短文填空专项训练-8年级下期

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Unit 1 （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. 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 w ill want to have a c______ (8) in his or her h_______ (9).” He thought that 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 , which 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 g uide dog. Ken wants a dog, too. But his parents w_____ (9) buy one from a pet shop. They’ll look for o_____ (10) in an animal shelter.1._______.2._________3. __________4. __________5. ___________6._________7._________8.___________9.__________ 10.____________Unit 2（A）根据短文内容及首字母提示完成所缺单词。

新目标八年级下册英语Unit2完成句子与短文填空专项训练题根据汉语意思完成英语句子1. 吉姆正在修理他的旧自行车。

Jim is ________ ________ his old bike.2. 莉萨在某些方面很像她的姑姑琳达。

Lisa ________ ________ her aunt Linda in some ways. 3. 非常感谢你赠给我这么贵重的礼物。

Thank you for _____ ______ such an expensive gift to me.4. 告诉我他们为什么成立这个组织。

Tell me why they ______ ______ this organization.5. 海边的空气对我们的健康产生了很大的影响。

The sea air ______ ______ _______ ______ to our health 6. The boy ______ ______ ______(不能) reach the apple on the table.7. We should do our best to help the ____ _____(残疾人).8. I decided to go to the next house and ___ ___(索要) food9. We _____ _____ _____(耗尽) food. What should we do?10. I like playing tennis _____ _____ ______ _____(在我的空闲时间).11. 他想出的一些主意是那么滑稽。

Some of the ideas he ________________ are so funny. 12. 我们有许多要捐赠的书。

We have lots of books to ________________.13. 他们在城市周围设立了路障。

八年级英语下册语法填空单元练习题(含答案)一、八年级英语下册语法填空专项练习（含答案解析）1．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

It's autumn now. The weather is cool and comfortable. It's a good time for ________ （walk）. So, our teacher organized a climbing for us. We decided ________ （climb） the mountains in our city.We went there ________ bus and arrived there at 9 a.m. ________ we got off the bus, we started to climb the mountain. The mountain is high. We were so excited ________ we climbed fast at first. But after a while, some of us ________ （be） tired, especially for girls. They did not want to go on anymore. ________, the others encouraged（鼓励）and helped them. All of ________（we） climbed slowly so that no one was left behind. ________ about 11:00 a. m, we ________ （get） to the top of the mountain. We were tired but really happy.2．语法填空An artist painted many pictures of great beauty. But he found that he had not yet painted a "real" picture.He began his trip to look ________ the most beautiful thing in the world. ________the way, he met an aged priest（神父）who ________ （ask）him where he was going. "I don't know, "said the artist." I want ________ （paint）the most beautiful thing in the world. Perhaps you can direct me to it. ""How easy, "replied the priest." In any church, you will find it 'Faith'（信仰, 信任）is the most beautiful thing in the world. "The artist traveled on. ________ （late）, a young mother told him the most beautiful thing is "Love"."Love" ________ （make）the world go round. Without love there is no beauty.Still the artist continued his search. He asked a soldier the same question and his answer was "Peace". He said, "War is ugly and wherever you find peace, you will find beauty, faith and love." "How can I paint all of ________ （they）—Faith, Love and Peace? "He thought and thought. He was surprised that without ________ （think）where he was going, he had got to his familiar place. In the ________ （face）of his wife and children, he saw Love and Faith. "We are thinking of you all the time. We prayed（祈祷）you would return to us safely, "said his wife. The artist sat on his favourite old chair and his heart was at peace.The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and ________ （call）it "Home".3．语法填空The Earth is a planet. It and seven other planets go ________ the Sun. We ________ （call）the eight planets and the Sun the solar system. ________ first planet, next to the Sun, is Mercury （水星）. It is 58 million ________ （kilometer）from the Sun. Venus（金星）is the second planet from the Sun, and ________ （we）planet, the Earth, is the third. It is 150 million kilometers from the Sun.Jupiter（木星）, Saturn（土星）, Neptune（海王星）and Uranus（天王星）are all ________ （big）than the Earth, ________ Venus, Mars and Mercury are smaller than the Earth. Animals, trees and humans can only live ________ the Earth-the other planets in our solar system do not have air ________ water. Do any planets in other solar systems have ________ （life）? We don't know about it.4．用所给词的适当形式填空。

