(完整)八年级英语下册短文填空专练.doc

八年级下册短文填空专练一John was a poor boy .He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革)1for others in the street. John was also a 2boy. One day, a rich man 3Miser appeared in front of John.He watched his own dirty shoes for a 4and then looked at John. John knew this kind of people well. They loved money but hated to spend it.John said，“ Let me clean your shoes ，sir. Only two pence( 便士 )， sir.”Mr .Miser shook his head and walked 5.John thought for a second and then called out,“I'd like to clean it for nothing. " This time Mr. Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly.When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子), John said he wouldn't clean it for him unless he was 6two pence for his work. Mr. Miser was very 7.He refused to pay anything and went away.But to his 8，the well-cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier.Mr. Miser looked around. People in the street were 9at him. Finally, the rich man10and gave John two pence. In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly.二I went to a local post office to send a gift to Florida yesterday. When I walked into the door, there were many people1there. A bit disappointed, I decided to calmly wait formy turn to place the precious package on the counter(柜台).Since I didn’t have the tape( 胶带 ) to seal(封住 ) the box ，I went to buy the tape. As I began to secure(使固定 ) the top of the box ，2woman in front of me ， a similar situation ， asked if she could use some3.I gave her some and helped her put the gift 4her box.When the woman in front of me asked who I was 5the package to, I explained that my 80-year-old mother Selma lives in Florida, 1, 200 miles 6my home.7we spoke, the line moved and she offered me a place in front of her. I was grateful and thanked her.At that moment, the other people in front of her ushered (引导)me in front of them. By the time I reached the8，we were all smiling and laughing and I thanked 9sincerely.A few inches of tape can seal the world 10.三In Singapore, many students spend much time on studies. People think that good gradesare the key I success. So many students try 2best to get good grades in exams. In order to get good grades, some3even go to evening classes after school to 4for exams.Students have many after-school activities at school, 5as sports games, dance groups. On 6，they have enough time to do what they like. Most students like to 7 to music. Singapore films are popular, too, Some of them also 8.their time surfing the Internet, e-mailing their friends, and 9computer games. They sometimes go to cafes, shopping centers and big bookshops.So life for students in Singapore is not easy 10colorful.四Nowadays, many students complain about the pressure they have in their study and life.They have to 1 much time studying at school. They always feel 2 after school. 3， parents think that ’snot enough. They send their children to different 4 ofafter-school classes. They think their children can learn more and be 5 successful in thefuture. Students don ’tthink 6 same. They like to hang 7 with friends. They loveto watch TV at home instead 8 going to after-school classes. Parents, of course, neverlet them do that. So students have problems communicating 9 their parents. They nowcan not get10 well with parents and they even argue with their parents.五It was late at night. Mrs. Green was sleeping in her 1 alone. Suddenly she woke2 and found a thief getting into her house to try his luck. “ What should I do? ” Mrs. Green thought. “ I cantshout’. ” And at the same 3 the thief walked into her bedroom. Whenhe found there was someone in it ， he4 out of it and went to the next room. 5 he waslooking for money in the next room ， Mrs. Green got up as quickly as possible and 6 thepolice quietly. The thief didn't know what had happened7 he heard the police come. Hewas so scared 8 he took out a knife. He wanted to 9 Mrs. Green with it. Justthen a policeman came up and caught him. For Mrs. Green ， it was really an unusual 10 .六Last Sunday, our soccer team had a game with the team from Lishan Middle School. Theywere the best soccer team in this area. So they were 1 skilled than us. There was little hopefor us to win. But our coach encouraged us to get ready for 2 .He said it was a good chancefor us to play with the top soccer team. We could learn a lot even though we 3 thegame. Before the game, we 4 passing the ball again and again. After the training, wewatched the 5 .They played before on the video. Our coach analyzed their advantagesfor us and asked us to come up with an idea to deal with it. On 6 morning ，we gatheredon the playground. Many students from these two schools came to watch the game. All of themwere excited. We didn't got 7. shot on goal in the first half hour but they got two. Wewere already to give up.8 the break, our coach reminded us that soccer game wasteamwork. So when we showed up again we were completely 9 from before. We paidmore attention to our teamwork. We tried our best and even scored a goal. All of the peoplecheered for us. 10 we were defeated , we were still proud of ourselves. We did our best.Our coach took us in his arms with a big smile on his face.七Alan was a little boy. He went to school last year but he didn't like studying. 1 ， he likedfootball. Every day he 2 lots of time playing football and never did his homework. So hedidn't do 3 in his study. His parents hoped he could work 4 at his schoolwork ， buthe didn ’ t listenthemto. They were 5 about him. but didn't know 6 to do. One day,Alan took a math test. He read the questions again and again but didn't know the 7. tothe questions. He didn ’twant to take the test. He 8 on the test paper, " God knows!Merry Christmas! "Then he went out of the classroom quickly. Of course, it made the mathteacher very 9 .And two days later, Alan received the test paper10 the teacher ’swords, "God gets 100! You get zero! Happy New Year! ”八Once upon a time, there was a boy who lived in China. His name was Ma Liang. He loved to 1， but he didn ’thave a brush. He was too 2to buy one. He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground. He said to himself,“3I have a brush, I don ’tneed to draw on the ground with 4.”One night, when Ma Liang was 5，he had a dream. In his dream , he 6an old man. The old man gave him a magic brush. The old man said to Ma Liang,“I give you a magic brush. You can use it to help the poor in your village. ”The next morning ，when he woke 7，he found a real brush in his hands. Ma Liang felt very 8. He went to the village and decided to help the villagers. Some villagers said, "There has been a drought( 干旱 )and our crops( 庄稼 ) are dying.” Ma Liang took out the magic9 and drew some 10.Then it began to rain. The villagers said thanks to Ma Liang.