八上英語期末備考：短文填空專練

My wife and I went _1__ vacation in London last year. We went there in autumn. We thought it was the __2_season to visit England. The weather was quite fine and there weren't too many people in this season.

We __3_ in a small hotel in the west of England. We did most of our sightseeing on foot. We went to visit many wonderful __4__of interest. We also _5__some time shopping. We bought something special for our friends. What we liked most was going to some __6__. There were too many old things in them and I wrote what I saw in __7_diary. I can share it with my parents. A lot of people say fast food there is very nice. We tried some fast food_8__ liked it a lot.

The trip was really enjoyable. We enjoyed our vacation so much _9__we have already decided to visit it _10__ next year.

Do you like running? Running is becoming one of the most popular activities these days. Many of us run for our1. Doctors say many of the health problems come from bad habits,2as eating too much, smoking, staying up late and not having enough exercise. Doctors tell us, 'Eat less, don't smoke, have enough sleep and3more.' Running is good exercise because it4us build a strong body. It alsohelps many people lose5. One 25-year-old woman teacher runs for half an hour in the morning five6a week. She runs to look thin. “I feel comfortable and I'm not7any more,' she says. Many runners say running makes some small health problems go8.'Running is my doctor,' says a man. Running can also help people relaxed. 'After school, I like to run9ten minutes. Then I feel active and energetic,' says Yang Min, a middle school student. So today men and women of all ages enjoy10. Do you want to keep fit? Come on! Let's join in running!

I have an online friend Zhang Kai. He (1)_______ in Sunshine Middle School in Beijing. It's a large school. There are 3,500 students and 158 (2)_______ in their school.

Zhang Kai's school life is very interesting. He has five (3)_______ every day and I have eight. After class, he often goes to the Buddy Club first, (4)_______ he can learn some life skills (技巧) there. Every Friday afternoon, the students in their school have a soccer match (比賽). He isn't good at (5)_______ soccer, but he always goes to watch the matches.

Different (6)_______ him, I can spend only about half an hour playing every day, because I have to (7)_______ my parents do the housework after class. And I have (8)_______ time for studying than him. Every summer, I have six-week holiday but Zhang Kai has eight. I hope (希望) I can join some clubs (9)_______ Zhang Kai. And I hope our school life is as (10)_______ as his.

London is very large. The Thames River runs through the city (1)______ west to east. So the city has (2)______ parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, (3)______ as shops, big parks and interesting places.

The weather(天氣) in London is good. In winter it is not very (4)______ and in summer it is not very hot (5)______ the city is near the sea. People say that London is a foggy(大霧) city and it often rains. It is true.

When I (6)______ in London last year, I met one of the thickest(最濃的) fogs in years. You could hardly (7)______ your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather got even (8)______. The fog was as thick as milk. All the buses and cars (9)______. I happened to have an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there on (10)______.

Many students don't like joining in the school play. Some think they are too shy on the stage(舞台). Some say they are too busy (1)_______ they have too much homework to do. When I heard the English club would have an English play Snow White, I (2)_______ to join in it. The main (3)_______ was that I really wanted to be on the stage.

There were many characters in the play. Of course, the (4)_______ expected to play the Princess (公主) and boys want to play the king. Li Fan played the King. Wang Ping and (5)_______ six boys in the club played the seven dwarfs (矮人). I thought I might get the role of the Princess. But He Yan got it. Miss Wang asked me to play the (6)_______ of the Queen. I wasn't very happy about this. But Miss Wang said, “The (7)_______ important thing is to join in the acting.”

From then on, I （8）_______ playing the Queen very hard every day. It was (9)_______ for me to do it because I had no experience (經驗) in acting. After two months' hard practice, all of us were ready to perform on the stage. The play was very (10)_______. People in the hall liked to watch it very much.

I’m an outgoing girl and I like making (1)________. I have two pen friends from (2)________countries.

Alice, a 20-year-old girl, lives in London. Both of her parents would like her to be a (3)　　　　. However, Alice thinks it’s boring to work in the hospital. She wants to be a writer after she finishes (4)　　　　. She is good at writing and still keeps on writing even she has to spend time on her (5)　　　　now. She writes many (6)　　　　and sends them newspapers. She wants to be another Mo Yan when she (7)________ up.

