短文填空题专训(含答案)2020-2021学年外研版八年级英语下册

M 1 Feelings and impressions
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Hi, Lingling,
Thanks for your last message. It was great 1. _______ hear from you, and I can't wait to meet you.
I hope you will know me from my photo when I 2._______at the airport. I'm quite tall, with short fair hair, and I wear glasses. I'll wear jeans and a T-shirt for the 3._______, but I'll also carry my warm coat. I've got your photo-you look very pretty. I'm sure we'll find 4._______ other!
Thanks for telling me about your hobbies. You sound 5._______ like me! I spend a lot of time 6._______classical music with my friends at school,but I also like dance music--I love dancing! I enjoy sports as 7._______, especially tennis. My brother is in the school tennis team--I'm very 8._______ of him! He's good at everything, but I'm not. Sometimes I get bad marks at school, and I feel sad. I should work harder.
You asked me, “How do you feel about coming to China?” Well, I often feel 9._______bit sad at first when I leave my mom and dad for a few days, and I'm quite shy when I'm with strangers. I feel nervous when I speak Chinese, but I'll be fine in a few days. I'm always sorry when I don't know 10._______ to do things in the right way, so please help me when I'm with you in China! Oh, I'm afraid of flying too. But I can't tell you how excited I am about going to China!
See you next week!
Love,
Sally
The key:
1.to
2.arrive
3.journey
4.each
5.just
6.playing
7.well
8.proud
9.a 10.how
M 2 Experiences
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Mike Robinson is a 15-year-old American boy and his sister Clare is 14. At the 1. _______ , Mike and Clare are in Cairo in Egypt, 2. _______ of the biggest and busiest cities in Africa.
They moved here with their parents two years 3. _______. Their father, Peter, works for a very big company. The company has offices in many countries, and it has 4. _______Peter to work in Germany, France and China before Peter usually stays in a country 5. _______about two years. Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.
The Robinsons love seeing the world. They have 6. _______to many interesting places. For example, in Egypt, they have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat on the Nile River, and visited the palaces and towers of ancient kings and queens.
Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the country, Arabic. This language is 7. _______ from English in many ways, and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words. 8. _______, they still enjoying learning it. So far they have learnt to 9. _______ German, French, Chinese and Arabic. Sometimes they mix the languages. “It’s really fun.”said Clare.
The Robinsons are moving again. The company has asked Peter to work back in the US. Mike and Clare are happy about this. They have friends all over the world, but they also miss their friends in the US. They are 10. _______down the days.
The key:
1.moment
2.one
3. ago
4.sent
5.for
6.been
7.different
8.However
9. speak 10. counting
M 3 Journey to space
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Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. However, we have not 1. _______ life on any other planet yet.
The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun. Seven other planets also go 2. _______ the sun. None of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on 3. _______. The sun and its planets are called the solar system, and our solar system is a small part of4. _______ much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way. There are billions of stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them.
Scientists have also discovered many 5. _______galaxies in the universe. They are very far away and their 6. _______ has to travel for many years to reach us. 7. _______ how large is the universe? It's impossible to imagine.
Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet Mars to take photos. They have even sent spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has traveled far 8. _______ to reach other stars in our Galaxy.
Scientists have always asked the questions: with so 9. _______stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has no one 10. _______with us? We do not know the answers...yet.
