八年级英语期末复习专题 完形填空
(一)
I am 27 years old. I __1_ born in 1987 in a town in the west of China.
I have lived there all __2_ life,but sometimes I __3_ my holidays in Chengdu. My town is not __4_ it. We built the town from 1992 to 1997. In those days we could walk from one side to __5_ in about fifteen minutes. There __6_ two schools but __7_ big factories.
Then in 2000 they built two factories and __8_ new people came to our town.
__9_ factories are very big and I have a job in one of __10_.
( )1. A. am B. have C. was D. were
( )2. A. his B. my C. your D. its
( )3. A. am spending B. spend C. am passing D. pass
( )4. A. at B. on C. in D. to
( )5. A. another B. the other C. other D. one other
( )6. A. is B. are C. was D. were
( )7. A. no B. some C. two D. none
( )8. A. a lot of B. much C. a lot D. few
( )9. A. All the B. The all C. Both the D. The both
( )10.A. they B. them C. their D. this
(二)
Xiao Qiang, a 12-year-old Chinese boy, has too many activities. His father ___1__ him away from school four afternoons a week and drives him across town to practice. “ I do most of my ___2__ in the car when we are ___3__ to practice, and I have to do the rest(剩余的)when I get home. I am too tired,and I just want to sleep.” he said.
“More and more kids become unhappy ___4__they have too many activities to do,” said Mr Wang,an expert(专家)of Children Development 41% of the children aged 9―13 said they felt ___5__most of the time, and more than 75% of them said that they wished they had more ___6__ to play.
“Over-scheduling (过量的课程安排)is a growing problem for Chinese families,”aid Mr Wang. It is not good for both kids and their parents. More families eat dinner ___7__ or often eat fast food ___8__ their way to drawing or music lessons. We all know it is important for kids to learn how to relax. If they don’t learn that now,it will be more difficult to learn when they get ___9__. Kids need time to relax. Parents should ___10__ about what is right for kids.
( )1. A. take B. takes C. took D. has taken
( )2. A. sports B. business C. homework D. housework
( )3. A. riding B. flying . C. walking D. driving
( )4. A. but B. of C. because D. so
( )5. A. excited B. interested C. worried D. dangerous
( )6. A. great time B. full time . C. right time D. free time
( )7. A. slowly B. quickly C. quietly D. happily
( )8. A. on B. by C. in D. across
( )9. A. taller B. stronger C. older D. better
( )10.A. hear B. think C .look D. tell
(三)
There is good news for the children in poor areas. We may still remember the girl __1__ big eyes. Her big eyes are __2__ us her dream: I wish to go to __3__! In China,there are still __4__
girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their __5__ are poor. If the family has two or three children, it’s harder to __6__ the money for all the children. So the parents often ask __7__ to stay at home, and the boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t __8__ about the money. From 2006 children can go to school for free. In
some poor places they don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government (政府)to make their life__9__. Soon all the children in the countryside can school for free. All families are happy with the news. It is __10__ wonderful.
( )1. A. with B. on C. to D. in
( )2. A. saying B. telling C. speaking D. talking
( )3. A. work B. bed C. school D. sleep
( )4. A. many B. much C. a lot D. lot of
( )5. A. schools B. cities C. houses D. families
( )6. A. pay B. take C. buy D. lend
( )7. A. teachers B. boys C. girls D. children
( )8. A. look B. find C. worry D. worried
( )9. A. better B. shorter C. longer D. worse
( )10.A. not B. never C. hardly D. really
(四)
Several years ago, I was at a train station in Amsterdam. I saw a young homeless man asking people for money so he could buy___1__. Most of the 2 simply took no notice of the young man or gave him a dirty look. There was one exception(例外) though: an older, well-dressed lady. When the young homeless man moved 3 this elegant(优雅的) lady, she turned and looked straight into his eyes and 4 asked, “How much do you need?” I couldn’t hear what the young man said but watched 5 the old lady pulled several bills(纸币) from her wallet and 6 them in the young man’s hands.
I don’t know whether(是否) the young man really used this money for breakfast or for some other purpose. What I do know is that I saw two completely different reactions(反应) to the same 7 . I saw people who were either afraid or angry or distrustful(猜疑的). And then I saw this old lady who treated the homeless man as her __8___. I decided then and there that, even though(即使) we have to be 9 in this world, I will still choose to be like her.
Every day may bring us many chances for 10 . The key is to do it or not.
( )1. A. snacks B. breakfast C. lunch D. supper
( )2. A. guests B. men C. neighbours D. travelers
( )3. A. from B. after C. before D. over
( )4. A. softly B. sadly C. loudly D. hopefully
( )5. A. because B. if C. as D. although
( )6. A. checked B. put C. covered D. threw
( )7.A.place B. survey C. situation D. programme
( )8. A. father B. brother C.teacher D. sister
( )9. A. famous B.confident C. careful D. successful
( )10. A. richness B happiness C. fitness D. kindness
(五)
Last National Day holiday, you might be busy hanging out with your friends. But kids from Nanjing Jinling Middle School were 1 trying to be “pregnant (怀孕的)”.
