八年级英语上册选词填空专项练习.doc

八年级英语上册选词填空专项练习

but, drank, looked, give, guests, wanted, is waiting, front, party, when, rang, came
It was Bill’s birthday, and there was a big birthday in the house. Guests 1. _____ and well, but the party went on. Then the bell 2. _____. Some people said “ Come in!” and a small man opened the front door and came in. nobody knew him 3_______ Bill went to meet him for an hour and 4._______ . Then he stopped and 5.________ at Bill, “ Do you know, ” he said, “nobody asked me to the 6.______. I don’t know you, and I don’t know anyone of your 7._______. My son and I 8. ______ to go in our car, but one of your guests’ car is in 9._______ of our gate, so I come here to find him—and my son 10._____ in our car for me to be back!”

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6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________10. _
D. happened, should, outgoing, strange, goes, easiest, more, way, so, very, surf, could
Being outgoing is a very good trait(特点) if you want to be more successful. When you are more1. ______, you will be able to take on pressures of everyday life and all that 2. ________ along with them. Those who are more outgoing meet lots of interesting people and have 3. _______ fun in life. Being outgoing is not really 4. ______ hard as you think. Even the shyest people can be outgoing.
If you are hoping to become more outgoing, you can do a few things to help you make this 5 You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge comes when you meet 6. _______ people. Smile more, and they usually return your smile. In this 7. _______, you may have some small talks. Just simple like “hello” or “How is it going?” If you want to make interesting talks, you 8. _____ read the news and prepare your ideas or 9. ________ the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind.
The 10________ way to become more outgoing is to go out. Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends.

1. ____________ 2. _______________3. ____________ 4. ____________5. ____________

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F. enjoy, next, cut, how, finally, do, other, each, try, add, put, smell
Do you know 1________ to make a Spanish omelette? Let me tell you. You should get these things ready: 6 egg, 200 grams of potatoes, a little butter, 1/2 green pepper, a small onion, a tomato, some salt and pepper.
First, peel the potatoes and boil them for fifteen minutes. While they’re boiling, 2___ up the onion, green pepper and tomato, and then 3_______ the butter into the frying pan to melt.
Then, break the eggs, mix them up, and a 4______ some salt and pepper.
5_______, when the potatoes are ready, cut them up and put them in the frying pan with the 6________ vegetables and fry them for five minutes.
7_______, pour the eggs into the frying pan and cook the omelette for two minutes on 8________ sides. When it’s ready, put it on a plate. You can 9________ it!
Don’t you think it is easy? Why not have a 10 ________.

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6. ____________ 7. ____________ 8. ____________ 9. ____________10. ____________

H. relaxing, felt, because, watched, playing, to, animals, different, Though, take, time, spent
It was Sunday yesterday. I’d like to make my day off 1______, so I invited some of my good friends 2______ my house. In the morning, we 3________ an interesting TV program Animal World. We all learned a lot about the lovely 4________ -- monkeys and koalas. Then we 5_______ about one and a half hours watching a moving called Kung Fu Panda. We all loved that movie very much.
After lunch, we thought that it was 6_______ to go outside. 7 ________ it was very cold, we had fun 8______ table tennis in the park. Then we went skating. We all 9_______ tired but happy.
I like the weekend. Each working day is almost the same, but each weekend is 10______. I can do many intresting things on the weekend.
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J. easier, think, hang, down, between, talk, Second, homework, difficult, subject, be taken, to study
Homework is a major part of going to school. Luckily, you can do a few things to make 1______ less work.
First be sure you understand the task. Write it 2_______ in your notebook if you need to, and don’t be afraid to ask questions about it. It’s much 3______ to take a minute to ask the teacher than to struggle to remember later that night! If you want, you can also ask how long the particular homework should 4______ to finish so you can plan your time.
5 ______, use any extra time you have in school to work on your homework. Many schools have study halls that are built to allow students 6 ______ or get homework done. It’s tempting to 7 _______ out with friends during study time, but the more work you can get done in school, the less you’ll have to do that night.
Third, if you don’t finish your homework during school, 8______ about how much you left and what else is going on that day, and then plan your time. Most high-school students have 9______ 1 and 3 hours of homework a night. If it’s a heavy homework day and it seems like you’ve got homework in every 10______, you’ll need to spend more time on homework .
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L. piece, food, when, because, hungry, both, sorry, nothing, delicious, must, need, put
I study in a middle school. My parents are 1_______ workers and they are very busy with their work. In my family, my mom cooks 2________ almost every day. The food cooked by my mother is very 3________, and I love it very much.
Yesterday evening, when I came back from school, I was very 4 _______ and urged my mom to get the supper ready. She soon 5_______ some sandwiches and bread on the table. Then she turned back to the kitchen to boil eggs. I noticed that some bread on the table was burnt, but I said 6_______. I waited to see if my dad said something about the burnt bread, but my dad just reached for a 7______ of bread and ate it as usual.
A few minutes later, my mom came up to the table. She saw the burnt bread and said 8_______ to us. But my dad said, “Honey, it doesn’t matter. I love the burnt bread.”
Later that evening, 9________ my dad came to say good night to me I asked him if he really liked to eat the burnt bread. He said, “Your mom had a busy day today, and she 10 be very tired. She burnt some bread and we ate it. It’s no big deal. Complaining is not a good habit. Do you think so ?”
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M high, waste, friend, green, houses, ride, help, more, its, buses, different, use
Gases from cars are making the air dirty. 1______ from factories is polluting the rivers. But things may be quite
2 _____ in Dongtan. Dongtan.is the world’s first environmentally 3______ city. It is on Chongming Island, near Shanghai.
Green traffic The city’s 4_______ will be around by shops, post office, schools and hospitals. People needn’t have to go far every day. Most people will be glad to walk or 5______ to work and school instead of driving. There will also be much 6_______ bicycle paths and walkways than in other cities. Buses in the city will try to 7 _______ batteries and won’t give off any black gases.
Green houses Buildings will be less than eight stories 8________ and have lots of plants on the rooftops. In summer, the plants should 9_______ keep homes and offices cool and save on air conditioning. A sea wind power station will be built up soon so that the city will produce 10______ own clean energy.
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N. buy, begin, have, age, important, money, so, paint, sell, because, find, good
As a kid, you may be good at painting and you probably learned to draw when you were very young. Maybe yours parents regard your painting as 1_____ than those of great painters’, although they are not really good.
But things are different for 7-year-old Kieron Williamson of Holt, England. Kieron 2_____ painting only two years ago. But he is really a painting talent. For two years, he 3_____ his pictures for thousands of dollars since then.
His art teacher is one of Kieron’s family friends. The teacher 4_______ that his works were far 5______ than most other kids’ at his 6______.
Many galleries would like 7________ Kieron’s pictures. Picture craft Gallery had an exhibition of Kieron’s paintings in August, 2010. And he recently sold sixteen 8_______ for over $32,000 in less than 15 minutes.
For Kieron, painting isn’t about the 9_______ though. It’s just a simple pleasure. “I like painting 10______ it’s fun. It makes me think of places I can’t see,” said Kieron.
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