1、杭州市杭二中白马湖学校八下英语期末复习杭州市杭二中白马湖学校八下英语期末复习-完形填空拔高练习完形填空拔高练习 A I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1_ and when I was 14 he said, “Youre never going to be 2_ but a failure.” After five years of 3_ jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best 4_ that could ha
2、ve happened to me. I 5_ I wanted to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to 6_ that what peopl e said about me was 7_. Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Lets 8_ _ it, youve failed at everything youve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 9_ a nd went to college.
3、 My first novel (小说) 10_ while I was at college. After college I taught during the 11_ in high schools and attended evening classe s at London University, where I got a 12_ in history. I became a lecturer at a col lege and was thinking of 13_ that job to write full time 14_ I was offered a part-time
4、 job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself15_ was a working-class boy whod 16_ school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now Im rich and 17_, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18_ what does it mean? I _19_
5、wish all the people that have put me down had 20_: “I believe in y ou. Youll succeed.” 1. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful 2. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing 3. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful 4. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing 5. A. admitted B. decided C. pl
6、anned D. told 6. A. me B. them C. her D. it 7. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty 8. A. see B. know C. understand D. face 9. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition 10. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back 11. A. day B. night C. month D. year 12. A. graduation B. pass C. deg
7、ree D. success 13. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up 14. A. while B. if C. when D. or 15. A. there B. here C. it D. that 16. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated 17. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous 18. A. And B. But C. However D. Well 19. A. just B. exactly C. so D.
8、 very 20. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised B It was the junior high prom(毕业舞会)night. I sat in the car waiting for my son to co me out. Seeing him 1_ a tuxedo(燕尾服)for the first time, my feelings were mixed. 2_ I realized it, he had become a teenager. The moment he got into the car, h e could
9、nt wait to share the prom with me. A smile 3_ across my face. This is the 4_night I have ever had, he said. He began telling the story just l ike 5_ a bag of beans. I was talking with Jane when we saw a girl standing off into a dark corner alone, crying. Jane asked me to go dancing with the girl, bu
10、t I said that Jane was 6_ because I didnt even know who the girl was. Jane wou ldnt stop and said that I had a(n) 7_ to do something special by dancing with the girl. I knew why she was crying. Everybody could see that she was a little over weight and 8_ invited her to dance. I wanted to. but I was
11、afraid that Id be lau ghed at. What if she turned me 9_ .It took me a lot of 10_ to go over and ask if she wanted to dance. She said yes and we walked out，to the dance floor. I felt my face turned red, but it was 11_ and I didnt think others noticed. I thoug ht everyone was looking at us, 12_ no one
12、 laughed and we danced the whole dance. What happened next was unexpected. After I danced with the girl, a lot of guys started dancing with girls 13_ hadnt da nced yet. It was only three minutes, but I was happy that I did something 14_ tonight. I learned something, too.” I could see tears in his ey
13、es. I gave my son a hug and told him, “Im so 15_ you.” 1. A. on B. in C. with D. a. 2. A. After B. As C. Because D. Before 3. A. set B. stopped C. spread D. saved 4. A. best B. worst C. longest D. shortest 5. A. filling B. picking C. buying D. emptying 6. A. crazy B. nice C. lucky D. careless 7. A.
14、right B. chance C. ability D. interest 8. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody 9. A. off B. out C. over D. down 10. A. patience B. courage C. energy D. face 11. A. dark B. bright C. cold D. noisy 12. A. so B. or C. and D. but 13. A. which B. who C. what D. whose 14. A. strange B. interestin
15、g C. special D. difficult 15. A. proud of B. worried about C. angry with D. interested in C It is well-known that the English go out with an umbrella or a raincoat. Why？ 1_ _the weather in English often changes quickly. It is not very usual (平常) for th e same kind of weather to 2_ long. Spring can b
16、e rainy or windy 3 the weather is getting warmer. In fact there 4_ _ as much sunshine in spring as in summer. Summer is 5_ time for visitors to go to the beaches or other places. Autumn is a beautiful season, 6_ trees in the woods(森林) and parks, changing color. In winter, it gets colder. There are 7
17、_ very heavy winds in this season. January and February are the coldest 8_ of the year. The warmest 9_ often in July and August. The difference (不同之处) 10_ _ temperature between winter and summer is not so great in England. The avera ge (平均) temperature for winter is about 4.5 and for summer about 15
