【期中备考】07：首字母填空10篇（含答案解析）-2023-2024学年上学期八年级期中考试必刷题

【期中备考】07：首字母填空10篇（含答案解析） -2023-2024学年上学期八年级期中考试必刷题（上海） 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、短文首字母填空 （2022春·上海长宁·八年级校考期中）在短文的空格内填入恰当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 Sissy is an elephant and she was very quiet when she arrived at her new home. The elephant shelters in Tennessee (田纳西州). Like people, elephants are social. They will be happy and h 1 if they live with family and friends. But Sissy was d 2 . She was not used to other elephants. She had spent 30 years alone in zoos. Now she was suddenly facing a 2,700-acre land with several other elephants. At f 3 , she carried a tire (轮胎) with her e 4 , like a security blanket. That’s what she did in the zoos. But Montgomery, an educator at the shelter, said that the staff wasn’t too worried because it’s elephants’ n 5 to be with family and friends. They believed Sissy would adapt (适应). Several months later, another elephant—Winky arrived. In no time, Sissy and Winky became friends and were seldom apart. They swam together and had meals together. One day, Sissy w 6 away from her tire. That was a good sign. Sissy, Winky and all the elephants there were retired or rescued from zoos or circuses. Although they are not from the same family, they can learn to s 7 the same space and many of them become close companions. （2022春·上海浦东新·八年级校考期中）My big brother and I were standing at the door to the showroom at Fort Worth Gold and Silver Exchange, the largest, b 8 and most successful jewellery store in Texas. “I can’t do it, Darren. I can’t face them.” “It’s just talking to them. It’s not that hard.” said Darren. It was late November 1982 and Christmas music was playing. “I’m telling you I’m too n 9 ,” I replied. “You’re just going to have to p 10 ,” said Darren. “The store had started me selling on the phones because it was easier to make people believe that I was older and more experienced. We called a number and my first real customer pushed her way t 11