八年级初中英语训练题及答案23

A
Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格。

每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）：
A．introduce
B．parents
C．join in
D．pretty soon
E．lunchtime
F．room
G．around
H．chances
I．miss
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn't 1 . Here's our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.
It's hard when a best friend isn't around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel lonely at break or 2 . You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends. But remember, there's always 3 for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you'd like to play with at break. Look for 4 to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation to them. Invite someone to play with you or say" Do you want to sit here?" in the lunchroom. When you're at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say" Hi, can I play, too?" or just 5 .
If you have trouble doing this or if you're feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and 6 , you'll have one, or two, or even more new friends.
You might still 7 that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn't have before she left: You can 8 her to your new friends!
B
Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案）：Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony: My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool secondary school. One morning my alarm clock didn't ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn't go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn't understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry: The most embarrassing experience I've ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favourite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife's hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped（用巴掌打）my face. I hadn't taken my wife's hand. I'd taken the hand of a complete stranger!
James: My wife and I had decided to buy a new house, and I'd made an appointment to see our bank manager. I'd never met him before and I was a bit nervous. I went into town in my car and I was lucky enough to find a parking space outside the bank. I'd just started reversing（倒车）into the space when another car made its way into it. I was irritated ! I opened my window and shouted at the man in the car. He ignored me and walked away. It took me twenty minutes to find another space. As soon as I had parked the car, I rushed back to the bank. I was ten minutes late for my appointment. I went to the
manager's office, knocked and walked in. The manager was sitting behind his desk. He was the man who had taken my parking space!
1．Tony arrived at school late that morning because ________.
A．he couldn't find his shoes
B．his alarm clock didn't ring
C．he washed and dressed slowly
D．his car went wrong on the way
2．The students began laughing when they saw Tony ________.
A．wearing a wrong shoe
B．carrying an alarm clock
C．looking down suddenly
D．rushing into the classroom
3．Henry and his wife held hands ________.
A．at the cinema
B．in the shop
C．at the restaurant
D．along the street
4．Henry was embarrassed because he ________.
A．slapped the woman in the face
B．took the hand of a complete stranger
C．heard his wife screaming in the street
D．knocked over some watches in the shop
5．James went into town to ________.
A．put money in the bank
B．look for a job
C．meet the bank manager
D．buy a new car
6．The underlined word "irritated " probably means" ________".
A．angry
B．nervous
C．worried
D．embarrassed
C
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）：
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not 1 ? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you.
When you are in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever 2 the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job? One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it 3 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And 4 the rain in time, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided. I think failure is not terrible and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and 5 hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish 6 we have decided to do. As a famous saying goes," Failure is the mother of success." Attitude decides everything. With an active attitude, life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
1．A．independent
B．essential
C．successful
D．beautiful
2．A．noticed
B．mentioned
C．required
D．imagined
3．A．recently
B．faithfully
C．mainly
D．suddenly
4．A．about
B．with
C．of
D．by
5．A．except for
B．give up
C．break down
D．burst out
6．A．where
B．why
C．when
D．what
D
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。

每空格限填一词，首字母已给）：For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping, watching TV and buying things by phone. New teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, food, toys and many other things.
Teleshopping is becoming p 1 in Sweden. For example, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year in buying things t 2 those channels. In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can open for telebusiness, i 3 the largest American company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German businessmen are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping b 4 it allows them to do their shopping without going out. With all the traffic p 5 in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the time, other Europeans don't like this new way of buying
things. They call teleshopping" junk" on the air. Many Europeans u 6 worry about the quality of the things for sale on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don't believe they can be sure about the quality of the things on TV.
The need of high quality m 7 that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies. They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things.
E
Answer the questions（根据短文内容，回答下列问题）：
Mary Kay is a well-known American businesswoman. Her company, Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc., is a very successful company which sells cosmetics（化妆品）and employs people all over the world. She became successful through hard work and she has a strong belief in herself.
Mary Kay was born in America. Soon after she started school, her father became ill. Her mother worked 14 hours a day in a restaurant to support the family. Mary Kay had to do housework, cook, and take care of her father.
After high school, her family couldn't afford to send her to college. So she got married and started a family. Then she started her sales career. At first, she sold books. Later, she visited people's homes to sell home care products. Mary Kay was successful selling those products. Her managers praised her work but never raised her pay. It taught her that men didn't believe that a woman could succeed in business. She decided to prove them wrong.
In 1963, Mary Kay started her own company. It sold many skin care and beauty products. Today the company has sales of more than 1,000 million dollars and employs more than 800,000 sales representatives（代表）in 37 countries around the world and most of them are women.
Mary Kay shared with her employees her life motto（座右铭）—Belief first; Family second; Career third. Every year, she held an" Awards Night" and awarded a pink Cadillac car, diamond jewelries and 5-star vacations to successful employees. She praised them, not just money. The company wants women to feel good about themselves.
Mary Kay died in 2001. She was a tough businesswoman with a great knowledge of marketing（营销）and sales. Through her belief in women's abilities and her willingness to give them a chance, she made the dream of a successful career come true for hundreds of thousands of women all over the world.
1．What did Mary Kay have to do when she started school?
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2．What happened to Mary in 1963?
_______________________________________
3．How many sales representatives has her company got today?
_______________________________________
4．What is Mary Kay's life motto?
_______________________________________
5．Why did Mary Kay hold an" Awards Night" every year?
_______________________________________
6．What can you learn from Mary Kay?
_______________________________________
A 1．G 2．E 3．F 4．H 5．C 6．D 7．I 8．A
B 1．B 2．A 3．D 4．B 5．
C 6．A
C 1．C 2．A 3．
D 4．B 5．B 6．D
D 1．popular 2．through 3．including 4．because 5．problems 6．usually 7．means
E1．She had to do housework, cook, and take care of her father. 2．She started her own company. /Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc. was founded. 3．More than 800,000. 4．Belief first; Family second; Career third. 5．Because she wanted to praise her employees. /Because she wanted women to feel good about themselves. 6．We should be confident, hardworking, tough ... / We should believe in women's abilities.。