资源简介 中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台【能力提升】短文填空专项训练篇(二)(含参考答案)【人教新目标英语八年级下册】A阅读短文,根据上下文和所给的首字母写出所缺单词。注意使用正确形式,每空限填一词。Dunhuang is a historic city in Gansu. In ancient times,Dunhuang was an important 1.c of trade. As the Silk Road developed, Dunhuang became China's western gateway to the world. Here, different cultures met and influenced each other. People from 2. f countries did business and communicated with the local people.If you 3.v Dunhuang, you will be able to see the Mogao Caves(莫高窟).If you walk 4.i , you will discover some of the wonderful artworks. There are over 45,000 square meters of beautiful paintings on the cave walls, as well as thousands of statues.Over the years, China has made great efforts to protect the Mogao Caves. Today, you can also find high-quality photos of the artworks on the Internet. People all over the world now have a 5. to see Dunhuang's treasures online.B根据短文内容,在短文的空格处填上一个最恰当的单词,使短文完整、通顺。Miss Wang recently had a worrying experience.One morning, just as she arrived at her 6. Wang noticed some missed calls from her mother."It must be something very important," she thought to herself.Right away, she called her mother 7. quite worriedly. To her surprise, Wang found her mother only wanted her charger(充电器), which Wang took to the office by mistake.When Wang hurried home from her office, she found her mother's 8. was still 70% charged. And her mother was worried that it would run out of power as she continued using it.Now Wang realizes the seriousness of the problem. Her mother 9. eight hours a day playing games, reading news and watching short videos online. And her mother has problems like poor eyesight, headaches and so on.This story is not special and Wang's mother is not 10. She is just one in a growing population of the old who lose themselves in playing with phones. As the old have 11. chances to join in social activities, a smart-phone is the best way to kill time.But too much time on the phone can cause many problems."Be careful when using your phones, 12. you will be easily fooled!" Although the old are always warned like this, online frauds(欺骗) still happen to them.Now there are more family problems. Action should be taken.For the old, they should control their screen time and get enough rest. The young, for their part, should often visit the old, and help them learn more about online safety so that they can 13. themselves. Also, the young can do more activities with the old like talking, walking and traveling, or encourage them to learn something at the universities for the aged.C阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式,使短文完整、通顺。Your dog is barking, but you can't hear it! Your best friend is telling you 14. joke, but you can't catch it!15. terrible! The people who have hearing loss 16. (consider) deaf.It's not easy being deaf, and although some kids are born deaf, many others lose their hearing later on. So it's important to know how 17. (be) a good friend with anyone in the deaf community. Here are some ways.Be patient and do not give up on a friend 18. hearing loss. If you repeat what you are saying 19. (loud), and it isn't helping your deaf friend, try to write it down or use signals instead.Also, remember that deafness isn't the same as being stupid. Deaf kids are just as smart as anyone else. Don't treat your deaf friends like they are not very smart. 20. they can't hear you, there's nothing wrong with their brain.Don't forget about texts, 21. (e-mail), and so on. These are much 22. (good) ways to keep in touch with your deaf friend than phone calls. If the two of you can sign, a video call is great!It's fun to communicate with others. We should support all of 23. (we) friends!D阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每词限用一次。find good drop rope happy fish what it sky lookOne evening, a"clever" man, Haojia went to fetch some water from the well. When he 24. into the well, he found the moon shining in the well."Oh, Good Heavens,25. a pity! The beautiful moon has 26. into the well!" So he rushed home for a hook(钓钩). and tied it with the 27. and then put it into the well to 28. for the moon.After some time of hunting for the moon, Haojia was happy to 29. that something was caught by the hook. He thought 30. must be the moon. He pulled hard on the rope. Because of the excessive pulling, the rope broke and Haojia fell on his back. Just then Haojia saw the moon again high in the 31. He said to himself,"Aha, it finally came back to its place! What a 32. job!" He was proud of what he did. He told everyone about it 33. but he didn't know how silly he was.E阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每词限用一次。other whom stay much so hard sleep reason like toNo one can live without sleep. Experts believe that sleep is 34. food and water. Good health needs good sleep. Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than 6 hours and a half at night are more often ill than people 35. sleep for 8 hours.How 36. hours do you sleep every night Most students have less than 8 hours of sleep every night.Some teachers complain that a few students feel sleepy or even fall asleep in class. These students can 37. concentrate(集中注意力)on their study.Why are so many students short(缺少) of sleep Recently,a reporter did a survey in No. 21 Middle School. The result shows that there are two main 38. One is that students have too much homework at night. Some students have to 39. up late to finish their homework till 11:00 p.m. The 40. reason is about the use of Internet.Some students are crazy about playing games on the phones.Many parents worry about this problem. The Ministry of Education(教育部) has paid more attention 41. this problem and required that students in primary schools should 42. at least 10 hours a day, 9 hours for junior high and 8 hours for senior high. Schools are expected to give less homework to students 43. that they can have more time to sleep.FLast week I had a pretty good vacation with my family.We had great fun 44. (play) in different places. On Monday, the weather was 45. (sun) and hot. We went to White Beach 46. bus and swam in the water. On Tuesday,it was cloudy and humid(湿的). We visited two 47. (museum) in Central Park. We saw many old things. No one felt 48. (bore). On Wednesday and Thursday, it was rainy and windy. It was 49. (possible) to go out. So we stayed in the hotel and 50. (eat) some delicious food. On Friday, the weather was cool. We went 51. (hike) in the mountains. We were very tired, 52. we felt very happy. How 53. (wonder)!GOnce upon a time, there lived 54. old horse and a little horse in the village. One day, the old horse asked the little horse to take a bag of 55. (potato) to the farm. Soon, the little horse 56. (find) a river in front of him and stopped. He looked around and noticed a cow. "Aunt Cow, can I cross the river " he asked."It isn't deep. You can make it, "answered Aunt Cow. When the little horse began 57. (cross) the river, a chicken saw 58. (he) and shouted,"Little horse, don't cross the river! It's dangerous!" The little horse was afraid and he went back home."59. do you come back home with the bag " the old horse asked."Because there was a river in front of me. Aunt Cow says it is not deep,60. the chicken says it is very deep. I don't know what to do.""My child, have you ever 61. (try) by yourself ""No, I haven't, Dad, "answered the little horse.The old horse said, " You must 62. (make) it by yourself!" After hearing these words, the little horse ran back to the river and crossed the river 63. (quick)HFor the whole year, I waited for the summer holidays to start all the time, because I would visit my 64. (uncle) family in India. My cousins were waiting for me.Finally I reached there 65. June 9th.In the evening when we were discussing what to do the next day, my uncle advised us to visit an elephant sanctuary(保护区).We were so 66. (excite). I love elephants.The place was not far. The bus ride only took half 67. hour. My uncle 68. (visit) it already,he said it used to be a great palace (宫殿).69. I got in, I feared that the elephants might stamp(踩) on me, but soon I got relaxed. I saw a cute baby elephant. Then many more came over. Some elephants 70. (take) a shower while others were resting under the trees. The guide told us that there were 49 elephants. They ate mostly palm leaves(棕榈叶). Each took about three bundles(捆) of palm leaves at a time.My cousins and I fed the elephants and took lots of 71. (photo) of them. Soon we had to leave. On our way home, we kept 72. (talk) about the visit happily.Later that night I dreamed of playing with elephants, It was truly an 73. (usual) journey in my life.IWhen Sarah was 74.teenager, she used 75. (fight) over almost everything with her family.But five years ago, while she was studying abroad in England, she 76. (hear) a song of feelings about returning home on the radio. It made Sarah think about her family and friends back in the US. She came to realize how much she 77. (actual) missed all of them. Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music.Country is a traditional kind of music from the 78. (south) states of America. Nashville, Tennessee is the home 79. country music. Many 80. (song) these days are just about modern life in the US, such as the 81. (important) of money and success, but not about belonging to a group. 82. country music brings us back to the"good old days" when people were kind to each other and trusted one another. It reminds 83. (we) that the best things in life are free-laughter, friends, family, and the beauty of nature and the countryside.参考答案A1.center 2.foreign 3. visit 4.inside 5.chanceB6.office 7.back 8.phone/cellphone/smartphone 9.spends 10.alone11.fewer 12.or 13.protectC14.a 15.How 16. are considered 17. to be 18.with19.loudly 20.Although/Though 21.e-mails 22. better 23.ourD24.looked 25.what 26. dropped 27.rope 28.fish29.find 30.it 31.sky 32.good 33. happilyE34.like 35.who 36.many 37.hardly 38.reasons39.stay 40.other 41.to 42.sleep 43.soF44. playing 45.sunny 46.by 47.museums 48. bored49.impossible 50.ate 51.hiking 52. but 53. wonderfulG54.an 56.found 57.to cross 58.him 55.potatoes59.Why 60.but 61.tried 62.make 63.quicklyH64.uncle's 65.on 66.excited 67.an 68. has visited69. 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