八年级上册短文填空专项练习

1.

The walking school bus is a popular way of getting to school in some western

countries.Do you know 78 a walking school bus is?

Is a walking school bus a real(真的)bus? 79 !It is a group of children walking

the

to and from school____80 one or more adults(成年人)as “drivers”!Usually

81 are their parents.The children are the “bus”,their feet are the “wheels”

bus walks over a set

are the “windows”　

and their legs are the “engines”.Each

route(固定路线)and travels at a set time.It sounds like fun,doesn’t it?

The walking school bus is 82 with children for many reasons.

It is a safe way to go to school.And it is part of their everyday exercise.Many

children say that it is a good way for 83 _ to keep healthy.Besides,children can

84 a lot on the way.They can learn road safety and know more about their neighborhoods.At the same time,they can also meet children of other ages 85

make friends with them.

78.______________79.______________80._______________ 81._______________

82._______________83._____________84._______________ 85._______________

2.

A generation gap(代沟) becomes a big problem. I read an article 99 it

in the newspaper. Some children run away from home 100 they argue

with(争吵) their parents. I think it is because they hardly 101 have a talk

with each other. Parents now 102 more time on their work, and they don’t

have much time to stay 103 their children. As time passes, they may both

feel that they don’t have the 104 topic(话题) to talk about. I want to say that

as for parents, you should spend 105 time with your children, try to

know them more and understand them better. And as for 106 , show

your love to your parents. They are the people who love you most in the world. So tell

them 107 you think. In this way, you 108 both have a better

understanding (理解) of each other.

3.

When I was five years old, my mother first asked me a question, "What's the most

101 . part of one's body?" she asked me. At that moment, 1 102 listening to

songs very much, so I answered, "My ears, mom." "I don't think so," said my mother.

She always asked me this 103 _, but I never gave her the right answer.

Last year, my grandmother 104 the world. For the first time, 1 saw my

mother cry so

badly. All the people in my family were very 105 . That night, my mother asked

me the 106 question again. "You need to learn this important lesson today, my

肩膀)."

dear," she said to me. "The most important part of one's body is the shoulder(

" 107 ?" I asked.

"Because your shoulders can hold the head of a friend or one of your family," my

mother said.

"Everyone 108 a shoulder to cry on when he or she meets something sad. 1 hope

that you have lots of love andstrong(强壮的)shoulders．Then your l09 and family can cry onthem．”

，Mom．”“My shoulders are l l O strong now,”I said

．“You can cry on each of them

4.

What do you want to do in the future? A teacher, a doctor or maybe a movie star? There are also

some 86 interesting jobs in the world. Let’s

87 a look.

How about going to be a cartoon person? In the Disney land, we can find that many people 88

the costume Mickey Mouse and other cartoon costumes(服装). They play 89 kids. This is a really interesting job.

5.

Everyone knows that exercise is important. We 91 to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It keeps our bodies 92 .

When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for 93 . Exercise means doing things 94 the body. There are many 95 to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, 96 play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: you have to like 97 you’re doing. Exercise enough but not too good to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time 99 98 . It’s

enough. Try all 100 of things you find one, two or three sports that feel right for you.

Exercise can be fun. You can exercise together with your friends at fitness center(健身中心). So let’s do exercise right now!

6.

It was December 25, Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was Christmas and her mother was 93 a special cake. She 94 four small coins into the cake, and then she baked(烘烤) it. The four coins were for good 95 .

After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found 96 lucky coins in the

cake and put them on the table. Where is the fourth one? It was missing. But Marie’s

mother didn’t notice(注意) it.

After Christmas Marie got sick. She coughed and she couldn’t speak. After six

weeks she felt much 97 , but she still couldn’t speak. Marie’s mother 98

her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said, “We are 99

that we can’t help her.” For 12 years Marie didn’t speak. She grew up, she got a job, she

got married. But she never 100 . One day when Marie was 25 years old, she got a

sore throat at work. She began to cough. She coughed out 101 small and black.

What was it? Marie didn’t know. She took it to hospital. A doctor at the hospital said,

“This is a coin!” The doctor told Marie, “Ｉ

think you can speak soon.” Marie went to a

special doctor and soon she could speak 102 .

7.

Mrs. Smith has a 91 in the town. There are all 92 of fruit in her shop.

