短文填空英語itwas篇一：10頁人教版八年級下冊英語短文填空、重點句型練習(xí)題、范文背誦

八年級下冊短文填空、重點句型練習(xí)題、范文背誦

一、短文填空專練

Unit 1 （A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

Predicting the future can be difficult. There are many predictions that never c______ (1) true. Before 1929, there was no s______ (2) in movies. The head of one of the b______ (3) movie companies in the United States predicted that no one w_______ (4) want to see actors t______ (5). Of course, he was wrong! In 1977, the head of the largest computer c______ (6) in the United States said, “N______ (7) one will want to have a c______ (8) in his or her h_______ (9).” He thought that computers would be n______ (10) used by most people.

1_______2.________3._______4.________5.________

6.________7._______8.______9._______10.________

( B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

Ken’s father is very happy because he’ll have a b_____ (1) job and work in a different p______ (2) of Hong Kong soon. So ken and his brothers will have to change s______ (3) next year. But Sam’s father isn’t so happy because he will have to m_____ (4) to a bigger apartment in Shanghai , which will be e______ (5) . But then there will be more room for the new baby---a brother or sister f_____ (6) Sam. The apartment will a ______ (7) be very near to Sam’s school so he can w______ (8) to school with Blackie, his guide dog. Ken wants a dog, too. But his parents w_____ (9) buy one from a pet shop. They’ll look for o_____ (10) in an animal shelter.

1. _______. 2._________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. ___________

6._________ 7._________ 8.___________ 9.__________ 10.____________

Unit 2

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

Dear Mary,

My cousin is the same a_______(1) as me. She’s really nice, and we get on w______ (2), but she always b_______ (3) my things. Last week, she borrowed my m______ (4) book and didn’t r_______ (5) it. So I couldn’t do my h________ (6) . I don’t want to have a f________ (7) with my cousin, b________ (8) she’s my best friend. I don’t know w________ (9) to do. Could you please give me some a________ (10)?

Yours,

Looking for Help.

1._________ 2. __________ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. __________

6._________ 7. __________ 8._________ 9. __________10__________

(B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

When you feel worried or stressed out, everything s_______ (1) to go wrong at once. You can’t remember what the teacher said in class. You often a_______ (2) with your parents. You may have problems sleeping, too. For example, you can’t go to s_______ (3) at night and you still f_______ (4) tired when you wake up.

If you are under too much p______ (5) , maybe it’s time to change your life a bit by doing something d_______

(6).

It’s important for you to learn to r_______ (7) . You can listen to some quiet music . Reading a book is also a

good w______ (8) to relax.

At last, I think you can take p_______ (9) in after—school clubs and try some new hobbies or interests. You should also take more e_______ (10), study hard and make some new friends.

1._______ 2. _______ 3. _________ 4. _________ 5. _________

6._______ 7. ________ 8. _________ 9. ________ 10. _________

Unit 3

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

I had a very unusually experience3 on Sunday. At a______ (1) ten o’clock in the morning, I was w_______ (2) down the street when a UFO landed right in f________ (3) of me. You can imagine how s________ (4) it was! An alien g______ (5) out and walked down Center Street. I f_______ (6) it to see where it was going, and I was very s______ (7) when it went into a souvenir shop. W________ (8) it was looking at the souvenirs, the shop assistant called the p______ (9). Before the police arrived, the alien left the shop and then visited the Museum of Flight. While the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station. Isn’t that a_______ (10)?

1.________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. ________ 5. _________

6.________ 7._________ 8.__________ 9._________ 10._________

( B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。 Many people were waiting f_________(1) the train. Some were r__________(2) newspapers, and some were saying good-bye to their friends.