八级英语下册看图短文填空专项练习人教新目标版1Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革) 1 for others in the street．Tom was also a 2 boy．One day，a rich man 3 Miser appeared in front of Tom．He watched his 4 shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．Tom said，“Let me 5 your shoes，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．Tom thought for a second and then called out，‘‘I’d like t o clean it for nothing．”Th is time Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he would n’t clean it for him 6 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 7 ．He refused to pay anything and went away．But to his 8 ，the well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 9 at him．Finally the rich man 10 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．2Jerry is a middle school student. He likes 1 very much and his favourite star is Jay Chou. He usually practices Jay’s songs. One day, he took part in an imitation 2 of Jay in a park. He chose oneof Jay’s most 3 songs, he sang and acted with his heart. He 4 he was acting just as Jay himself did. So when he heard someone 5 “once again, once again”, he was moved and 6 them. But to his surprise, the other two 7 of Jay who watched Jerry act told himwhat they really 8 . They wanted Jerry to practice more 9 he hadacted so badly! Jerry was 10 and could n’t say a word.3Xiaohong is a primary school student. On (1) , shehas to do all kinds of extra work. On Saturday morning, she has topractice the (2) . In the afternoon, her parents wanther to practice (3) . On Sunday morning, she has a(n) (4)lesson. On Sunday afternoon, she has to learn(5) . Does this girl really have so many(6) ?Nowadays, parents in China have too much hope for their(7) . They hope that their children are able to (8) some special skills so that they can have a better life in the future.In my (9) , few of the children are really interested inthese lessons. Children are children. They must have some free timeto enjoy their childhood. As an English proverb(谚语) goes, “Allwork and no (10) makes Jack a dull boy.”4It was December 25th,my friends and I had aparty in my house tocelebrate (1) .Everyone(2)themselves at the party.But(3)something unhappyhappened. I happened tofind David, myfriend,(4)my diary in my bedroom.At that time I was so(5)that I(6)at him. David stood up and (7) my house at once, (8) saying a word. After he left, I thought it was not (9)to read other’s diary, yet it was not polite to shout at(10) . It’s better for me to tell him not to do thatpolitely.5It was Sunday. The weather was very fine. The students of Class One went out for a 1 .They went by 2 with fruits, vegetables, meat , cookers and some other things.At about half past ten, they 3 at the foot of a hill. There was a big 4 and many green trees there. Birds were singing and the air was very fresh. The students were busy 5 for the picnic. Some of them were getting 6 from the lake, some were washing vegetables and fruits, and others were putting a big cloth on the grass. At about twelve o’clock the lunch was ready.After lunch, they had a 7 time singing, dancing, drinking and talking. At three o’clock, they began to 8 the hill. The hill was quite 9 , but they all tried to climb to the 10 of it. On the top of the hill, they felt very excited and all cheered.6Mr. Smith is a sixty-year-old man. He loves sports. He often goes to different places to kill his spare time and enjoys the beautiful countryside scenery.On a 1 Saturday afternoon, Mr. Smith went 2 in the country. He carried a rucksack （背包）on his back, with a stick in his hand. In the evening, he decided to stop for a 3 . He didn’t want to sleep in the open air, so he began to 4 up a tent near a village. The he made a 5 not far from the tent and placed a pot 6 the fire to cook something to eat. After supper, he spent the night in the tent. Because he kept walking a whole day, he was very tired and fell asleep soon.At the mid-night the weather began to turn bad. A 7 wind began to blow. At that time, Mr. Smith was still 8 . The next morning, when he 9 up, he found himself in the open air. And tohis great surprise, there was a pig, a 10 , a goose, a sheep and a cock running around him!7It was a reading room. A boy and a girl were sitting (1)____ a desk. The girl was reading (2)____when the boy suddenly(3)____ , because he was reading a book of jokes. The girl (4)____him by(5)____ him to look at the (6)____ with the words “Be quiet”. The boy (7) ____sorry and stopped laughing at once. Then he thought of an (8)____ . He took the book outside and (9)____ reading it. He laughed as (10)____ as he could.8One day, Mr Black came back from a party very (1) . It wastoo late, and the weather was very cold. There was no bus or taxi, so he had to go home on(2) . He held his (3) under his arms.When he got home, he opened his bag.He wanted to get his keys. They were always there. But he cou ldn’t find the keys this time. He was worried and he didn’t know(4) to do.When he looked up, he suddenly saw his window was (5) . Smiling to himself, Mr Black thought of an(6) .There was a ladder behind his house.He carried it to thewindow.Then he began to (7)up the ladder. How dark it was! It was (8) for him to do that, because he was very nervous and his hat fell down. So he was very careful.A moment later he jumped into the room and he was very happy. But suddenly when he put his hand into his (9) , he was surprised to find his(10) just right there.9It was a 1 day. In the morning, Lulu’s mother was busy doing some 2 . When she had everything done, she said to her son,“It’s time to get up, my son. ” But there was 3 answer. She came into the bedroom and said again, “ Come 4 , my baby. Did you hear it? It’s time to get up now. ” It 5 that Lulu was still having a dream. He didn’t hear 6 his mother said. His mothercame to his bed, “ Lazybones (懒虫). You see, the sun is 7 now, but you still 8 in bed. Get up, my dear! ” Suddenly, Lulu 9 , “That’s unfair (不公平) ! The sun went to bed at six o’clock last night, but I reviewed (复习) my lessons 10 10 o’clock. ”10It was a quiet midnight. There was a full (1) in the sky. Mr. Black was sleeping. Suddenly, his dog (2) barking loudly. Maybe the dog had(3) some sound. Mr. Black was (4) up. He was very angrywith the dog. He jumped out of his bed and held a shoe, went up tothe window and hit the dog (5) it. The dog stopped barking at once and ran away. Mr. Black went back to rest. But, a few minutes (6) , he heard the dog making a noise under the window.He got even (7) angry than before. He jumped out of the bed and (8) up the other shoe and wanted to hit the dog again. When he went near the window, he (9) the dog looking at him andholding the shoe in its (10) . Mr. Black felt sorry for the dog.。