She’s friendly to everyone. So a lot of people like to buy fruit in her shop, and she

gets more and more money.

One day, the apples were all fresh and nice. She remembered her son Steve

liked them best, so she brought some home to her son. After lunch, she went out

and left the apples on the table. That afternoon Steve came back ____93_____

school, he felt very _____94_____. He looked for something to eat and found some

______95_____ a

apples on the table. “Great! They are my favorite.” he cried and

lot. Mrs. Smith got home ____96_____ she closed her fruit shop. When she saw

Steve, she asked him, “Did you have the apples? ” Her son answered, “Yes. And I

“Did y ou wash them? “Oh, I forgot. I was too

ate many of ______97_____.”　

hungry. ______98______should I do? ”

A few minutes later, Mrs. Smith found her son kept _____99______ water.

“Are you thirst y? Why are you drinking so much water?” asked the mother.

“No, Mom.”　answered the boy, “I want to wash the apples in my

_______100______ w ith the water.”

91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

96. 97. 98. 99. 100.

8.

A student is learning to speak British English（英式英语）. He 76 to know,

“Can I speak with Americans? Can they understand me?” English learners often 77

“ What are the differences between British and American English(美式英语)? How

important are these differences?

Certainly, there 78 some differences between British English and American

English. There are a few differences in grammar(语法). For example, Englishmen 79

“in hospital” and “Have you a pen?” but 80 say “in the hospital” and “Do you have

a pen?” Pronunciation (发音) is sometimes not the 81 . Americans usually sound “r”

in words like “bird” and “hurt”, 82 speakers of British English do not sound the “r”

in these words. There are also some differences between British and American English in 83 and vocabulary. For example, “colour and honour” are British, “color 84 honor” are American.

In fact, these 85 in grammar, pronunciation and spelling are not so important because British and American English are still the same language.

9.

Hi, everybody. I am 77 to introduce my hometown, a beautiful city, Chongqing. It has many nick names, like Mountain City, Fog City and Bridge City.

As you 78 , there are lots of mountains, it makes this city 79 from other cities in China.

In the past, the environment was not good, so it was always foggy. But now, it

is 80 .

In 1997, Chongqing became the Municipality under the Central Government(直辖市), our hometown changed a lot. More and more 81 has been built. As you can see, a large 82 of the tourists like visiting Chao Tianmen Bridge, Cai Yuanba Bridge and so on. By the 83 , Remember to 84 the delicious food here.

Welcome to 85 hometown, I hope it will be more and 86 beautiful.

10.

There is an old English saying. It tells us that we must go to bed 76 in the evening and get up early in the morning. Then we will be 77 . We will also

be rich and clever. This is true. The body must have 78 sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten 79 sleep every night. If they don’t have enough sleep, they cannot do their work 80 and they may not be healthy.

The body also 81 exercise. Walking, running, jumping and 82 games are all exercise. Exercise helps the body to be strong. Exercise also 83 the blood(血液) to move around inside the body. 84 is very important for us

to make our blood move to all parts of our bodies. The head also needs blood. And doing 85 helps the blood move to our head, and then helps us to think better.

It's interesting to visit another country, 89 sometimes there are also problems if we don't know the language very 90 . It may be 91 to talk with the people there. We may not know 92 to use the telephone in the country we are visiting. We may not know how to buy the 93 we need. In a strange (陌生的) country we may not know where to eat or what to order (点菜) in a 94 . It is not easy to decide how

95 to tip (给小费) waiters or drivers. When we 96 help, we may not know how

to ask for it. It makes you unhappy to have an experience (经历) 97 that. However, we can learn what to do and what to say soon. We also learn to enjoy life in another country, and then we may be sorry to 98 there.

89.________ 90._________ 91. __________ 92. ___________ 93. _________ 94.________ 95._________ 96.__________ 97.____________ 98._________

12.

Mr. Smith had two sons. The older one is seven years old, and the other is two years 92 than him, One morning during the holidays, when Mr. Smith was 93

his car in the yard,

and his younger son came and asked him 94 some money to buy sweets(糖果).

"Sweets are bad for your 95 ," Mr. Smith. said. "Take these two oranges, and give one to your elder brother," One of the oranges is 96 bigger than the 97

one ,and the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept the bigger one for 98 ,and gave his brother the 99 one.