Dr Wang, Mr. Li and Mr. Chen were talking so h__________(3) and excitedly that they did not know the t__________ (4) was going to leave. Then the guard called l___________(5),“The train is going to leave. H__________(6) up, please.” The three men heard the guard and two of them jumped o__________(7) the train quickly b__________(8) it moved. One was left b___________(9).It was Dr Wang. He looked very sad. The guard came to him and said, “Don’t feel sad. The next train will come i_________(10) ten minutes.” “I know.” Dr Wang said, “But it is my train. My friends only came to see me off.”

Unit 4

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

My best friend is Xiao Li , but last week in school we had big f______ (1), and she didn’t t______ (2) to me. It all start when she asked me i______ (3) she could copy my homework. I asked her why she wanted to do that, and she s______ (4) that she had forgotten to do h_____ (5) . I said I didn’t think it was a good i______ (6). I said it would start a bad h_______ (7), and she should do her o______ (8) work. She got really m________ (9) at me , and said she didn’t want to be my best friend anymore. I sad that was OK and that I was sure she would g______ (10) over it. And she did. Yesterday she told me she was sorry . She said it was much better if she did her own work.

1. _________ 2. ________ 3. __________ 4. _________ 5. _________

6. _________ 7. ________ 8. __________ 9.__________ 10. _________

Unit 5

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入一個恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~。

I want you to remember the rules for school parties.

? Don’t ______ (1) jeans! If you wear jeans, we won’t let you ______ (2).

? Don’t bring food to the party. If you _______ (3), the teachers will take it ______ (4)

? Don’t bring friends from other schools. If you do, the teachers will ask them to ______ (5).

? Don’t leave the gym during the party. If you do, the teachers will ______ (6) your parents.

? ______ (7) run or shout at the party. If you do, you’ll ______ (8) to leave.

? Please bring your ID card. _______ (9) you don’t have your ID card, you ______ (10) go to the party.

1._______ 2. _________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________

6. _______ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9._________ 10.__________

(B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

Another weekend is coming. My classmates are talking about how to s_____ (1) the weekend. Some of them are going to have a sound s_______ (2) and get up late. Some are going to watch TV, o_______ (3) are going to have an outing.

I have my o______ (4) plan, however, On Saturday, I’m going to f______ (5) my homework, because there will b_____ (6) an English test nest week. I want to do w______ (7) in it, so I must get ready for it . On Sunday, I will v______ (8) my grandmother with my parents. She is ill. We want to know if

she is b_____ (9) now.

Besides all these , I’ll make f_____ (10) use of my weekend reading books.

1.________ 2. ________ 3.___________ 4.___________ 5. _________

6.__________ 7.____________ 8.__________ 9.__________ 10._________

Unit 6

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在空白處填入一個恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~。

Dear Jack,

Thanks for sending me the snow globe of the monster. I love it. In _____ (1) I think it’s probably my favorite. I’ve been ______ (2) snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them. My mom say I have to _____ (3), because we’ve ______ (4) out of room to store them. They’re all around our apartment. I even ______ (5) them in boxes under my bed. The ______ (6) one I ever got was a birthday cake snow globe ______ (7) my seventh birthday. I particularly love globes ______ (8) animals. I have a big one with bears in it, and another one with penguins. If you know more anyone _______ (9) who collects them, please tell me. I’d like to start a snow globe collector’s club. ______ (10) the way, what’s your hobby ?

1.__________ 2._________ 3._________ 4._________ 5._________

6._________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9.________ 10._________

(B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

I want to tell a______ (1) my hobby. I l______ (2) collecting kites. I have b______ (3) collecting them since I was ten years old and I have twenty ---two now. I collect them b______ (4) they’re beautiful and interesting. I have a kite w______ (5) the face of Monkey King. It is a g______ (6) from my friend. I have some butterfly kites, too. On sunny Sundays, I often go to f______ (7) kites and it m______ (8) me very happy. If you k______ (9) anyone else collecting kites, please tell me. I’d like to make f______ (10) with them.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4._________ 5._________

6.__________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9.________ 10._________

Unit 7

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

China is a c______ (1) that has been known for its etiquette through the ages. The following is an introduction to everyday manners in China.

