八年级上册英语完形填空练习题

八年级英语练习题

1 When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 1 in a village near the sea. He

2 it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most 3 building in the village. From morning to night there were 4 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and 5 of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to 6 . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want 7 your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.”Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would 8 coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to 9 every day showing them around his house.“I came here to 10 not to work as a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

（）1.A. garden B. shop C. house D. school

（）2. A. liked B. hated C. sold D. built

（）3. A. big B. interesting C. small D. clean

（）4. A. children B. students C. parents D. tourists

（）5. A. no B. none C. many D. much

（）6. A. come B. leave C. stay D. play

（）7. A. to satisfy B. satisfy C. to satisfying D.

satisfying

（）8. A. go on B. stop C. continue D. not

（）9. A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay

（）10. A. play B. work C. watch D. retire

2 One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his

31 and told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I

32 him.”

The grandfather said, “ 33 me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I too, sometimes hated others for what they did. …..”

As the boy 34 carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is 35 and kind. He gets on well 36 everything around him. But 37 is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully 38 he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control(控制) me. ”

The boy looked into his grandfather’s 39 and asked, “ 40 tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”

The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom(很少) get angry now. ”

31. A. mother B. father C. teacher D. grandfather

32. A. love B. hate C. know D. enjoy

33. A. Make B. Help C. Let D. Ask

34. A. saw B. felt C. talked D. listened

35. A. good B. bad C. lazy D. quiet

36. A. at B. on C. with D. about

37. A. other B. others C. another D. the other

38. A. because B.though C.before D. but

39. A. eyes B. ears C. nose D. mouth

40. A. Who B. Which C. Where D. When

3 One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were playing and having a good time when suddenly a hungry cat came on the scene! It hid 41__ a big tree and then looked forward through the tall grass 42__ it could almost hear them talk. Before the mother rat and her babies knew 43 had happened, the cat jumped from its hiding place and started to run 44_ them.

The mother cat and her babies all fled at once. They hurried towards 45 home, which was under a pile of large stones. But the baby rats were so scared (害怕) that they could not run very 46_ . Closer and closer the cat came. In no time the cat would be upon them. What was to be done?

The mother rat stopped running, 47 round and faced the cat, shouting，"Bow Wow! Bow Wow! "just like 48 angry dog. The cat was so surprised and frightened that it ran away.

The mother rat turned to the babies, "Now you see 49 important it is to learn __50 second language!"

（）41 A. on B. between C. by D. behind

（）42. A. before B. when C. until D. while

（）43. A. where B. what C. which D. when

（）44. A. over B. through C. after D. against

（）45. A. to B. for C. its D. their

（）46. A. freely B. hardly C. soon D. quickly

（）47. A. turned B. walked C. jumped D. ran

（）48. A. a B. an C. their D. that