1、1 2020 年人教版英语八年级下册 短文填空专练（11 篇 有答案） （一） John was a poor boy.He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革)1._ for others in the street.John was also a 2._boy.One day，a rich man 3._ Miser appeared in front of John.He watched his dirty shoes for 4._ while，and then looked at John.John knew this kind of peopl
2、e well.They love money but hate to spend it. “Let me brush your shoes，sir.5._ two pence(便士)，sir， ”John said. Mr.Miser shook his head and walked away. John thought for a second and then called out，“Id like to clean it for nothing.” This time Mr.Miser agreed.And soon one of his shoes was shining brigh
3、tly. When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子)，John said he wouldnt clean it for him 6._ he was paid two pence for his work.Mr.Miser was very angry.He refused to pay 7._ and went away. But to his 8._， the well- cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier.Mr.Mi
4、ser looked round.People in the street were 9._ at him. Finally，the rich man returned and gave two pence 10._ John.In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly. （二） Every morning James goes to work by train.He always buys 1._ newspaper.It helps him make the 2._ pass more quickly.One Thursday mor
5、ning，he turned to the 3._ page.He wanted to read the report 4._ an important football match the night before. The report was so interesting that he 5._ to get off at his station.He didnt know it 6._ he saw the sea.He got off at the 7._ station.He had to wait a long time for a train to go back.Of cou
6、rse，he 8._ very late at his office.His boss was very angry when James told him 9._ he was late.His boss told him that work was 10._ important than football.He reminded James not to be late again. 2 （三） In Singapore，many students spend much time on studies.People think that good grades are 1._ key to
7、 success.So many students try 2._ best to get good grades in exams.In order to get good grades，some 3._ even go to evening classes after school to study 4._ exams. Students have many after- school activities at school, 5._ as sports games，dance groups and so on.On 6._，they have enough time to do wha
8、t they like.Most students like to 7._ to music.Singapore films are popular，too.Some students also 8._ their time surfing the Internet，e- mailing their friends and 9._ computer games.They sometimes go to cafs，shopping centres and big bookshops. So life for students in Singapore is not easy 10._ color
9、ful.Do you think so? （四） Nowadays，many students complain about the pressure they had in their study and life.They have to 1._ much time studying at school.They always feel 2._ after school because they have lots of homework to do.3._ ，parents think thats not enough.They send their children to differ
10、ent 4._ of after- -school classes.They think their children can learn more and be 5._ successful in the future.Students dont think 6._ same.They like to hang out with friends.They love to 7._TV at home instead of going to after- school 8._.Parents，of course，never let them do that.So students have pr
11、oblems communicating 9._ their parents.They now 10._ get on well with parents easily.They even argue with their parents.Can you help them? （五） A plane took off.An old lady in the 1._ had a blanket(毯子)over her head and she did not want to 2._ it off.The air hostess(空姐)spoke to her, 3._ the old lady s
12、aid, “I have never been in a plane before, and I am very scared.I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back 4._ the ground again！”Then the captain(机 3 长)came.He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane.The weather is fine.There are no clouds in 5._ sky, and everything is going
13、 very well.”But she continued to hide. So the captain turned and started to 6._ back to his driving seat.Then the 7._ lady looked out from under the 8._ with one eye and said to the captain, “I dont like planes and I am never going to fly 9._.But Ill say one thing，” 10._ went on saying kindly.“You a
14、nd your wife keep your plane very clean！” （六） Long ago, there was a boy named Ma Liang.He loved to 1._， but he didnt have a brush.He was too 2._ to buy one.He often used sticks to draw pictures on the ground.He said to himself, “3._ I have a brush, I dont need to draw on the ground 4._ sticks.” One
15、night Ma Liang had a dream and he met an old5._.The old man gave him a magic brush.He said to Ma Liang， “I give you a magic brush.You can use it to help the poor 6._ in your village.” The next morning, when Ma Liang woke 7._ ， he found a real brush in his hands.Ma Liang felt very8._ . He went to the
16、 village and decided to help the villagers.Some villagers said， “There has been a drought(干旱)and our crops are dying.”Ma Liang took out 9._ magic brush and drew some rain.Then it began to 10._.The villagers were very thankful to Ma Liang. （七） Here is an interesting story.Once upon a time，there was 1
