no one knows, but it’s “In the year 2050 everyone will carry a pocket computer.The to all their problems.We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be our friends all over the world.Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the time.” “A lot of people will live and work under the.Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too.” “Machines will doperhaps they’ll work only two three days a week.They’ll be able to fly to the moon byand spend their holidays there.” “I’m lookingthe year 2050.I hope to go to the moon!” “And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred, “Won’t that be very interesting?Just like a fish!”(F)Round eyes, round head, round ears and also round body!What is this lovely little animal? He looks like a bear，but he is not a bear.He’s a KOA LA.live safely.No one can kill them for their pretty fur(毛皮).When a koala is born, he has no fur.And 脚趾of her body.The baby stays in this warm pocketsix months.When he leaves the pocket, he has much fur.He climbs onto his mother’s back.There he learns Koal a is a loving mother.She takes good care of her 顽皮的), she beats him.If she beats him hard, he will cry like a child.a special kind of tree.The tree gives him both homefood.For most of the day the koala sleepsHow lovely the koalas are!(G)When two Englishmen meet, the topic of their small talk is often about the weather.One person might say, “It’s a fine day, it?”“OK , it’s fine and we don’t have many fine days, do?” The topic on the weather has been popular among people.It is said that, , the famous playwright（剧作家）George Bernard Shaw walked in the street.There came an old man and said “Good afternoon, Mr Shaw!Such a lovely day, isn’t it?” , “Oh, yes.But today twenty people have told me about it in the past two hours.Thank you all the.”Why do the British like to discuss the weather while ? There are two reasons.First, about personal things, so they can only talk about the weather.Britain is for its terrible weather—thick fog, heavy rain and icy snow.第三篇：2014八年级下册英语期末复习短文填空专题练习题2013-2014八年级下册英语期末复习短文填空专题练习题Mr.Jenkins liked all kinds of _1___________(美味的)food.As an important officer, he was often asked to dinner.The shopkeepers tried their best to fawn on（巴结）him.They knew it was good for their business.Now the officer got much _2________(胖)than before.He could _3________(几乎不)go upstairs at home and had to sleep downstairs.He often felt tired if he walked or did some housework.He was _4________(焦急的)about it and had to go to a doctor.“Stop _5________(吃)much meat with fat（脂肪）and sugar, Mr.Jenkins,” said the doctor.“Or(否则)it will be worse for your _6________(健康)!” It was difficult for the officer to do it.He wouldn’t do as the doctor said.He found something was wrong with his _7_______(心脏)a few months later.Now he thought thedoctor was _8_________(正确的).And he h ad to be in hospital.“You must lose weight（减肥）_9__________(如果不)you want to die soon, sir,” said the doctor.“Could you tell me a way to lose weight, please?” asked Mr Jenkins.“You must do some exercise first.” “Which exercise?” “T o move your head from side(边)to side when you are _10__________(被邀请)to dinner!”Tim is a 16-year-old boy who studies in a high school.His parents tell him to study hard and they do _1_______(一切/每件事)for him.They wake him up at 6:00 am, and after breakfast his father takes him to school by car.As soon as the young man comes home from school, the supper is ready.Of course, he never does _2__________(家务杂务).Once, Tim’s father would go to London on business for a year.Before _3________(离开), he told his wife to look after_4________(他们的)son well.The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before.Two months later, she was so tired that she was ill.The young man got into _5________(麻烦/困境)at once.He couldn't do housework._6__________(甚至)he didn't know where to get on the bus.Yesterday Tim's mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair.But he didn't know how to choose _7________(合适的)shoes.The woman had a sigh（叹息）, gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样)and told him to buy shoes by _8__________(他自己).With a policeman’s help, he found a shop.The shopkeeper brought some shoes and asked him to choose.When he was trying on pair, _9________(突然)he remembered something and took them off.The man was surprised and asked,“What's the matter?” "I'm sorry.I've _10________(忘/遗留)my shoe pattern at home.”A young American doctor was in bed when suddenly his doorbell _1________(开始)to ring.It was already _2________(午夜/半夜), but what could the doctor do?He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs.When he opened the door, he saw a man_3_________(站)with a hat in his hand.“How do you do?” said the man,“Can you come at once to a place out of town?It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the1 _4________(路).”“Certainly,” said the doctor,“I’m quite _5_________(准备好的).I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off.They _6__________(驾驶)on for a long time.Then the man said,“Here we are.This is my home.Now I can pay you and you can go _7________(回)to town.”“I must see the patient(病人).How can I go back without _8_________(看)the patient?”“There is no patient,” _9___________(解释)the man.“_10__________(没有人)is ill.I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me.Here is money.Thank you, doctor.Good night.”One day a _1________(平穷的)farmer was taking a bag of rice to town.Suddenly the bag fell off his horse on the road.He didn’t know what to do about it because it was too _2_________(重)for him to raise by himself.He only hoped that_3__________(某人/有人)would soon pass by and help him._4_________(正好)at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him.But the farmer was very disappointed(失望)when he saw who he was.It was the great man living nearby.The farmer had hoped to ask _5___________(另外的)farmer or a poor man like him.But to his_6__________(惊讶), the great man got off his horse as soon as he came near.He said to the farmer, “I see you needhelp, f riend.How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other.They __7__________(一起)lifted and put it on the horse.“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”“It’s quite easy,” the great man __8_________(回答)with a smile, “_9_________(无论哪儿)you see anyone else in trouble, do the _10__________(同样/相同的)for him.”