牛津英语译林版 8年级上册 英语阅读专项训练（含教师版）

8上 英语阅读专项训练 9 一、完形填空 In the Sui Dynasty, there lived a boy named Li Mi, who loved to read very much. He never wasted a single minute, but ___1___ all of his free time every day reading. One day, Li Mi had to go to a faraway place to ___2___ some of his family’s business. Not wanting to waste any time on the way, he took all of the ___3___ that he wanted to read and hung them on one of the horns of his ox. He then climbed up onto his ox’s ___4___ , with a book in one hand and the reins in ___5___ . In this way he could read while riding the ox so that he could ___6___ his every second during the trip. On the way, Yang Su, a very ___7___ scholar of the time noticed this boy and said, " ___8___ hard-working boy he is! He must be a young man worth making friends ___9___ . " Not wishing to interrupt Li Mi ___10___ he put all his heart in the reading, Yang Su followed behind the ox quietly instead, ___11___ until Li Mi looked up to get a new book. ___12___ impressed, Yang Su then rode up to Li Mi and ___13___ him, praising him highly for his attitude towards ___14___ . Later, Li Mi became the well-known leader of Wagang army. Today, if a person is ___15___ diligent in his studies that he finds every possible way to make use of every minute, we say he is "reading with books hanging on the ox’s horn. " 1. A. paid B. cost C. spent D. took 2. A. look after B. look at C. look for D. look up 3. A. businesses B. books C. clothes D. oxen 4. A. tail B. head C. back D. stomach 5. A. another B. the other C. others D. the others 6. A. make use of B. make out of C. make fun of D. make up for 7. A. generous B. honest C. ideal D. famous 8. A. What B. What a C. How D. How a 9. A. to B. for C. at D. with 10. A. though B. until C. while D. because 11. A. waiting B. thinking C. hoping D. accepting 12. A. Quickly B. Heavily C. Deeply D. Carefully 3. A. pulled B. greeted C. described D. dropped 14. A. speaking B. listening C. writing D. reading 15. A. very B.