? Greeting

When you meet someone for the f_____ (2) time, the most commonly used words are “ hello!” “ Nice to

m_______ (3) you and “ How do you do?” For greeting good f_____ (4) , the words will be more casual and friendly, such as “ Long time no s______ (5)!” “ have you had your meal?” and “ Where are you going?”

? Introduction

It is p_____ (6) to give your full name and the place you work on formal occasions. Only your full name with a simple greeting is enough o_______ (7) informal occasions.

If someone is introducing you, s_______ (8) up , smile and look at the people also being introduced. After being introduced, you can shake h______ (9) with each other and give greetings, sometimes with an exchange pf calling cards. I_______ (10) you introduce someone to others, remember that the man should be introduced to the woman first and that the host should be introduced to the guest first.

1.__________ 2.__________ 3.________ 4._________ 5._________

6.__________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9._________ 10.__________

Unit 8

（A）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

I always have a happy time choosing b_____ (1) presents. I usually choose a book, a scarf o_____ (2) a CD. But this time, I had a good idea on Tom’s birthday g______ (3) . I b_______ (4) him a bottle of champagne. At the party, Tom asked me to o______ (5) the bottle. I tried my b______ (6) . Everyone e_____ (7) the champagne. It was a really s______ (8) gift. We drank the champagne and a ________ (9) lots of delicious food. Then we s_______ (10) and danced happily.

1._________ 2.__________ 3.__________ 4.__________ 5._________

6._________ 7.__________ 8.__________ 9.__________ 10._________

Unit 9

（A）

在短文的空白處填入恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使短文意思完整。

When I was a young girl, all I ever wanted to _____ (1) was traveling, and I ______ (2) that the best way to do this was _______ (3) become a flight attendant . I’ve ______ (4) a flight attendant for two years. It’s a really ______ (5) job because I travel all _____ (6) the world. I _______ (7) that the most important requirement was to _______ (8) English well, so I studied English at the Hilltop Language School _______ (9) five years before I became a flight attendant. It was because I could speak English that I _____(10) the job.

1.__________ 2.________ 3.__________ 4.__________ 5._________

6.__________ 7.________ 8.__________ 9.__________ 10._________

(B)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示完成所缺單詞。

HI! I am Zhang Qinfei. I am 14. You can also c_____ (1) me M4. My classmates all call me M4 b______ (2) I speak fast. M4 is a kind of gun (槍) in a c______ (3) game.

Though I speak fast, I am careless and often lose t______ (4) like pens, books and keys. But my friends can always f______ (5) them for me. They are very kind!

I am a sunny girl. I like r_____ (6) . The book I am reading now is a p_____(7) novel called "Angel & Demon". I also like l______(8) to pop music. I am a Jay Chou fan. Among his songs, "Snail (蝸牛)" is my favourite.

"A small snail has a big dream", Jay sings. I have a big d_____ (9) too. I want to be a diplomat (外交官) in the future. Don't laugh at me. I b______ (10) I can make it one day through hard work.

1.________ 2.________ 3._______ 4._________ 5.__________

6.________ 7._________ 8.________ 9.________ 10._________

Unit 10

WHAT do you do to get pocket money (零花錢 (家務(wù)) to get pocket money. They usually start to do this at 10 years old.

School students have to do homework and for tests. They don't a lot of free time in the week. They often do chores at the weekend.

Young kids only do easy chores. So they don't get only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They help wash up after dinner and feed (喂養(yǎng)) the family cat or dog. When they get 昂貴的) than candy. Then they have to work harder! They often wash the family car, cut the grass, walk a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can to use a lawnmower (割草機(jī)) or how to cook. Of course, their help them at first.

1.________ 2._________ 3.___________ 4.__________ 5.___________

6.________ 7._________ 8.___________ 9.___________ 10.__________

二、重點句型復(fù)習(xí)

句子翻譯

1. 將來人們會有機(jī)器人嗎?_________ people have _________?