第四篇：人教新目标八年级上册----课文填空练习-(全册)人教新目标八年级上册课文填空练习(全册)Unit 1 2bI ____________(arrive)in Penang in Malaysia this morning with my family.It ________(be)___________(sun)and hot, so we decided __________(go)to the beach near our hotel.My sister and I _________(try)paragliding.I ____________(feel)I was a bird.It was so ____________(excited)!For lunch, we __________(have)something very special –Malaysian yellow noodles.They _________(be)delicious!In the afternoon, we ___________(ride)bicycles to Georgetown.There ___________(be)a lot of new ____________(build)now, but many of the old buildings ________(be)still there.In Weld Quay, a __________(real)old place in Georgetown , We ____________(see)the __________(house)of the ___________(China)traders from 100 years ago.I wonder what life __________(be)like here in the past.I really enjoyed __________(walk)around the town.What a ____________(different)a day _________(make)!My father and _________(I)decided ____(go)to Penang Hill today.We wanted _________(walk)up to the top, but then it ___________(start)__________(rain)a little so we ____________(decide)to take the train.We __________(wait)for over an hour for the train because there __________(be)too many_________(people).When we _______(get)to the top it _____________(rain)really ___________(hard).We ____________(have)an umbrella so we ________(be)wet and cold.It was ___________(terribly)!And because of the bad weather , we ____________(can)see ____________(something)below.My father ____________(bring)enough money, so we only ___________(have)one bowl of rice and some ___________(fish).The food ____________(taste)great because I ____________(am)so hungry!2eToday ____________(be)a beautiful day.My father and I ___________(go)to Penang Hill again, but this time we ___________(walk)to the top.We ____________(start)at 9:30 a.m and ___________(see)lots of special Malaysian _________(flower)along the way.About one hour __________(late), we ____________(stop)and ___________(drink)some tea.Then we _____________(walk)for another two hours before we ________(get)to the top.I _____________(be)quite tired , but the city ___________(look)wonderful from the top of the hill!Self CheckLast August , our class ________(do)something very special on _________(we)school trip.We _______(go)to Mount Tai.We __________(start)our trip at 12:00 at night.Everyone in our class _______(take)a bag with some _________(food)and water.After three hours , someone __________(look)at the map and ____________(find)out we _________(not be)anywhere near the top.My legs _________(be)so tired that I __________(want)___________(stop).My classmates ___________(tell)me _________(keep)___________(go), so I __________(go)on.At 5:00 a.m , we _________(get)to the top!Everyone ____________(jump)up and down in_____________(excite).Twenty minutes ________(late), the sun _____________(start)_________(come)up.It __________(be)so beautiful that we _____________(forget)about the last five hours!Unit 2 2bLast month we ___________(ask)our students about __________(they)free time __________(activity).Our ___________(question)were about exercise, use of the internet and ___________(watch)TV.Here ___________(be)the results.We ___________(find)that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day.Forty-five percent exercise four to six ___________(time)a week.Twenty percent exercise only __________(first)to three times a week.And twenty percent __________(do)exercise at all.!We all know that many ____________(student)often ____________(go)online , but we were ___________(surprise)that ninety percent of _________(they)use the Internet every day.The other ten percent use it at ____________(little)three or four times a week.Most ___________(student)use it for fun and not for homework.The answers to our questions about _____________(watch)television _________(be)also _____________(interest).Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week.Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week.And eighty-five percent watch TV every day!____________(although)many students like to watch sports , game shows are the ______________(popular).2 It is good ___________(relax)by ________(use)the Internet or ___________(watch)game shows , but we think the best way __________(relax)is through exercise.It is ___________(health)for the mind and the body.Exercise such as _________(play)sports is fun , and you can ___________(spend)time with your friends and family as you play together.And remember, ―old habits die hard‖.So start ______________(exercise)before it‘s too late!Unit 3My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror.I‘m __________(quiet)and ______________(serious)than most kids.That‘s why I like ___________(read)books and I study _________(hard)in class.My best friend Yuan Li is quiet too, so we enjoy ___________(study)together.I‘m shy so it________(be)easy for me ____________(make)friends.But I think friends are like books—you don‘t need a lot of _______(they)as long as they‘re good..It‘s not necessary ____________(be)the same.My best friend Larry is quite____________(difference)from ________(I).He is _________(tall)and ______________(outgoing)than me.We both like sports, but he ___________(play)___________(well), so he always ___________(win).However , Larry often _________(help)to bring out the ___________(good)in me.So I‘m __________(get)better at rry is much __________(little)hard-working , though.I always get ____________(good)grades than he ___________(do), so maybe I should _________(help)him ___________(much.)I don‘t really care if my friends are the same as __________(I)or ____________(difference)Myfavoritesayingis―Atruefriend ____________(reach)your hand and __________(touch)your hea rt.‖ My best friend Carol is ____________(real)kind and very funny.In fact , she‘s __________(funny)than anyone I know.I ___________(break)my arm last year but she __________(make)me _________(laugh)and feel _________(good)We can talk about and share。

八年级语文上册短文填空题专项练习（含答案解析）1.寻“宝”推理法寻“宝”推理法就是从上下文中找到相关的“宝”（信息点），通过逻辑推理，从而填出与原句意思相符单词的方法。