九I have a twin sister, Kitty. She has longer hair than me. I don't like long hair. Many peoplethink we1have lots of things in common. I' m afraid this is not true. When my parents' friends come to our home ，Kitty often sits there and says 2.，but I like to talk with them. So she is 3than me. Kitty likes reading, drawing and cooking. I just like swimming and playing basketball. She has 4hobbies than me， but she is not as athletic 5me. Because Kitty does 6than me at school, my parents often say to me, “7Kitty is younger than you, you shouId learn 8her. We do have some similarities ，however. For example, we 9like eating fast food, 10shopping and listening to pop music.十Tom lived in the countryside, and he loved 1in a small river near his house. Later his father 2 a job in a big city, and he 3there with his family. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very 4.Tom wasn’tvery happy. "Is there a river near here? " he asked his mother 5the first day. His mother answered, "No, but there ’sa beautiful park near here, and there's a pool in it. We are going there this afternoon. "Then Tom became 6.After lunch, Tom and his mother went to the 7. Tom wanted to walk near the 8， but there was a sign in front of it. His mother read it to 9，“WARNING: This pool is dangerous. 36 people have fallen into it. "Tom looked into the pool for a long time and said, But I10see them! ”十一I have been a reader since I could remember. My mother was the first person who introduced me the1. She brought home a 2book for me every week.I love all kinds of books ， even books with 3or no words. I could pick up a picture book and spend hours 4it. I like reading, 5I often go to the bookstore to buy books withmy mom. I think reading is magical. It is enjoyable and relaxing. If you 6.down with a good book to read, you will 7into a different world for a few hours. You will experience different feelings and stories. It just8on what you are reading. Some people say they are 9busy to read a book. I don't10. You always have time to do your favorite things, right? Now turn off the TV, open a book and enjoy it.十二This summer， I went to Mountain Everest( 珠穆朗玛峰 ) in Nepal with my friends.We1a week walking in the mountains. We saw beautiful blue sky, very high mountains and a lot of white 2 .Do you know who was the 3 man to reach the summit( 顶峰 ) ？ Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were. They were really cool ！It was very 4 in the high mountains ， 5 we still took many pictures. After we left the mountains. we 6 a train to Kathmandu, a big city in Nepal. There are many temples inthe city. We didn't visit 7 temples because my legs hurt so 8 .We were all 9 ，but it was fun. I hope to go there 10 ！十三Guilin is a great place for people to go on vacation. There are many places of 1 for you to enjoy. But my visit to Guilin was not pleasant.On May Ist, 2015, I paid my 2 visit to Guilin with the help of a travel agency. Because I haven’tbeen there before, I expected I could have a wonderful 3 on the mountains and the rivers there. At the beginning, the guide took us to the Li River. I was very excited and I couldsee how clean the4 is. Then half an hour later ，the guide told us to get together and leftfor the Elephant Trunk Hill. I have read a passage about it when I was in primary school. So welined up quickly and looked forward to seeing it as 5 as possible. On our way to the Elephant Trunk Hill, the bus 6. .The guide asked all of us to get off the bus and do some7 in a store. Some tourists bought something. Later she took us to series of shops nearby and asked us to shop as many as we could. Many tourists were 8 and quarreled with her, "Do you guide us to9 or go shopping? "She didn ’ t reply but warned"Weus:won ’ t leave the shops 10 we spend at least 2, 000 yuan there, "Three hours later, she came back and took us to the Elephant Trunk Hill. But we only had another half an hour for my favorite Elephant Trunk Hill. What a pity ！十四Once a young man and his wife worked for an old man. There was a big 1 in the old man’sliving room. The old man pointed to the box and said, "There’s only one thing you mustn ’tdo. Don't 2 the box. ”3 saying this， he left the living room. The woman said to her husband. "There 4be something expensive in the box. Let’sopen it, shall we? "Her husband said no to her, but the woman didn ’tgive up her idea. One day, she decided to find 5what was in the box. Her 6didn ’tstop her. She opened the box and looked inside. She found 7in it and tried hard to close it ，but she8.That evening the old man came home and found the box was open. He was very 9and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home.“But there was nothing in the box. "the woman said ，“We didn ’ttake anything at 10.”The old man shouted at them，“The boxis not important. I can ’tbelieve you. That ’s important ！”十五One day I went to a yard sale with my brother. We could always find good things 1the things there. For example, some interesting toys or a great novel at a 2price could excite us. To be 3，we were just students and the things there were usually cheap. So we 4it as a good way to buy things with less money. We picked several things at first. And later I founda 5coffee cup with a nice lid( 覆盖 ) on one of the tables. I looked at it for a while, 6I found it did not have a price. Would it be an expensive one? I was not sure, but it was so nicethat I didn ’twant to 7.with it. So I carried it and other things. Before I 8for them ，the 9also checked the cup and found no price. Then she said，“Fifty cents. "I bought it happily.When I got home and tried to wash it, I found there 10some coffee inside the cup! I bought someone's real coffee cup.。