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2023学年牛津上海版英语八年级第一学期选词填空专项练习
(一)
Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once:
A. reported B. different from C. Western
D. take a look at E. fourth F. similar to G. because of
From the first day that man began to study numbers and their importance in everyday life, some numbers have been thought to be lucky, while others are considered unlucky. And it’s not just __1__ culture that has done this. Cultures in Japan, China, India and Africa have done the exact same thing, but for different reasons. Let’s __2__ some commonly known lucky and unlucky numbers to see why some numbers are cursed and some are loved.
8 is considered a lucky number to the point of obsession (痴迷). A recent news article __3__ that the phone number 8888-8888 was sold for over $200,000 in China because it was thought that it would bring good luck. In Cantonese, the pronunciation of the number eight is __4__ the phrase “good luck”. The pronunciation of the number four in Japanese is like the word death, and __5__ this, four has been considered bad luck in Japan, Korea and China. Many buildings in Asian areas do not have a __6__ floor, much like the way North American cultures treat the number 13.
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(二)
Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once:
A. latest B. important C. convenient D. change
E. home F. with G. in
Computers __1__ our life. You can do a lot of things __2__ a computer, such as you can use a computer to write articles, watch video CDs, play games and do office work. But the most __3__ use of a computer is to join the Internet. By joining a computer to the Internet, we can get the__4__ information in all fields. We don’t need to leave __5__ to borrow books from a library or to do shopping in a supermarket.
Computers help us live a more __6__ life. With the development of computers, the world is becoming a large family.
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(三)
Complete the following passage with the word