如：【典例】 It was a fine day last Sunday. John went to Tianlong supermarket to do some （1） alone. Because it was a little far away from his home, he （2）his car there. Soon he got there and found room for his car. He parked his car and went into the （3） to buy the things he needed. Twenty minutes later, he finished shopping. He was very happy he could （4）shopping in less than half an hour. At last he took the things slowly back to the car park. What a good day he had!【分析】：（1）A. 上下寻宝：从下文（倒数第二行）可寻到“宝”：“he could finish shopping in less...”。

B．判定答案：把“宝”代入句子中，意思完整，故确定答案填shopping。

C．检查复核：shopping此处是不可数名词，不用+s。

（2）A. 上下寻宝：从下文（本空的后一句）可寻到“宝”：“Soon he got …for his car”。

B. 判定答案：经过逻辑推理，只有开车去超市，才要找停车位，故确定答案填drive。

C. 检查复核：drive是动词。

上半句动词用was为过去时，所以本空也要用过去时“drove”。

八年级下册短文填空、重点句型练习题、范文背诵一、短文填空专练Unit1（A）根据短文内容及首字母提示完成所缺单词。

Predicting the future can be difficult.There are many predictions that never c______(1)true.Bef ore1929,there was no s______(2)in movies.The head of one of the b______(3)movie compan ies in the United States predicted that no one w_______(4)want to see actors t______(5).Of co urse,he was wrong!In1977,the head of the largest computer c______(6)in the United States s aid,“N______(7)one will want to have a c______(8)in his or her h_______(9).”He thought tha t computers would be n______(10)used by most people.1_______2.________3._______4.___ _____5.________6.________7._______8.______9._______10.________(B)根据短文内容及首字母提示完成所缺单词。

Ken’s father is very happy because he’ll have a b_____(1)job and work in a different p______(2) of Hong Kong soon.So ken and his brothers will have to change s______(3)next year.But Sam’s father isn’t so happy because he will have to m_____(4)to a bigger apartment in Shanghai,whic h will be e______(5).But then there will be more room for the new baby---a brother or sister f_ ____(6)Sam.The apartment will a______(7)be very near to Sam’s school so he can w______(8) to school with Blackie,his guide dog.Ken wants a dog,too.But his parents w_____(9)buy one f rom a pet shop.They’ll look for o_____(10)in an animal shelter.1._______.2._________3.___ _______4.__________5.___________6._________7._________8.___________9._________ _10.____________Unit2（A）根据短文内容及首字母提示完成所缺单词。

人教版八年级英语上册短文填空专项训练Day 1体裁：记叙文 主题：在英语角学习的故事 正确率： /10 There is an English corner in our school. Every Sunday afternoon, many of my1. come to the corner. My teacher Miss Li comes here too. At the corner, we all2.English.The corner started last year. At first, there were only a few students 3. many were afraid to speak English. 4. several weeks, more and more students came here. At first, some students just listened to other students. I was one of 5. . I was afraid to speak English. I 6. someone would laugh at me, but I wanted to speak. I always spoke English in my heart. My teacher said, “ Don’t be afraid. Open your mo uth.” I 7. to open my mouth. At last, I said “ Hello!” to the teacher. The teacher was very 8. . She said “ Hello!” to me at once. From then on, I began to speak English. I worked 9. at English than before and I tried my best to speak more. I learned a lot from my teacher and my classmates at the corner. Now I can speak English well. Every Sunday afternoon, I come to the corner early.It’s 10. good place to speak English. Please join us.B体裁：说明文 主题：如何赚取零用钱 正确率： /10What do you do to get pocket money( 零 用 钱 ) from your parents?In America, many children help the family 1. houseworkto get pocket money. They usually start to do this at the age of five.School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don’t have a2. of free time on weekdays. They often do housework at weekends.Young kids only do easy housework, such 3. cleaning the table, feeding the pet dog and tidying their toys. So they don’t get 4. money. But many of them only want to 5. candy （糖果）. And candy is cheap!friend wait try speak a hard they think classmate happy because afterWhen they get older, kids want to buy more and more things, such as sports shoes, computers and so 6. . These things are 7. expensive than candy. Then they have to work 8. . They often walk the dog, wash the family car, cook dinner and do some cleaning in the house.Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. 9. example, they can 10. how to cook. Of course, their parents must help them at first.Day 2A体裁：记叙文主题：讲述了唐太宗挑选人才的故事正确率：________/10the think at have talent hard if common rich countryexpect thoughIn the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong asked his officer Feng Deyi to look for some1. people for him. However, after several months, Feng didn’t find anyone.“ I tried really 2. to look for them, but there were no such people at all,”Feng said. After hearing his words, Taizong 3. for a few minutes and said, “ Different people are good 4. different things. We should try our best to find their talents and make good use of them. How can you say that there are no talented people in our 5. ?”With 6. Emperor ’s words in mind, Feng found many talented people in different aspects.The Emperor gave them important jobs and those talented people helped the country become 7. and stronger.In fact, everything has its own special use. For example, knives can cut things and chopsticks can pick up food. Although nobody is perfect（完美的）, everyone has their own talents. We can’t 8. a person to dowell in everything.The Analects of Confucius also 9. the similar idea. From the book, we learn that we should give people chances 10. they are talented in some ways.Finding their shining points and letting them show their talents will provide them with better chances for the future.B体裁：记叙文主题：老人叫男孩帮忙买蛋糕正确率：/10 On a rainy day, a train stopped at a small station. An old man on the train 1. out of the window（窗户）and 2. a woman. The woman was selling cakes, and many people from 3. train were buying them. The old man wanted to buy a cake, 4. the woman stood far from him. The rain was 5. and he didn’t want to go out of the train.Suddenly he saw a boy. The boy was walking on the platform（站台）not far 6.________him. So he shouted, “Come here, boy. Do you know how much each of the 7. is?”