八年级英语下册短文填空拔高训练题（八篇）根据首字母提示及短文内容填入适当的词，使其意思通顺，每空一词：（一）Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up but keeps old people company and helps them remember to take their m (1) . That is the shared dream of the toy m (2) Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.The cat has already been for s (3) for two years. It is for old people and acts as a "companion" for them. It makes the same n (4) as a real cat and even appears to ask for attention from its o (5) . That idea is from Jeanne Elliott. Her 93-year-old mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The robot cat stays with Derr and keeps her calm while Elliot is at w (6) . Derr treats it like a real cat, even though she knows it is electronic(电子的).Elliot told the Associated Press her mother often f (7) things. She added that a cat helps her mother to remember to take her medicine and be c (8) when she walks, which would be great.In the end, they hope to create an exchange b (9) the human and the cat in which the human feels the cat needs them. By doing so, the researchers hope they can even help stop feelings of l (10) and sadness among old people.Answers: (1) medicine (2)maker (3)sale (4) noises (5)owners(6)work (7)forgets (8)careful (9)between (10) loneliness（二）They say that babies don’t remember much when they’re born. Theyevery future parent to speak to their babies during pregnancy（怀孕）.Tarsila Rosa and Flávio Dantas looked forward to the a (4) of their first daughter, Antonella. In fact, her father was so e (5) to meet her that he talked to her every day in the morning and after coming back from work. Her father would go on and on and talk about his day, and he would always repeat that he loved her very much.Even though Flávio wasn't sure if his words could r (6) his daughter, he never stopped talking to her throughout thew (7) pregnancy, and when the baby arrived in the world, she showed him that she had been l (8) perfectly the whole time.After the baby was born, Flávio repeated the w (9) he was saying, and the baby greeted him with the most sincere s (10) ever. The baby started smiling just as soon as her father started talking, and thankfully they had a camera to capture this incredible moment.Answers : (1) weak (2) believe (3) encourage (4) arrival(5) excited (6)reach (7) whole (8)listening (9)words (10)smile从方框中选出合适的单词或词组，并用其适当形式完成短文，有两个多余的词to give him some food, but he did not have food for his own. So he went on his way. Later he saw a thirsty deer. He wanted to give him someahead.Then he saw a young man who wanted to make a camp, but he didto the old man to give him some food and give some water to the deer.his way.but he couldn’t move. The old man saw him and pulled him up the hill.forest and brought some herbs（药草）. After some time his wounds wereother.Answers；（1）through (2)hungry (3)himself (4)return (5)back(6)happily (7)fell (8)legs (9)covered (10)able（四）More and more people all over the world are learning Englishreport ranks English language levels in 63 countries into five classes. They are: "very high level, high, moderate, low and very low."The report says Denmark is the top country for English as a foreign language. Poland and Austria have (3) Denmark and other northern European countries with the "very high levels ". Malaysia and Singapore are the (4) in Asia with "high levels " in English. Joining them is Argentina, the only Latin American country to belong to "high level." English levels in the rest of Latin America are still (5) .In Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, they still (6) too much attention to grammar and vocabulary, but not so much tothe (7) skills. These countries have (8) a lot of time and money on English education. But they have not improved in English (9) 2007. English language level has actually fallen in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa, partly because of wars in the area.The report says that 1.75 billion people are speaking English today. They think that the number can grow to two billion by 2020 -- about one (10) of the world's population.Answers : (1) understanding (2) education (3)joined (4)best(5)low (6) pay (7)speaking (8)spent (9)since (10) fourth纯空格填词: 题根据短文内容，用适当的词填空，使文章意思通顺。

