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Unit 3 Our Hobbies
单元话题短文填空练习
(2022秋·福建厦门·八年级统考期末)根据语境或具体提示填空,完成短文。
A hobby can be 1 ['ɔ: lməʊst] anything that a person likes to do in his free time. Hobbyists keep pets, watch birds, draw 2 (picture) and play the piano. They also collect(收集) something 3 stamps, coins and cards. People take 4 hobbies because these activities can bring them happiness, friendship and relaxation.
Hobbies help people relax 5 ['ɑːftə(r)] a long time of hard work, and provide a balance (平衡) between work and play. Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old. Hobbies make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn 6 [nju:] skills. Hobbies can also help a patient to keep healthy. Doctors have found that hobbies are 7 (use) in helping patients recover(恢复) illness.
In early times, most people 8 (be) too busy making a living to have any hobbies. But 9 [mə’ʃiːnz] have cut down on the time people must spend on their work. People today have more time 10 ever before for hobbies.
(2022秋·福建福州·八年级统考期中)阅读下面短文,根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示,在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词,要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确,使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Long time ago, there was a king(国王)in England. He was kind but too lazy(懒惰). He would do nothing except eating and sleeping. Soon he became fat and heavy. Later, he couldn’t 11 [ˈi:vn] move his body. He thought he was ill. 12 no doctors in his country could help him.
One day, an old man 13 (hear)about the king’s story. He wanted to give him a 14 . The king decided to let him try.
The old man lived far away. He said to the king, “I’ll do 15 (I)best to help you. You need to come to me for treatment(治疗)tomorrow. But you have to walk here.” “ 16 [ˈsɜ:tnlɪ], kind man. I’ll do so,” the king answered.
The next day the king left 17 the man’s house early. After he arrived, the king found only the man’s son was at home. The son told the king to come the next day. He came every day for two 18 (mon