“Five cents （美分）,” the boy answered. Th e old man gave the boy 8. cents and asked him to buy two cakes. “One is for 9. and the other is for you.”Some time 10. the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the old man five cents and said, “Sorry,the re was only one cake.”Day3A体裁：记叙文主题：讲述作者自己动手给朋友做生日礼物的故事正确率：/10spend take as decide choose like good gift why thinkshe prettyMy grandma is a nice lady. 1. many women of hertime, she was 2. at sewing（缝纫）. She made all mychildhood clothes by 3. . As a young girl, I didn’t like playingoutside with my friends. I liked to 4. time helping her sew.Almost a year ago, I was trying hard to find a birthday 5. for my friend when an idea came to me, “6.don’t I sew something nice for her?”I7. to sew a pencil case. I cut out material（材料）from an old skirt, drewa design and started sewing. It took me many tries to finish the case. The final result wasn’t as pretty 8. I imagined. However, it was the 9. pencil case I could make.Yesterday, my friend called and told me that every time she saw the pencil case, she10. of me and got a warm feeling. Her words made me very happy.B体裁：记叙文主题：看牙医时不同语言使用者之间沟通的方法正确率：/10 Leo visited a dentist（牙医）while he was in China. Leo d idn’t want otherpeople to go with him because seeing a dentist could 1. alot of time. He went to the dentist’s office by himself.But the dentist didn’t speak 2. . And Leo didn’t speakChinese. How could they talk 3. each other?“ I will have to find a way 4. talk to the dentist,” thought Leo.Leo sat in the dentist’s chair. He opened his mouth to let the dentist see his 5. . A few of his teeth had problems. Some needed to be pulled out. Some had to be fixed（修补）. There were many ways to do the work.The dentist had to talk to Leo about 6. to work on the teeth. But they couldn’t understand 7. other.How would they make it work?The dentist looked at Leo’s teeth and talked to him in Chinese. Leo didn’t 8. what the dentist said. They both shook their heads and smiled. Then, 9. dentist found an online translator（翻译器）. She typed the questions in Chinese. The computer changed them into English. Then, Leo answered the questions in English. The computer gave his answers in Chinese. The two managed to talk to each other that way. By the end of the visit, Leo got 10. teeth fixed.Day 4A体裁：说明文主题：旅行方式正确率：/10cost take and from a the their read more road timerememberGetting to places can sometimes be difficult, especially when you are going to a place for the first time.In big cities, many people take buses, trains or subways to get 1. one place to another. Taking a bus is 2. popular way of traveling. It’s very cheap to take a bus. Usually it only 3. you 1 or 2 yuan for a long trip. And in some cities like Shanghai, there are roads only for buses to run on. This means that you might get to the place much earlier than those who drive 4. cars. If you are taking a bus, you need to know which bus to take 5. where you can get on. You also need to be able to 6. the timetable（时间表）rightly, so you can take the right bus and get to your place on time. 7. to check（检查）where to get off. You should be careful with your things on the bus all the 8. .In the countryside, travel can be much 9. difficult. In some places, people get to school or work by boat. Some children take a longboat ride on the river to get to school because there are no 10. or bridges. In other places, students walk a long way in the mountains to school.B体裁：记叙文主题：朋友间互相帮助，认真对待考试和学习正确率：/10Li Ming and Liu Mei were in the 1. school. They were not only classmates but also deskmates. Liu Mei worked so hard that she 2. well in her study. But Li Ming was very lazy. He hardly ever 3. to the teacher in class and never finished the homework after class.Once in an English test, Li Ming found the questions so 4. that he could think of nothing to write. He tried to peep at（偷看）Liu Mei’s paper. Liu Mei noticed that and she was 5. . She told Li Ming it was not good to cheat（作弊）in the exam and that he should finish the paper by 6. . Li Ming was embarrassed（尴尬的） . That evening, when Li Ming was doing homework, Liu Mei came to his house. It was 7. heavily outside and Liu Mei’s shoes were wet. Li Ming was surprised to see 8. . Liu Mei said that she came to help Li Ming 9. his homework. Li Ming was so moved that he decided to 10. hard from then on. We should help our friends not to make mistakes.Day 5A体裁：记叙文主题：国庆假期第一天是如何度过的正确率：/10happy under in talk mother holiday because our help joininterest talentWe have a 7-day off during the National Day 1. . Yesterday was the first day of the long holiday. We didn’t go out to places far away 2. we thought there would be too much traffic on the road. We stayed in the garden in frontof our house and enjoyed 3. .My father was fond of（喜欢）playing chess. He was playing chess with Uncle Li. Sometimes they 4. loudly, while sometimes they lost themselves in thinking. Since it was a sunny day, my 5. took the clothes out and washed them in the garden. I usually 6. her to put up the clothes, but this time she said she didn’t need my help, so I took out some fun things and put them on the table. Then I asked my sister to 7. me to play with them. But my sister refused. She was not 8. in playing with them. She saw some chickens 9. the tree. Then she went to them and played with them. She held some food in her right hand and was ready to share it with them. How 10. she looked!We did have a great time in the garden yesterday.B体裁：记叙文主题：关于雨伞来源的故事正确率：/10There are many different stories about the history of the umbrella. Accordingto 1. old Chinese story, the umbrella was invented by Lu Ban’swife.Lu Ban was the most famous craftsman （工匠）2. ancient China.One day, Lu Ban and his wife were taking a walk by the West Lake. They were enjoying the beautiful lotuses（莲花）when it started to rain 3. . They were 4. all over when they returned home.“ It’s terrible to get wet in the rain,”Lu Ban’s wife said. “ Can you make something to keep the rain out?” The craftsman replied, “I can build some pavilions（亭子）along the West Lake. 5. a result, you can hide（躲）under 6. when it rains.”