Unit 1 Past and present 完形填空专练 2022-2023学年牛津译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Past and present 完形填空专项训练 A What are you waiting for You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. —Ralph Waldo Emerson How many times have we said, “Oh I’ll do that ___1___ .”Sometimes tomorrow never ___2___ and we find ourselves saying, “Boy, I wish I hadn’t put that off.” Our family has been friends with Betty for many years. Over the years we shared phone calls and birthday cards. Betty sent our youngest son Brandon a birthday card with $50.00 in it ___3___ he graduated. We ___4___ each other quite often when we lived not far away. Then we moved to New York. However, the distance did not cut off the ___5___ we kept in with each other. This past November, I called Betty to see ___6___ she was. I was quite ___7___ when Betty didn’t answer the phone; instead her daughter Carol did. Carol told me that her mom had gone downhill fast and she was now in hospice (临终养老院) care. Carol 8 the phone to Betty. I talked briefly to her and let her ___9___ we loved her. As soon as I got off the phone, I sent a text to Brandon to let him know Betty wasn’t doing ___10___ Little did I know that Brandon stopped what he was doing and immediately ___11___ flowers to Betty. You can imagine how ___12___ I was of Brandon when Carol called the next day letting me know how much Betty loved the ___13___ Brandon had sent. A few days later , Betty ___14___ . So, my friends, ___15___ what Emerson once said: “You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” ( )1. A. tomorrow B. yesterday C. today D. now ( )2. A. ends B. comes C. fixes D. changes ( )3. A. and B. unless C. until D. while ( )4. A. taught B. visited C. left D. missed ( )5. A. touch B. relationship C. friendship D. help ( )6. A. where B. when C. whether D. how ( )7. A. heartbroken B. amazing C. surprised D. sad ( )8. A. threw B. cut C. kicked D. handed ( )9. A. see B. know C. forget D. care ( )10. A. good B. nice C. well D.