The kids attached (绑) weights to 2 to look as if they were having a baby. They did everything, including going shopping, with the extra (额外的) weight 3 day long.
The school wanted their students to 4 and respect their parents more. In the past, school also had 5 like “Wash the feet of your parents”. The hope is that these ideas could make kids think: “I should love my parents more”.
But do kids know how to 6 their love?
Surveys show that few kids know their parents’ 7 . Everybody likes to get birthday gifts. So do our parents. How can we say we love them without knowing their birthdays?
You don’t need to do special things to show love to your parents. Just help them 8 some housework. It won’t cost you much time. You’ll have a good chance to talk to them, to know what they think and 9 they feel.
Don’t let your parents worry about you. When you have to arrive home late, let them know.
10 your problems with them. Parents feel happiest when their children are safe and happy.
1. A. surprised B. sad C. busy D. happy
2. A. themselves B. their C. them D. theirs
3. A. all B. both C. some D. any
4. A. believe B. realize C. think D. understand
5. A. facts B. ideas C. tasks D. examples
6. A. show B. read C. speak D. talk
7. A. ages B. lifestyles C. interests D. birthdays
8. A. to B. in C. by D. with
9. A. what B. where C. how D. why
10. A. Tell B. Share C. Say D. Ask
(六)
A generation gap(代沟)has become A serious problem. I read a __1__ about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed themselves after quarreling(争吵)with __2__ . I think it is because they don’t often have a talk with each other. Parents now __3__ more time in the office, __4__ they don’t have much time to stay with their children. As time passes,they both feel that they don’t have the __5__ topics (话题)to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more with your __6__,get to know them and __7__ them. And for children, show your __8__ to your parents. They are the people who love you. So__9__ them your thoughts(想法). In this way,you __10__ have a better understanding of each other.
( )1. A. message B. call C. report D. letter
( )2. A. friends B. teachers C. classmates D. parents
( )3. A. spend B. stay C. work D. have
( )4. A. because B. if C. but D. so
( )5. A. interesting B. same C. true D. good
( )6. A. business B. children C. work D. office
( )7. A. get on with B. look after C. understand D. love
( )8. A. interest B. secret C. trouble D. feelings
( )9. A. tell B. ask C. answer D. say
( )10. A. can B. should C. must D. would
(七)
Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one or two __1__ and one or two children each. Children in the US will __2__ their parents’ homes when they grow up. They usually live __3__ their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often __4__ to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on __5__ Parents often let their children choose their __6__ jobs. Americans think it __7__ for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do their work __8__ their houses. And in many families, parents __9__ children for doing some housework so that they can leam__10__ to make money for their own use.
( )1. A. uncles B. aunts C. parents D. grandparents
( )2. A. leave B. reach C. love D. hate
( )3. A. near B. far from C. next to D. close to
( )4. A. come B. drive C. move D. write
( )5. A. Monday B. weekdays C. Friday D. holiday
( )6. A. own B. first C. last D. best
( )7. A. bad B. possible C. important D. wrong
( )8. A. outside B. around C. except D. beside
( )9. A. ask B. make C. pay D. call
( )10. A. what B. when C. where D. how
(八)
Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful. Fire can keep your house __1__ , give light and cook food. But fire can burn things,__2__. Big fire can burn trees, houses,
animals or people.
Nobody knows how people began to use fire. But there are __3__ interesting old stories about how a man or woman started a fire. One is __4__a man. The man__5_ a very long time ago. He went up to the sun and __6__ fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches. Children sometimes __7__ to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and __8__ it could burn a house. A small fire can turn into a big fire very quickly. So you __9__ be careful with matches.
Be careful with fire, and it will __10__ you, But if you aren’t careful with fire, it may hurt you.
( )1. A. warm B. warmer C. cool D. cooler
( )2. A. also B. too C. either D. neither
( )3. A. many B. much C. little D. no
( )4. A. over B. about C. for D. with
( )5. A. worked B. studied C. learned D. lived
( )6. A. made B. turned C. brought D. took
( )7. A. enjoy B. like C. dislike D. become
( )8. A. after B. later C. yet D. before
( )9. A. can B. may C. will D. must
( )10. A. help B. hurt C. enjoy D. surprise
(九)
I was walking down the road one day when my phone rang. 1 voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much!” I thought that it was a wrong number. A short while later, the call came once again, so I 2 rudely, “You’ve called the wrong number!” and then hung up.
