新教材八年级下课本3a短文填空练习

2017-2018学年度八年级下学期英语3a短文填空
Unit 1
At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man _________(lie) on the side of the road. A woman next to him ________(shout) for help.
The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, ___________(stop) the bus without _______(think) twice. He got off and asked the woman what ________( happen). She said that the man had a heart problem and should ______( go) to the hospital. Mr. Wang _________(know) he had to act ________(quick). He told the __________(passenger) that he must _____(take) the man to the hospital. He expect most or all of the passengers to get off and wait for the next bus. But to ______(he) surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers help Mr. Wang ______ ( move) the man onto the bus.
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________(thank) to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was saved by the doctors in time.“It’s sad that many people ____________(want) to help others because they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger.“But the driver didn’t think about ________( him). He only thought about _________(save) a life.”
Unit 2
Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up several hours each week help others.
Mario loves _______(animal) and wants ______(be) an animal doctor. He ________(volunteer) at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can _______(help) him ________(get) his future dream job.”It’s hard work,” he says, “but I want to learn more about how _______(care) for
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animal. I get such a strong _______(feel) of satisfaction when I see the animals get______( good) and the look of joy on their_________(own) faces.”
Mary is a book lover. She could read by ______(her) at the age four. Last year, she decided _______ try out for a volunteer after-school _______(read) program. She still works there ________(one) a week to help kids learn _______(read). “The kids ________(sit) in the library, but you can see in their eyes that they’re going on a _________(difference) journey with each new book. ___________(volunteer) here is a dream come true for me . I can ______(do) what I love to do and he lp others at the same time.”
Unit 3
Last month, our dog welcomed me when I came home from school. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired. I ________(throw) down my bag and went to the __________( live) room. The minute I ______( sit) down in front of the TV, my mom came over, “Could you please ________(take) the dog
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for a walk ?” she asked.
“ Could I watch one show _______(one) ?” I asked.
“No!” she replied ________(angry). “ 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 ______(tired) as you are!” I shouted back.
My mom did not say__________(something) and walked away. For one week, she __________(do) any housework and neither did I . _________(final), I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt.
The next day, my mom came home from work ______(find) the house clean and tidy.
“What _________(happen)?” she asked in ______ (surprised).
“I’m so sorry, Mom. I finally understand that we need________(share) the housework to have a clean
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and ___________(comfort) home,” I replied.
Unit 4
My problem is that I can’t get on with my family. Relations between my ________( parent) have become _________( difficulty). They fight a lot, and I really _________(like) it. It’s the only _____________(communicate) they have. I don’t know if I should say anything to _______( they) about this, When they argue, it’s like a big, black cloud ________(hang) over our home. Also, my _______(old) brother is not very nice to me. He always refuses _________(let) me ________(watch) my favorite TV show. Instead he watches whatever he wants until late at night. I don’t think this is _______(unfair). At home I always feel lonely and nervous. Is that normal? What can I do ?
It’s not easy being your age, and it’s normal________(have) these ________(feel). Why don’t you _______(talk) about these feelings with your family ? If your parents are having problems, you should
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offer__________ (help). Maybe you could do more ______( job) around the house so that they have more time for proper _________(communicate). __________(second), Why don’t you sit down and communicate with your brother ? You should explain that you ________( mind) him _________(watch) TV all the time. __________(however), he should let you________( watch) your favorite show. I hope things________(be) better for you soon .
Unit 5
Ben could hear strong winds outside his home in Alabama. Black________(cloud) were making the sky very dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight, The news on TV______( report) that a ________( heavily) rain was in the area.
Everyone in the neighbor was busy. Ben’s dad was putting__________( piece）of wood over the
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windows while his mom ___________(make) sure the flashlight and radio _________(work). She also put some candles and ___________(match) on the table.
Ben________(help) his mom make dinner when the rain began to beat _________(heavy) against the windows. After dinner, they tried ________(play) a card game, but it was hard to have fun with a serious storm __________(happen) outside.
Ben couldn’t sleep at first. He ______(final) fell asleep when the wind was dying down at around 3:00 a.m. When he woke up, the sun _______(rise). He ________(go) outside with his family and found the neighborhood in a mess. _______(fall) trees, broken windows and rubbish were everywhere. They join the neighbors to help clean up the neighborhood together. Although the storm broke many things apart, it brought _________( family) and neighbors________(close) together.