2. 我應(yīng)該做什么?_________ ___________ I do?

3. 當(dāng)飛碟到達(dá)時你正在干什么?________ _________ you _______ when the UFO _________?

4. 他說我學(xué)習(xí)努力.He said I _______ ______________.

5. 如果你去參加聚會,你會過得很開心.If you go to the party, you’ll ____ ____ ____ ____.

6. 你收集貝殼有多久了?________ _______ have you _____ _____ shells?

7. 你介意把音樂聲關(guān)小一點嗎?Would you mind _________ _________ the music?

8. 你為什么不給她買條圍巾呢?________ _______ you get her a scarf?

9. 你曾去過游樂園嗎?________ you ever ________ ______ an amusement park?

10. 今天是個好天氣,不是嗎?It’s a nice day, ________ _________ ?

11. 你能給我一些建議嗎？Could you ________ me ________ ________?

12. 他迷戀上了電腦.He fell ______ _________ _______ the computer.

13. 她可以說英語和漢語.She _______ _________ ______ speak English and Chinese.

14. 將來會有更多的污染.There will _______ _________ _____________.

15. 哪一個國家會在下一屆世界杯中勝出?________ ________ will win the next World cup?

16. 他們不想在電話中談?wù)撃羌��?They don’t want to talk about it ________ _______ ____________.

17. 羅斯不想和她的表兄吵架,因為他是她最好的朋友.Rose doesn’t want to ______ ______her cousin, because he is her ________ _________.

18. 父母應(yīng)好好照顧孩子.Parents ________ take good ______ _____ their kids.

19. 勿進(jìn)! 她正在睡覺._________ _________! She is sleeping.

20. 你可以向你的哥哥借些錢.You could ________ some money _______ your brother.

21. 當(dāng)外星人出來時,女孩正在購物.The girl was shopping when the alien ______ ____.

22. 他站在同學(xué)們前面.He is standing _____ ________ _____ his class.

23. 當(dāng)飛機(jī)起飛時,你在做什么?When the plane ________ ________, what were you doing?

24. 喝杯咖啡怎么樣?________ _________ drinking a cup of coffee?、

25. 首先,你應(yīng)該說對不起._______ _____ _____, you should say you’re sorry.

短文填空英語itwas篇二：英語看圖短文填空專練

看圖短文填空專練

一，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空只能填寫一個形式正

“Daddy, can I learn to play the (71)? I?ll try very hard.” Sarah asked her

, Mr White. “All right,” Mr White said. “I?ll (73) for you to have lessons for six

weeks. If you play well, you can go on with your lessons. If you don?t, I will (74) the lessons.”

“OK, Daddy,” Sarah said. Mr White found her a good and expensive and Sarah began her

lessons.

Six weeks later, Sarah said to Mr White, “I?m (76)to play for you,

Daddy.”

“Fine, Sarah,” Mr White said. “Begin.”

She began to play. She didn?t play well. She made a terrible noise. Her father had one of his friends with him. The friend put his hands over his

when he heard the noise.

, her father said, “Well done, Sarah. You can go on with

your lessons.”

Sarah ran happily out of the room. Mr White?s friend turned to him. “You?ve

，” he said.

Mr White said, “Since she started learning the piano, I?ve been able to buy five

apartments (單元房間) in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks, I?ll own

the whole building.”

二，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空格只能填寫一個形式

正確、與短文意思相符的英語單詞。

Bob and David are good friends，but they like to joke on each other

sometimes．One day they went to London for their hohdays．They went to the(71) and bought their tickets．When the train arrived，Bob got on the train first，but he

dropped his(72)

on the platform(站臺)without knowing it． it up．Without saying a word to his friend，

，they saw the

conductor(列車員)coming along，shouting，“Ticket，please!”Bob(76)his and of course he couldn?t find it．

“Oh，dear，I can?t(77)my ticket，David．”he said．

“Have another look，Bob；”said David．“No，I

can?t find it anywhere．What shall I do?”

