译林牛津英语八年级下册期末复习——首字母填空专项练习（附答案）

译林牛津英语八年级下册期末复习——首字母填空专项练习（附答案）

How to be a Green One
What does it mean to be green? “Green is more than just a c 1  .It also means taking special steps to protect the e 2  --the water, the land , and the air we breathe. Why is green? Plants are green, and w 3  them the earth wouldn’t be such a lovely home for human beings(人类). Here’s a four-step guide to be green:
R4  It!
When you use less of something, you do a good thing for the earth. For example, a shorter shower means you use less water and less fuel(燃料) because your house uses fuel to run the water heater（加热器）that warms up the water.
Reuse It !
Sometimes we’re a little too willing to throw away the w 5 and buy new things. Many times, you no l 6  need something, someone else just might need it. For example, if your baby brother grows out of toys, why not give them to a 7  family who has a little kid?
Recycle(回收) It!
Recycling has n 8 been easier. Many people will pick it up right in front of your house and they will need it. Tell your mum or dad become “Head of Recycling” for your house.
Enjoy It!
It’s true that p 9   is a problem, but the earth is still a large and beautiful place for you to go and study. You can start by v 10   the beautiful places in you home town. Go for a hike, visit local nature centres and gardens, climb up mountains and so on.

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1. Li Mei is a member of Chongqing Volunteer Service.She often takes part in its(1) a_________ on weekends.These days the service is helping Mr.Liu, an old lady.Mr. Liu has no husband or children.She lives(2) a________.There is something wrong with her eyes and legs,so she (3) s_______ most of her time at home and has a hard life.When Li Mei and other (4)v_________ knew about Mr.Liu’s story (5)d________ to help.Last Saturday they went to Mr. Liu’s home and help her.(6) c______ up the house ,cook (7)l________ and do the laundry.In the afternoon,they walked around the nearby park.Mr.Liu was happy in the (8)c______ of them.Before they left ,the volunteers(9) r_____ money and bought some necessary things for Mr.Liu.They said ,“Take(10) c______ of yourself,Granny Liu.We will see you again next weekend.”

1. activities

2. alone
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6. clean
7. lunch
8. center
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10. care

I wrote my first poem when I was 5 years old. It was f    1   Mother’s Day.

The poem was not my best work,but my mum kept it—just like she kept every other piece of writing and artwork I ever made. She a  2  kept my baby clothes and a piece of hair from my first haircut. Sometimes I feel like my mum runs a museum of m  3  life,and she is the only visitor.

But it feels n  4  to be loved like that. Who else would care enough to keep all of my terrible drawings and silly poems? Only my m  5  .

O  6  Mother’s Day when I was little,I used to bring my mum breakfast in bed, m  7  her a card,give her kisses and tell her I love her. I'd say to her,“You’re the b  8  mum in the whole world!”

I don’t get to see my mother very much these days. Now I live in China, 11,200 km from my parents' home in the US. Tm too far away to bring my mum breakfast in bed or give her kisses.

B  9  when Mother's Day comes, I'll call my mum from China. Over the p  10  , I'll tell her I love her. No matter how far away I go,she's always in my heart.

1. for   2. also   3. my   4. nice   5. mother/mum

6. On 7. make   8. best   9. But   10. phone

“Make-A-Wish” is one of the world's most well-known charities. It makes wishes come true for children who have s__1__ illnesses. It gives them hope and helps them forget about their h__2__ problems.
 It s__3__ in 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona. Christopher was a 7-year-old boy who was very sick. He always dreamed of becoming a p__4___ to fly in the sky. They gave Christopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter(直升机) and b__5___ a space helmet for him.
 There are four kinds of wishes children usually have:
 I wish to go. Children usually want to visit some p__6___ of interest, like the Statue of Liberty.
 I wish to meet. Children sometimes want to meet their f__7___ film stars or sports players.
 I wish to be. Some children wish to become doctors to help people who don't have money for m__8___ treatment.
 I wish to have. Some children want to have a computer , a bike or many other things. L__9___ for them, they can get what they want from the charity.
 Let's hope more wishes will come true in the f__10___ . People who work in the charity always try for the best. Will you be one of them?

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2. healthy

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6. places

7. favourite

8. medicine

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Have you ever tried the Magic Cube (魔方) ”? Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won’t be able to p   l    it down. How hard can it be to rearrange the nine little s   2   on each side of the cube? In

fact there are millions of possibilities! It has been over 40 years since the cube first h  3   the market. However not many people know that it was used just as a simple classroom m  4   in the beginning.

 In 1974 Erno Rubik i  5   the “Magic Cube” as he called it. He did this to help his students u  6   difficult 3-D concepts (概念). This classroom example was quickly t  7   into a popular toy. In 1979 Ideal Toys started to sell it as “Rubik's Cube”. The invention quickly became a c  8   icon in the 1980s.

 As time went by the cube once 1  9  its attractive qualities. However it made a comeback with the Internet. Now anyone can go online and find many videos that show ways to s  10   the cube. 

1.put   2. squares   3. hit   4. model   5. invented

6. understand   7. turned   8. cultural   9. lost   10. solve

Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.

Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt went on a bear hunt. He e___1.___ hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s__2.___.