The key:
1.found
2.around
3. them
4.a
5.other
6.light
7.So
8.enough
9. many 10. communicated
M 4 Seeing the doctor
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Healthy living
I was not feeling very well so the doctor checked my heart and said I needed more exercise. I have 1. _______been very active, and I do not like sports. I have always wanted a 2. _______ , so my parents gave me a dog for my birthday. Now I get exercise by taking him for a walk every day. I have 3. _______him for three months now and I feel really healthy. ---Anna
Our teacher decided to start a girls’ football team and I thought, “What a great idea!” I was 4. _______first member of the team. We have played football for a year now and we all feel very fit. Our teacher is the coach, and 5. _______also takes part in the training with us. She is in excellent condition too. ---Wang Wei
For the last few years, I went to work on the underground. 6. _______I got to work, I always felt very sleepy and I was not happy. I bought a bike in January. 7. _______then, it has become part of my life. Now I ride to work every day. It is my daily exercise. I arrive 8. _______work with a smile on my face. ---Thomas
I was weak after a long illness, so I wanted to 9. _______more. Then a friend suggested, “Why don't we go for a run before school?” So we started running a week ago. But I do not enjoy running, and when I get to school, I felt awful. My legs hurt and I am hot all over. Perhaps I am 10. _______weak to do any exercise. What do you think? ---Richard
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2.pet
3. had
4. the
5. she
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7.Since
8.at
9.exercise 10. too
M 5 Cartoons
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Cartoon heroes
Nemo is a cute orange-and-white fish and Shrek is an ugly green man. They look very different, but 1. _______ of them have won the hearts of young people all 2. _______ the world. The pictures of these popular cartoon heroes are everywhere, on office desks, schoolbags and computer screens.
There are also some older cartoon favourites, for 3. _______ , the Monkey King. He is the hero of a story called Havoc in Heaven. He leads a group of monkeys 4. _______ the Emperor of Heaven and his men. He is brave, clever and humorous. Parents and children laugh together as the Monkey King makes 5. _______ terrible mess in heaven. They always expect to see 6. _______Monkey King cartoons.
Tintin is another favorite cartoon hero. He has 7. _______ popular for over 18 years, ever since the artist Herge invented him in 1929. Tintin has red hair and a small white dog. He 8. _______ for a newspaper and has lots of exciting experiences. Fans have bought about 200 million copies of Tintin’s stories in more than fifty languages. Tintin 9. _______ in China in the 1980s. Many Chinese still collect these black-and-white Tintin books.
Finally, Snoopy, a cute dog, celebrated his 16th birthday in 2010. Snoopy lives in his own private world and finds real life hard to understand. Charles Schulz created Snoopy and his friends, and drew the cartoons to satisfy older people 10. _______ well as children.
The key:
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2.over
3.example
4.against
5.a
6.more
7.been
8.works
9.appeared 10.as
M 6 Hobbies
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David hobbies
Many students have hobbies, such as reading, painting, growing vegetables and looking after animals. Some hobbies are relaxing and 1. _______are active. Hobbies can make you grow as a person, 2. _______your interests and help you learn new skills.
David Smith is a student, and one of his 3. _______ is writing. During the summer of 2010, he spent four weeks 4. _______a summer camp. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing and climbing, there 5. _______ a writing class. “The teacher was a writer, and she asked us to talk about our lives and 6. _______interesting stories. Then she encouraged us to write about our experiences at the camp.”
Back at school, David wrote a story about the life of a 16-year-old boy, and it came 7. _______as a book in 2012. Many young people love his book, and as 8. _______result, David has become a successful young writer.
David has been very lucky because his hobby has brought him pleasure and success. 9. _______writing is not his only hobby. He is also interested in many other things. “I like playing volleyball too, “says David. “I 10. _______ some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team. Maybe I will write about my volleyball team in my future books.”
The key:
1.others
2.develop
3.hobbies
4. at
5.was
6.tell
7. out
8. a
9.But 10.spent
M 7 Summer in Los Angeles
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Learn English in Los Angeles
Come to learn English in Los Angeles! We can offer you great summer English courses. You will love coming to Los Angeles to learn about American culture and 1. _______ your English at the same time.
The courses last for four, six or eight weeks. They start at the end of July. Our teachers are well trained and have a lot of experience. They teach English classes 2. _______four hours a day. You can work in small or large groups. It 3. _______on your personal choice. We provide books and we 4. _______a test every week to check your progress. There are also computers for personal study.
As well as learning English, we want you to experience life in the US. You can stay 5. _______a guest with an American family and take 6. _______ in their daily life. You will have meals with the family and do some activities with them too. For many of our students this is the 7. _______part of the course. Many families form close friendships with the students and stay in 8. _______with them. But if you prefer, of course, you can stay in a hotel.