During the 3 days, I often got the 4 call. But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she kept calling me, 5 I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much 6 ! Mom said you were too busy to take care of me. But, dad, please 7 me again, OK?” It was 8 to refuse the innocent(天真的, 无邪的) ask. I made a 9 kiss on the phone and heard the weak voice say, “Thank you…Dad, I am so…happy, so…happy….”
Shortly after this, I became curious(好奇)about 10 had been on the other end of my phone. So I called back, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to 11 you. My daughter has had bone cancer(癌症) since she was born. And her father…died in a car 12 two weeks ago. I didn’t want to tell her the news. Poor baby. When she couldn’t 13 the painful chemotherapy(化疗), she would cry for her dad because her dad 14 encouraged(鼓励) her. I really don’t know what to do, so I gave her a random(随意的) phone number…”
“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to ask.
“She has died. You must have 15 her on the phone, because she died with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone….” Tears full of my eyes….
( ) 1. A. A boy’s B. A child’s C. My daughter’s D. My son’s
( ) 2. A. spoke B. told C. returned D. answered
( ) 3. A. following B. front C. other D. coming
( ) 4. A. different B. same C. wrong D. funny
( ) 5. A. so that B. and C. as if D. though
( ) 6. A. danger B. trouble C. pain D. difficulty
( ) 7. A. look after B. kiss C. help D. support
( ) 8. A. easy B. sad C. happy D. difficult
( ) 9. A. soft B. sweet C. low D. loud
( ) 10. A. that B. what C. who D. how
( ) 11. A. trouble B. ask C. stop D. reach
( ) 12. A. experiment B. event C. accident D. activity
( ) 13. A. receive B. fight C. stand D. face
( ) 14. A. always B. sometimes C. never D. seldom
( )15. A. kissed B. taught C. shouted D. told
(十)
Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. When he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard in the 31 . Soon he had more money than his friends 32 his hard work. It seemed that he would have a bright future.
When he was 25 years old, however, he began to 33 his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office. Two months later, he found a new job in a big company. Workers in this company 34 traveled a lot. At first he really enjoyed the traveling. 35 after a year, he began to hate it. He h ad to 36 and he was always in a car or on a train. The worst thing was he couldn’t make any new friends! Even so, his boss was not satisfied with him. Two years later he had to leave the company.
He was 37 at that time, so he sold his house. He had to accept a part time job in a book shop. He was surprised to find he loved it! He made new friends every day and he enjoyed reading books. Three years later, he 38 the shop owner’s daughter. Soo n they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three 39 and four more book shops! He became very rich indeed.
“Life is 40 ,” he told me. “The most important thing is that you should always try your best. Never give up!”
31. A. factory B. theatre C. bank D. post office
32. A. because B. because of C. as a result D. while
33. A. dislike B. love C. like D. enjoy
34. A. almost B. usually C. seldom D. never
35. A. So B. And C. But D. Though
36. A. stay in one place B. move around C. make noise D. make a wish
37. A. happy B. energetic C. rich D. poor
38. A. married B. understood C. met D. visited
39. A. sisters B. brothers C . children D. cousins
40. A. boring B. important C. necessary D. wonderful
参考答案
(一)
1. C固定短语be born in中的be动词需要用过去式,结合本句主语I,因此用was。
2. B短语all one’s life表示在某人的一生中。结合此句主语I,因此使用my。
3. B spend holidays表示度假,结合此处时态考虑应 用一般现在时。
4. C表示我们这个小镇并不属于成都的范围。
5. B固定用法one...the other表示 “一者…另一者…”,适用于两者的范围内。这里表示从镇子的一头走到另一头只要15分钟。
6. D There be句型的过去式,主语two schools为复数,因此选择were。
7.A no big factories=not any big factories,表示没有任何一家大工厂。注意不要选成none,none为代词,后面不应该加名词或名词短语。
8. A 根据句意应该选择许多人,much后面应该加不可数名词,a lot不能放在名词之前作定语,因此只能选择a lot of .
9. A all the factories表示所有这些工厂. 注意不能选择both,both只能表示“两者都……”。
10. B one of them 中的 them 指代 factories,注意of 为介词,介词后只能加宾格。
(二)
