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期中复习之短文首字母填空15篇 (上海期中真题) （23-24八年级上·上海金山·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给） Little Tommy’s next-door neighbours had a baby. U 1 , the little baby was born with no ears. When they arrived home from the hospital, the parents invited Little Tommy’s family to come over and see their new baby. Little Tommy’s parents were a 2 their son might say something bad about the baby, so Dad had a long talk with Little Tommy before going to the neighbours. He said, “Now, son, you know that poor baby was born without any ears. I wish you to be p 3 and not to say one word about his ears, or I am really going to be angry with you when we get back home. ”“I p 4 not to say anything about his ears at all,” said Little Tommy. At the neighbour’s home, Little Tommy leaned over the cradle (摇篮) and t 5 the baby’s hands. He looked at the baby’s mother and said, “Oh! What a beautiful little baby!” The mother said, “Thank you very much, Little Tommy. “He t 6 said, “This baby has perfect little hands and perfect little feet. Just look at his pretty little eyes. Did his doctor say that he could see well?” The mother said, “Why? Yes, Tommy. His doctor said he had very good eyesight. ”Little Tommy said, “Well, it’s a very good thing because he surely couldn’t wear g 7 !” （23-24八年级上·上海浦东新·期中）Few people in China enjoy storms more than Liu Yijing. Other people may close their windows to block out sounds of the storm. Liu, h 1 , jumps excitedly for each and every storm. More than that, he will then drive i 2 the heart of them. Since 2020, chasing storms has become a part of Liu’s life. The 21-year-old has travelled a 3 30,000 kilometers across China. He takes photos of storms and shares them online. The young man has become more and more p 4 . He has been invited to give speeches at universities. CCTV has even begun to use his works. Not long ago, one of his photos was chosen as the cover for Advances in Atmospheric Science (《大气科学进展》). As a storm photographer, Liu is amazing. But there are o 5 things that make him even more special. One day, Liu came across a f 6 . The man told him that a storm had damaged (破坏) the local crops. Liu felt sad. He r 7 that the things he loved could also bring damage. Liu decided to do something. He started to make short videos about extreme weather (极端天气). Many people are now learning new things about the weather from him. “I hope my work can help people better understand nature,” said the storm chaser. （23-24八年级上·上海宝山·期中）In recent years, more and more people have started to learn computer programming. Kids as y 1 as six are being signed up for coding (代码) classes. Are they too young to learn to program? We interviewed three parents. Let’s hear what they think. ◆Martin In my opinion, schools and parents shouldn’t introduce coding to kids. Those who have are missing several important points. Bill Gates and Marissa Mayer didn’t become s 2 because they could code. Instead, they succeeded because they were creative thinkers. Although technology has greatly developed over the years, raising children hasn’t c 3 much. Children thrive (茁壮成长) when they have parents who teach them important values and life skills. Kids shouldn’t spend all of their time in front of a s 4 . They should spend more time with their parents and friends. ◆Edward Through learning how to code, kids learn “computational” thinking. “Programming is a(an) u 5 skill, and computational thinking is an important ability. Those who can properly make use of the p 6 of computer have an advantage over those who can’t. Therefore, I think that in the 21st century, every kid should learn to program. ◆Christa I think kids should be introduced to computer science. However, before they learn to code, kids should f 7 learn ethics (道德准则). They need to understand how a single program can cause serious damage on the Internet within minutes. （23-24八年级上·上海静安·期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 Reading an English newspaper is a good way to i 1 a student’s language ability. As there are many useful and common words in an English newspaper, it may help students increase their vocabulary as well as improve their reading skills. But what is a proper way to read an English newspaper? Do students need to look over all the content (内容) of the newspaper? The first step is to choose a r 2 newspaper with good language. Then turn to the front page and read the headline to know what has h 3 . As the most important things are put on the front page, it’s easy to find out what you’re interested in and then turn to other pages to read it thoroughly. There is no need to read all the articles. Secondly, read newspapers every day. Remember words t 4 context (上下文), in which these words may appear repeatedly. Once they appear several times, you will remember them easily. Don’t look up e 5 unkown word in your dictionary. You can try to guess the meaning between sentences. Keep reading, and you will become familiar with the words after you read them several times in different passages. Reading English newspapers makes us knowledgeable. It can not only help us know what is happening in the world but also make our language better. Thus you can make your English learning s 6 . （23-24八年级上·上海松江·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。) Hi Chris, How are you? Thanks for your email. I read it yesterday. So, here I’m in an internet cafe, w 1 to you! I’m happy to tell you what you wanted to know—I’m mad about country music. I’ve been a country music fan for two years, since I h 2 Faith Hill on the radio—she’s great! I think her best song is “It Matters to Me”. Some of my friends think I’m s 3 —they listen to bands like Elbow and Arctic Monkeys. They’re OK of course, but I p 4 listening to Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson. I spend nearly all my money on country CDs. I like country music because the singers have got great v 5 and the lyrics (歌词) are usually good too. Some people think that country music’s all the same, but they’re wrong! There are lots of different kinds of songs—romantic ones, fast ones—just like any other kind of music. I listen to country music nearly all the time. I usually listen on headphones, but sometimes my friends come round to my place and we listen t 6 on my iPod. I have to go. Please write to me soon. Love, Sandy （23-24八年级上·上海闵行·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) The advertising has gone on for years: Smart homes are now available. There are coffee pots that turn on when the alarm clock rings. There are fridges that send an alert when the milk runs out. These smart home appliances are greatly c 1 our lives. However, it seems f 2 people are making their homes smart. According to a U.S. survey, only six percent of American families have a smart appliance. So why are smart home appliances having a hard time reaching the market? We think there are several r 3 . First, a lot of smart appliances are just fun. Their new features are not really n 4 . Many of these appliances are too expensive. One of Samsung’s smart fridges has cameras inside of it. It can allow the user to know what he is short of while he is shopping. However, the fridge sells for $5,000. People who can a 5 it probably don’t do their own shopping. For the rest of us, we r 6 check the food in our fridges, don’t we? Why do we need a smart fridge? Besides, the technology is not yet perfect. There are complaints that smart appliances sometimes stop working or become “dull”. There is also a lack of standards(标准). As a result, appliances from d 7 companies cannot “communicate” with each other. Do you look forward to a smart home? Are you willing to pay for smart appliances? （23-24八年级上·上海浦东新·期中）Do you know something about rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago? A tree will g 1 well in a climate (气候) with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. We can see the c 2 of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, we can find out the weather ten years ago, and we can count the rings of a tree from the o 3 to the inside. If the tenth ring is far away from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is n 4 the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad. Tree rings are i 5 not only for studying the weather but also for studying the habit of men. Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there—no trees and no people. What happened? A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave b 6 they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move. （22-23八年级上·上海奉贤·期中）Dear Addie, Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about m 1 . I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Sam. My oldest sister, Linda just turned 17. My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend, a 2 we sometimes fight. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her, and that is truly the most b 3 thing in the world for I really don’t like riding horses. I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The s 4 of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play soccer in fall; I’m on the swim team in summer. I like to swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the p 5 . Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. I have a bike and Mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere e 6 . I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to h 7 from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drum. Love, Jessica （22-23八年级上·上海普陀·期中）Complete the passage with proper words, and the first letter is given (根据首字母填空) “I still remember the day when we met,” says Alexa Martinez of her best friend Gabby Rivero. “It was in 2014, when we were in high school. Gabby sat in front of me in math class. At first, we didn’t talk m 1 . But later that year, when we were both in the school play, we became friends.” Like many people, Alexa and Gabby became friends for t 2 main reasons. Research shows that we make friends with people who stay n 3 . (The person might be in a class with you at school or in the same office where you work.) Later, Alexa and Gabby were both in the school play, and they found out a shared interest: acting. If two people have something in common, this also raises the possibility that they will be friends. To become close friends with another person, though, two other factors are important. First, the two people should be able to share their o 4 thoughts and information with each other. A good friend will also be there to listen and give a hand at times when the other person needs it. Alexa recalls(回想起) how she and Gabby became close friends. “Acting in the play was really hard,” she says. “There were times when I thought about quitting(放弃). I never told other people this, but I could always talk to Gabby. She was very h 5 . She said things like, ‘Acting is hard, but you’re really good at it. I get nervous, too.’” Both Alexa and Gabby needed extra practice, so they decided to meet and study their lines together after school. “There was a café where we went every day.” Alexa recalls. “After the school play ended, we c 6 to spend time together and enjoyed ourselves—and even now, we’re still very close.” （22-23八年级上·上海嘉定·期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 As young student, you should be a dreamer. If you don’t have a dream, a plan, or an a 1 , can you know where you want to go? We should keep a wonderful dream deep in our hearts. If we stop dreaming, we will close the door to s 2 . You may have many dreams. They can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can be very small, such as becoming one of the top students in your class. However, have you e 3 tried your best to make your dream real? Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge（挑战）. You may think you are not very good at some school s 4 or that to become a writer is difficult for you. In fact, everyone can r 5 his dream. First, remember what your dream is and keep t 6 yourself what you want every day. Small dreams make a big one. Second, never give up your dream. You shouldn’t watch TV. You’d better study instead. It will help you a 7 better grades（分数）. Life will be more beautiful for the person who dreams and who takes action! （22-23八年级上·上海黄浦·期中）I have a plan for my future. Whether it will ever happen, I don’t care. What matters is I have a plan. I want to own a sandwich shop with a flat above that I can live in, in some really interesting part of the country. I want to spend my days running the sandwich shop, and my nights writing what comes to my mind. I want to play light music all the time and spend my breaks talking to c 1 and getting to know them. My sandwich