八年级英语下册语法填空练习题一、八年级英语下册语法填空专项练习（含答案解析）1．阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空（未提供单词的,限填一词），使文章意思完整、正确。

Have you ever been cycling（骑自行车运动）? This spring my elder brother and I ________ （spend）a long weekend cycling in the countryside. We rode ________ （slow）along because we didn't want to break any speed records, or do sports. We just wanted ________ （get）some fresh air and a break from schoolwork. We really had a great time ________ （ride） along country roads. And there was one of the best things about our trip that made us happy: every few ________ （kilometre）there was a village where we could find everything we needed.All the local people were really friendly. However, ________ the second day, something happened. We were going down the hill when my brakes（刹车） started making noise, but I didn't mind at all. At ________ midnight we were woken by the noise in the hotel. We were tired ________we set off the next morning, but soon felt cheerful when the sun came out.What we ________ （enjoy）most about cycling was that it was simple and fun. I think nothing is ________ （good） than cycling if you're looking for a break that is active and cheap. Why not have a try?【答案】 spent；slowly；to get；riding；kilometers；on；a；when；enjoyed；better【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者和哥哥今年春天在乡下骑自行车时的所见所想。

短文填空练习三Last month, our dog welcomed me when I came home from school. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired. I 1 down my bag and went to the 2 room. The minute I sat down in front 3 the TV, my mom came over, “Could you please take the dog for a walk?” she asked.“Could I watch one show first?” I asked.“No!” she replied angrily. “You watch TV all the time and never help around the house! I can’t work all day and do housework all evening.”“Well, I work all day at school, too! I’m just as 4 as you are!” I shouted back.My mom did not say 5 and walked away. For one week, she did not do any housework and neither did I. 6 , I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.The next day, my mom came home from work to find the house clean and tidy.“What 7 ?” she asked in surprise.“I’m so sorry, Mom. I finally understand that we need8 the housework to have a clean and comfortable home,” I replied.答案：threw; living; of; tired; anything; Finally; happened; shareLast month, our dog welcomed me when I came home from school. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired. I 1 down my bag and went to the living room. The minute I sat down in front 2 the TV, my mom came over, “Could you please take the dog for a walk?” she asked.“Could I watch one show first?” I asked.“No!” she replied angrily. “You watch TV all the time and 3 help around the house! I can’t work all day 4 do housework all evening.”“Well, I work all day at school, too! I’m just as 5 as you are!” I shouted back.My mom did not say 6 and walked away. For one week, she did not do any housework and neither did I 7 . I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.The next day, my mom came home from work to find the house clean and tidy.“What happened?” she asked in surprise.“I’m so sorry, Mom. I finally understand that we need share8 housework to have a clean and comfortable home,” I replied.答案：threw; of; never; and; tired; anything; Finally; theDear Sir,I think it is important for children to learn how to do 1 and help their parents with housework. It is not 2 to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend 3 th eir parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Doing chores helps them to develop children’s 4 and teaches them how to look after 5 . It also helps them to understand the idea of 6. Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and tidy. Our neighbor’s son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As 7 result, he often fell ill and his grades 8 . The earlier kids learn to be independent, the better it is for their future.Mr. Smith答案：chores; enough; on; independence; themselves; fairness; a; droppedDear Sir,I think it is important for children to learn 1 to do chores and help their parents with housework. It is not 2 to just get good grades at school. Children these days depend 3 their parents too much. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with t hat?” 4 chores help them to develop children’s independence and teaches them how to look after 5 . It also helps them to understand the idea of fairness. Since they live in one house with their parents, they should know that everyone should do their part in keeping it clean and 6. Our neighbor’s son got into a good college but during his first year, he had no idea how to take care of himself. As 7 result, he often fell ill and his grades dropped. The earlier kids learn to be independent, the 8 it is for their future.Mr. Smith答案：how; enough; on; Doing; themselves; tidy; a; better。