??Perhaps you?d better hide oRder the(79)so that the conductor

won?t see you．”

So Bob crawled(爬)under the seat and lay there quietly．Soon the conductor

stood in front of

David．“Ticket，please．”he said．

，“This is mine．The other is my

friend?s．

He prefers to travel under the seat．??

三，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空格只能填寫一個形式正

確、與短文意思相符的英語單詞。把答案寫在答卷上。

It was Sunday. The weather was very fine. The students of Class One went

out for a with fruits, vegetables, meat , cookers and

some other things.

At about half past ten, they at the foot of a hill. There was a big and many green trees there. Birds were singing and the air was very fresh. The

students were busy from

the lake, some were washing vegetables and fruits, and others were putting a big

cloth on the grass. At about twelve o?clock the lunch was ready.

After lunch, they had a time singing, dancing, drinking and talking. At

three o?clock, they began to , but they all

tried to climb to the of it. On the top of the hill, they felt very excited and all

cheered.

四，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空只能填寫一個形式正確、

意義相符的單詞。請將答案填寫在答卷相應(yīng)題目的答題位置上。

Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革for

others in the street．Tom was also a ．One day，appeared in front of Tom．

shoes for a while，and then，looked at Tom．Tom knew

this kind of people well．They love money but hate to spend it．

Tom said，“Let me ，sir．Only two pence(便土)，sir．

Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．

Tom thought for a second and then called out，??I?d like to clean it for nothing．”This

time Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．

When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，Tom said he

wouldn?t he was paid tw0 pence for his work．Mr．Miser was He refused to pay anything and went away． ，the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other

one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．him． and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two

shoes shone brightly．

五，看圖短文填空

then he saw a man walking it.It he wanted to sit on it ,too. Mr

Jackson began to to the chair. When he saw Mr Jackson run to the chair, the man began to

”WET PAINT”,

六，閱讀下面短文, 并借助插圖和上下文補(bǔ)充所缺信息，每個空格只能填寫一個形式

正確、意義相符的單詞，并把答案寫在答題卡標(biāo)號為76－85相對應(yīng)的位置上。

Yesterday afternoon, when Liu Jun got home after school, he wanted to do

some housework. While he was sweeping the floor, his father came back and (76) him doing it. Later when he was (77) TV, his mother came up and turned

(78)________ the TV and said, "You shouldn't waste your (79)________. Go to

study!"

In China, more and more families have only one child. Parents only hope that

their children can learn their lessons well so as to find a good job in the future. So

they won?t let their children do (80) the child

has few chances to practise in their daily life, they will not be to

the help

is not good for the children to learn only the knowledge

(知識) from books. They have to learn about life. keep themselves in

books only!

七，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空只能填寫一個形式正

確、意義相符的單詞。請把單詞寫在答卷指定的位置上。

LiLei got a new abacus(算盤) from his grandpa as he was going to have his first

abacus lesson that day. On the way to ( 71 )________, Li Lei thought it would be

( 72 )___________to roll the abacus like wheels. So with a string he ( 73 )_________

the abacus with his schoolbag on. He ( 74 )________great fun.

But( 75 )_________he got to school, most of the beads(算盤珠) were gone. And Li

Lei was too careless to notice ( 76 )_________.Soon it was time to have an abacus

( 77 )_________. All the other pupils were ( 78 )_________, but Li Lei could do

nothing but sit here. Then the teacher ( 79 )_____________ him what had happened

to his abacus, he ( 80 ) _________very ashamed and could say nothing.

八，閱讀下面短文，并借助上下文和插圖補(bǔ)充所缺信息。每個空格只能填寫一個形式

正確、與短文意思相符的英語單詞。把答案寫在答卷上。

Tom Brown was a good boxer(拳擊手)．He had a pair of very strong fists(拳頭). 拳擊)．prize many times.

