八年级英语下册 短文填空练习 (新版)人教新目标版-(新版)人教新目标版初中八年级下册英语试题

短文填空练习
Test 1 Score:________
It was sunny last Sunday. Sam and Dick wanted to go to the park together. It was a little 1 form their house to the park, so they 2 a bus there. When they arrived at the park, it was 10 o’clock. Then they walked
to the gate 3 the park, but suddenly, they found a boy
4 on the ground and there was a bike beside him. They
stopped and wanted to know what was wrong with the 5 .
“The boy must be hurt,” said Sam. “Let’s help him!”
So they called a taxi and sent the boy to the 6 in a hurry.
7 they got to the hospital, the doctor looked over the boy carefully at once. At 8 same time, Dick got the boy’s father’s telephon number and 9 him. About half an hour later, the parents arrived. When they knew that the two boys saved their son, they 10 them and said they were really good boys.
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Test 2 Score:________
It was early morning and everyone was on their way to
work. It was very 1 on the bus. Some people had seats,
but others had to stand. At a bus stop, a woman got on the
bus 2 a hurry.
An old man 3 beside the door tried to stand up.
“Oh, no, thank you,”the woman said and quickly
forced (强迫) 4 old man back to the seat. “Please don’t do that. I can stand.”
“But, Madam, let me…” said the old man, and he tried to 5 up again.
“I asked you to keep your seat,” the woman said. She put her right hand 6 the old man’s shoulder (肩膀) and 7 him back down again.
8 the man still wanted to stand up. “Madam, will you please let me…?”
“Oh, no,” said the woman, and she forced the man back down 9 .
At last the old man shouted 10 , “I want to get off the bus!”
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Test 3 Score:________
Alex worked in a city far away from his home. He wanted
to send a letter to his wife, 1 he could neither read
nor write. He had to work all day, so he 2 only look
for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last,
he found the house of a letter-writer 3 John.
John was already 4 bed when Alex came to his house.
“It’s late,” John said. “What do you want?”
“I want you to write a 5 to my wife,” said Alex.
John was not happy. He thought 6 a few seconds. “Does your wife live very 7 from here?” said John.
“What does that matter?” asked Alex.
“Well, my writing is 8 strange that only I can read it. If I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will 9 you a lot of money.”
After he 10 this, Alex left quickly.
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Test 4 Score:________
Mike has been traveling across the country in his car.
One evening he was driving around 1 for a small hotel
when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He 2
his car. “I want to go to the Sun Hotel,” he said to
3 old man. “Do you know it?”
“Yes,”the old man said. “I’ll 4 the way.”
the old man got into Mike’s car, and they drove off. They 5 for about 12 miles. When they came to a small 6 , the old man said, “Stop here.” Mike stopped and looked at the house.
“But this isn’t a 7 ,” he said to the old man.
“You are 8 ,”the old man got off the car and answered. “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way 9 the Sun Hotel.” The old man points down the road behind him. “Turn around and go back 3 miles. Then you’ll see the hotel 10 the left.”
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Test 5 Score:________
One Saturday, Bob decided 1 take a drive through the countryside. After a few hours, he saw a 2 walking behind a man on the side of the road. As the car came near them, the dog suddenly 3 into the road. Of
course, the car hit the poor animal and 4 it.
Bob 5 his car and walked up to the man. “I’m very sorry 6 this happened,” he said. “Is there 7 I can do? Will $10 help?”
“Oh, but…,” said the man. “I should tell you…”
“Stop! You’re right. $10 isn’t 8 ! That dog was your best friend!”
Bob reached into his pocket and gave the man $30. Then he said 9 to the man and drove away. When he was gone, the man looked down at the dog and said, “I don’t 10 whose dog that is.”
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Test 6 Score:________
A young woman was waiting at the airport. As she needed
to 1 for many hours, she bought a book to pass the time.
She 2 bought a packet (包) of cookies. She sat down and
started reading the 3 .
Later, a man sat down next 4 her, opened his magazine
and started reading. When the woman took the first cookie, 5 man took one, too. She was really surprised but said nothing. “ 6 is this man eating my cookies?”she thought.
Every time the woman took a cookie, the man took one, too. Then there was 7 one cookie left in the packet. The man picked tha last one up, divided (分开) it in half and gave the woman a half. She felt very 8 .
When the woman got on the airplane, she 9 that there was a packet of cookies in her handbag. 10 was never opened.
