八年级短文填空专项练习.doc

短文填空专项练习（一）Kate and her sister Sally wanted to buy their mom a Mothers Day gift. They didnt have any money, but they didnt want to (1)_ their parents for money. Sally said they should try to make some money by (2)_.“We cant get jobs,” said Kai. “Were just kids!”Just then, Sally had an idea. “We can make money. We can walk dogs,” she said. “We can make fliers (小传单) and give them (3)_ our neighbors (邻居). Then if someone needs (4)_, he or she will think of us!”The girls (5)_ colorful fliers. They walked up and down the street and gave their neighbors the fliers. One neighbor told the (6)_ that she would take a vacation. She decided to let the sisters look after her dog. Every day the girls walked the (7)_and gave it delicious food and clean water. They even played with the dog in the park. When the neighbor came back a few days (8)_, she gave each girl 10 dollars. The girls felt happy (9)_ they made some money by themselves.“Now we can get Mom a nice (10)_!” said the girls.（二）Sally walked down the hall of her new school. Mr. Reed, her new teacher, meet her (1)_ the classroom door.“Hi, Sally,” said Mr. Reed. “We are (2)_ for you. Class, this is your new (3)_, and her name is Sally. Lets welcome Sally to our classroom with a great big hello.”“Hello!” said everyone.“Hello!” said Sally quietly. Sally was very shy. She didnt know (4)_ to say and she didnt know anyone here. She was (5)_ about making new friends.Then Mr. Reed told Sally where to sit. Sally found her desk and sat down quickly. She heard a girl laughing (笑) behind her. Sally wondered (6)_ the girl was laughing at her. Sally didnt say anything all morning.At lunchtime, the girl behind Sally went to (7)_ and said, “My name is (8)_, too. Isnt that funny?”Sally looked at the girl and said, “Two (9)_ named Sally in one class. Thats interesting.”That day, Sally ate lunch (10)_ Sally. They two talked and talked. Now the two girls study and play together (在一起) every day and they are very good friends.（三）A fishing net (渔网) stopped a whale (鲸) in the sea. The fishing net was large and heavy. The whale (1) _to get out of it but it couldnt. The net was around (2) _ body and mouth.A fisherman (3) _ the whale in the east of Farallon Islands. He called for (4) _ quickly. A few hours (5) _, rescuers (救援人员) arrived. They found the whale was in great (6) _. The only way to save it was to go into the water and cut the net. That was very dangerous, (7) _ the whale could kill the rescuers. But they still decided to try. The rescuers worked (8) _ hours and got the whale out of the fishing net in the end. The little whale swam around happily. Then it came back to every (9)_ , one at a time, and played with them it thanked them. Some said they had never seen beautiful things like this in their lives.The person who cut the net out of the whales mouth said it was looking at him (10) _ the time, and he would never forget it. （四）Kate is a 10-year-old British girl. She just (1)_ her summer camp two days ago. Now she is writing a (2)_ to her pen friend, Sato.Dear Sato,Hows it(3)_? Are you having a good summer holiday?I just came back from a two-week camp with my brother. It was a lot of fun. Every day wasdifferent. We went to the forest and watched the birds. The weather kept fine, so we(4)_ in the lake and slept in the sun a lot. It(5)_ rained and we had to water the plants in the garden(园圃)every evening,(6)_ I enjoyed doing it.I made some very good(7)_ a boy and two girls. The boy played the guitar and danced very well. The two girls were classmates and they were both good atsinging. In the evening we often made a fire, sat (8)_ it and sang. Sometimes we got up early in the morning and watched the sun come up. It(9)_ to be the best summer in my life.I hope you are keeping well. Give(10)_ love to your parents and your sister. Yours,Kate（五）There was once a teacher who gave his students some sunflower seeds (葵花籽). One boy in the class loved eating sunflower seeds, (1) _ he was very excited and planted (种植) his seed behind his house. A few days (2) _, a shoot (嫩芽) came out. The boy went to his teacher and asked, “(3) _ can I get many sunflower seeds?” The teacher answered that he still had to wait for quite some time before he would be able to get many seeds (4) _ the sunflower. The boy was not happy, (5) _ he kept on looking after (照料) his sunflower.However, the boy (6) _ impatient (不耐烦的) day by day. He often asked his (7) _ when he could eat the sunflower seeds. (8)_ the teacher asked him to wait, when the boy saw the sunflowers seeds, he cut the plant and wanted to (9) _ the seeds. But the plant was still green and the seeds couldnt be eaten. The boy was sad. He cared about his sunflowers so much, but in the end he got (10) _ because he was impatient. Luckily his friends were good enough to share their delicious sunflower seeds with him. （六）Mrs. Berry is Dannys new neighbor. She moved in two months ago. They live next door to (1) _ other. Mrs. Berry is never serious. As she talks, there is (2) _ a smile (笑容) on her face. Danny and his sister Lisa like (3) _ new neighbor a lot. Mrs. Berry is a good cook. Sometimes she gets up early and makes some cakes. The cakes are so delicious that the children can smell (闻到) them (4) _ in their rooms. It was Sunday morning. Mrs. Berry was busy (5) _ cakes again. Danny and Lisa watched a movie on TV at home. Soon the wonderful smell of the cakes went into their house. Their mouths began to water. The movie (6) _ not as interesting as before.“(7) _ can we get some cakes?” Danny said to Lisa. “We cant just go and ask for some. Thats rude (无礼的).”“I know what we can do,” Lisa (8) _ for a minute and said. “Come with me.”They went to the front door of Mrs. Berrys house. Lisa knocked (敲) on the door. When Mrs. Berry (9) _ it, Lisa said, “Hello, Mrs. Berry. Will you play with us?”Mrs. Berry laughed. “All right,” she said. “What game do you want to play?”“We want to play zoos,” said Lisa. “Well be the animals. You can be the zookeeper who (10) _ us.”（七）Miss Dinsmore lived in a little house.