“ But pavilions can’t move,”Lu Ban’s wife said. “ Is it possible to 7. a movable pavilion that will always follow people when they walk?” She thought about this question 8. a long time.One day, Lu Ban’s wife saw some children playing in the rain. They were holding up large lotus leaves to keep out the rain. She got a good idea from them. The next day, she made the9. umbrella out of silk and bamboos. “10. a nice umbrella!” Lu Ban was amazed by it.Day 6A体裁：说明文主题：保护动物正确率：_________ /10be for and see face clean that it they have animal important Animals are people ’s friends. Many people like animals and they evensee animals as their family members . We should protect animals . However,many wild（野生的）animals are 1. the danger of dying out,because their living situation is getting worse 2. worse . Forone thing, the environment has changed a lot. People are taking away moreand more land and forests . Many animals don’t3. enough room to live and they don’t have enough food to eat. 4. another, humans are trying to kill the animals just for getting 5. fur（毛皮）, skin, teeth and meat.People should pay much attention to the animal problem . We should realize how serious it 6. and we should do something to protect the 7. . We should not only plant more trees, but also set up more nature reserves（保护区）so 8. animals can live freely. And the government should not allow（允许）people to kill the endangered animals or eat their meat.We should try to make our world much 9. . Fresh air and green grass areall 10. for animals. Let’s try to protect the animals together.B体裁：说明文主题：如何在拥挤的人群中保护自己正确率：_________ /10 What should you do if you are in a crowd（人群）? The most important thing is to know where you are and where the exits（出口）are. No matter（无论）where you are, make 1. you always know how to get out and be safe.You should know the situation of the ground you are standing on. Wet or uneven（不平坦的）ground can cause you to 2. down in a crowd of moving people.If you find yourself in the middle of a moving crowd, you must be 3. .4. walk against the moving direction (方向）and do not stop or sit down,5. you could get trampled（踩踏）easily. You should move in the same direction of the crowd. Keep your hands up by your chest（胸部）to protect your chest. If you fall down, get up quickly. If you can’t get up,6. someone for help.If you fall and cannot get up, keep on moving in the same direction of the crowd. If you can’t move on, then cover your head 7. your arms.Try to get away from hard things in a crowd. If you ’re pushed against them, as a 8. , you may be hurt badly.We should learn how to protect 9. . Stay away from the crowd. Remember: Whatever you do, safety 10. first!Day 7A体裁：记叙文主题：社区聚会的经历正确率：_________ /10My neighborhood is so wonderful! It is the best place to 1. . I have a lot of neighbors. A lot of kids of my age live 2. my neighborhood, and almost everyone is my friend, so it is always fun to go out and play. This summer, we had a neighborhood 3. . We had lots of activities, ate lots of delicious food and met lots of people. Let me tell you 4. about our neighborhood party.There were so many activities in the party. In Mr. Davis ’ backyard（后院）, they5. a basketball game. Down the street, there6. different exciting competitions. And we were excited to see who was the7. of each competition. A lot of kids got8. at Mrs. Jefferson’s house and sang songs. When they9. , we danced and jumped around. In the evening, the party was over. 10. I felt tired, I had a really good day!B体裁：记叙文主题：讲述了动画片《神笔马良》正确率：_________ /10 Do you know a cartoon named The Magic Paintbrush? It 1. outin 1955 and was the first Chinese cartoon to win an international prize.Ma Liang was 2. poor boy and he was kind to the poorvillagers.One day, a god（神仙）gave him a magic brush. If he drew somethingwith the brush, it could become real. 3. the help of the brush, Ma Liang was not hungry anymore . He had enough food and 4. it with the villagers, so the villagers were not hungry, either. They lived a 5. life. A bad officer heard of the news, and he 6. to get the brush himself. 7. Ma Liang was young, he tried his best to face the trouble. Ma Liang thought of a good idea. He drew the sea and a big ship. The villagers and Ma Liang took the 8. to run away. Finally, the bad man fell into the sea and lost 9. life.This cartoon is so 10. that it is still popular today. It tells us that we should help those in trouble with our “magic power”or talents. And we shouldn’t be afraid of the bad men.Day 8A体裁：记叙文主题：讲述英国作家及厨师Fuchsia Dunlop研究中国食物并写烹饪书的故事正确率：_________ /10Fuchsia Dunlop is an English writer and cook. She has written many books about1. favorite Chinese food.Dunlop lives 2. London. When she was little, she dreamed of becoming 3. cook. In 1994, she came to Chengdu to study at a university. Soon she fell in love with Sichuan 4. and Chinese culture. She even began learning cooking at a school. In 2001, her first book, Sichuan Cookery 5. out. Land o f Fish a nd Rice is Dunlop’s fifth book. In the book, she wrote about the recipes （食谱）from Jiangnan. “Although there 6. really interesting and delicious food all over China, people in Jiangnan wrote about it and discussed it more. Many of the old classic food books came from Jiangnan,” she said. To better understand the food in Jiangnan, Dunlop started reading Chinese classics. She also 7. to museums to learn about the food history. She spent about 10 years 8. this book.Now, Dunlop is 9. at cooking Chinese dishes than Western ones. “ For me, there are so many wonderful things about Chinese food. Chinese food is both delicious 10. healthy,” Dunlop said.B体裁：记叙文主题：科学家怀特先生制造了一台有助于阻止非法伐木活动的机器正确率：________ /10Animals are our friends, but the number of animals is becoming smaller and smaller. Some animals are even in 1. . Luckily, many people aretrying their best to protect them. They stop people from hurting animals and they also stop people from2. down the trees to protect the home of animals.In 2012, Mr. White, 3. scientist, visited a nature park in Indonesia. He was walking 4. the forest when he saw two men cutting down a big tree. They ran away as soon as they noticed Mr. White. Mr. White knew it was illegal logging（非法伐木）. He also knew the nature park was trying to5. for the illegal loggers. But how to find them?Mr. White said, “The forest is a 6. place, but cutting down trees makes noise. There must be a way to hear this.”Mr. White made a machine and he called 7. “Guardian”. It can receive the sound of cutting down trees from nearly a mile away. Mr. White fixed（安装）some “Guardians”in the trees. 