shop would become a home to artists and other interesting people. I want to spend nights writing s 2 about the people I meet. I want to give the bread I haven’t sold out each day to the local shelter, and I want to open a little bookshop right next door. Maybe the bookshop won’t make money, but I’ll keep it o 3 anyway, just for the love of it. The important part is that I control my future. But I know I probably won’t be able to make it in the r 4 world just being a writer, but I’ll never give up my dream. I can’t live my mother’s life, working in an office all day. I love and respect her for what she does, but a job like h 5 would drive me crazy. Likewise, I can’t be like my dad, selling other people’s books to make ends meet. I love and respect him for what he does, but that kind of job has nothing to do with writing at all. The reason I write is to s 6 my ideas; I need to have control over my dream and write for myself, speaking for no one else. My life and dream are all I have. （21-22八年级上·上海虹口·期中）Smashed cucumber (拍黄瓜) salad is one of the most popular cold dishes in China. Nowadays even Americans are trying it. According to New York Times, some restaurants in New York have a 1 smashed cucumber salad to their menu. Why is this dish becoming so popular? One reason is the special flavor it tastes. Smashed cucumbers hold onto flavors and seasonings more than s 2 cucumbers. How the dish is p 3 also interests people. It takes only five minutes to make the salad. The cook smashes fresh cucumbers with the flat side of a knife. The strong smash makes the cucumbers different in s 4 and sizes. Then, any seasonings can be added. In China, people use garlic, v 5 and sesame oil to make the cucumber tastier. （21-22八年级上·上海金山·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）： Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can b 1 you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel （小说）, when a play on television can tell you the s 2 story with color, picture and action? H 3 , television has not killed reading. Today, newspapers and magazines sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, books are still a c 4 way to get information and entertainment. Some types of books should be in our homes. Every home should have a good dictionary. It might be expensive, but a good encyclopedia（百科全书）is also useful because you can find information on a 5 subject. In addition, it is useful to have on your bookshelves other books such as history books, science textbooks, cook books, books about medicine and health, etc. It is also important to have some storybooks or novels. Then you can r 6 with a good story and have a rest quietly. （20-21八年级上·上海松江·期中）Not everyone has a chance to be a detective, but I got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 2008. One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I e 1 to see my father in the driver’s seat, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving i 2 . “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” and I told him why. The taxi driver had a car phone, s 3 I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker (喇叭). The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It’s my father’s car.” The woman wasn’t w 4 at all, smiled and said, “Oh, you’re Mr Johnson’s younger son, right? I’ve seen your p 5 in your father’s office.” Before I could say another word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. A 6 hearing this, we called my father and he told us what she said was true. The police and the taxi driver laughed. It was both the first and the last time I worked as a detective. （22-23八年级上·上海·期中） Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给): A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will a 1 their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records are sold e 2 , he can not rest. Then he must work h 3 than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity. The life of a successful pop singer isn't e 4 at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported by the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most i 5 people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very d 6   , too. Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir(n. 纪念品). They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons，and they even cut off pieces of the unlucky singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to ride(v.即兴表演). A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes b 7 he must always look special and different. And most important, he must always keeping smiling. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 期中复习之短文首字母填空15篇 (上海期中真题) （23-24八年级上·上海金山·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词， 首字母已给） Little Tommy’s next-door neighbours had a baby. U 1 , the little baby was born with no ears. When they arrived home from the hospital, the parents invited Little Tommy’s family to come over and see their new baby. Little Tommy’s parents were a 2 their son might say something bad about the baby, so Dad had a long talk with Little Tommy before going to the neighbours. He said, “Now, son, you know that poor baby was born without any ears. I wish you to be p 3 and not to say one word about his ears, or I am really going to be angry with you when we get back home. ”“I p 4 not to say anything about his ears at all,” said Little Tommy. At the neighbour’s home, Little Tommy leaned over the cradle (摇篮) and t 5 the baby’s hands. He looked at the baby’s mother and said, “Oh! What a beautiful little baby!” The mother said, “Thank you very much, Little Tommy. “He t 6 said, “This baby has perfect little hands and perfect little feet. Just look at his pretty little eyes. Did his doctor say that he could see well?” The mother said, “Why? Yes, Tommy. His doctor said he had very good eyesight. ”Little Tommy said, “Well, it’s a very good thing because he surely couldn’t wear g 7 !” 【答案】1．(U)nluckily/(U)nfortunately1．(a)fraid 2．(p)olite 3．(p)romise 4．(t)ouched 5．(t)hen 6．(g)lasses 【导语】本文讲述了小汤米去邻居家探望刚出生的小婴儿的故事。 1．句意：不幸地是，这个小婴儿出生时没有耳朵。根据“the little baby was born with no ears.”可知，小婴儿出生时没有耳朵是不幸的，unluckily/unfortunately“不幸地”，副词修饰整个句子，故填(U)nluckily/(U)nfortunately。 2．句意：小汤米的父母担心他们的儿子会说孩子的坏话，所以爸爸在去邻居家之前和小汤米进行了一次长谈。根据“their son might say something bad about the baby,”可知，此处指的是父母担心的事情，afraid“担心的”，形容词作表语。故填(a)fraid。 3．