“Its a nice (1) _ house,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I wish it looked happier. Maybe I should paint (刷漆) it a bright (鲜艳的) (2) _. Miss Dinsmore went to the store. She saw lots of colors there yellow, red, blue, green . It was (3) _ to choose.“I know what to do,” said Miss Dinsmore at last. “Ill draw pictures of my house with all of these colors. Then Ill (4) _ the best one.”Then Miss Dinsmore (5) _ to draw picture after picture of her little house. “All of the pictures of my house are beautiful,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I still cant (6) _ which color will make my house happier.”One day, a neighbor (邻居) saw Miss Dinsmores pictures. She liked (7) _ very much. “Ill tell others,” she said. “Everyone will want to see your pictures.”It was true. Lots of people (8) _ to see the pictures. “What a nice little house you have,” everyone said. “It is a nice little (9) _,” said Miss Dinsmore. “But I wish it looked .”She stopped and looked around. Her little house was full of people looking at pictures, (10) _ tea, talking, laughing, and having fun. “Its a nice little house,” she said again. “And its a happy little house, too when good friends come to visit me.”（八）There was a boy named Johnny. He had a little problem with his (1)_. When he ran races with his friends, his legs would tremble (颤抖) and he could (2)_ win.This made him feel very bad. He didnt want to race any more. Then one day, a boy in another class asked him, “May I tell you (3)_ to win a race?” “Yes, please! I want to win at least once,” answered Johnny.So they went to the school playground, and the boy (4)_ him a few ways to exercise his legs. They trained (训练) (5)_ three hours every day, and soon Johnny (6)_ he could run faster and faster.After two months, Johnny asked his friends to (7)_ a race with him. “Johnny, you will be the last one!” said one of his friends. Johnny didnt say (8)_.When the race began, Johnny did his (9)_ to run. He remembered everything he learned from that boy. He ran so fast that none of his friends could catch up with him. In the end, Johnny (10)_ his very first race.（九）Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Italy. He lived at the same time as two other very famous (1)_ Michelangelo and Raphael. Leonardo da Vinci was 23 years (2)_ than Michelangelo and 31 years older than Raphael. He (3)_ in 1519. He painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. They are his most famous (4)_. Many people know about them. He started working on The Last Supper in 1495 and (5)_ it in 1498. He started working on Mona Lisa in 1503. He finished it a short time (6)_ he died. It is now in France. Leonardos paintings were very good because he knew how bodies worked, how happy or sad people (7)_ and how emotion (情绪) looked on peoples (8)_. He knew about light and shade (明暗对比手法). His paintings looked real. We all know Leonardo da Vinci (9)_ a great painter, but in fact he was (10)_ good at many other things. He knew about science, animals, music and so on. Leonardo also had many ideas for inventions (发明).（十）This story is about two friends Lee and Andy and their dog Soc. Soc was a beautiful dog. Three years ago, Andys and Lees parents gave the dog as a gift to the boys (1)_ they won a singing competition together. And Soc stayed (2)_of the time with Lee and half with Andy. Every day the boys brushed his long hair (3)_ a hairbrush. Sometimes when it was quite (4)_ in summer they gave him a shower. And Soc always looked clean and nice.In summer Soc always went with Andy and Lee to the woods (树林). He slept with the children in a tent and sat with them by the fire (5)_ the long evenings.In autumn Soc always (6)_ dog shows. He was the most beautiful dog in the town. And Soc was always the first to (7)_ to the finish line when the dogs ran. Last year, Soc was the best at a show and got a big prize. What a great day it was for Soc and the (8)_!The boys always bought (9)_ for Socs birthday. On his last birthday they gave him a new collar (颈圈) and some meat. They put the new collar around Socs neck (脖子). Together they (10)_ along the street, pleased with themselves. It was a wonderful day.（十一） Yesterday on my bus ride home, the bus stopped (1) _ a long time on a bridge because there were too many cars and buses. As I looked out, I saw a handsome young man walking on the bridge. It was cold and windy outside. He wore a heavy jacket and a scarf (围巾). On the (2) _ , there were three homeless men with their (3) _ in front of them. The young man walked to the first man, put his hand into one pocket (衣袋) and took out some (4) _. He said a few words to the homeless man and put the money in his cup. After that, the young man (5) _ walking and he saw the (6) _ homeless man. He said a few words to him and then gave him some candies. The young man moved on. Then he saw the third homeless man. The third man (7) _ only a few clothes and was very (8) _. The young man stopped by him and gave his scarf to the man (9) _ a very loving way.Then my (10) _ started. I saw the man walking away in the cold, but I knew his heart was warm.（十二）Joseph Pulitzer was born in 197 in Hungary. He went to the United States when he was 17 years old. He (1)_ his life in journalism (新闻业). In later life, Joseph Pulitzer was in bad health, because he (2)_ too much. But he still worked hard on (3)_ the quality (质量) of journalism in America. He gave a lot of money to Columbia University to start a school of journalism. (4)_, his most important contribution (贡献) was the Pulitzer Prizes.Pulitzer Prizes were started in 1917. Those (5)_ are given to those who do excellently (6)_ journalism, photography and so on every year by Columbia University. There are 21 different Pulitzer Prizes. In 20 of those prizes, every (7)_ gets $10,000 and a certificate (证书). But the winner of the Public Service can only get a gold medal (金牌). However, the (8)_ meaning of the prize is that it shows that the winner of the prize is the best (9)_ journalist of the year. That is much more important than the (10)_ for the journalist and the newspaper he or she works for.