专题05 短文填空-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年八年级英语下学期期中真题分类汇编（人教版）

专题05 短文填空 1.(2023·广东省湛江市·期中考试)根据短文内容及首字母提示，用适当的单词完成短文。 Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He had two sons. When they were old enough to get  m    (1)      , he told them, "Each of you must cut down a tree. Walk in the direction（方向）it points, and you will m    (2)       your future wife." The elder brother knew whom he wanted to marry, so he made sure his tree fell in the direction of her house. Mikko, the younger b    (3)      , did not have this skill. His tree pointed to the forest. Mikko walked through the forest and didn’t stop u    (4)       he saw a house. He went inside, but the house w    (5)       empty. "I’ll never find my wife," he said. "Don’t be so sure," said a small voice. Mikko looked a    (6)       and saw a mouse and talked with her for a while. She was kind and smart, and Mikko liked her very much. Mikko brought the mouse home! However, Mikkoˈs brother hated the mouse and threw h    (7)       into the river! "What did you do?" cried Mikko. "You may think she is a mouse, but I love her." Mikko began to cry, but then his father pointed to the river. A beautiful princess（公主）came o    (8)      of the river. "A witch（巫婆）turned me i    (9)       a mouse," said the princess. "She said I could turn back when I met one brother loving me and a    (10)       hating me. I did not think it would ever happen, but now it has!" 2.(2023·安徽省芜湖市·期中考试)阅读短文，根据首字母提示，填入适当的单词，使短文通顺、意思完整。 Everything went black! All the l    (1)     in our flat went out, including the TV. Mum took out the candles and Dad went to see what was going on. One advantage (好处) of living in a tall building is that you always have help nearby. So I went to our next-door neighbour, Mr. Smith. With a c    (2)     in his hand, Mr. Smith answered the door. Uh-oh! He didn't have lights, either. I found that all the buildings in our neighbourhood were dark. Our neighbours went downstairs and b  (3)     chatting (聊天) outside. They were not w  (4)     at all. Then we heard a scary sound afte