8. a “Guardian”hears the sound of cutting down trees, it will send a message to the workers. The 9.then go to stop the illegal activity. Mr. White fixed the first “G uardians”in Indonesia. To protect the home of animals better, he plans to fix 10. “Guardians” all over the world.Day 9A体裁：记叙文主题：讲述中国女外交官张京实现梦想之路的故事正确率：_________ /10Do you know Zhang Jing? She 1. from Hangzhou. When she was a middle school student, she knew 2. what she wanted to be — a diplomat（外交官）.To make her dream come true, she always worked 3. than others. Every morning, she got up as early as she could 4. listen to the news in English. She spent lots of time 5. English exercises. She once joined in many English competitions, and she always tried hard to win each of them. She always told 6., “I can do better next time.” Zhang went to China Foreign Affairs University（外交学院）at last for her 7. .Now Zhang Jing is 8. of the greatest interpreters（口译者）in China. In fact, working 9. an interpreter is very difficult. You should be good at English. At 10. same time, you must think fast. Zhang does a good job as an interpreter, and it helps her to win lots of fans（粉丝）in China.B体裁：说明文主题：对运动方式的建议正确率：_________/10There are many ways for us to exercise. We can walk, run, jump orswim. We have a lot of choices. Why do we like 1.exercise? Because it’s 2. for our health. In addition（另外）, exercise makes us tired, so we can have a much better sleep at night.You may like to run. If you do, take care of your feet. Make sure you have the right shoes. Walking is a good kind of 3. . You may take 4.walk in the park. You can walk 5. the beach to enjoy yourself. You can also walk with 6. friends, because this will make your exercise more fun 7. walking alone. Some people like to swim. However, others don’t like to go in the water. If you like this kind of exercise, you’d better 8. someone to go with you. They can give you help 9. you are in danger. Jumping rope（绳）and riding a bike are also good for your body.Find out which one you like better and 10. on doing it. You will know what makes you healthy.Day 10A体裁：记叙文主题：讲述作者的一个特别的朋友正确率：_________ /10Friends are always important to me. But one friend, Daisy, is special to me.When I met her in primary school twenty years ago, I knew that we would be friends. We 1. loved sports, reading and listening to music. We had many 2.to talk about.Then she became my best friend. She liked telling interesting stories and always made me 3. . What was more, she cared about my feelings. When her idea was different from 4. on one thing, we often talked with each other. So I could say that we 5. ever fought with each other. We spent a lot of wonderful time together.However, two years ago, I had to move away 6. my father got a new job in another country. I worried that I might lose this friend as we would not be in the 7. country.But we try our best to stay as close as before. We are able to talk with each other 8.using the Internet although we are not together.She always 9. me many good memories（记忆）. She is so important in my life and I must say that I feel 10. and happy to have aB体裁：记叙文主题：讲述男孩迈克新年写信给美术老师，表达对老师的爱正确率：_________/10The Chinese New Year was around the corner . Miss White, a middle school teacher, gave special holiday homework to her 1. . “Please write a letter to your 2.per son,” said Miss White. Most students gave a letter 3. their mothers or fathers. 4. , Mike, a shy boy, was different from his classmates. He gave a letter to his art teacher. His classmates were surprised at him. One child said, “ I guess he 5. drawing because he often draws after class.”Others guessed that the art teacher gave 6.love and kindness. Then, Miss White asked the little boy7. he gave the letter to the art teacher. He answered, “It’s him who often takes me by the hand to teach me how to hold a pencil and draw over and over 8.. He never blames（责备）me when I 9. mistakes.” Oh, the boy was showing his love and thanks for his art teacher. What a good boy! Miss White was so moved 10.she hugged（拥抱）the little boy.Day 1A. 1. classmates 2. speak 3. because 4. After 5. them6. thought7. tried8. happy9. harder10. aB. 1. with/do 2. lot 3. as 4. much 5. buy6. on7. more8. harder9. For10. learnDay 2A. 1. talented 2. hard 3. thought 4. at 5. country6. the7. richer8. expect9. has10. ifB. 1. looked 2. saw 3. the 4. but 5. heavy6. from7. cakes8. ten9. me10. laterDay 3A. 1. Like 2. good 3. herself 4. spend 5. gift6. Why7. decided8. as9. prettiest10. thoughtB. 1. take 2. English 3. to/with 4. to 5. teeth6. how7. each8. understand/know9. the10. hisDay 4A. 1. from 2. a 3. costs 4. their 5. and 6. read7. Remember8. time9. more10. roadsB. 1. same 2. did 3. listened 4. difficult 5. angry6. himself7. raining8. her9. with/do10. studyDay 5A. 1. holiday 2. because 3. ourselves 4. talked5. mother6. help7. join8. interested9. under10. happyB. 1. an 2. in 3. heavily/hard 4. wet 5. As6. them7. make8. for9. first10. WhatDay 6A. 1. facing 2. and 3. have 4. For 5. their 6. is7. animals8. that9. cleaner10. importantB. 1. sure 2. fall 3. careful 4. Don't 5. because 6. ask7. with8. result9. ourselves10. comesDay 7A. 1. live 2. in 3. party 4. something 5. had6. were7. winner8. together9. sang10. ThoughB. 1. came 2. a 3. With 4. shared 5. happy6. wanted7. Though/Although8. ship9. his10. wonderful/greatDay 8A. 1. her 2. in 3. a 4. food 5. came 6. is7. went8. writing9. better10. andB. 1. danger 2. cutting 3. a 4. through 5. look6. quiet7. it8. When/If9. workers10. moreDay 9A. 1. comes 2. clearly 3. harder 4. to 5. doing6. herself7. dream8. one9. as10. theB. 1. doing/taking 2. good 3. exercise 4. a 5. on6. your7. than8. ask9. when10. keepDay 10A. 1. both 2. things 3. laugh 4. mine 5. hardly6. because7. same8. by9. gives10. luckyB. 1. students 2. favorite 3. to 4. However5. loves/likes6. him7. why8. again9. make10. that。

八年级上册英语短文填空(7篇)（一）Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. 1_________ are young people. Some learn at 2__________ , others teach themselves. Why do all these people want to 3_________ English? It is hard to answer that question.Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is 4________ of their subjects. Many people learn English 5__________ it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English 6______ their higher studies because some of their books 7______ in English at college or university. 8________ people learn English because they want to 9________ newspapers and magazines in 10_________.（二）In England, afternoon tea is 1_______ most informal meal of a day. It is taken 2__________ four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea 3_______ any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. The members 4______ the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person 5________ a cup and saucer , a spoon 6________ a small plate for bread and butter and cakes. 