新目标英语八年级上册各单元2B短文填空练习.doc

2013新目标英语八年级上册个单元2B短文填空练习
Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?
Monday, July15th
I arrived in Penang in Malaysia this morning with my family. It was sunny and hot, so we （决定）to go to the beach near our hotel. My sister and I （尝试）paragliding . I f like I was a bird. It was so exciting. For lunch, we had s very special—Malaysian yellow noodles. They were delicious! In the afternoon, we rode （自行车）to Georgetown.. There are a lot of new buildings now, but many of the old b are still there. In Weld Quay, a really old place in Georgetown, we saw the houses of the Chinese （商人） from 100 years ago. I w what life was like here in the past. I really enjoyed walking around the town.
Tuesday, July 16th
What a （不同）a day makes! My father and I d to go to Penang Hill today. We wanted to walk up to the （顶部）, but then it started raining a little so we decided to take the train. We （等待）over an hour for the train because there were too many people. When we got to the top, it was raining really hard. We didn’t have an （伞）so we were （ 湿的）and cold. It was terrible! And b of the bad weather, we couldn’t see anything. My father didn’t bring （足够的）money, so we only had one bowl of rice and some fish. The food tasted great because I was so （饥饿的）!

Unit 2 How often do you exercise?
Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise., use of the Internet and watching TV. Here are the （结果）。
We found that only fifteen （百分之）of our students exercise every day. Forty-five p___ exercise four to six times a week. Twenty p exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty p___ do not exercise at all!
We all know that many students often go （在线的）, but we were s___（惊奇的）that ninety percent of them use the I every day. The other ten percent use it at （ 至少）three or four time a week. Most students use it for fun and not for homework.
The answers to our questions about watching t were also interesting. Only two p____of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day!
（虽然）many students like to watch sports, game shows are the most popular.
It is good to relax by using the Internet or watching game shows, but we think the best way to relax is t exercise. It is healthy for the （头脑）and the （身体）Exercise s as playing spots is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play （一起）. And remember, “ Old habits die hard”, So start exercising before it’s too late!

Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister
Jeff Green
My mother told me a good friend is like a ____（镜子）. I’m ____（安静的） and more ____（严肃的） than most____（小孩） . That’s why I like reading books and studying harder in class. My best friend Yuan Li is quiet too, so we enjoy studying ____（一起）. I’m shy so it’s not easy for me to make friends. But I think friends are like books---you don’t need a lot of them as l____ as they’re good.
Huang Lei
It’s not ____（必要的）to be the same. My best friend Larry is quite ____(不同的) from me. He is taller and more o____ than me. We b___ like sports, but he plays tennis better , so he always ___（获胜）. However, Larry often helps to b___ out the best in me. So I’m getting better at tennis. Larry is much less hard-working,____（尽管）. I always get better g____ than he does, so maybe I s___（应该） help him more.
Mary Smith
I don’t really care if my friends are the s____ as me or different. My favorite ____（谚语）is, “ A true friend r____ for your ___（手）and touches your ____（心） .” My best friend Carol is really kind and very funny. In f___ , she’s funnier than ____（任何人） I know. I broke my arm last year but she made me l____ and feel better. We can talk about and ____(分享) everything. I know she c___ about me because she’s always there to listen.

Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater
Who’s Got Talent?
Everyone is good at____（某事）, but some people are talented. It’s always interesting to watch other people show their talents. Talent shows are getting more and more popular. First, there were shows like American Idol and American’s Got Talent. Now, there are ____（类似的）shows around the world, such as China’s Got Talent.
All these shows have one thing in c____: They try to look for the best singers, the most t____ dancers, the most exciting _____（魔术师）, the funniest actors and so on. All k___ of people join these shows. But who can play the piano the best or sing the most_____（美丽地）? That’s up to you to decide. When people watch the show, they usually play a r___ in deciding the ____（优胜者）. And the winner always gets a very good___（奖）. However, not everybody enjoys watching these shows. Some think that the lives of the performers are m___ up. For e____, some people say they are ____（贫穷的）farmers, but in f___ they are just actors. However, if you don’t take these shows too s_____, they are fun to watch. And one great thing about them is that they ___（给） people a way to make their ____（梦想） e true.

Unite 5 Do you want to a game show?
When people say “____（文化）”, we think of art and history. But one very ___（著名的） symbol in American culture is a cartoon. We all know and love the black mouse with two large round ears---Mickey Mouse. Over 80years ago, he first ____（出现）in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18,1928, It was the first c____ with sound and music. The man behind Mickey was Walt Disney. He became very ___ （富裕）and s_____（成功）. In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey.
Some people might ask how this cartoon animal ____（变得）so popular. One of the main ____（理由） is that Mickey was like a ____（普通的） man, but he always tried to face any danger. In his early ____（电影）, Mickey was u___ and had many problems such as ____（失去）his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always r____to try his best. People went to the cinema to see the “little man” win. Most of them wanted to be like Mickey.
On November 18,1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .Today’s cartoons are usually not so ____（简单） as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still knows and loves him. Who has a pair of ears more f____ than Mickey’s?

