译林牛津英语八年级上册【期末复习】首字母填空专项练习（无答案）

译林牛津英语八年级上册【期末复习】首字母填空专项练习（无答案）

A

While Tom and Mary were on holiday at the seaside(海鸥)，they enjoyed w  1    the seagulls(海鸥). They learned a l   2   about these lovely birds. They will often come c   3   to you when you are eating something. If you throw pieces of bread to them, they will at once pick them up.

Seagulls swim very w  4   , but they don’t often dive for fish. They are good at f  5   with their wings. When a seagull is in the s  6  , he puts his legs under his body. Tom often watched them come to the ground. The seagulls beat(击打) the air

w   7     their wings and brought down their feet before they touched the ground. Mary liked to s  8   them gliding(滑翔) over the water as they often do, without

m   9   their wings, but she said she didn’t like the n  10   they make.

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B

There are too many accidents in cities. Accidents often happen when people c  1   the roads or streets. Read the passage c  2   and learn to be careful later on. Be careful when it is r  3  . Many a 4      happen on rainy days. People are in a h 5    

because they don’t want to get wet. They often cross the roads q  6   . Often they c 7   see clearly as they hold their u  8    in front of them. Remember that cars take m   9   time to stop when the roads are a  10   wet. When it is raining, we must be more and more careful, not less careful.

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C

Secret Garden is one of the classical novels for c___1_____; many adults like reading it as well. It was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a British w____2_____. It tells a story about a girl called Mary. Mary was an English girl, who was born in India. Her parents worked there and often spent much time on parties, so she was very l____3____.
      After her parents both died of a kind of terrible illness, she had to r____4____ to England and live with one of her relatives in a big manor(庄园).
      There, Mary h_____5____ of a secret garden. Ten years ago, her uncle Mr. Craven locked it and nobody had been there. At last she found the k____6___ with the help of a bird, and opened the garden door secretly.
      Mary also heard a boy’s crying in the building. It was Colin, her c____7____ , Mr. Craven’s son. He was sick in bed for a long time, and he thought he c____8____ walk like other boys and would die soon. Mary helped him ---she t____9___ him into the secret garden. The power of nature made Colin stand up and finally get back his father’s love.
      The novel has been popular since the 20th century. It has been made into films and p____10___. If you watch it in the cinema or theatre, it may touch you deeply.
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D

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f 1.houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high e2.to escape it. Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She s3. her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand w4.she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support.

“Well,” Elizabeth e5. to her friends, “at the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just l 6. me now.” “The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one p 7.for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back w 8.a little girl who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’she said to her own children." The children were more than excited to get such a present. They w 9. the little girl warmly, and she g10.up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”

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E

When you want to go shopping, you should know how much money you have for new clothes. Think about the k  1   of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes in shops.

There are l  2   inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A jumper label may tell you to wash it in c  3   water. The label on a coat m  4   say“ Dry Clean Only”. Washing may ruin this coat. If you do as the labels say, you can keep your clothes looking their best. Many clothes today must be d  5  cleaned. Dry cleaning is e  6   When you buy new clothes, see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will s  7  money if you buy clothes that can be machine or h  8  washed.

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes   l  9  longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Expensive clothes are not always better made. Sometimes l  10   expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.

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F

Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You s__1.___ an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common.

How is it done? Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help people f__2.___ relaxed and make friends with them q_3.__.

First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to o__4._ matters—sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how f__5.__ you can go.

Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. Real listening at l__6._ means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really i___7.___ in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.

Finally, good talkers know well how to d__8.__ with the moment of saying goodbye. If you’re saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a s__9.___. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half t__10.__ life.

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