When the other boy saw that his brother had a much bigger orange, he said to him, "It's selfish(自私的)to keep the bigger one for yourself. If father gives me the oranges, I am going to 100 you the bigger one."

13.

Mr．Brown was a doctor．He worked in a 94 ．It was 95 away from his home

to the hospital．He was always busy 96 his work．He often came 97 home late and often

．But last Saturday afternoon after doing his work，he suddenly(突然) forgot his f amily’s birthday

．He loved his wife very much．He wanted to give his wife a present

98 it was his wife’s birthday

and make her 99 ．On his way home he went into a flower shop to 100 some flowers．Mr．Brown 101 home and gave his wife the flowers and said to her, “Happy birthday, your birthday today．”Mrs．Brown saw the beautiful flowers．She laughed and dear．It’s

102 ，“My birthday was the day 103 yesterday, not today．But thank you for giving me the

．”

flowers．It’s better late than never

94．95. 96．97．98．

99．100．101．102．103．

Andy was born(出生) in China 15 years ago. In 2005, she 91 to the USA with her family. As a middle school student, she has found many 92 between Chinese and Americans:

About money

1) Americans like to spend 93 money than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have 94 left in the bank.

2) The American kids themselves make their own money. Most Chinese kids always 95 their parents for money.

3) Many American parents think there is 96 need to send their children to an expensive university. It's different in China. Many Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to expensive universities 97 their family isn't rich enough.

About school

1) Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in studying groups.

2) Many American students think that if the they get a B in the test ,they will feel very happy but many Chinese students think that B is too 98 .

About friends

Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by themselves. They never ask them about their friends but Chinese parents usually enjoy knowing more 99 their children's friends in many different ways, and usually stop them from staying out too 100 with friends in the evening.

15.

Do you want to live a happier , less stressful(有压力的) life? Try laughing for no reason（原因）at all. That’s how so many people start their day at Laughter（笑声）Clubs 87 the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh may

be one of the best 88 to keep healthy.

The first Laughter Club was started in India in 1995 by Dr. Kataria. “Young children laugh about 300 89 a day. Adults （成人）laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr. Kataria.“Everyone is naturally（自然地）good at laughing—it’s the common language. We want people to feel happy about their lives.” There are now 90 than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1300 in the world.

So 91 happens in a Laughter Club? I went to the nearest club to 92

out the answer. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class. I wasn’t interested

in laughing with many people we didn’t know. Our teacher told us to clap（拍）our hands and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha”when looking at each other. 93 , our bodies can’t tell the difference between real laughter and unreal laughter, so they still

have the same healthy effects（效果）.

To my surprise, it works! After ten minutes every one in the room was laughing

for real and some people even couldn’t stop. At the end of the class, I was surprised that I felt very 94 . So if you are under stress, then start laughing. You

may be very happy with the results.

16.

Hello, boys and girls. Running for (竞选) the monitor makes me very excited. If I become the 91 , I would like to do these things. Firstly, to communicate better 92 others, I plan to hold a student meeting every week. Then we can exchange ideas and solve(解决 ) the problems together. At the 93 time, I will put a small blackboard in the classroom. Students can write their ideas on 94 . I think it is good 95 us to tell our ideas to other classmates. And I am going to make a new kind of English 96 for our class. All of you can write for this kind of newspaper. In that way, you can practice 97 in English. It’s not easy to be a good monitor.

98 , I believe I can do it. I am going to study 99 than before and try to be one of the 100 students in our class.

17.

Most people think if students spend more time on their study, they’ll get b______ grades. So even on weekends, students have to spend too much time d______ homework except(除了)the three meals.

Mordern(现代的)students have many h_______. They love sports, computers and music. A two-day holiday can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can do what they like. But still parents and teachers don’t think about it, Because o_______ too much homework, students have no time to relax. They are really tired of their weekend homework. So they don’t do it u_______ Sunday night. And there isn’t enough time for them to f_______ the homework carefully. The poor weekend homework usually makes parents and teachers a_______.

In f_______, too much schoolwork makes students lose interest in learning. It’s also bad for their bodies. There is a saying, “A horse runs faster after a rest(休息).”W_______ a good rest, students can’t learn well. H_______, only rest is not enough for students. Knowledge(知识) is also important. So parents and teachers should try to find out the best way to give students both pleasure(快乐) and knowledge.