1. B第三人称单数,动词后加s.
2. C文章第一句说到他有很多课外活动,所以只能在车上完成作业。其他的选项不符合题意。
3. D根据前半句,他在车上写作业,可以得出是在驱车前往参加课外活动的路上。
4. C由上下文可知,孩子们变得不开心的原因是因为他们有太多课外活动要参加。
5. C从上下文可以看出,孩子们感觉到很烦恼,很焦虑。其他选项不符合题意。
6. D孩子们希望有更多的空闲时间玩耍。
7. B因为孩子们要赶时间去参加课外活动,所以晚饭吃得很快。
8. A on one’s way to…在某人去某地的路上。有些家长带着孩子甚至在去课外活动的路上吃快餐来解决吃饭问题。
9. C根据上文,现在如果孩子们不学会放松,那么他们年纪大一些之后就更难学会如何去放松了。
10. B think about考虑。家长们要考虑,什么对孩子才是对的。
(三)
1. A在这里的意思应该是“有着”,表示“带,有”的介词只能是with。
2. B tell sb. sth.告诉某人某事。现在进行时,她的大眼睛正告诉我们她的梦想。
3. C从上下文可以知道,这篇文章是关于贫困地区的孩子上学问题。所以她是想要上学。
4. A many修饰可数名词复数,其他几个选项不可以。much修饰不可数名词,a lot of或lots of也可以修饰可数名词复数,但C、D选项都不完整。
5. D从题意可以看出,他们很想上学,但是他们的家庭很穷。family可数名词,在这里表示他们的家庭,应该用复数。
6. A pay...for…为…付钱,由题意可知,对一个家庭来说,为所有孩子付钱(上学)很困难。
7. C由这句话的后半句,男孩子去上学,可以知道由于经济原因,只能让女孩子在家里。
8. C worry about the money 担心钱(的问题)。needn’t情态动词,不需要,后面跟动词原形。worried 是形容词或动词过去式/ 过去分词,不能用。其他两个选项不符合题意。
9. A从题意可知,他们当中有些人从政府获得钱,让生活变得更好一些。
10.D 副词修饰形容词,really修饰wonderful。 Hardly, “几乎不,否定”的意思,不能选。
(四)
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(六)
1. C作者在报纸上读到的,应该是一篇报导,而不是消息、电话或信件。
2. D从下文可以知道本文说的是孩子与家长的代沟问题,所以应该是有些孩子与父母争吵后自杀。
3. A现在父母花更多时间待在办公室里。
4. D因为在办公室里待的时间长了,所以没有很多时间和孩子在一起。
5. B前面有the,根据题意可知,他们都觉得彼此没有共同的话题。
6. B作者想要告诉父母们要多花点时间陪自己的孩子。
7. C作者建议父母们要去理解自己的孩子。get on with相处,look after照顾。不符合题意。
8. D根据题意,作者建议孩子们将自己的感受告诉给父母。interest兴趣,secret秘密,trouble麻烦。都不符合题意。
9. A作者建议告诉父母你的想法。tell sb. sth.告诉某人某事,ask询问,answer和sb. sth. 不能搭配使用,say后面跟说的内容,也不能搭配使用。
10. A这种方法使得孩子和父母可以彼此更好地理解对方。should应该,must必须,would将要,都不对。
(七)
1. C 文中并没有提到uncles,aunts或grandparents,家庭肯定是父母和孩子组成。
2. A美国的孩子长大后要离开父母家。
3. B从下文说到他们写信或打电话给父母就可以知道,他们住得离父母很远。
4. D come to/ drive to/ move to 后面都不和人搭配, 应该是写信或者打电话给父母。
5. D因为住得较远,所以只能在假期拜访父母。
6. A形容词性物主代词+ own+名词,某人自己的某物。这里指他们自己的职业。
7.C美国人认为让孩子自己决定自己的工作是很重要的。it在这里作形式宾语。真正的宾语是to decide on their lives by themselves,这是主语 + 谓语 +宾语+宾语补足语的结构。
8. B孩子被要求在家周围做一些事情。outside 在……外面,except除了,beside在旁边。都不符合题意。
9. C pay sb. for doing sth.的结构,付钱给某人做某事。ask sb. to do,make sb. do sth.都不对。
10. D这种做法让孩子们学会赚钱给自己用。
(八)
1. A火可以使房子里暖和。没有与之对比的东西,不需要用比较级。
2. B火也可以烧毁东西。注意also应放在句中,be 动词之后,行为动词之前。而either只能用于否定句中表示“也不……”。neither则表示“两者都不……”,因此只有too符合此处的要求。
3. A后面的stories是可数名词复数,所以用many修饰。
4. B说到有很多关于人怎样学会生火的故事,其中一个故事就是关于一个男人的。
5. D那个男人生活在很久很久以前。用过去式。
6. C那个男人追赶太阳,然后把火种带到大地上。这里表示带回来,因此选择bring,而take则表示带走。
7. B like to do sth.孩子们有时候喜欢玩火。注意enjoy 后只能加doing sth。
8. B ―根火柴可以烧着一张纸,稍后它就能烧毁一所房子。
9. D火很危险,所以必须小心火柴。语气强烈,其他情态动词不能表达。can能够,may可能,will将会。
10. A从文章一开始说,火可以让房子里暖和和煮饭,说明火是有用的。最后一句总结:如果你小心用火,它就能帮助你。如果你不小心用火,它就会伤到你。
(九)
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(十)
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