One day he went to a small town by car．He happened to see two men

attacking(非禮．Mr. “Get into my ”he shouted to her．“Drive to the police station. Quick!" ，they found the two men had run away and Mr. Brown was ．．

“Why, this is Mr. Brown, our great boxer!" One of them knew him．

“Why you fight back but let them hit you like this?”asked another．“You are

strong enough to beat four of them with your fists!” ．

“But I haven?t got my gloves，”answered Mr. Brown．“A boxer must go to fight his gloves on. That?s one of our rules．

九，看圖短文填空（ 本大題共10小題，每小題1.5分，共15分 ）

One day, Mrs Zhang was ill, so she asked her students to study by__71__. And

before she left she ___72___ “Please learn by yourselves__73____” on the

blackboard. When class began, some poor students were very happy and excited.

短文填空英語itwas篇三：九年級英語短文填空練習(xí)題

短文填空12篇

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(1)

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel close to someone. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Surely, there are times when we need to be alone. We don't always want people1________(周圍). But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend. No two people are just the same. Sometimes friends don't 2_________(相處得好). That doesn't mean that they no longer like 3_________(互相). Most of the time they will make up and 4__________(繼續(xù))being friends.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very sad. We 5_______(想念) them very much. But we call them and write to them. It could be that we would even see them again. And we can 6__________(結(jié)交新朋友）. It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them. Families sometimes name their children after a close friend. 7_________(許多地方)are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town. Some libraries are named this way. So are some schools. We 8_______（想起）these people when we go to these places. There's more good news for people who have friends. They live 9________(長一些)than people who don't. Why? It could be that they are happier. Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take better care of 10________（你自己）.

(2)

Most great inventors often met with much trouble in their work. Before they could succeed, they had to overcome 1_________(數(shù)以千計的)difficulties which were put in their way. The following is one of such examples.

George Stephenson (1781~~1848), a 2__________ (著名的)British inventor made the first train in 1825, using a stream engine. When he was experimenting with the engine 3________ (在火車上), he met with troubles from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the 4________ (噪音)and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheep, that the engine would burst or that the hot coals from it would set fire to their houses. People believe 5___________ (他們說的話).

George Stephenson told the people that the train could go on small rails, could pull carriages 6________ (裝滿) goods and passengers and that there was no great danger to them. It was a very difficult matter for him to make them believe. 7________ (然而), after some time, he was able to do it, and the first train, that was driven by George Stephenson himself proved what he had said. On the train there was a new steam engine. It was invented by him, and was proved a complete 8_______ (成功).

The first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance, and saw it running quickly to them. They thought it was a genie. They ran quickly back home for fear and closed their doors tightly. They did not dare to 9________ (出來)until it had passed. 10________ (一周以后)an old woman still said that her hen had been so frightened that it hadn't laid any eggs for three days.

(3)

Most of American businesses are open five days a week. American school children attend school five days a week as well.

American families usually have a 1 ______（兩天）weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Over the weekend people spend their time 2 _______ (以許多不同的方式) . Many families enjoy weekends 3 ______(一起) . They may go shopping, go for a drive or visit friends. They may also invite friends over and 4 ______ (聚會) at home. Many American families participate（參加）in sports during the weekend. 5 _______ (跑步), biking, playing volleyball and swimming6 _____ (流行)in summer. Skiing and skating are the 7 _____ (最喜愛的) winter sports.

Weekends are also a time for American families to work on something in their yards or in 8 ______(他們的) houses. Many families plant flowers and have vegetable gardens. Some families use the weekends 9 _______（粉刷）or repair their houses. 10 ______(對大部分美國人來說), weekends are very busy.

(4)

Perhaps more than any other people, Americans have come to depend on their cars. The family car 1 _________(一直是) a common thing 2 _______(從……以來) the early twentieth century, and it has changed American life. Many people have moved 3 _______(外面) of the large cities to the suburbs. Some Americans spend 4 ________(每天兩小時) or more in their cars 5 _______ (去上班) and home again. Cars have become the 6 _______ (工具) of transportation for most Americans going shopping, and even going on vacations.