Unit 6 I’m going to study puter science
1. Do you know what a resolution is? It’s a kind of p____. Most of the time, we make promises to other people. (“Mon, I promise I’m going to tidy my room when I get back from school.”)However, promises you make to ____（你自己）are resolutions, and the most mon kind is New Year’s resolutions. The star of the year is often a time for making resolutions. When we make resolutions at the b_____ of the year, we hope that we are going to i____ our lives. Some people write d___ their resolutions and plans for the ing year. This helps them to remember their resolutions. Others tell their family and friends about their wishes and plans.
2. There are d____ kinds of resolutions. Some are about ____（身体的）health. For example, some people promise t____ they are going to start an exercise program of eat less fast food. Many resolutions have to do w__ self-improvement , These are about making yourself a better ____（人）.
Some people might say they are going to take up a ___（爱好） like painting or taking photos, or learn to play the guitar. Some resolutions have to do with better ____（计划）, like making a w___ plan for s_____, For example, a student may have to find more time to study.
3. Although there are differences, most resolutions have one thing in c____. People h___ ever keep them! There are good reasons for this. Sometimes the resolutions may be too ____（困难） to keep. Sometimes people just forget about them. For this r___, some people say the best resolution is to have no resolutions! How about you—will you make any next year?

Unit 7 Will people have robots?
Do You Think You Will Have Your Own Robots?
When we watch movies about the ____（未来）, we sometimes see robots. They are usually like h____ servants. They help with the housework and do jobs like working in dirty or d_____ places.
Today there are ____（已经）robots working in _____（工厂）. Some can help to build cars, and they do simple jobs over and over a___. Fewer people will do such jobs in the future because they are boring, but robots will never get b___.
Scientists are now trying to make robots look like h____ and do the same things as we do. Some robots in Japan can walk and dance. They are fun to watch. However, some scientists ____（相信） that although we can make robots move like people, it will be difficult to make them really think like a h____. For example, scientist James White thinks that robots will never be a__ to wake up and know where they are. But many scientists d_____ with Mr. White. They think that robots will e___ be able to talk like humans in 25 to 50 years.
Some scientists b_____ that there will be more robots in the future. However, they agree it may take _____（百）of years. These new robots will have many different ____（形状）. Some will look like humans, and o____ might look like animals. In India, for example, scientists made robots that look like snakes. If buildings f___ down with people, these snake robots can help look for people under the b_____. This was not _____（可能）20 years ago, but puters and rockets also seemed i_____ 100 years ago. We never know what will happen in the future!

Unit 8 How do you make a banana milk shake?
Thanksgiving in the United States
In most countries, people usually eat ______（传统的）food on special holidays. A special day in the United States is Thanksgiving. It is always on the ____（四） Thursday in November, and is a time to give thanks for food in the ____（秋天）. At this time, people also remember the first _____（旅行者） from E____ who came to live in America about 400 years ago. These t_____ had a long, hard winter, and many of them died. In the next a____, they gave thanks for life and food in their new home. These days, most Americans still _____（庆祝） this idea of giving thanks by having a big meal at home with their family. The ____（主要） dish of this meal is almost always turkey, a large bird.
Making a turkey dinner
Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner.
First, m___ together some bread ____（片）, onions, ____（盐） and pepper.
Next, f___ the turkey with this bread mix.
Then, put the turkey in a hot oven and cook it for a few hours.
When it is ready, place the turkey on a large ____（盘子）and ____（遮盖）it with gravy.
F___, cut the turkey into thin p____ and eat the meat with vegetables like carrots and potatoes.

Unit 9 Can you e to my party?
Hi David,
Thanks so much for planning this. I’d love to e to the party, but I’m not a_____. My family is taking a t___ to Wuhan at the end of this month to visit my aunt and uncle. However, I’d still be g___ to help out with any of the party ____（准备）like planning the games. Let me know if you need my help.
Jack
Dear classmates,
As I’m sure you know by now, Our favorite teacher, Ms Steen ,is leaving soon to go back to the US. We’re very s___ that she’s leaving because she is a fun teacher. To show how much we’re going to miss her, let’s have a s____ party for her next Friday the 28th!
Can you e to the party? If so, can you help with any of these things?
Please tell me by this Friday.
1) Buy good and drinks.
2) Think of games to play.
3) P____ things we need for the games(glue, paper, pens……)
4) Bring Ms. Steen to the party ____(没有) telling her so that she can be s_____.
I look f_____ to h_____from you all.
David
Unit 10 If you go to the party, you’ll have a great time!
Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their_____(功课) and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe the ____（糟糕）thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a t_____from London, agrees. “Problems and worries are n____ in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. U____ we talk to someone, we’ll _____(当然) feel worse.”
Laura once lost her ____(钱包), and worried for days. She was a_____to tell her parents about it. She even walked three _____(英里) to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking, “If I tell my parents, they’ll be ____（生气的）! In the end, she talked to her parents and they were really u______. Her dad said he sometimes made ______（粗心的） m_____ himself. They got her a new w____ and asked her to be more _____(小心). “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt _____（建议） students about mon problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to run a____ from our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks the first ____ (步) is to find someone you _____(信任) to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert like _____（他自己）. Students often forget that their parents have more e_______, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like c_____ it in half. So you’re halfway to ______（解决） a problem just by talking to someone about it.!