句意：我希望你礼貌点，不要对有关他的耳朵说一个字，否则回家后我真的会生你的气。根据“not to say one word about his ears”及首字母提示可知，此处指要有礼貌，polite “有礼貌的”，形容词。故填(p)olite。 4．句意：我保证不会说任何关于他耳朵的事。根据“not to say anything about his ears at all,”可知此处是小汤米的承诺，promise“承诺，保证”，句子为一般现在时，主语I为第一人称，空处用动词原形。故填(p)romise。 5．句意：在邻居家，小汤米靠在摇篮上，摸着婴儿的手。touch sb’s hands“触摸某人的手”，与leaned做并列谓语，空处用动词过去式。故填(t)ouched。 6．句意：然后他说。根据“Oh! What a beautiful little baby!”和“This baby has perfect little hands and perfect little feet. Just look at his pretty little eyes”可知，此处指小汤米接下来又说，then“接下来，然后”，副词修饰said。故填(t)hen。 7．句意：嗯，这是一件非常好的事情，因为他肯定不能戴眼镜！根据上文内容可知，新生婴儿没有耳朵，因此可推知这里指不能戴眼镜，glasses“眼镜”，名词作宾语。故填(g)lasses。 （23-24八年级上·上海浦东新·期中）Few people in China enjoy storms more than Liu Yijing. Other people may close their windows to block out sounds of the storm. Liu, h 1 , jumps excitedly for each and every storm. More than that, he will then drive i 2 the heart of them. Since 2020, chasing storms has become a part of Liu’s life. The 21-year-old has travelled a 3 30,000 kilometers across China. He takes photos of storms and shares them online. The young man has become more and more p 4 . He has been invited to give speeches at universities. CCTV has even begun to use his works. Not long ago, one of his photos was chosen as the cover for Advances in Atmospheric Science (《大气科学进展》). As a storm photographer, Liu is amazing. But there are o 5 things that make him even more special. One day, Liu came across a f 6 . The man told him that a storm had damaged (破坏) the local crops. Liu felt sad. He r 7 that the things he loved could also bring damage. Liu decided to do something. He started to make short videos about extreme weather (极端天气). Many people are now learning new things about the weather from him. “I hope my work can help people better understand nature,” said the storm chaser. 【答案】1．(h)owever 2．(i)nto 3．(a)bout 4．(p)opular 5．(o)ther 6．(f)armer 7．(r)ealized 【导语】本文讲述了追逐风暴的摄影师刘屹靖。 1．句意：然而，每次暴风雨来临，刘都会兴奋地跳起来。根据“Other people may close their windows to block out sounds of the storm.”和“jumps excitedly for each and every storm”可知，上下文是转折关系；结合首字母，应填however“然而”，副词。故填(h)owever。 2．句意：不仅如此，他还要把车开进风暴中心。根据“the heart of them”可知，此处指风暴中心；结合首字母，应填into“到……里面、进入”。故填(i)nto。 3．句意：这位21岁的年轻人在中国旅行了大约3万公里。根据“30,000 kilometers”及首字母可知，此处指大约3万公里；about“大约”，副词。故填(a)bout。 4．句意：这个年轻人越来越受欢迎了。根据下文“He has been invited to give speeches at universities. CCTV has even begun to use his works.”可知，刘屹靖变得越来越受欢迎；popular“受欢迎的”，形容词。故填(p)opular。 5．句意：但还有其他事情让他更特别。根据“But there are ... things that make him even more special.”及首字母可知，此处指其他的事情使他更特别；other“其他的”，修饰名词复数。故填(o)ther。 6．句意：一天，刘遇到了一个农民。根据“The man told him that a storm had damaged (破坏) the local crops.”可知，刘遇到了一个农民；farmer“农民”，名词。故填(f)armer。 7．句意：他意识到他所爱的东西也会带来伤害。根据“the things he loved could also bring damage”可知，他热爱的东西也会带来破坏，这是他意识到的东西；realize“意识到”，动词；由“loved”可知，时态为一般过去时，动词要用过去式。故填(r)ealized。 （23-24八年级上·上海宝山·期中）In recent years, more and more people have started to learn computer programming. Kids as y 1 as six are being signed up for coding (代码) classes. Are they too young to learn to program? We interviewed three parents. Let’s hear what they think. ◆Martin In my opinion, schools and parents shouldn’t introduce coding to kids. Those who have are missing several important points. Bill Gates and Marissa Mayer didn’t become s 2 because they could code. Instead, they succeeded because they were creative thinkers. Although technology has greatly developed over the years, raising children hasn’t c 3 much. Children thrive (茁壮成长) when they have parents who teach them important values and life skills. Kids shouldn’t spend all of their time in front of a s 4 . They should spend more time with their parents and friends. ◆Edward Through learning how to code, kids learn “computational” thinking. “Programming is a(an) u 5 skill, and computational thinking is an important ability. Those who can properly make use of the p 6 of computer have an advantage over those who can’t. Therefore, I think that in the 21st century, every kid should learn to program. ◆Christa I think kids should be introduced to computer science. However, before they learn to code, kids should f 7 learn ethics (道德准则). They need to understand how a single program can cause serious damage on the Internet within minutes. 【答案】1．(y)oung 2．(s)uccessful 3．(c)hanged 4．(s)creen 5．(u)seful 6．(p)ower 7．(f)irst 【导语】本文介绍了几位家长对孩子们学习计算机编程的观点。 1．句意：年仅六岁的孩子正在报名参加编程课程。根据“Are they too young to learn to program?”和首字母y可知，此处表示小到六岁的孩子，young“幼小的”，as+形容词或副词的原级+as，表示“和……一样……”，故填(y)oung。 2．句意：比尔·盖茨和玛丽莎·梅耶尔之所以成功，并不是因为他们会编程。根据“Instead, they succeeded because they were creative thinkers.”可知，他们是成功的，successful“成功的”，作为系动词become的表语，用形容词，故填(s)uccessful。 3．句意：尽管这些年来科技有了很大的发展，但抚养孩子的方式并没有太大变化。结合句意和首字母c可知，尽管技术有了很大发展，抚养孩子的方式应是没有很大变化，change“变化”，根据“hasn’t”可知，此处用现在完成时，因此用change的过去分词，故填(c)hanged。 4．句意：孩子们不应该把所有的时间都花在屏幕前。根据“In recent years, more and more people have started to learn computer programming.”和首字母s可知，此处介绍家长对孩子们学习电脑编程的观点，应是孩子们在屏幕前，screen“屏幕”，故填(s)creen。 5．句意：编程是一项有用的技能，编程思维是一项重要的能力。根据“and computational thinking is an important ability.”和首字母u可知，编程是有用的技能，useful“有用的”，是形容词，修饰名词skill，故填(u)seful。 6．句意：那些能恰当地利用计算机力量的人比那些不能利用计算机的人有优势。根据“Through learning how to code, kids learn ‘computational’ thinking.”和首字母p可知，通过学习编程，孩子们学会编程思维，因此有计算机力量，power“力量”，故填(p)ower。 7．句意：然而，在他们学习编程之前，孩子们应该首先学习道德。根据“before they learn to code”和首字母f可知，在学习编程之前，应是先要学习的东西，first“最先的”，故填(f)irst。 （23-24八年级上·上海静安·期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 Reading an English newspaper is a good way to i 1 a student’s language ability. As there are many useful and common words in an English newspaper, it may help students increase their vocabulary as well as improve their reading skills. But what is a proper way to read an English newspaper? Do students need to look over all the content (内容) of the newspaper? The first step is to choose a r 2 newspaper with good language. Then turn to the front page and read the headline to know what has h 3 . As the most important things are put on the front page, it’s easy to find out what you’re interested in and then turn to other pages to read it thoroughly. There is no need to read all the articles. Secondly, read newspapers every day. Remember words t 4 context (上下文), in which these words may appear repeatedly. Once they appear several times, you will remember them easily. Don’t look up e 5 unkown word in your dictionary. You can try to guess the meaning between sentences. Keep reading, and you will become familiar with the words after you read them several times in different passages. Reading English newspapers makes us knowledgeable. It can not only help us know what is happening in the world but also make our language better. Thus you can make your English learning s 6 . 