【专项练习】八下英语短文填空及口语交际专项练习

八下专项练习

阅读下面短文，根据中文、首字母、音标或语境的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，要求所填的单词意义准确，拼写正确。

（1）

“Thank you”is widely used in a modern society. It is good 66 ['mænəz] . You

should say “Thank you” when others help you or say something k 67 to you. For example, when someone 68 (打开) the door for you, when someone says you have done your work 69 (好), when someone says you have b 70 a nice shirt, or your city is very beautiful, you should say “Thank you”. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and w 71 .

“Excuse me” is 72 [ə'nʌðə] short polite usage(用法) . We use it the same way as “Thank you”. When you hear someone say so behind you, you’d got to know that somebody wants to walk 73 you without troubling you. It is not polite to interrupt others while they are talking. If you want to have a word with one of them, please say “Excuse me” 74 ，and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to 75 (咳嗽) or make any unplea sant noise before others. Let’s say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” on the right occasion.

(2)

Dinner, for English people, is the richest meal of the day and is very formal (正式的) meal. Many people even wear 66. （特别的）clothes for dinner. So, if you are asked out to dinner, you must 67 . [faɪnd]out whether you are expected to wear a dinner suit. 68.W you get there and you find you are the only person in ordinary(平常的) clothes, you will feel 69.u and worried.

Dinner is usually served at about 70. past seven. All the 71. （成员）of the family sit down together and are on their best behavior (举止). The head of the family 72. s at one end of the table, his wife sits at the other. If there is a guest, he usually sits on the right of the 73. ['leɪdɪ] of the house. If there are 74. (几个的)guests, the most important one is asked to sit there. During the meal conversation is carried on, you should try to get in conversation with the person on your right or 75. , but you should not try to talk to

someone who is long way from you.

（3）

When you laugh, you will 66 (['əup(ə)n] )your mouth and your teeth. The healthier those teeth are, the happier you look. Why is that?

It’s because your teeth are important in many ways. If you take care of them, they’ll help to take care of you. 67 (强健), healthy teeth help you eat the right food to help you grow.

They also help you speak clearly.

You can take care of your teeth by doing like these:

Brush your teeth 68 ([twais]) a day after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after 69 lunch or after eating sweet cakes.

Brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend some time on the teeth along the sides and in the back.

Take your time while brushing. Spend at 70 (至少) three minutes each time.

Be sure your toothbrush is soft. Ask your parent to help you get a new toothbrush e 71 three month.

Learn how to floss(用牙线清理) your teeth, which is a very important way to keep them healthy. It feels strange when you do it at first, but soon you’ll get

u 72 to doing it. The floss gets rid of food that’s hidden between your teeth.

Brushing and flossing 73 your teeth healthy. You also need to care about what you eat and drink. Eat m 74 fruits and vegetables and drink water 75 of (代替) drinks.

（4）

John was only four this year. He liked 66 (阅读)and his parents often bought some picture-books for him. Sometimes they taught him 67 (数学) and the boy could

68 from one to a hundred. People said that he was a clever 69 .

It was a fine day. His parents took John to the 70 . They’re going to look at the animals there. He loved monkeys very 71 and threw some bananas to them. Near the lake they 72 m Mr. White, a friend of John’s father’s. The man said, “I was 73 (告知)that you are very clever. Would you like to answer one of my 74 q ?”

“I’d love to,” answers John.

Pointing to a duck and a goose in the 75 , Mr. White asks, “Which is a duck and which is a goose?”

John can’t tell a duck from a goose, but he says, “That’s easy! A duck is beside a goose!”

（5）

Once there was a man traveling in a (66) (村庄). As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these (67)h elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages(笼子). It was clear that the elephants could, at any time,