Americans 7 ______(過去常常) like big cars, and gasoline used to be very inexpensive. Recently, 8 _______（然而）, the cost of gasoline has increased, smaller cars have become 9 _______（更常見）. Also foreign cars have become very common. Americans have bought 10 _______（大量的）Japanese and German cars. They have bought cars from several other countries as well.

(5)

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench（長凳）. The poor man always sat there, 1___________ (看著)the big hotel in which the rich man lived. 2_________（有一天）the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, "Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel 3_________ (每天早晨)." "Sir," said the poor man, "I am a failure. I have no money, no home. I sleep 4________ (在這條長凳上), and every night I dream（夢想）that one day I'll sleep in that hotel." The rich man said, "Tonight your dream will 5________ (變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實). I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month."

6_________ (幾天以后), the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. 7___________ (使他驚訝的是), he found that the man had 8__________ (搬出了)the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, "You see, when I'm down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, 9____________ (在那個大賓館里). It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep 10________ (根本)."

(6)

On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to 1________ (尋找)the information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very

bright spots crossing the computers’ screens. 2__________(同時), they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they 3___________ (發(fā)現(xiàn))that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses. 4___________ (據(jù)說)that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men like playing tricks. They all had excellent 5_________ (教育). They created the viruses just to show their intelligence. 6___________ (這種)computer viruses is named Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers 7___________ (很長時間). When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions, damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information..

We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers 8__________ （在星期五）and they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruses are Britain, Switzerland, the US and some 9________ (其它的)countries. But till now how to get rid of the terrible viruses 10__________ (仍然是)a problem.

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In American high school 1 _______(大多數(shù)) students take English, science, math and history.

2 _______(在英語課堂上) , the students study grammar and read famous literature. In science class, they study biology, chemistry or physics. History is 3 ________(更有趣) to some students because they learn about important events and places 4 ________(在美國) . Students take 5 ______（其它） courses, too. These are electives. Some study 6 ________（音樂）because they feel it is more enjoyable. Some study 7 _________（計算機(jī)科學(xué)）because they 8 ________(認(rèn)為)it is more practical.

9 ______（在各自課堂上） , teachers give students exams. Some exams are more difficult than others, but a good student can always do 10 ______（好）.

(8)

One kind of vacation that many Americans enjoy is camping. Each summer 1_____ (數(shù)百萬的) Americans drive to the countryside where they find places 2_____ （野營）. The national parks, many of which are 3 _____(在山里) , are favourite camping places. Campers enjoy the 4 _______（新鮮空氣）, the lakes and the forests which they find in these parks. Campers hike, swim and fish. They can also find 5 ______（許多種）animals and plants in the parks. Mostly campers have trailers which they drive or pull behind their cars to their campsites. Trailers are like houses 6 ______（在輪子上）. They have many conveniences which people have in their homes, 7_______（例如）electricity and hot water. But 8 _______（大多數(shù)） campers don’t have trailers. They camp in tents which they 9________ （搭起）in their campsites. Campers in tents don’t have the conveniences that campers in trailers have. Tent campers enjoy 10 _________(一種簡單的生活) .

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All big cities are quite similar. Living in a modern Asian city is not very 1 （不

同於）living in an American city. The same cannot be said about living 2 （在農(nóng)場上）, however.

In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live 3 (在村莊和城鎮(zhèn)里). In the United States, however, each farm family lives on its own fields, often beyond the sight of any neighbors. 4 （不用） traveling from a village to the fields every morning, American farmers stay 5 （在他們的土地上）throughout the week. They travel to the nearest town6 （在星期六）for shopping or on Sundays for church. The children ride on buses to large schools which serve 7 (所有的農(nóng)場家庭) living in the area. In some areas, there are small schools serving a few farm families, and the children walk to school.