18、.5. ( )1. A. For B. As C. Because D. Since ( )2. A. make B. stay C. change D. take ( )3. A. but B. and C. or D. for ( )4. A. can B. can be C. have D. can have ( )5. A. the earliest B. the later C. the worst D. the best ( )6. A. with B. like C. without D. from ( )7. A. also B. too C. either D. as wel
19、l ( )8. A. seasons B. weather C. months D. month ( )9. A. is B. are C. arent D. be ( )10. A. for B. on C. by D. in D Mr. Hamel now picked up a French grammar book and started to teach. It all seem ed so 1_ during that last lesson. I understood all the participles （分词） which Mr. Hamel explained. “ 2_
20、 didnt French seem so interesting before” I asked myself. But I knew the answer. It was my last French lesson, and I regretted not studying h ard before. I 3_ to listen very carefully. Mr. Hamel was trying to teach us eve rything he knew. He had never taught a lesson so well before. The grammar less
21、on finished, and then we started 4_ . I had never seen so many hardworking students before. Everyone had their 5_ down, and the soun d of pens on paper was the only sound to be heard. Students were usually distracted(分心) by even the smallest thing. However, when so me beetles（甲壳虫）flew into the class
22、room, not one student looked at them today. It was very 6_ . I looked at Mr. Hamel. He was sitting still in his chair. The only things he 7_ were his eyes. He looked carefully at one thing in the classroom for a while 8_ _ looking at the next thing. For forty years, the only classroom was like his 9
23、_ , and now it was being taken from him. Mr. Hamel looked at all of the walls, windows, desks, and chairs 10_ we wer e working hard. I was sure he wanted to remember everything like it was now. （ ）1. A. difficult B. easy C. common D. great ( ) 2. A. Why B. Who C. Where D. When ( ) 3. A. went B. bega
24、n C. expected D. continued ( ) 4. A. listening B. speaking C .reading D. writing ( ) 5. A. heads B. hands C. pens D. books ( ) 6. A. impossible B. excellent C. unusual D. valuable ( ) 7. A. moved B. closed C. opened D. noticed ( ) 8. A. without B. before C. about D. after ( ) 9. A. courage B. dream
25、C. home D. country ( ) 0. A. because B. unless C. whatever D. while E When I was a young child, my parents often told me that it was time that taught a man everything I didnt understand and wondered why 1_ had such a big influe nce 2_ a personI thought I could grow up quickly to find it out as an ad
26、ultB ut now, 3_ I come to knock at the door of adulthood, I feel 4_ to expre ss my own opinion on this sayingI know that I am just a high school student with very few experiencesThere are still many things waiting for me in the future, yet I would like to express myself in a childish voice. I once r
27、ead this sentence, “To make this world a happy place in which to live, you h ad better 5_ yourself and your heart, instead of the whole world.” I was shoc kedIt made me think about 6_ itselfThere are so many things around us that 7_ our willWe cant force life to follow our wishesThe earth wont stop
28、turning no matter whether we 8_ it or not What we can do is just to make 9_ suit the world I think we should learn to accept 10_ life gives us, no matter whether its the spring sunlight or the winter snowfall, and try to be happy. The pop song Grandmother by Jay Chou is my favoriteIm deeply moved by
29、 thi s beautiful songI always try to 11_ every pleasant thing in my life, but now I see that I dont catch most of the pleasant momentsIt is more likely that they slip by（流逝）and leave you 12_ regretfulI realize that Im not just living for mys elf and that there are others I should 13_ such as my pare
30、nts, friends, and so onThey all pay attention to my growing up, 14_ its just a little progress. Everyone has his or her own 15_ towards life, positive or negative It doesnt matter, I think There is one rule that should be obeyed and thats to make this wor ld better. 1Aman Btime Cthing Dparent 2Aabou
31、t Bwith Con Din 3Abefore Bafter Cas Dwhen 4Aglad Bangry Ctired Danxious 5Apraise Bchange Cexchange Dforce 6Alife Bmoney Cheart Dworld 7Ago with Bgo along Cgo for Dgo against 8Areceive Bcheck Crefuse Daccept 9Ahimself Bthemselves Courselves Dyourself 10Awhat Bthat Cwhich Dwhy 11Atouch Bescape Ccatch
32、Dlose 12Afeeling Blooking Cremaining Dproving 13Amake of Bspeak of Chear of Dthink of 14Ain case Bin that Ceven if Das if 15Aidea Bway Cview Dattitude F In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was 1_ in potatoes than any where else in the country. At the end of every growing season, 2_
33、potatoes wer e dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women w ould 3_divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small. One year, there was a young man 4_received his share of the potatoes. As th e other villagers 5_, he walked around the village laughing a
34、nd talking.6_villa gers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get 7_pot atoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers 8_to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the mans potatoes 9_perfectly into three groups. After 10_the man how he did it, they unders
35、tood he was not lazy, 11_ve ry clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the villages rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved 12_ _. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top a nd the medium potatoes r
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