短文填空专项练习（一）Kate and her sister Sally wanted to buy their mom a Mother’s Day gift. They didn’t have any money, but they didn’t want to (1)________ their parents for money. Sally said they should try to make some money by (2)________.“We can’t get jobs,” said Kai. “We’re just kids!”Just then, Sally had an idea. “We can make money. We can walk dogs,”she said. “We can make fliers (小传单) and give them (3)________ our neighbors (邻居). Then if someone needs (4)________, he or she will think of us!”The girls (5)________ colorful fliers. They walked up and down the street and gave their neighbors the fliers. One neighbor told the (6)________ that she would take a vacation. She decided to let the sisters look after her dog. Every day the girls walked the (7)________and gave it delicious food and clean water. They even played with the dog in the park. When the neighbor came back a few days (8)________, she gave each girl 10 dollars. The girls felt happy (9)_______ they made some money by themselves.“Now we can get Mom a nice (10)________!” said the girls.（二）Sally walked down the hall of her new school. Mr. Reed, her new teacher, meet her (1)________ the classroom door.“Hi, Sally,” said Mr. Reed. “We are (2)________ for you. Class, this is your new (3)________, and her name is Sally. Let’s welcome Sally to our classroom with a great big hello.”“Hello!” said everyone.“Hello!” said Sally quietly. Sally w as very shy. She didn’t know (4)________ to say and she didn’t know anyone here. She was (5)________ about making new friends.Then Mr. Reed told Sally where to sit. Sally found her desk and sat down quickly. She heard a girl laughing (笑) behind her. Sally wondered (6)________ the girl was laughing at her. Sally didn’t say anything all morning.At lunchtime, the girl behind Sally went to (7)________ and said, “My name is (8)________, too. Isn’t that funny?”Sally looke d at the girl and said, “Two (9)________ named Sally in one class. That’s interesting.”That day, Sally ate lunch (10)________ Sally. They two talked and talked. Now the two girls study and play together (在一起) every day and they are very good friends.（三）A fishing net (渔网) stopped a whale (鲸) in the sea. The fishing net was large and heavy. The whale (1) ________to get out of it but it couldn’t. The net was around(2) ________ body and mouth.A fisherman (3) ________ the whale in the east of Farallon Islands. He called for (4) ________ quickly. A few hours (5) ________, rescuers (救援人员) arrived. They found the whale was in great (6) ________. The only way to save it was to go into the water and cut the net. That was very dangerous, (7) ________ the whale could kill the rescuers. But they still decided to try.The rescuers worked (8) ________ hours and got the whale out of the fishing net in the end. The little whale swam around happily. Then it came back to every (9)________ , one at a time, and played with them —it thanked them. Some said they had never seen beautiful things like this in their lives.The person who cut the net out of the whale’s mouth said it was looking at him (10) ________ the time, and he would never forget it.（四）Kate is a 10-year-old British girl. She just (1)_________ her summer camp two days ago. Now she is writing a (2)_________ to her pen friend, Sato.Dear Sato,How’s it(3)_________? Are you having a good summer holiday?I just came back from a two-week camp with my brother. It was a lot of fun. Every day was different. We went to the forest and watched the birds. The weather kept fine, so we (4)_________ in the lake and slept in the sun a lot. It (5)_________ rained and we had to water the plants in the garden (园圃)every evening, (6)_________ I enjoyed doing it.I made some very good (7)_________ — a boy and two girls. The boy played the guitar and danced very well. The two girls were classmates and they were both good at singing. In the evening we often made a fire, sat (8)_________ it and sang. Sometimes we got up early in the morning and watched the sun come up. It (9)_________ to be the best summer in my life.I hope you are keeping well. Give (10)_________ love to your parents and your sister.Yours,Kate（五）There was once a teacher who gave his students some sunflower seeds (葵花籽). One boy in the class loved eating sunflower seeds, (1) ________ he was very excited and planted (种植) his seed behind his house.A few days (2) ________, a