Bob is from USA. Kobe, a wonderful NBA star, is his idol(偶像). That’s why he hopes to become a basketball (8)　　　　. Bob is going to eat healthier food so that he can be taller and stronger. Bob is going to go to the basketball club to (9)　　　　his basketball skills(技巧), because he has enough time to practice basketball every day there.

What’s your plan for the future? (10)　　　　are you going to do that? Please write it down and tell me about it.

Last week, all of the students of our school got a special book (1)_______《We have only one earth》.This is part of the city government's (政府) actions to protect (保護) the environment. The government hopes that young people can care (2)_______ (much) about the environment than before.

The (3)________ in our city is very serious (4)________ there are lots of factories in the city, and they gave off(排放) much polluted air. (5)_______, many people didn't see the importance (重要性) of environmental protection. So the city government (6)_______ to teach the young students. All the examples in the book come (7)________ our city. The students know them well. “If the examples were from other (8)________ like Japan or America, the students would not have much feeling about it,” says Wang Hongjun, he works (9)________ the government.

“We influence (影響) students on (10)________ education at school, and we hope they will also influence their parents and many other people,” says Wang.

Yesterday, I visited a friend of (1)________. At his home, he showed me how to (2)________ banana milk shake. I (3)________ the process(步驟) carefully.

First, he (4)________ the bananas and cut them up. And then he put them into the blender. (5)________, he poured a cup of milk and two spoons of honey (6)________ the blender, added some sugar and mixed them up. Third, he (7)________ on the blender and kept it going for about two minutes. Then he (8)________(dig) a hole in a watermelon, made it empty(空的), and poured the milk shake into it and then put the watermelon into the fridge to make it cooler. (9)________, when everything seemed OK, he shouted, “Oh! My God! What did I put into the milk? (10)________ was salt, not sugar.”

Hi Jim,

You ask me to go swimming next Sunday. Thanks a lot for (1)_______me. I'd like to go with you very much, (2)_______I am sorry to say that I can't go. I'm very (3)_______ and I hardly have time to take a good rest that day. In the morning, I have to get up (4)_______ to meet my aunt at the train station. She is coming to (5)_______ my grandma. I will (6)_______the whole morning waiting for her at the station (7)______ I don't know the arriving time of that train. And I have to study (8)_______ the English test in the afternoon. There is another terrible thing in my family, my mother is ill. So I have to (9)_______ after her at home.I hope you will have a (10)______good time.

Ann

Tom's mother's birthday was coming. Tom planned to take her out for dinner. He knew that his mom loved French food very much, (1)______ he called the only French restaurant in town to make a reservation(預訂). But there were (2)______ free tables. Tom decided to cook a French meal for his mom by (3)______ . But Tom wasn't good at (4)______ . In fact, his cooking was bad. Every time he tried to make dinner, even the neighbors smelt how bad it was. Then Tom got (5)______ idea, “Why not order(點餐) some French food from the (6)______ ?”

The day arrived. When Mom was still at work, Tom ordered the (7)______ and brought it home. As he got everything ready and lit(點燃) the candles on the (8)______ , his mom walked in. “Happy (9)______ , Mom!” Hearing that, Tom's mom looked 79.a little confused(困惑的)．But soon she knew what (10)______ and said happily, “Thank you so much, my dear. But my birthday is tomorrow, and I guess it's always good to practice!”

參考答案

Unit 1

1-5 on, best, lived, places, spent

6-10 museums, my, and, that, again

Unit 2

1-5 health, such, exercise, helps, weight

6-10 times, fat, away, for, running

Unit 3

1-5 studies/is studying, teachers, lessons, because, playing

6-10 from, help, less, like, interesting

Unit 4

1-5 from, two, such, cold, because

6-10 was/stayed, see, worse, stopped, foot

Unit 5

1-5 because, decided, reason, girls, other

6-10 role, most, practiced, difficult/hard, successful

Unit 6

1-5friends, foreign, doctor, college, schoolwork

6-10articles, grows, player, improve, how　

Unit 7

1-5 called, more, pollution, because, However

6-10 decided, from, countries/places, for/in, their

Unit 8

1-5mine, make, watched, peeled, Second　

6-10 into, turned, dug, However, It

Unit 9

1-5 inviting, but, busy, early, see/visit

6-10spend, because, for, look, good/great

Unit 10

1-5 no, himself, cooking, an, restaurant

6-10 food, cake, birthday, happened, so