【答案】1．(i)ncrease 2．(r)ight 3．(h)eadline 4．(t)hrough 5．(e)very 6．(s)imple 【导语】本文主要讲述了阅读英文报纸是提升学生语言能力的有效途径，通过选择语言良好的报纸、关注头条新闻及每日阅读，结合上下文记忆词汇，可以有效提高英语水平和扩大知识面。 1．句意：读英文报纸是提高学生语言能力的好方法。根据上句“As there are many useful and common words in an English newspaper.”可知英文报纸中有很多有用的常用词，由此通过阅读这些英文报纸可以增加单词量，也能提高他们的阅读技能，increase“增加”，动词，放在help后面跟动词原形，故填(i)ncrease。 2．句意：第一步是选择一份语言优美的报纸。根据“with good language”可以判断这里说的是选择合适的报纸，right，形容词，表示“好的，正确的”，故填(r)ight。 3．句意：然后翻到头版，读标题，知道什么是标题。根据“As the most important things are put on the front page, it’s easy to find out what you’re interested in and then turn to other pages to read it thoroughly.”(当最重要的事情放在首页时，很容易发现你感兴趣的东西，然后转向其他页面来彻底阅读它。)可知，放在首页的一般应该是标题，headline，名词，表示“标题”，故填(h)eadline。 4．句意：通过上下文来记忆单词，这些单词可能会反复出现。根据“Remember words...context, in which these words may appear repeatedly.”可知是通过内容记住反复出现的单词，through，表示“通过”，故填(t)hrough。 5．句意：不要每个不认识的单词都查字典。根据下句“You can try to guess the meaning between sentences.”可知，你可以试着在句子之间猜测他们的意思，由此推断上文说的应该是你不要在字典里查每一个你不认识的单词，every，形容词，表示“每个”，故填(e)very。 6．句意：这样你就可以使你的英语学习变得简单。通过上文描述，根据“Thus you can make your English learning…”可知，这样就使得你的英语学习简单了，simple，形容词，表示“简单的”，这里make sth. simple表示“使……变得简单”，故填(s)imple。 （23-24八年级上·上海松江·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给。) Hi Chris, How are you? Thanks for your email. I read it yesterday. So, here I’m in an internet cafe, w 1 to you! I’m happy to tell you what you wanted to know—I’m mad about country music. I’ve been a country music fan for two years, since I h 2 Faith Hill on the radio—she’s great! I think her best song is “It Matters to Me”. Some of my friends think I’m s 3 —they listen to bands like Elbow and Arctic Monkeys. They’re OK of course, but I p 4 listening to Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson. I spend nearly all my money on country CDs. I like country music because the singers have got great v 5 and the lyrics (歌词) are usually good too. Some people think that country music’s all the same, but they’re wrong! There are lots of different kinds of songs—romantic ones, fast ones—just like any other kind of music. I listen to country music nearly all the time. I usually listen on headphones, but sometimes my friends come round to my place and we listen t 6 on my iPod. I have to go. Please write to me soon. Love, Sandy 【答案】1．(w)riting 2．(h)eard 3．(s)trange 4．(p)refer 5．(v)oices 6．(t)ogether 【导语】本文是一封电子邮件，邮件中作者介绍了自己喜欢的音乐。 1．句意：所以，我在网吧里给你写信！根据“So, here I’m in an internet cafe,...to you!”及首字母提示，可知此处指作者在网吧写信，使用动词write“写”的现在分词形式，表示进行，作伴随状语。故填(w)riting。 2．句意：自从我在收音机里听到费丝·希尔的歌以来，我已经是乡村音乐迷两年了——她很棒！根据“I’ve been a country music fan for two years, since I...Faith Hill on the radio”及首字母提示，可知此处指听到费思·希尔的歌，使用动词hear“听到”，since引导的从句需使用一般过去时，动词使用过去式。故填(h)eard。 3．句意：我的一些朋友觉得我很奇怪——他们听Elbow和北极猴子这样的乐队。根据“Some of my friends think I’m...—they listen to bands like Elbow and Arctic Monkeys.”及首字母提示，可知此处指作者的朋友觉得作者很奇怪，使用形容词strange“奇怪的”，作表语。故填(s)trange。 4．句意：他们当然没问题，但我更喜欢听加思·布鲁克斯和威利·纳尔逊的歌。根据“They’re OK of course, but I...listening to Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson.”及首字母提示，可知此处指作者更喜欢听加思·布鲁克斯和威利·纳尔逊的歌，使用动词prefer“更喜欢”，此处描述作者的喜欢，使用一般现在时，主语是第一人称，动词使用原形即可。故填(p)refer。 5．句意：我喜欢乡村音乐，因为歌手们的嗓音很好，歌词通常也很好。根据“I like country music because the singers have got great...and the lyrics (歌词) are usually good too.”及首字母提示，可知此处指歌手们的嗓音很好，使用名词voice“嗓音”的复数形式。故填(v)oices。 6．句意：我通常用耳机听，但有时我的朋友会来我家，我们一起用我的iPod听。根据“...sometimes my friends come round to my place and we listen...on my iPod.”及首字母提示，可知此处指作者和朋友们一起听歌，使用副词together“一起”，修饰动词。故填(t)ogether。 （23-24八年级上·上海闵行·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给) The advertising has gone on for years: Smart homes are now available. There are coffee pots that turn on when the alarm clock rings. There are fridges that send an alert when the milk runs out. These smart home appliances are greatly c 1 our lives. However, it seems f 2 people are making their homes smart. According to a U.S. survey, only six percent of American families have a smart appliance. So why are smart home appliances having a hard time reaching the market? We think there are several r 3 . First, a lot of smart appliances are just fun. Their new features are not really n 4 . Many of these appliances are too expensive. One of Samsung’s smart fridges has cameras inside of it. It can allow the user to know what he is short of while he is shopping. However, the fridge sells for $5,000. People who can a 5 it probably don’t do their own shopping. For the rest of us, we r 6 check the food in our fridges, don’t we? Why do we need a smart fridge? Besides, the technology is not yet perfect. There are complaints that smart appliances sometimes stop working or become “dull”. There is also a lack of standards(标准). As a result, appliances from d 7 companies cannot “communicate” with each other. Do you look forward to a smart home? Are you willing to pay for smart appliances? 【答案】1．(c)hanging 2．(f)ew 3．(r)easons 4．(n)ecessary 5．(a)fford 6．(r)egularly 7．(d)ifferent 【导语】本文介绍了智能家居。 1．句意：这些智能家电正在极大地改变我们的生活。根据“These smart home appliances are greatly…our lives”及首字母可知，此处指智能家居正在改变我们的生活，change“改变”符合语境，句子为现在进行时，动词应用现在分词形式。故填(c)hanging。 2．句意：然而，似乎很少有人让他们的家智能化。根据“According to a U.S. survey, only six percent of American families have a smart appliance”及首字母可知，用智能化的人很少，few“少”，后接可数名词复数。故填(f)ew。 3．句意：我们认为有几个原因。根据“So why are smart home appliances having a hard time reaching the market”及首字母可知，此处说的是原因，reason“原因”符合语境，several后跟可数名词复数。故填(r)easons。 4．句意：它们的新功能并不是真正必要的。根据“First, a lot of smart appliances are just fun. Their new features are not really…”及首字母可知，智能家电有的只是为了好玩，它们的新功能并没有必要，necessary“必要的”符合语境。故填(n)ecessary。 5．句意：买得起的人可能不会自己购物。根据“However, the fridge sells for $5,000. People who can…it probably don’t do their own shopping”及首字母可知，此处指支付得起，afford“支付”符合语境，情态动词can后跟动词原形。故填(a)fford。 6．句意：对于我们其他人来说，我们会定期检查冰箱里的食物，不是吗？根据“For the rest of us, we…check the food in our fridges”及首字母可知，此处指没有用智能冰箱的人会定期的检查冰箱，regularly“定期地”符合语境，副词修饰动词check。故填(r)egularly。 7．句意：因此，来自不同公司的设备无法相互“沟通”。