解题技巧指导：这种题型主要是对学生的四项能力（即对词语分析的能力；对英语学习的掌握运用能力；对语法知识的准确运用能力；以及对上下文语境中逻辑意义的推断理解能力。
方法介绍：
1。读短文，晓大意；在做题之前，仔细阅读短文通晓其大意；（可调动脑中相关信息帮助答题）
2。上下文，是提示，首字母，不放弃；在解答时根据上下文确定词性（即是什么词类），再结合所给首字母确定该单词意思，写出该单词。
3.做完后，试一试。单词写出以后，检查其形式是否正确，意思是否合理。然后通篇朗读短文进行检查。
八年级英语专项练习——首字母填空
一
On the evening of October 7, Li Feng was watching TV while his mother was b cooking supper in the kitchen. S the telephone rang. Li Feng q picked it up to a
the call. It was from a good friend of his m . She wanted to say “Happy Birthday”to his mother. “Today is Mother’s birthday, but I have already f all about it. Mother gives me a lot of l and care while I didn’t care for her e . From now on, I must always r this, s my love to her and care for her enough,” Li Feng thought to himself, feeling a little ashamed(惭愧的).
二
Coca-Cola is very popular now. It is e all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons are s every year, in over one hundred and sixty c . The d was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8 May,1886, but it was g the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year, only nine drinks a day w sold. The business was bought by a man c Asa Candler in 1888, and the first factory was o in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Coca is s made there. Billions of bottles and cans have been produced s 1895. It’s certain that Coca-Coca will be drunk far into the twenty-second century.
三
Mary didn’t u such sentences as “she is blue today.” You’re yellow. “He has a
g thumb(拇指).”“He has told a little white lie.” and so on. And she went to her teacher f help.
“Mrs Smith, there’s a c in each of these sentences, what do they mean?”She asked “In e English. Mary, blue means ‘sad’, yellow means ‘afraid’. A person w a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie doesn’t mean a bad one”, the teacher said.
“Would you give me an e for a white lie, Mrs Smith?”
“Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you w say it, Instead you say, No, thanks, I’m not h ?That is a w lie.”
Mary said, “Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
四
Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldn’t do some r . So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c
of the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned(有学问的) person were glad to make f with him.
It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . It made them in a fearful mess(凌乱不堪). Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?”“ Your books are all dull (乏味的).” Said the girl. “I want a d one.”“That’s easy”. Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook(烹调书) and said, “Here you are, madam.”
五
Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i . When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged(损坏) and e to recognize(辨认).Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c .
