2023-2024学年人教版八年级英语上册期末复习--短文填空2

2023-2024学年八年级英语上册期末复习--短文填空 (1) Everyone has some unforgettable childhood memories, and I'm no exception. I still remember my father coming into our room excitedly 1._____I was about ten years old.He told us loudly and happily that we were going to have 2.______ brother or sister. It was really out of our expectation(出乎意料),so 3.______were both surprised. In fact, I thought it was wonderful, because I could 4.______many things with him or her. But my brother was quite different. He was 5.______ than me , so I didn't think he truly understood what a brother or a sister meant to him. He seemed worried. And I thought he was afraid that the little h baby would take 6.______place , and then he might not be the center of the family. When the big day came , unluckily, there were some problems, and my mother had to stay in 7._____. My brother and I were not allowed to8.______our mom, and we all worried and had nothing to do but wait. We tried to 9.______worrying,but we were afraid that something bad would happen. Everything went 10.______in the end. When I was finally able to see my little sister,I was happy to see that she was so tiny and special. And we all loved her very much. (2) Mrs. White was about 80 years old. She had three sons,Bill,Dave and Tom.The three sons were very good to their mother. Every year they would try to send their mother expensive gifts to show their love 1._____her birthday. The eldest brother,Bill, had lots of money and wanted his mother to have the most 2._______gift, but he didn't know 3 ._____to buy. He thought hard and had an idea. He put an ad(广告)in the newspaper-“Wanted the greatest gift for my4.______". Many people gave him advice,5_______he wasn't interested in their advice. At last about a week before his mother's birthday , a man came to his office. He brought a big bird. It was green. The bird was very talented.It could 6._______foreign languages and sing pop songs. The man made the bird talk in French and 7._______a joke in Japanes