根据“There is also a lack of standards(标准). As a result, appliances from…companies cannot ‘communicate’ with each other”及首字母可知，此处指不同公司的设备，different“不同的”符合语境，形容词作定语修饰名词companies。故填(d)ifferent。 （23-24八年级上·上海浦东新·期中）Do you know something about rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago? A tree will g 1 well in a climate (气候) with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree. We can see the c 2 of climate by studying the tree rings. For example, we can find out the weather ten years ago, and we can count the rings of a tree from the o 3 to the inside. If the tenth ring is far away from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is n 4 the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad. Tree rings are i 5 not only for studying the weather but also for studying the habit of men. Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there—no trees and no people. What happened? A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave b 6 they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move. 【答案】1．(g)row 2．(c)hange 3．(o)utside 4．(n)ear 5．(i)mportant 6．(b)ecause 【导语】本文主要讲述了通过研究树木的年轮，可以知道很久以前的天气。 1．句意：一棵树在阳光充足，雨量充沛的气候下会长得很好。根据“And little sunshine or rainfall will limit the growth of a tree.”和首字母提示可知，此处指树在良好的气候下会长得很好，且will后跟动词原形，grow意为“成长”，故填(g)row。 2．句意：我们可以通过研究树木的年轮来观察气候的变化。根据“For example, we can find out the weather ten years ago, and we can count the rings of a tree from the…to the inside.”和首字母提示可知，下文举例说明通过研究树木的年轮来观察气候的变化，此处用名词，change意为“变化”，故填(c)hange。 3．句意：例如，我们可以找出十年前的天气，我们可以从外面到里面数一棵树的年轮。根据“inside”可知，是指外往里数，outside意为“外面”，故填(o)utside。 4．句意：如果它在十一环附近，那么那一年的气候很糟糕。根据“If the tenth ring is far away from the eleventh ring”可知，此处应填与上文相反的意义，near意为“接近的”，故填(n)ear。 5．句意：树木年轮不仅对研究天气很重要，而且对研究人类的习惯也很重要。根据“Tree rings are…not only for studying the weather but also for studying the habit of men.”可知，此处应填形容词作表语，表示年轮不仅对研究天气很重要，important意为“重要的”，故填(i)mportant。 6．句意：他发现人们不得不离开，因为他们砍伐了所有的树木来生火和建造建筑物。根据“As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.”可知，因为人们把树砍完了，就不得不离开了，because意为“因为”，故填(b)ecause。 （22-23八年级上·上海奉贤·期中）Dear Addie, Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about m 1 . I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Sam. My oldest sister, Linda just turned 17. My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend, a 2 we sometimes fight. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her, and that is truly the most b 3 thing in the world for I really don’t like riding horses. I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The s 4 of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play soccer in fall; I’m on the swim team in summer. I like to swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the p 5 . Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. I have a bike and Mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere e 6 . I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to h 7 from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drum. Love, Jessica 【答案】1．(m)yself 2．(a)lthough 3．(b)oring 4．(s)ound 5．(p)iano 6．(e)lse 7．(h)earing 【导语】本文是一封信。由Jessica写给她的笔友Addie，介绍自己的基本情况和爱好并期待对方的回复。 1．句意：我猜轮到我来告诉你关于我自己的事情了。根据语境和首字母提示，关于我的事，用反身代词，即myself。故填(m)yself。 2．句意：虽然我们有时候打架，我想我可以说她是我最好的朋友。根据“my best friend”和“fight”可知，虽然会打架，但还是最好的朋友，空格处缺少引导让步状语从句的连词；再结合首字母提示，可知应填although。故填(a)lthough。 3．句意：我不得不和她一起去，而且那真是世界上最无聊的事情了。因为我真的不喜欢骑马。根据“for I really don’t like riding horses.”和首字母提示可知，我觉得骑马很无聊，应填boring。故填(b)oring。 4．句意：我的脚踏在坚硬的地板上的声音发出回响。根据“my feet stepping on the hard floors”可知，脚踏在地板上会发出声音，应填sound。故填(s)ound。 5．句意：我认为我将会去弹钢琴。根据“music lessons”和首字母提示可知，应该是弹钢琴，应填piano。故填(p)iano。 6．句意：我有一辆自行车，妈妈允许我在我们街上来回骑，但不允许去别的地方。根据“I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday.”可知，我的骑行范围仅限街上，再结合首字母可知，应填else。故填(e)lse。 7．句意：我期待很快再收到你的来信。look forward to doing sth.“期待做某事”，hear from sb.“收到某人的来信”，空格处应填hearing。故填(h)earing。 （22-23八年级上·上海普陀·期中）Complete the passage with proper words, and the first letter is given (根据首字母填空) “I still remember the day when we met,” says Alexa Martinez of her best friend Gabby Rivero. “It was in 2014, when we were in high school. Gabby sat in front of me in math class. At first, we didn’t talk m 1 . But later that year, when we were both in the school play, we became friends.” Like many people, Alexa and Gabby became friends for t 2 main reasons. Research shows that we make friends with people who stay n 3 . (The person might be in a class with you at school or in the same office where you work.) Later, Alexa and Gabby were both in the school play, and they found out a shared interest: acting. If two people have something in common, this also raises the possibility that they will be friends. To become close friends with another person, though, two other factors are important. First, the two people should be able to share their o 4 thoughts and information with each other. A good friend will also be there to listen and give a hand at times when the other person needs it. Alexa recalls(回想起) how she and Gabby became close friends. “Acting in the play was really hard,” she says. “There were times when I thought about quitting(放弃). I never told other people this, but I could always talk to Gabby. She was very h 5 . She said things like, ‘Acting is hard, but you’re really good at it. I get nervous, too.’” Both Alexa and Gabby needed extra practice, so they decided to meet and study their lines together after school. “There was a café where we went every day.” Alexa recalls. “After the school play ended, we c 6 to spend time together and enjoyed ourselves—and even now, we’re still very close.” 【答案】1．(m)uch 2．(t)wo 3．(n)earby 4．(o)wn 5．(h)elpful 6．(c)ontinued 【导语】本文介绍了Alexa 和Gabby成为朋友的原因和过程，告诉我们成为朋友有很多原因。 1．句意：一开始，我们没怎么说话。空处修饰动词talk应用副词，结合“But”可知，空前空后在句意上是转折关系，后文说两人成了朋友，则空处是说两人不怎么说话，也就是不多说话，much符合语境，故填(m)uch。 2．句意：Alexa 和Gabby成为朋友有两个原因。根据“Research shows that we make friends with people who stay...”和“Later, Alexa and Gabby were both in the school play, and they found out a shared interest: acting.”可知，应是两个原因，two符合语境，后跟名词复数，故填(t)wo。 3．句意：研究表明，我们会和住在附近的人交朋友。空处修饰动词stay应用副词形式，结合“The person might be in a class with you at school or in the same office where you work”及首字母可知，应是指住在附近的人，nearby符合语境，故填(n)earby。 4．句意：首先，两个人应该能够彼此分享自己的想法和信息。空处作定语修饰名词thoughts and information，结合“share their o.... thoughts and information with each other”及首字母可知，是分享自己的想法和信息，own“自己的”符合语境。故填(o)wn。 5．句意：她非常乐于助人。空处缺少形容词作表语，根据“I never told other people this, but I could always talk to Gabby. ”及首字母可知，应是她很有帮助，helpful“有帮助的”符合语境。