人教版八年级下册英语综合专项复习：补全短文(1)

补全短文一、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

Why are some animals pets but others lunch?In some countries, dogs and cats are commonly considered as pets, while chickens, ducks, and ___1___ (猪) are food. However, in some other countries dogs and cats are food, but the food animals are pets.People divide (分开) animals into several ___2___ (种类) to their own needs. For example, you may have ___3___ (朋友) who keep rabbits as pets. Some people ___4___ (烹饪) rabbits as dishes. Other people treat a rabbit as a pet because it ___5___ (带来) them pleasure. They eat it, for they think it is a kind of meat. They kill it because they believe it is ___6___ (有害的) to plants or people.People also treat animals differently based on their own cultures. Most of us have dogs as pets. Dogs live in our houses, like a ___7___ (成员) of the family. However, in some cultures, dogs are considered unclean. People ___8___ (几乎不) ever keep them as pets. In some parts of Southeast Asia, dogs are on the menu. ___9___ (百万) of dogs are killed every year.What's ___10___ (正确的) and wrong in the way we treat animals?二、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

There are many ways you can practice and ___1___ (提高) your English outside the classroom. The following are some examples:1.Get an English-speaking pen friend. This is a great way to practice your English!2. You can learn English from ___2___ (杂志) or newspapers. Read a story in your ___3___ (自己的) language first, and then read it in English to see how ___4___ (好) you can understand.3. Buy or borrow a book that is ___5___ (适合的) for you. The stories are interesting and the language isn't too difficult. You'll ___6___ (开始) to enjoy reading English.4. It's a good idea to listen to songs by one of your favorite English-speaking ___7___ (歌手). You needn't get every word ___8___ (清楚地).5. You can try an English learning ___9___ (网站) or just read about your favorite film stars or sports people. 80% of the Internet is in English and there's a lot of interesting information there.6. And don't ___10___ (忘记) to watch TV, for example, CCTV 9, or films in English. It's also a good way to practice your listening.三、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

I am studying at Sydney Russel School, a___1___（小的） but very famous school in Australia. All the lessons there are taught in English. I have ___2___（五）subjects this term. What a big challenge!Last ___3___（星期）, Mr. Brown, my science ___4___（老师）asked us to do a project on trees. Ming and I were in the same group. ___5___（两者都）of us were from China. We spent several hours ___6___（待在）in the library every day, reading and surfing the Internet. We even planted two trees in the school garden and took many ___7___（照片）of them.The most ___8___（令人兴奋的）part was the presentation. We introduced many things about trees, for example, the ___9___（最高的）and oldest tree in the school. Everyone enjoyed the presentation.Learning by doing helps me a lot. I'm sure everything will ___10___（变得）better.四、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my grandfather's life story.My grandfather was ___1___（出生）in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian, China. At the age of 14, he first heard of America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily become ___2___（富有的）there.So, my grandfather came to A merica. “I had thought it was easy to ___3___（赚）money in America,” he told me, “But when I ___4___（到达）in Los Angeles, I realized it was not true. I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English. I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, ___5___（但是） I couldn't afford it. Later, I worked in a small ___6___（饭馆）, serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. I was such ___7___（一个）helpful and honest worker that my boss was pleased with me. I was popular with my workmates, ___8___（也）. Life became easier and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English.”My grandfather kept working hard, and finally made ___9___（他的）dream come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned ___10___（从）my grandfather.五、根据短文内容和所给中文提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route（路线）between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. It began ___1___（在……期间）the Western Han Dynasty and has been a ___2___（桥）between East and West for over 2,000 years.The ancient road started from Chang'an(now Xi'an) and ended in Eastern___3___（欧洲）, near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across one-fourth of the planet.The Silk Road got its name ___4___（因为）Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron ___5___（去）west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was ___6___（多）than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, ___7___（知识）about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts（工艺）and technologies was ___8___（分享）across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures ___9___（发展）and influenced each other.Today, along the Silk Road there're many places of ___10___（兴趣）, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.参考答案：1. and连接并列成分，前面是chickens, ducks，故pig也应该用复数，故填pigs。