8 （當(dāng)然）life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, and television sets. And of course there are modern machines for farming. All of these have changed farm life.

For many years, however, farming in America was often a lonely way of living. Farmers 9 （不得不）deal with their own problems, instead of getting help from others. They 10 （學(xué)會）to try new methods, and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.

(10) A teacher from a western country visited a school in an 1_______ (東方國家). In one class, she watched sixty children as they learned 2_______ (畫)a cat. The teacher drew a big ○ 3_________ (在黑板上), and sixty children copied it on their papers. The teacher drew a small ○ on the top of the first and then put two △△ on top of it. The children drew 4_________ (以同樣的方式). The lesson went on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom. Each student’s cat 5________ (看上去)exactly like the one on the board.? The visiting teacher watched the lesson and 6________ (感到驚訝). The teaching methods(ways) were very much different from the way of teaching in her country. A children’s art lesson in her own country produced a roomful of pictures, each one is quite 7_________ (不同于)the others. Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language.? 8__________ (在一個國家里)such as the United States or Canada, students are asked to work by themselves and find answers 9_________ (他們自己). The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas. In countries such as China and Japan, students often work together and help each other in the classroom, but the teachers teach and the students listen. The students are asked to memorize a lot. They 10__________ (必須)learn the same textbook. They do the same homework and give the same answers.?

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He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15,1929. He was black. He lived 1________ （僅僅）thirty-nine years, but he became world-famous in that short time. He 2 _______(長大) in the southeastern part of the United States. He studied at

Morehouse College where he met many outstanding men whose ideas he found important and exciting. There he read the writings of Thoreau, which gave him many ideas 3 ________(關(guān)于自由) .

After he graduated from Morehouse, he 4 ______(接著) to study at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and Boston University. At Boston University, he met his wife, Coretta. 5 ________（1954）, after he got his Ph.D.degree, he became the minister of a small church 6 _________（南方的） . There he became the leader of the black people, who were poor and without power. He gave speeches and led marches. For his ideas and actions, he went to jail 7 ____（一段時間）.

8 _______(許多年以后), in Washington, D.C., he spoke to a crowd of 250,000 people. He told them, “I have a dream.” That speech is still 9 ______(著名). In 1964 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. His work was not 10______(結(jié)束) when he died on April 4, 1968. Who was he? He was Martin Luther King.

(12)

Dear Mr. Costa,

I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write. I’ve been very busy with work and school, but I’ve 1 ________（想起）you often.

How’ve you been lately? Did you have a good Christmas and New Year’s? Mac says you’ve been working hard at the restaurant and that business is very good. What 2 _______(別的) have you been doing?

I had a short but good vacation. Mac and I went to Chicago for 3_______ (幾天)before Christmas, but I 4 ______(不得不) come back and work between Christmas and New Year’s (including Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve)! 5 _____（每次）something like that 6 _______（發(fā)生）I wonder if I really want to work in the hotel business.

The other day I was thinking about the fun we used to have 7 ______(在我們英語課堂上). I haven’t seen many of our classmates since the course was over. 8_____ （事實上）, the only one I see very often is Tomiko. I’d really like to get in touch with Franco. Does he 9 _______(曾經(jīng)) write to you? If so, could you please send me his address?

Well, Mac and I are going skating and he 10 ______（在等我）, so I guess I’d better say goodbye now. Write as soon as you can.

Love,

Maria

【練習(xí)答案】

(1)1. around 2. get along well 3. each other 4. go on 5. miss 6. make new friends 7. Many places 8. think of 9. longer 10. yourself

(2)1. thousands of 2. famous 3. on the train 4. noise 5. what they said 6. full of 7. However 8. success 9. come out 10. A week later

(3)1. two-day 2. in many different ways 3. together 4. have a party 5. Running 6. are popular 7. favourite 8. their 9. to paint 10. For most Americans

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