故填(h)elpful。 6．句意：在学校的演出结束后，我们继续花时间在一起，玩得很开心——即使到现在，我们仍然非常亲密。根据“After the school play ended, we c... to spend time together”及首字母可知，应是继续在一起，continue“继续”，结合“enjoyed ”可知，空处用过去式，故填(c)ontinued。 （22-23八年级上·上海嘉定·期中）在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 As young student, you should be a dreamer. If you don’t have a dream, a plan, or an a 1 , can you know where you want to go? We should keep a wonderful dream deep in our hearts. If we stop dreaming, we will close the door to s 2 . You may have many dreams. They can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can be very small, such as becoming one of the top students in your class. However, have you e 3 tried your best to make your dream real? Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge（挑战）. You may think you are not very good at some school s 4 or that to become a writer is difficult for you. In fact, everyone can r 5 his dream. First, remember what your dream is and keep t 6 yourself what you want every day. Small dreams make a big one. Second, never give up your dream. You shouldn’t watch TV. You’d better study instead. It will help you a 7 better grades（分数）. Life will be more beautiful for the person who dreams and who takes action! 【答案】1．(a)mbition/(a)im1．(s)uccess 2．(e)ver 3．(s)ubjects 4．(r)ealize 5．(t)elling 6．(a)chieve 【导语】本文讲述了年轻的学生应该有梦想，以及怎样做才能实现他们的梦想。 1．句意：如果你没有梦想、计划或雄心壮志/目标，你能知道你想去哪里吗？an后接可数名词单数。根据“As young students, you should be a dreamer.”和首字母可知ambition“野心；抱负”和aim“目标”都符合。故填(a)mbition/(a)im。 2．句意：如果我们停止梦想，我们就会关上通往梦想的们。根据“If we stop dreaming, we will close the door to s...”可知梦想会通往成功，success表示“成功”。故填(s)uccess。 3．句意：然而，你有没有尽力让你的梦想成真？上文“You may have many dreams. …”谈到你可能有许多梦想，结合转折词“However”可知此句会讲你曾经尽力把它变为现实吗。ever曾经，一般用于现在完成时的一般疑问句中。故填(e)ver。 4．句意：你可能会认为你在学校的某些科目上不是很好，或者成为一名作家对你来说很难。根据空格前“some”可知填可数名词复数。根据上文“such as becoming one of the top students in your class.”提到了尖子生，可知此处讲学校的科目，subject科目，复数是subjects。故填(s)ubjects。 5．句意：事实上，每个人都可以实现他的梦想。情态动词can后接动词原形。根据上文“You may think you are not very good at … to become a writer is difficult for you.”谈到了你可能认为实现梦想很难，可知此句会讲每个人都可以实现他的梦想。realize one’s dream实现梦想。故填(r)ealize。 6．句意：第一，记住你的梦想是什么，每天都告诉自己你想要什么。keep doing sth表示“一直做某事”，根据 “yourself what you want every day”和首字母可知，此处指告诉自己，tell表示“告诉”。故填(t)elling。 7．句意：它会帮助你取得更好的成绩。help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”，上文“You shouldn’t watch TV. You’d better study instead.”谈到了要学习，不要看电视，学习才能取得好成绩。achieve good grades“取得好成绩”，achieve表示“实现，达到，取得”。故填(a)chieve。 （22-23八年级上·上海黄浦·期中）I have a plan for my future. Whether it will ever happen, I don’t care. What matters is I have a plan. I want to own a sandwich shop with a flat above that I can live in, in some really interesting part of the country. I want to spend my days running the sandwich shop, and my nights writing what comes to my mind. I want to play light music all the time and spend my breaks talking to c 1 and getting to know them. My sandwich shop would become a home to artists and other interesting people. I want to spend nights writing s 2 about the people I meet. I want to give the bread I haven’t sold out each day to the local shelter, and I want to open a little bookshop right next door. Maybe the bookshop won’t make money, but I’ll keep it o 3 anyway, just for the love of it. The important part is that I control my future. But I know I probably won’t be able to make it in the r 4 world just being a writer, but I’ll never give up my dream. I can’t live my mother’s life, working in an office all day. I love and respect her for what she does, but a job like h 5 would drive me crazy. Likewise, I can’t be like my dad, selling other people’s books to make ends meet. I love and respect him for what he does, but that kind of job has nothing to do with writing at all. The reason I write is to s 6 my ideas; I need to have control over my dream and write for myself, speaking for no one else. My life and dream are all I have. 【答案】1．(c)ustomers 2．(s)tories/(s)omething1．(o)pen 2．(r)eal 3．(h)ers 4．(s)hare 【导语】本文是作者介绍自己的梦想，虽然可能不会实现，但是一直有个计划。 1．句意：我想要一直播放轻音乐，花休息时间与顾客交谈，了解他们。根据“I want to spend my days running the sandwich shop...”可知作者梦想有一家三明治店，店里面应该与顾客交谈。customer表示“顾客”，根据“getting to know them”可知此处用复数形式。故填(c)ustomers。 2．句意：我想要花晚上的时间写下我遇到的人们的事情/故事。根据“I want to spend nights writing ...about the people I meet.”可知此处指写故事或者写一些事，something表示“一些事”；stories表示“故事”，不止写一个故事，应用复数形式。故填(s)tories/(s)omething。 3．句意：也许书店不会赚钱，但我还是会继续开下去，只是因为我喜欢它。keep sth adj表示“使某物保持某种状态”，形容词作宾语补足语，根据“Maybe the bookshop won’t make money, but...”可知不赚钱还是会开着，open表示“开放的”。故填(o)pen。 4．句意：但我知道我可能无法在现实世界中成为一名作家，但我永远不会放弃我的梦想。此空为形容词作定语修饰名词，根据“in the...world just being a writer”可知无法在现实世界中成为一名作家，real表示“真的”。故填(r)eal。 5．句意：我爱她，尊重她所做的一切，但她这样的工作会让我发疯的。根据“...but a job like...would drive me crazy.”可知此处指像妈妈的工作一样的工作，用名词性物主代词hers代替。故填(h)ers。 6．句意：我写这个的原因就是分享我的想法。根据“The reason I write is to...my ideas”可知此处指分享想法，share表示“分享”，不定式作表语。故填(s)hare。 （21-22八年级上·上海虹口·期中）Smashed cucumber (拍黄瓜) salad is one of the most popular cold dishes in China. Nowadays even Americans are trying it. According to New York Times, some restaurants in New York have a 1 smashed cucumber salad to their menu. Why is this dish becoming so popular? One reason is the special flavor it tastes. Smashed cucumbers hold onto flavors and seasonings more than s 2 cucumbers. How the dish is p 3 also interests people. It takes only five minutes to make the salad. The cook smashes fresh cucumbers with the flat side of a knife. The strong smash makes the cucumbers different in s 4 and sizes. Then, any seasonings can be added. In China, people use garlic, v 5 and sesame oil to make the cucumber tastier. 【答案】1．(a)dded 2．(s)liced 3．(p)repared 4．(s)hapes 5．(v)inegar 【分析】拍黄瓜是一道中国凉菜，如今美国人也开始尝试。本文介绍了拍黄瓜受欢迎的原因，以及这道菜的做法。 1．句意：据《纽约时报》报道，纽约的一些餐馆在菜单上添加了拍黄瓜沙拉。根据“...smashed cucumber salad to their menu.”可知，表示把拍黄瓜添加到菜单上，用add“添加”，add...to...“把……添加到……”，固定搭配；句子时态为现在完成时，助动词“have”后用过去分词形式added。故填(a)dded。 2．句意：拍黄瓜比切片黄瓜更能保留风味。空处应填形容词修饰“cucumbers”，根据“Smashed cucumbers hold onto flavors and seasonings more than...”并结合首字母可知，此处拿拍黄瓜与切片黄瓜作对比，sliced表示“切成片的”，符合语境。故填(s)liced。 3．句意：这道菜的制作方法也引起了人们的兴趣。根据后文“It takes only five minutes to make the salad.”可知，此处讲的是拍黄瓜的制作方法，结合首字母，prepare“预备(饭菜)”符合语境，作谓语，与主语“the dish”构成被动关系，be动词后的prepare用过去分词prepared。故填(p)repared。 4．句意：强烈的拍打使黄瓜的形状和大小不同。根据“the cucumbers different in...and sizes.”可知，拍黄瓜有不规则的形状和大小，shape表示“形状”，可数名词，与“sizes”并列，需变为复数shapes。