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Test 7 Score:________
John is 6 years old. He can read and write very well, 1 he can’t tell time. He doesn’t say “eight o’clock”, “twelve o’clock” or
“four o’clock in the afternoon”. He 2 “breakfast time”,
“lunch time” or “teatime”.
His aunt thinks she can teach him to read a 3 .
“ 4 you count, John?”
“Yes. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve…”
“That’s fine. Now, if I put the long hand of the clock on ‘ 5 ’ and the short one on ‘one’—that is one o’clock. 6 I put the short hand on ‘two’, what’s that?”
“Two o’clock.”
“Good. And 7 three?”
“Three o’clock.”
8 was four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt looked at him and
9 , “What time is it, now?”
“Teatime, Aunt, and I’m 10 . I want to eat something.”
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Test 8 Score:________
One day, two men wanted to make some money. In their little
village, there were a lot of watermelons, so they decided to
1 watermelon juice. They made the juice themselves and put
it into 2 . Then they brought these glasses next 3 a
busy road. One glass of juice 4 $2.
Then a farmer came by and 5 one glass. After the farmer
left, the two men waited and waited, 6 no one came. They felt thirsty. The man who had $2 in hand thought, “I have $2. 7 not buy a glass of juice?” So he gave the $2 to the 8 man, and drank a glass. The other man thought that wasn’t fair, so he gave back the $2, and drank a glass, 9 .
They drank and drank, drank and drank…
10 the end, they had no more juice but only $2.
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Test 9 Score:________
A lawyer, a doctor and an artist went into the woods (森
林). At night, they came to a farmer’s 1 and asked to stay
for the night. “Sure,” the farmer said. “But I have room
for only 2 of you in the house. The other one will have
to 3 in the barn (牲口棚) with the animals, and the smell
is very 4 there.”
“I will sleep in the barn,” the 5 said.
Half an hour later, a 6 was heard on the farmhouse door, and there stood the lawyer, saying, “I can’t stand the 7 .”
“All right,” said the doctor, “I will sleep in the barn.”
After a while there was 8 knock on the door. “I can’t sleep with the smell,” the doctor said.
“You two are useless,” said the artist. “I will sleep in the barn.”Thirty minutes 9 came another knock. When they 10 the door, there stood all the animals from the barn.
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Test 10 Score:________
One day, Mr. White finished his work very late. On his way home, there was no bus or taxi, so he had to go home 1 . He held his bag in his
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When he got home, he opened his bag. He wanted to get his 3 .
They were always there. But he couldn’t find the keys this time.
He was 4 and he didn’t know what to do. When he looked up,
he suddenly saw his window was 5 . He had an idea.
There 6 a ladder (梯子) behind his house. He carried it to the window. Then he began to 7 up the ladder.
How dark it was! It was 8 for him to do that and his hat fell down. So he was very carefu and afraid.
A moment 9 , Mr. White jumped into the room and he was very happy. But suddenly 10 he put his han into his pocket, he found his keys just right there.
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Test 1
1. far
2. took
3. of
4. lying
5. boy
6. hospital
7. When
8. the
9. called/telephoned 10. thanked
Test 2
1. crowded
2. in
3. sitting
4. the
5. stand
6. on
7. pushed/forced
8. But
9. again 10. angrily
Test 3
1. but
2. could
3. named/called
4. in
5. letter
6. for
7. far
8. so
9. cost 10. heard
Test 4
1. looking/searching
2. stopped
3. the
4. show
5. drove
6. house
7. hotel
8. right
9. to 10. on
Test 5
1. to
2. dog
3. jumped/ ran
4. killed
5. stopped
6. that
7. anything
8. enough
9. goodbye 10. know
Test 6
1. wait
2. also
3. book
4. to
5. the
6. Why
7. only
8. angry
9. found 10. It
Test 7
1. but
2. says
3. clock
4. Can
5. twelve
6. If
7. on
8. It
9. asked 10.
hungry
Test 8
1. sell
2. glasses
3. to
4. cost
5. bought
6. but
7. Why
8. other
9. too 10. In
Test 9
1. house
2. two
3. sleep/stay
4. bad/terrible
5. lawyer
6. knock
7. smell
8. another
9. later 10. opened
Test 10
1. on
2. arm/hand
3. keys
4. worried/anxious
5. open
6. was
7. climb
8. dangerous/difficult
9. later 10. when。