八年级英语首字母填空

八年级英语首字母填空专练

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek. But recently, government officials asked people to stop doing this. They have also closed school and museums, and advised people to s______(1)at home.

This is to prevent people from catching an infectious(传染性的)disease, swine flu(猪流感). The disease has spread over the country in the past month. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become s_______(2).

What is swine flu?

Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory(呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. They catch the virus(病毒) after being with infected pigs,or they get it from an infected person.

The d _____(3)spreads in the same way as human flu, through coughs and sneezes, or by touching a contaminated surface(被污染的表面) and then touching the nose or month. However , it cannot be spread by eating pork.

People who have c_______(4) swine flu will have fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be in danger.

Health experts advise people to w________(5)their hands frequently,to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel ill.

Wednesday, October 15th ,2008 is the first Global Handwashing Day.Many people w_______(1)their hands with soap (肥皂) on the day. They are f_______(2) twenty countries. Experts(专家) say it is important for people to wash their hands with soap at some critical moments,such as before e_________(3) and after using the toilet. B________(4)they can get germs(细菌)on their hands when they do those things. Then their hands can make their eyes and noses d_________(5) and make people ill. They say that soap is helpful in washing hands. It can help remove(祛除)germs and leave a pleasant s_________(6).

The experts also give the right way to wash hands. First put your hands into the water and

make them w______(7). Then cover them with soap and rub(摹) in into all a______(8). Rub for at l_________(9)twenty seconds. Next put your hands under running water and make them clean. At last,dry them with a c________(10)cloth.

Global Handwashing Day can help people keep healthy.

When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a s________(1).

It was the early autumn of my first year at a j_______(2)high school,and my old school was

far away. As a result, no one k_________(3)who I was. I was very lonely,and afraid to make

friends with a_______(4)

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break. I couldn‘t

talk to anyone about me.

Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk. I couldn‘t

talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn‘t want my parents to worry about me.

Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily

as usual. At that moment, a boy e_____(5)the classroom. I didn‘t know who he was. He passed me and then turned b______(6). He looked at me and, without a word,smiled.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me f_____(7)happy,lively

and warm.

That smile c_____(8)my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day

by day,I because c______(9)to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has because

my best friend now.

One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn‘t remember smiling at me!

It doesn‘t matter because all the dark days have g______(10). Now I believe that the world is

what you think it is. If you think you are lonely,you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

Food is very important. Everyone needs to e________(1)well if he or she wants to have a

strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is k________(2). We begin to

get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are i________(3) in everything around them. They learn something w______(4)they are watching and listening. When they are

getting older, they begin to r _____(5) story books,science books, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and t_____(6) to find out the answers.

What is the best w______(7)to get knowledge? If we learn b______(8) ourselves,we will get

the most knowledge. If we are a_________(9) getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way,we learn more and understand m____(10).

Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel c_________(1)to someone. It is nice to have a

friend to t_______(2),laugh,and to do things. Certainly, sometimes we-need to be alone. We don‘t always want people a_______(3). But we would f_________(4)lonely if we never had a friend.

No two people are just the same. Friends sometimes don‘t g_______(5)on well. It doesn‘t

mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up(重归于好) and become friends again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very s_______(6). We miss them very much,

but we can call them and write to them. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out

h____(7) much we like new people when we get to know them.

There is more good n________(8)for people who have friends. They live longer than people

who don‘t. why? It could be that they are happier. B ______(9) happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone c______(10)about you,you take better care of yourself.

A teenage girl couldn‘t stand her parents‘ family rules,so she left home. She wanted to be

famous. But she had p_______(1)education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has d_________(2). Her mother is an old woman. But she is still l________(3)for her daughter. She has been to every c________(4)of the city. Everywhere she goes,she put up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, ― I still love you …come b_____(5) home!‖

One day , the d_____(6)saw one of the photos. The face was familiar(熟悉). ― Is that my

mother?‖ she moved closer and read the w________(7): I still love you … She cried. When she got home,it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door o__________(8)itself. She rushed to her mother‘s bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, ― It‘s me!

Your daughter is back home!‖ The daughter asked, ―Why is the door ont locked? A thief could get in .‖ The mother answered softly, ― The door has never been locked since you left.‖

The door of p_________(10)love for their children will never be closed.

Mr . Baker worked in a small town. Two weeks a_____(1), his friends helped him to find a

job in New York. So he and his wife were going to move i________(2) a building in the big city.

Mr. Baker wanted to live in a room on the first floor and he could go for a walk in the beautiful

garden after s________(3). But his wife h________(4) to live on the second floor.

―There‘s enough sunlight, I think. And we can watch the f______(5)in the garden by the

windows,‖ said the woman Mr.Baker thought she was right and agreed with her. I_________(6)was Saturday. All their friends came to help them. They were t_____(7) and hungry,and Mrs. Baker got nice food ready. They held a party. They ate and drank a lot. Then they

kept singing and dancing. It l_________(8)a long time.

Suddenly the telephone rang. Mrs. Baker went to a______(9) it. Then she said to her husband

proudly, ―My choice is right! The man downstairs complained the phone that noise in our rooms makes them not f______(10)asleep.‖

Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars

120 to 160 kilometers away just to have d_________(1) with a friend or even fly to Europe(欧

洲)just for watching a football match. In some states only one person o________(2) of five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be b_________(3)in one city ,and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or t________(4)cities, and then go to a college far across the country. When he has entered (进入)business, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to a _______(5), which is called ―job—hopping‖,is a very common practice in the United States. Job-hopping is good to workers, because every c________(6)of a job gives them a chance to move up to a h______(7)position and to get better pay. And job-hopping also g_______(8) bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills that different people bring to their companies and factories.