7_______ the way, do not help 8___________ to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as 9_________ as you want, do not put more 10________ one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time.(三）Mrs Wilson likes to ask his husband to 1 _______shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she 2________. Now they are in a shop."Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband."All right. And how 3________ is it?" he answers and gives money to the shop assistant. 4__________ Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or 5_________, he often says "All right. And how much is it?" to her.6______ about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, 7________ he wants to have a drink. Suddenly his wife looks 8______ at the moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the 9_______ so beautiful?""All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers 10__________.（四）I went to bed at 10 and I _________soundly. I ________ up at 2a.m. and smelt something 3_________. I leaped out of bed and ran to the kitchen. I 4 _______ nothing there: it was dark 5_______ quiet. I ran 6_______ the living room. The television was still on. I 7________ to turn it 8________ before I went to bed last night.Smoke was rising out of the back of the set! I turned off the electricity just 9________ time, but the experience 10_________ me awake all night! I felt very worried and really learned my lesson!（五）Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，"Don't forget this."One day he 1__________ on a long way alone. 2__________ he left home，his wife said，"Now you have all these things. You need them 3_________ your way. Take 4_________ of your things on the way."He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour 5_______，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，"Will you please show me your 6________?"The old man 7_________for his ticket in all his pockets 8_________ he could not find it. He was very worried. "I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，"said the old man."I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you don't have to buy 9_________ ticket，"said the conductor kindly. But the old man still looked worried and said sadly，"You don't know 10________ I'm worried. If I don't find my ticket，I can't remember my station. Where am I going? "(六）This is a beautiful park near my home. People like 1 ________to the park after work. Some 2________ them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on a chair and 3____________ the children. Some children are playing the game of hide-and- seek(捉迷藏). Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing 4________ a tree. They are talking. There 5________ a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the 6_______. Some children are 7_________ in the boats 8________ their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot of birds are singing 9_______ the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English 10________ school every day.（七）We each have a memory. That’s 1 _______ we can sti ll remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things 2______ heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do 3________ again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got 4_____________ memories.A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother 5____________ when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, 6____________ them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living 7_______ their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as 8_________as one because they hear，remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language 9_________ the pupils have so little time for it, and they are 10_______ with other subjects, too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exerc ises.参考答案：（一）1.Others2. school3. learn4. one5. because6. for7. are8. Other 9. read 10. English（二）1.the2. between3. at4. of5. has6. and7. By8. yourself9. much 10. than(三）1. go 2. buys 3. much 4. When 5. bad 6. At 7. and 8. up9. moon 10. quickly（四）1. slept ;2. woke ;3.burning4. saw ;5. and;6. to ;7. forgot ;8.off ;9. in ; 10. kept（五）1. went 2. Before 3. on 4. care 5. later 6. ticket 7. looked8. but 9. another 10. why(六）1. going 2. of 3. watching 4. under 5. is 6. river 7. are sitting8. with 9. in 10. after（七）1. why 2. by 3. them 4. surprising nguage 6. remembers 7. with8. easily 9. because 10. busy。

八年级上册英语短文填空(10篇)八年级上册英语短文填空(10篇) （一）Every year students in many countries learn English. Some of these students are children. 1_________ are young people. Some learn at 2__________ , others teach themselves. Why do all these people want to 3_________ (learn) English? It is hard to answer that question.Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is 4________ of their subjects. Many people learn English 5__________ it is useful in their work. Some young people learn English 6______ their higher studies because some of their books 7______(be) in English at college（学院）or university（大学）. 8________ people learn English because they want to 9________(read )newspapers and magazines（杂志）in 10_________.（一）1.Others2. school3. learn4. one5. because6. for7. are8. Other 9. read 10. English（二）In England, afternoon tea is 1_______ most informal (非正式) meal of a day. It is taken 2__________ four and five. If you are a friend of the family, you may come for tea 3_______ any time. Very often it is not taken at a table. Themembers 4______ the family and visitors take the tea in the sitting room. Each person 5________(have) a cup and saucer (茶盘), a spoon (调羹)6________ a small plate for bread and butter (黄油) and cakes. 7_______ the way, do not help 8___________ to cakes first, bread and butter first, and then cake. Do remember: Though you can eat as 9_________ as you want, do not put more 10________ one piece of bread or cake on your plate each time.（二）1.the2. between3. at4. of5. has6. and7. By8. yourself9. much 10. than(三）How Much Is ItMrs Wilson likes to ask his husband 1_______(go) shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she 2________(buy). Now they are in a shop."Look, Andy. Is it a fancy hair clip?" Mrs Wilson asks his husband."All right. And how 3________ is it?" he answers and gives money to the shop assistant. 