17、._ old farmer.He 2._ money very much.He kept a lot of gold coins but 3._ used them， and he did not give them to others.He put them into a 4._ and put it in the ground.He came to the place every day to look at it.This 5._ him happy. 4 Here is an interesting story.Once upon a time，there was 6._ old fa
18、rmer.He 7._ money very much.He kept a lot of gold coins but 8._ used them， and he did not give them to others.He put them into a 9._ and put it in the ground.He came to the place every day to look at it.This 10._ him happy. （八） Tom lived in the countryside.He loved 1._ in the small river near his ho
19、use.Later his father 2._ a job in the big city，and he moved there with his family. Their new house had a garden,3._ the garden was very small.Tom wasnt very happy.“Is there a river near here？” he asked his mother 4._ the first day. His mother answered，“No， but theres a beautiful park near 5._， and t
20、heres a pool in it.We are going there this afternoon.” Then Tom became happy. After lunch，Tom and his mother went to the 6._. Tom wanted to swim in the 7._，but there was a sign in front of it. His mother read it to 8._ ，“ WARNING( 警 示 ) ： This pool is 9._.Thirty- six people have fallen into it.” Tom
21、 looked into10._ pool for a long time and said， “But I cant see them！ ” （九） Rick comes from France.Its 1._ romantic(浪漫的)country, which is famous for the Eiffel Tower.He has studied Chinese for five years in China, 2._ he can speak it well.He has 3._ to many places of interest in China, such as the G
22、reat wall, the West Lake, Mountain Huang and so on.He also finds that Chinese food is very 4._. Now he has fallen in love 5._ Chinese food.And he wants to learn how to cook 6._by going to an evening cooking school.Rick likes doing 7._.He likes running, taking walks and many others.Among them, he lik
23、es skating best.He has skated for ten years.He often 8._ part in skating marathons to raise money for children in poor areas. He says he is very happy to have the chance to help 9._.After leaving school, he would like to work in China as a writer.He wants to write 10._ what he 5 has seen and met.Hed
24、 like to see more foreigners coming to visit China. （十） Nowadays, many people love traveling outside China.Mike is one of them.He has been to many countries, such as Japan，England, America and so on.He likes America best.It was his first time to go there and he felt really excited.It 1._ him many da
25、ys to prepare for the trip. When he got to America, he went to his host family.His host parents were really 2._.They cooked delicious food for 3._ and took him to shop.On the way to the shopping mall, he found that the traffic in America was busy.4._， no one broke the traffic rules.At that time, he
26、was busy 5._ games on his cell phone while walking. He knocked into a boy and 6._ boy fell down on the floor.He thought the boy would be angry with him.To his 7._， the boy said, “Its OK.Its not your fault(错) ” Mike was so shocked 8._ he could not say anything. Mike thinks the boy is 9._ polite (有礼貌的
27、)than most of us.When teenagers and some adults have problems with others, they dont say sorry 10._ each other.Instead, they fight or shout.They really need to learn to be polite and always pardon (宽容)others.They should learn from the little boy. （十一） The wild goose( 大 雁 )and the duck were good frie
28、nds.They were learning 1._ to fly together in a school.The wild goose studied very hard and soon 2._ could fly very high and well. But the duck didnt do that.He loved eating and playing.Of course he couldnt 3._ well a month later.4_ was coming and the weather became very cold.The wild goose decided
29、to fly to the 5._.The duck wanted too.So the duck asked the wild goose to take him 6._ her back on the way to the south.The duck saw 7._ lot of beautiful things and he was so happy 8._ he jumped off the wild gooses back. Then he 9._ into a river.The wild goose wasnt 10._ to swim, so she couldnt save
30、 him.So up to now the duck has to live on the water. 6 参考答案： （一） 1. shoes 2.cleverbrightwise/smart 3.callednamed 4.a 5.Only/Just 6.unlessuntilbefore 7.anything/money 8. surprise 9.laughinglooking 10.to 7 （二） 1.a/one 2.time 3.sports 4.about 5.forgot 6.until/before 7.next 8.arrived 9.why 10.more （三） 1
31、. the 2.their 3.students 4.for 5.such 6.weekends 7. listen 8.spend 9.playing 10.but （四） 1.spend 2.tired 3.However 4.kinds 5.more 6.the 7.watch 8.classes 9.with 10.cant/cannot （五） 1.plane 2.take 3.but 4.on/to 5.the 6.go 7.old 8.blanket 9.again 10.she （六） 1. draw/paint 2.poor 3.If 4.with 5.man 6.peopl
32、e/villagers 7.up 8.excited/happy 9.the/his 10.rain （七） 1.an 2.loved/liked 3.never 4.box 5.made 6.when 7.sad 8.him 9.in 10. coins （八） 1. swimming 2.got/found 3.but 4.on 5.here 6.park 7.pool 8. him 9.dangerous 10.the （九） 8 1.a 2.so 3.been/traveled 4.delicious 5.with 6. it 7.sports 8.takes 9.others/children/them 10.down （十） 1.took 2.kind/nice 3.him 4.However 5.playing 6.the 7.surprise 8.that 9.more 10.to （十一） 1.how 2.she 3. fly 4.Winter 5.south 6.on 7. a 8.that 9.fell 10.able