Unit 6
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In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the_______(one) time. However, this story is not new to _________(China) children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in the _________(tradition) Chinese book Journey to the west.
The Monkey King is not just any _______(normally) monkey. In fact, he sometimes_______(do) even look like a monkey ! This is because he can make 72 ________(change) to his shape and size, turning_______(him) into different animals and _______(object). But unless he can hide his tail, he _____(can) turn himself into a person. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so small that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.
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The Monkey King has excited the ___________(child) of China for many years. And as soon as the TV program ________(come) out more than 30 years ago, western children became ________(interest) in _________(read) this story because the clever Monkey King keeps ___________(fight) to help the weak and never gives up.
Unit 7
One of the world’s dangerous sports is mountain climbing, and one of the most popular _________ (place) for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas run along the_____________(southwest) part of China. Of all the_______(mountain), Qomolangma rises the_________( high) and is the most famous. It is 8,844.43 _____(meter) high and so is very dangerous to climb. Thick clouds cover the top and snow can fall very hard. Even serious difficulties include __________(freeze) weather conditions and _______
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(heavily) storm. It is also very hard _________(take) in air as you get near the top.
The ________(one) people to reach the top were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on May29, 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, while the first woman to__________( success )was Junko Tabei from___________(Japanese) in 1975.
Why do so many climbers risk their______( live)? One of the_______( mainly) reason is because people want to challenge __________(them) in the face of _________(difficulty). The spirit of _______ (this) climbers shows us that we should never give up _______( try) to achieve our _________ (dream). It also shows that humans can sometimes be ______(strong) than the forces of nature.
Unit 8
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When I first arrived on this island, I had nothing. But I’ve found the ship and made a small boat. I
____________(bring) back many things I can use—food and drink, tools, knives and _______(gun). Although I have lost everything, I ___________( lose) my life. So I will not give up and I will
__________(wait) for another ship. I have already________ (cut) down trees and _______(build) a house. I go out with my gun almost every day______(kill) animals and birds for food. I’m even learning to grow fruit and __________(vegetable).
A few weeks ago, I __________(find) the marks of another ______(man) feet on the sand. Who else is on my island ? How long have they been here ? Not long after that, I saw some cannibals trying ______ (kill) two _______(man) from a broken ship. One of them died but the other ran towards my house. I helped him kill the cannibals. This man now _________(live) with me and helps me. I _________(name）him Friday because that was the day I met him. He is smart and I have already ________(teach) him
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some English.
Unit 9
Ken: The most interesting museum I’ve ever been to is the American Computer Museum. They have information about _______(difference) computers and who__________( invent) them. The old computers were much _______(big). It’s unbelievable that technology has __________(progress) in such a rapid way! I’ve also __________(learn) that there was a ____________(specially) computer It could play chess even better than humans. I wonder how much more computers will be able __________ (do)in the future.
Amy: I’ve recently been to a very _________(usual) museum in India, the International Museum of Toilets. I just couldn’t believe my_______(eye) when I saw so many different _________ ( kind) of
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toilets there. The museum _________(teach) people about the history and ___________(develop) of toilet. It also encourages government and social groups to think about ways ________ (improve)toilets in the future.
Linlin: Last year I ______(go) to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum. It’s a _______(relax) and
_________ (peace) place near a lake. The tea art performances show how __________( make) a perfect cup of tea with beautiful tea sets. _________(watch) the tea preparation is just as enjoyable as
_________ (drink) the tea itself. I’ve _________( final) realized why my grandpa loves ______(drink) tea and collecting tea sets.
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Unit 10
My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get _______(big) our house seems to get smaller. So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a
________(child) home.
We have already cleared out a lot of__________( thing ) from our bedrooms. We have ________ (decide) to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite sad at ________ (one). Although he has played with his old
______(toy) for a long time, he still wanted _______( keep)them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his _____(four) birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he
__________(want) to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a ______(children). My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with __________(certainly) toys.
As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I
_______________(play) for a while now. I am getting ______(old), too。