4__________ Mrs Wilson asks him about something good or 5_________, he often says "All right. And how much is it?" to her.6______ about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, 7________ he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks 8______ at themoon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the 9_______ so beautiful?""All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers 10__________ (quick).(三）1. to go 2. buys 3. much 4. When 5. bad 6. At 7. and 8. up9. moon 10. quickly（四）I went to bed at 10 and 1_________（sleep）soundly. I ________ （wake）up at 2a.m. and smelt something 3_________ (burn). I leaped out of bed and ran to the kitchen. I 4 _______ （see）nothing there: it was dark 5_______ quiet. I ran 6_______ the living room. The television was still on. I 7________ （forget）to turn it 8________before I went to bed last night.Smoke was rising out of the back of the set! I turned off the electricity just 9________ time, but the experience 10_________ （keep）me awake all night! I felt very worried and really learned my lesson!（四）1. slept ;2. woke ;3.burning4. saw ;5. and;6. to ;7. forgot ;8.off ;9. in ; 10. kept（五）Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，"Don't forget this."One day he 1__________(go) on a long wayalone. 2__________ he left home，his wife said，"Now you have all these things. You need them 3_________ your way. Take 4_________ of your things on the way."He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.About an hour 5_______(late)，the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said，"Will you please show me your 6________?"The old man 7_________(look) for his ticket in all his pockets 8_________ he could not find it. He was very worried. "I can't find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train，"said the old man."I think you are right. I believe you bought a ticket. All right，you don't have to buy9_________ ticket，"said the conductor kindly. But the old man still(仍然) looked worried and said sadly，"You don't know 10________ I'm worried. If I don't find my ticket，I can't remember my station. Where am I going? "（五）1. went 2. Before 3. on 4. care 5. later 6. ticket 7. looked8. but 9. another 10. why(六）This is a beautiful park near my home. People like 1 ________( go) to the park after work. Some 2________ them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on achair and 3____________ (watch) the children. Some children are playing the game of hide-and- seek(捉迷藏). Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing 4________ a tree. They are talking. There 5________(be) a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the 6_______. Some children 7_________(sit) in the boats 8________ their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot of birds are singing 9_______ the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English 10________ school every day.(六）1. to go 2. of 3. watching 4. under 5. is 6. river 7. are sitting8. with 9. in 10. after（七）We each have a memory(记忆力）. That’s 1 _______ we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things 2______ heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do 3________ again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got 4_____________(surprise) memories.A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother 5____________ when he is a small child. He hearsthe sounds, 6____________(remember) them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living 7_______ their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as 8_________(easy) as one because they hear，remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language 9_________ the pupils have so little time for it, and they are 10_______ with other subjects, too.But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.（七） 1. why 2. by 3. them 4. surprising nguage 6. remembers 7. with8. easily 9. because 10. busy（八）Mr. Smith had two sons .One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.“Sweets are bad for your teeth,”Mr. Smith said. “Take these two oranges instead ,and give one to your elder(年长的)brother,”One of the oranges is quite a lot bigger than the other one ,and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.When the other boy saw that his brother had a much larger orange than his own ,he said to him, “It’s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself. If father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one.”“I know you would,”answered his brother.”That’s why I took it.”（九）You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know who wrote this song and for whom it was written?Let me tell you a story.About one hundred years ago, there was agirl in the USA. She loved children very much and wrote many songs for children. One of them was the song Good Morning To You. The song was very popular at that time among children, but not all grown-ups ( 成年人) knew it.The girl was very poor. Once her friends invited her to a little child’s birthday party. She felt happy but sad because she had no money to buy a present for him. Finally she decided to sing the song Happy Birthday in the melody( 曲调) of Good Morning to You for the little boy.When her friends heard the song at the party, they were very happy. “Howwonderfully she is singing! We have not heard this song before. It’s a special present,”said someone. And they learned to sing it together.Later, the song became very popular throughout the world. People like it because it’s simple and friendly.（十）Most American businesses are open five days a week. American school children go to school five days a week, too. American families usually have a two-day weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Over the weekend, people spend their time in may ways. Manyfamilies enjoy weekend together. They may go shopping, go for a drive, or visit friends. They may also invite friends over and have a party at home. Many families take part in sport during the weekend. Running, hiking, playing volleyball and swimming are popular in summer. Skiing and skating are the favorite winter sports. Weekends are also a time for American families to work on something in their yards or in the house. Many families plant flowers and have vegetable gardens. Some families spend the weekends to paint or repair their houses. For most Americans, weekend are very busy.。