There are many exciting things to do in Los Angeles. We plan 9. _______ every day after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland, or San Francisco, or you can go shopping.
You are certain to get the best possible 10. _______of English learning and life in the US. You must pay for your course at least one month before it starts. Do not wait--fill out our form and come to learn English in Los Angeles!
The key:
1.improve
2.for
3.depends
4. set
5.as
6. part
7.best
8. touch
9.activities 10.experience
M 8 Time off
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Dear Mum and Dad,
I promised to write, so...
We are staying with Lingling's uncle in Hunan province, and I'm having a wonderful 1. _______here in Zhangjiajie. It's a magic land of mountains, forests and rivers. It's very large, about 480 square kilometers. It’s 2. _______ for the strange shape of its tall rocks. Some of them look like humans while 3. _______look like wild animals.
Last night we camped by a small lake. 4. _______the night, we heard a noise! It woke everybody up. We thought somebody was moving about. Lingling's uncle said it was an animal. We came out 5. _______making any noise, and found it was just a hungry monkey looking 6. _______ food.
This morning, we climbed Mount Tianzi! From the top we hoped to see the lakes and forests. 7. _______it was a pity that it was cloudy. We could only see the mountain 8. _______above the clouds. Then we walked down the path, along the river, past trees and other plants and back to the camp. I pulled a leaf 9. _______ a plant, but Lingling's uncle said that it was wrong to pull leaves off plants and that we should 10. _______everything here. I was very sorry.
Tomorrow we are going to Dongting Lake, the second-largest freshwater lake in China. We’ll be back home next week! Wish you were here!
Love,
Betty
The key:
1.time
2.famous
3.others
4. During
5. without
6.for
7.But
8.tops
9.off 10. protect
A beautiful smile
by Zhang Bei When I was 13 years old, a girl gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school. No 1. _______ knew me, I was very lonely, and afraid to make 2. _______with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt even 3. _______lonely. I could not talk to anyone about my problem, and I did not want my parents to 4. _______about me.
One day, my classmates were talking with their friends, but I sat in silence. At that moment, a girl entered the classroom. I did not know 5. _______ she was. She passed me and then turned back. She looked at me and, 6. _______a word, smiled.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm. It was 7. _______a hidden treasure.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other students, Day by day, I learnt to trust people, and they included me in their circle of friends. The girl with the bright smile has become my 8. _______friend now, and we stick together like glue.
One day, I asked her 9. _______she smiled at me that day. She said she could not remember!
Now I believe 10. _______the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. My suggestion is: smile at the world and it will smile back.
The key:
1.one
2.friends
3. more
4. worry
5.who
6. without
7.like
8.best
9.why 10. that
Radio times
“How old are you?” The radio manager looked down at me.
“15,” I said.
“And you want a job in radio? Shouldn't you be at school?” he asked.
How could I explain? I've always loved the radio. I still remember, when I was four years old, I sat close to the radio in the living room, 1. _______to my favourite programmes and to the voices of my favourite presenters. It seemed 2. _______they were speaking not to lots of listeners 3. _______to me in person. At the age of nine, I asked 4. _______ part-time jobs in small radio stations.
5. _______I grew older, my interest in radio grew. One day I learnt about Internet radio. Once a week, I
6. _______my favorite music from my father's computer, talked about life at school, and hoped someone might be listening.
Soon my friends at school started to listen, and then they wanted to help. We prepared a programme once a week, doing research by reading articles about music and sports news. We also did research for jokes and the 7. _______ report.(I did this by looking out of the window).
“OK, come with me,” the manager said. I sat down in the studio. He was in another room, behind a glass of wall.
“OK, let's do a sound check. Just tell me 8. _______you had for breakfast.”
All radio presenters need to answer the 9. _______question before they begin work. The purpose is to check the sound level.
“I had eggs, fruit and some milk.”
“ OK, that's great!” the man behind the glass said.
This was 10. _______my first real job in radio began.
The key:
1.listening
2.that
3. but
4. for
5.As
6.played
7.weather
8.what
9.same 10. how。