shoot (嫩芽) came out. The boy went to his teacher and asked, “(3) ________ can I get many sunflower seeds?”The teacher answered that he still had to wait for quite some time before he would be able to get many seeds (4) ________ the sunflower. The boy was not happy, (5) ________ he kept on looking after (照料) his sunflower.However, the boy (6) ________ impatient (不耐烦的) day by day. He often asked his (7) ________ when he could eat the sunflower seeds. (8)________ the teacher asked him to wait, when the boy saw the sunflowers seeds, he cut the plant and wanted to (9) ________ the seeds. But the plant was still green and the seeds couldn’t be eaten.The boy was sad. He cared about his sunflowers so much, but in the end he got (10) ________ because he was impatient. Luckily his friends were good enough to share their delicious sunflower seeds with him.（六）Mrs. Berry is Danny’s new neighbor. She moved in two months ago. They live next door to (1) __________ other. Mrs. Berry is never serious. As she talks, there is (2) __________ a smile (笑容) on her face.Danny and his sister Lisa like (3) __________ new neighbor a lot. Mrs. Berry is a good cook. Sometimes she gets up early and makes some cakes. The cakes are so delicious that the children can smell (闻到) them (4) __________ in their rooms.It was Sunday morning. Mrs. Berry was busy (5) __________ cakes again. Danny and Lisa watched a movie on TV at home. Soon the wonderful smell of the cakes went into their house. Their mouths began to water. The movie (6) __________ not as interesting as before.“(7) __________ can we get some cakes?”Danny said to Lisa. “We can’t just go and ask for some. That’s rude (无礼的).”“I know what we can do,” Lisa (8) __________ for a minute and said. “Come with me.”They went to the front door of Mrs. Berry’s house. Lisa knocked (敲) on the door. When Mrs. Berry (9) __________ it, Lisa said, “Hello, Mrs. Berry. Will you play with us?”Mrs. Berry laughed. “All right,” she said. “What game do you want to play?”“We want to play zoos,” said Lisa. “We’ll be the animals. Y ou can be the zookeeper who (10) __________ us.”（七）Miss Dinsmore lived in a little house.“It’s a nice (1) ________ house,”said Miss Dinsmore. “But I wish it looked happier. Maybe I should paint (刷漆) it a bright (鲜艳的) (2) ________.Miss Dinsmore went to the store. She saw lots of colors there — yellow, red, blue, green ... It was (3) ________ to choose.“I know what to do,” said Miss Dinsmore at last. “I’ll draw pictures of my house with all of these colors. Then I’ll (4) ________ the best one.”Then Miss Dinsmore (5) ________ to draw picture after picture of her little house. “All of the pictures of my house are beautiful,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I still can’t (6) ________ which color will make my house happier.”One day, a neighbor (邻居) saw Miss Dinsmore’s pictures. She liked (7) ________ very much. “I’ll tell others,”she said. “Everyone will want to see your pictures.”It was true. Lots of people (8) ________ to see the pictures. “What a nice little house you have,” everyone said.“It is a nice little (9) ________,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I wish it looked ...”She stopped and looked around. Her little house was full of people looking at pictures, (10) ________ tea, talking, laughing, and having fun. “It’s a nice little house,” she said again. “And it’s a happy little house, too — when good friends come to visit me.”（八）There was a boy named Johnny. He had a little problem with his (1)________. When he ran races with his friends, his legs would tremble (颤抖) and he could (2)________ win.Thi s made him feel very bad. He didn’t want to race any more. Then one day, a boy in another class asked him, “May I tell you (3)________ to win a race?” “Yes, please! I want to win at least once,” answered Johnny.So they went to the school playground, and the boy (4)________ him a few ways to exercise his legs. They trained (训练) (5)________ three hours every day, and soon Johnny (6)________ he could run faster and faster.After two months, Johnny asked his friends to (7)________ a race with him. “Johnny, you will be the last one!” said one of his friends. Johnny didn’t say (8)________.When the race began, Johnny did his (9)________ to run. He remembered everything he learned from that boy. He ran so fast that none of his friends could catch up with him. In the end, Johnny (10)________ his very first race.