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 Mother’s Day gift. They didn’t have any money, but they didn’t want to (1)________ their parents for money. Sally said they should try to make some money by (2)________.
“We can’t get jobs,” said Kai. “We’re 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. Let’s welcome Sally to our classroom with a great big hello.”
“Hello!” said everyone.
“Hello!” said Sally quietly. Sally was very shy. She didn’t know (4)________ to say and she didn’t 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 didn’t say anything all morning.
At lunchtime, the girl behind Sally went to (7)________ and said, “My name is (8)________, too. Isn’t that funny?”
Sally looked at the girl and said, “Two (9)________ named Sally in one class. That’s 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 couldn’t. 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 whale’s 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,
How’s 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 was different. 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 at singing. 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 couldn’t 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 Danny’s 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 can’t just go and ask for some. That’s 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. Berry’s 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. “We’ll be the animals. You can be the zookeeper who (10) __________ us.”

（七）
Miss Dinsmore lived in a little house.
“It’s 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. “I’ll draw pictures of my house with all of these colors. Then I’ll (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 can’t (6) ________ which color will make my house happier.”
One day, a neighbor (邻居) saw Miss Dinsmore’s pictures. She liked (7) ________ very much. “I’ll 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. “It’s a nice little house,” she said again. “And it’s 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 didn’t 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 didn’t 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. Leonardo’s paintings were very good because he knew how bodies worked, how happy or sad people (7)________ and how emotion (情绪) looked on people’s (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, Andy’s and Lee’s 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 Soc’s birthday. On his last birthday they gave him a new collar (颈圈) and some meat. They put the new collar around Soc’s 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.