Mike Robinson is a 15-year-old English schoolboy. His s_____(1)Clare is 14. At the moment,

Mike and Clare are at a school in Sydney,one of the b________(2)cities in Australia. They have been there for two years. They like the school, but they know that soon they will leave and

r_____(3)to England with their parents.

Mike and Clare have also been to school in America, Germany, France and China. This is

because their father, Peter, works for a very big i_________(4)company. The company has o_______(5)in many different countries. The company has s______(6)Peter to work in many different countries. Peter usually stays in one country for about two years. Then the company moves him a________(7) . His family always goes with him.

The Robinsons are a happy family and love seeing the world. Mike and Clare have learned to

speak French, German and a little C______(8). The two children have friends all o__________(9)the world. But they are glad that they are going to return to England.

Re cently,the children told their parents, ―We want to stay in England. We don‘t want to move

again.‖ Their father a_______(10)and has asked his company to keep him in England. The company has agreed. Mike and Clare are very happy about this.

―Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to d_______(1),‖ some scientists

say.

Dreams take up (占据)about one quarter of our s________(2) time. People have several

dreams e________(3)night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be b_________(4) the dreamer

is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to f_____(5) an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been

t_____(6)about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over(携人)into dreams.

Sometimes we wake u________(7)with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can‘t

remember the dream. Dreams can disappear(消失)quickly from memory(记忆).

Too much dreaming can b_____(8)harmful(有害的). The m________(9)we sleep, the longer

we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and

still wake up t______(10).

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picked it up to

. She wanted to say ―Happy Birthday‖ to his mother. ―Today is Mother‘all about it. Mother gives

and care while I didn‘ my love to her and care for her enough,‖ Li Feng thought to himself, feeling a little ashamed(惭愧的).

12.

Coca-Cola is very popular now. It is all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons are s every year, in over one hundred and sixty The was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8 May,1886, but it the name Coca-Cola by his partner, sold. The business was bought by a man Asa Candler in 1888, and the first factory was in Dallas, Texas, in

1895. Coca-Coca is made there. Billions of bottles and cans have been produced s 1895. It‘s certain that Coca-Coca will be drunk far into the twenty-second century.

13.

Mary didn‘such sentences as ―she is blue today.‖ You‘re yellow. ―He has a

thumb(拇指). ‖ ―He has told a little white lie.‖ and so on. And she went to her

help.

―Mrs Smith, there ‘s a in each of these sentences, what do they mean? ‖ She

asked ― In English. Mary, blue means ‗sad ‘, yellow means ‗afraid ‘. A person w a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie doesn‘t mean a bad one‖, the teacher said.

―for a white lie, Mrs Smith?‖

―Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don‘say it,

Instead you say, No, thanks, I‘lie. ‖

Mary said, ―Oh, I see. Thank you very much.

14.

Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very all the time and

couldn ‘

of the town. It wasn‘t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy

some there. When the shop was , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned(有学问的 with him.

It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the

there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after . It made them in a fearful mess(凌乱不堪). Mr King came up to her and asked, ―Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you? ‖ ― Your books are all dull (乏味的). ‖ Said the girl. ―Ione. ‖ ―That ‘s easy ‖. Mr King smiled. He out a cookbook(烹调书) and said, ―Here you are, madam. ‖

15.

a bus-driver

driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves out of a shop and run of money. Roy acted quickly the money got so afraid that he in their car, Roy drove his bus

into the of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves ‘ car was badly damaged(损坏) and to recognize(辨

认).Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c .

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stories.

on his friends. One day, one of his

a railway ticket for him.

Mark Twain told his friend that he didn‘ tickets.

He asked his friend to hide under his seat.

the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two – ―My friend is a strange man, when he travels on a train, he doesn‘t like to sit on the seat, but he likes to lie on the floor under the seat.‖

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countries. Most American have one or two children.

in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live to their .

jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.

Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付钱 some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.

parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents you grow up ?

18.

Lofton is a little village （村庄）them are friendly and helpful.

In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会 Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be 19.

One day I found a little girl sitting in the park sadly. Lots of people passed by but never had a strange shape. That‘s a hump (驼背why people just passed by and make no effort to help. I sat down beside her and said, ―Hello!‖ Then she, in a low voice, said, ―Hi.‖ I smiled and it got dark. I asked the girl why she was so sad. She looked at me and said with a sad face, ―Because of the hump.‖

―But, you make me t of an angel (天使), sweet and friendly,‖ I said. She looked at me and asked, ―Really?‖ I said, ―Yes, I think you are an angel and you come here to watch over all those people walking by.‖ When she this, the little girl jumped up. ―I am! I‘m an angel!‖ I .

both happiness and sadness with way we get the same.

20.

December 26th 2004 and it a large tsunami. Tsunamis are great sea waves produced especially by an earthquake.

That morning my classmates and I went to the seaside and had breakfast when we

, ‗Water is coming!‘ Someone told us to run to a higher place. We ran as qas we could.

picture. The water waves were so strong that cars were made to fall upside down and the of victims was over 140,000. People call the day ‗Black Sunday‘.