But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, n__3.____ bears were found! The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs f__4.____ found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide t___5.____ the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said “No”. He ordered that the bear should be let go.

Mr Berryman, a cartoonist, heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while h__6.___. Mr Michtom, the owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it w__7.__ a copy of the cartoon.               To his surprise, many people showed great i__8.__ in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt’s permission to u__9._ his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born.

Since then the toy bear has been famous around the world and e10._   popular with children.

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Some time ago, a fire broke out(爆发) in a building late at night. Nearly all the families were s 1   . inside the house. After the firemen came, they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe p  2.   .

The crowds thought all the people were s   3.   . But it was not so. Two little orphan(孤儿)girls were still asleep alone at the very top of the building in a small room. N  4.   thought of them. Luckily, they lived with a dog.

The dog tried to wake them up, but they couldn’t hear him. He ran to the window and barked l  5.   for help. B  6.   no one noticed him. Then he climbed down the ladder (梯子) and tried to pull a fireman to the ladder. The fireman kicked him away, thinking he was mad. Then the dog ran to a   7.   fireman, jumped on him, ran to the ladder, barking all the time and looking back as if he was asking the fireman to follow him. This fireman r   8.   there must be someone in the little room, as the dog was acting so strangely. So he followed the dog up the ladder, there he saw the two girls and saved them.

Where was the d  9.   ? A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window, choked (窒息) with smoke. He brought him down with care, but he was d   10.  . He gave up his life to save his friends. What a faithful friend!

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There was once an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge（判断）things too q      1     . So he sent them, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree far away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in the summer, and the youngest son in the f    2   .

When the sons had all gone and come back, the old man called them together and asked them to d  3 what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly and bald, but the second son said no---the tree was covered w   4   green buds (花蕾).

The third son shook his head and said that the tree was f   5   of flowers, and smelled so sweet, looked so beautiful that he thought it was the most wonderful thing he had e  6  seen. The youngest son didn’t a   7   with all his brothers. He said that there were so many fruits on it.

The old man then e  8  to his son that they were all right, b   9  they had each seen only one season in the tree’s life. He told them not to judge a life by one difficult season.

If you give up when it’s winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the b  10  of your summer, and the harvest (丰收) of your autumn.

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A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards(胡须). They were sitting in her front garden.

 She didn't know them. She said, “I don't t　　1　　 I know you. But you must be hungry. Please come in and have s　　2　　 to eat. ”

 One of the old m　　3　　said, “His name is Wealth, this is Success and I am Love. Which of us do you want to i　　4　　?”

 The woman thought it over for a few m　　5. She hoped her house would be full of love, so she said, “Love, please come in. ”

 Love g　　6　　up and walked to the house. The other two also got up and followed him.

 The woman was s　　7　　 and asked, “I o　　8　　 invited Love. Why are you coming in?”

 The old men answered together, “I　　9　　you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would stay out, but if you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go w　　10　　him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!

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How long does it take to build a new house? It usually takes about six months or more. B  1  each year thousands of people work together to build new homes in just four months! Who does this w  2  work? Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat for Humanity is a group that builds homes for families in n  3 . It has branches(分部) in different states around the country.

This group works all over the world too. Volunteers help build the homes. They are unpaid workers who do all the work for f  4 . Volunteers can be builders and painters. They can be teachers or bankers. Some are students. Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300 000 houses. More than 1.5 million people l  5   in these houses.

Building a home is hard work. Volunteers learn h  6  to put up walls. They use many m  7  and tools. These selfless(无私的) volunteers work with the family that will live in the house. Everyone works together to make the family’s d  8   come true.

Suruchi Srikanth has worked with Habitat for Humanity for four years. She b 9   volunteering in high school. She has built many homes with other volunteers. She takes her responsibilities(责任) seriously. Volunteers know i  10  they don’t help homes may not get built. They are good citizens who care about other people.

1. But      2. wonderful   3. need    4. free   5. live   6. how

7. machines/materials  8. dream(s)    9. began   10. if

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to p  1   yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing w  2.  to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the w  3.  you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping t  4.  windows is possible，The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. Though it’s a little dangerous, it is s  5.  to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are w  6.  for help. Be sure to keep the door c  7.  . Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room.. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than s  8.  that may leaked（渗）into the room.

o  9.  a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof(屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more s  10.  .

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China's Project Hope has 1. s   nearly 3 million poor students since it was set up years ago.Until today, the project has raised more than 2. 5 billion yuan of 2. d   from many people. The money has 3. b   used in building about ten 4. t  Project Hope primary schools. Over 3 million children can go to these schools. Project Hope knows that these children won't have a bright 5. f   if they get no education. 80% of the primary schools and students helped by the project are in China's central and 6. w   areas which are less developed.

 Project Hope has helped build learning centres, libraries and training centres. It also helps 7. t   school teachers from rural (乡村的) areas.

 Project Hope has been the largest and most influential welfare (福利) project of China. Though it has done a lot for them,there are still millions of students who are too 8. p   to have education. More action should be taken to 9. h   them. Project Hope needs more peopled help and  we can support its work by 10. s   donations.

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5. future   6. western   7. train   8. poor   9. help   10. sending