（九）Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Italy. He lived at the same time as two other very famous (1)________ Michelangelo and Raphael. Leonardo da Vinci was 23 years (2)________ than Michelangelo and 31 years older than Raphael. He (3)________ in 1519. He painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. They are his most famous (4)________. Many people know about them. He started working on The Last Supper in 1495 and (5)________ it in 1498. He started working on Mona Lisa in 1503. He finished it a short time (6)________ he died. It is now in France. Leonardo’s paintings were very good because he knew how bodies worked, how happy or sad people (7)________ and how emotion (情绪) looked on people’s (8)________. He knew about light and shade (明暗对比手法). His paintings looked real.We all know Leonardo da Vinci (9)________ a great painter, but in fact he was (10)________ good at many other things. He knew about science, animals, music and so on. Leonardo also had many ideas for inventions (发明).（十）This story is about two friends Lee and Andy and their dog Soc. Soc was a beautiful dog. Three years ago, Andy’s and Lee’s parents gave the dog as a gift to the boys (1)__________ they won a singing competition together. And Soc stayed (2)__________of the time with Lee and half with Andy. Every day the boys brushed his long hair (3)__________ a hairbrush. Sometimes when it was quite (4)__________ in summer they gave him a shower. And Soc always looked clean and nice.In summer Soc always went with Andy and Lee to the woods (树林). He slept with the children in a tent and sat with them by the fire (5)__________ the long evenings.In autumn Soc always (6)__________ dog shows. He was the most beautiful dog in the town. And Soc was always the first to (7)__________ to the finish line when the dogs ran. Last year, Soc was the best at a show and got a big prize. What a great day it was for Soc and the (8)__________!The boys always bought (9)__________ for Soc’s birthday. On his last birthday they gave him a new collar (颈圈) and some meat. They put the new collar around Soc’s neck (脖子). Together they (10)__________ along the street, pleased with themselves. It was a wonderful day.（十一）Yesterday on my bus ride home, the bus stopped (1) ________ a long time on a bridge because there were too many cars and buses. As I looked out, I saw a handsome young man walking on the bridge. It was cold and windy outside. He wore a heavy jacket and a scarf (围巾).On the (2) ________ , there were three homeless men with their (3) ________ in front of them. The young man walked to the first man, put his hand into one pocket (衣袋) and took out some (4) ________. He said a few words to the homeless man and put the money in his cup. After that, the young man (5) ________ walking and he saw the (6) ________ homeless man. He said a few words to him and then gave him some candies. The young man moved on. Then he saw the third homeless man. The third man (7) ________ only a few clothes and was very (8) ________. The young man stopped by him and gave his scarf to the man (9) ________ a very loving way. Then my (10) ________ started. I saw the man walking away in the cold, but I knew his heart was warm.（十二）Joseph Pulitzer was born in 197 in Hungary. He went to the United States when he was 17 years old. He (1)________ his life in journalism (新闻业). In later life, Joseph Pulitzer was in bad health, because he (2)________ too much. But he still worked hard on (3)________ the quality (质量) of journalism in America. He gave a lot of money to Columbia University to start a school of journalism. (4)________, his most important contribution (贡献) was the Pulitzer Prizes.Pulitzer Prizes were started in 1917. Those (5)________ are given to those who do excellently (6)________ journalism, photography and so on every year by Columbia University. There are 21 different Pulitzer Prizes. In 20 of those prizes, every (7)________ gets $10,000 and a certificate (证书). But the winner of the Public Service can only get a gold medal (金牌). However, the (8)________ meaning of the prize is that it shows that the winner of the prize is the best (9)________ journalist of the year. That is much more important than the (10)________ for the journalist and the newspaper he or she works for.。

人教版八年级英语下册Unit3 短文填空新题型专练（一）Chores were not popular at my house. My two 1. ________ used to hate①doing chores. As soon as② they got home from school, they 2. ________ down their schoolbags on the sofa and watched TV. Neither of them washed their shirts and their rooms were in a mess③ all the time.A year ago, I made 3. ________ game called "The Endless Chore Game" for my family. I thought it was really 4. ________. First of all I made a card with forty squares （方框）, and then I wrote 5. ________ chores on each square. These chores can be easy 6. ________ interesting like making dessert, sweeping the floor and so on. Then my family rolled the dice （骰子）to decide 7. ________ chores we had to do. The card also had a few squares with fun things, like watching TV or singing. If you were 8. ________ you could watch TV when the others were doing the chores.My son likes the 9. ________ very much. Now he comes over to the card 10. ________ every morning to play the game. It's really a good way to make my children do chores. When I talk to my friends about this, they look at me in surprise and say to me "You are a good mother".●难点释疑①hate 动词，意为“憎恨；厌恶"。

2022-2023学年度人教新目标八年级下期中限时专项训练：短文填空（限时30分钟，100分）1.There are moments in my life I remember forever. It’s p____1____ to remember the good things of the past. These memories are always in the c____2____ of my mind.When I was four years old, I went to a kindergarten. The teachers in my eyes were all beautiful and patient. They t____3____ us many interesting songs and games. We p____4____ all day long. I did not know what learning was at that time, but I was learning every day.When I was seven years old, I started school. I was very excited b____5____ I began to learn school subjects.I became interested in s____6____ instead of singing. I remember the day when our science teacher told us the sun is l____7____ a big fire ball and that it is very, very far away. She also said nobody can stay close to that “ball”. I was so surprised that I kept my m____8____ open. Later on, more ideas about weather, planes, wildlife and even pollution came to our ears. I felt each day brought s____9____ new.Now I am at middle school. Each day is new to me. Happily I am still learning, which is like a j____10____ to me. I have finished the first part, but there is still a long way for me to go. I hope I will be a learned person some day.2.阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的第一个字母已给出。