故填(s)hapes。 5．句意：在中国，人们用大蒜、醋和芝麻油使黄瓜更美味。根据“garlic...and sesame oil”可知，说的是给拍黄瓜添加的佐料，结合首字母以及常识，vinegar“醋”符合语境，不可数名词。故填(v)inegar。 （21-22八年级上·上海金山·期中）Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）： Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can b 1 you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel （小说）, when a play on television can tell you the s 2 story with color, picture and action? H 3 , television has not killed reading. Today, newspapers and magazines sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, books are still a c 4 way to get information and entertainment. Some types of books should be in our homes. Every home should have a good dictionary. It might be expensive, but a good encyclopedia（百科全书）is also useful because you can find information on a 5 subject. In addition, it is useful to have on your bookshelves other books such as history books, science textbooks, cook books, books about medicine and health, etc. It is also important to have some storybooks or novels. Then you can r 6 with a good story and have a rest quietly. 【答案】1．bring 2．same 3．However 4．cheap 5．any 6．relax 【分析】这篇短文主要描述了读书在当今仍旧是人们生活中很重要的一项活动。 1．句意：既然电视新闻可以在几分钟内用图片把信息带给你，为什么还要读报纸上的文章呢？ 分析句子可知，此处表示“带来”的含义，用英语表达是bring，此处构成bring sb sth结构，翻译为“带给某人某物”，故填bring。 2．句意：既然电视上播放的剧用颜色，图片和动作给你讲同样的故事，为什么还要读小说呢？ 分析句子可知，此处表示“相同的”含义，用英语表达是same，此处构成the same结构，修饰其后的名词作定语，故填same。 3．句意：然而，电视并没有扼杀阅读。 分析句子可知，此处表示“然而，但是”的含义，因为该词后有“，”，所以用英语表达是however，表转折；又因为此处用在句首需大写，故填However。 4．句意：尽管一些硬皮书卖的很贵，但书籍仍然是获取信息和享受的一种廉价方式。 分析句子可知，此处表示“廉价的，便宜的”含义，用英语表达是cheap，此处用来修饰其后的名词way作定语，故填cheap。 5．句意：一部好的百科全书，虽然很贵，但很有用，因为你可以找到关于任何主题的信息。 分析句子可知，此处表示“任何” 的含义，用英语表达是any，此处用来修饰其后的名词subject作定语，故填any。 6．句意：然后你可以用一个好故事来放松自己，静静地休息。 分析句子可知，此处表示“放松” 的含义，用英语表达是relax，此处用在情态动词can之后，所以用动词原形即可，故填relax。 【点睛】本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。 （20-21八年级上·上海松江·期中）Not everyone has a chance to be a detective, but I got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 2008. One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my father’s new car. I e 1 to see my father in the driver’s seat, but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving i 2 . “She has stolen my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a taxi and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car in front,” and I told him why. The taxi driver had a car phone, s 3 I asked him to call the police. Soon we heard the sound of a police car. The police told the woman to stop the car using a loudspeaker (喇叭). The taxi came to a stop, too. I got out right then and said to the woman, “This is not your car. It’s my father’s car.” The woman wasn’t w 4 at all, smiled and said, “Oh, you’re Mr Johnson’s younger son, right? I’ve seen your p 5 in your father’s office.” Before I could say another word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it repaired. He lent her his car. A 6 hearing this, we called my father and he told us what she said was true. The police and the taxi driver laughed. It was both the first and the last time I worked as a detective. 【答案】1．(e)xpected 2．(i)nstead 3．(s)o 4．(w)orried 5．(p)hoto/(p)hotos1．(A)fter 【分析】这篇文章讲的是发生在作者身上的一件有趣的事，作者看到别人开着他爸爸的车，认为他爸爸的车被别人偷了，于是跟踪并且报警，结果是一场误会。 1．句意：我希望看到父亲坐在驾驶座上。根据“but to my surprise, I saw a young woman driving”及首字母可知，原本期待父亲坐在车里，expect表示“期待”，描述过去发生的事情，句子用一般过去时，故填(e)xpected。 2．句意：但令我吃惊的是，我看到开车的是一个年轻女人。原以为看到的是爸爸，反而是一个女人开的车，用副词instead表示“反而”，故填(i)nstead。 3．句意：出租车司机有车载电话，所以我让他给警察打电话。根据“The taxi driver had a car phone, … I asked him to call the police”可知，前后文是因果关系，前是因后是果，故填(s)o。 4．句意：这位女士并不担心。根据“Oh, you’re Mr Johnson’s younger son, right”及首字母可知，看到这一切并没有感到担心，故填(w)orried。 5．句意：我在你父亲的办公室看到过你的照片。根据“I’ve seen your … in your father’s office”及首字母可知，看过照片所以认得作者，此空可以填名词的单数形式或复数形式，故填photo(s)。 6．句意：听到这些后，我们打电话给我父亲，他告诉我们她说的是真的。根据“we called my father and he told us what she said was true”可知，听到了这个女士解释的原因之后，我们打电话向父亲求证，故填(A)fter。 （22-23八年级上·上海·期中） Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给): A pop singer has to work very hard to become popular. He must give the public what they really want and need, or he must find a new way of singing that will a 1 their attention. Even when he has succeeded and his records are sold e 2 , he can not rest. Then he must work h 3 than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity. The life of a successful pop singer isn't e 4 at all. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported by the special newspaper written for the fans. The fans are the most i 5 people in the world for the singer. They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very d 6   , too. Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir(n. 纪念品). They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons，and they even cut off pieces of the unlucky singer’s hair. Many singers have been forced to ride(v.即兴表演). A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes b 7 he must always look special and different. And most important, he must always keeping smiling. 【答案】1．attract 2．everywhere 3．harder 4．easy 5．important 6．dangerous 7．because 【分析】我们总是能够看到流星歌手光鲜亮丽的一面，觉得他们很酷、很受欢迎。但其实他们的生活也很不容易。这篇短文给我们介绍了流行歌手真实的生活。 1．句意：他必须给公众他们真正想要和需要的，或者他必须找到一种新的方式来吸引他们的注意力。 根据文意及空后their attention可知，流行歌手这样做是为了找一个新的唱歌的方式吸引他们的注意，考查短语attract one’s attention“吸引某人的注意”。空前有will，这里用动词原形。故答案为attract。 2．句意：即使他成功了，他的唱片到处都在卖，他也不能休息。 根据even和前半句可知，他们很成功并且唱片卖的很好，结合首字母可知，这里表示“卖到各个地方”。故答案为everywhere。 3．句意：然后，他必须比以往任何时候都更努力地工作，以保持受欢迎，因为总是有更年轻的歌手试图成名，并窃取一些流行。 根据句意…to remain popular为了保持受欢迎的，他们必须努力工作，考查hard，是一个副词。空后有than，所以应填比较级。故答案为harder。 4．句意：成功的流行歌手的生活一点也不容易。 根据下句话He can only relax when he is alone “他们只有单独在的时候才能放松”以及下文的介绍可知，成功歌手的生活是不容易的。考查easy，意为“容易的”，是一个形容词。句中not…at all表示“一点儿也不”。故答案为easy。 5．句意：对这位歌手来说，歌迷是世界上最重要的人。 根据下句话 “They buy his records, they go to his concert, and they make him rich and famous.”可知，歌迷们买他们的唱片，去音乐会。所以歌迷对他们来说是最重要的。这里考查important，意为“重要的”，是一个形容词，在句中作表语。故答案为important。 6．句意：但是他们也很危险。 根据句中的but 及后面的介绍Sometimes they do anything to get a souvenir(n. 纪念品). They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons，and they even cut off pieces of the unlucky singer’s hair.可知，这都是歌迷们的一些不良行为，这些行为是很危险的，因此这里考查dangerous“危险的”，是形容词。故答案为dangerous。 7．句意：一个流行歌手必须花很多钱在衣服上，因为他必须总是看起来特别和不同。 空前后是两个完整的句子，且空后he must always look special and different.解释了流行歌手花很多钱买衣服的原因，是因果关系，应用because引导原因状语从句。故答案为because。 【点睛】这篇短文讲述了流行歌手们的真实生活。短文主题明确，内容贴近学生们的实际生活，比较容易理解。题型是短文填空，要求根据文意和所给单词的首字母，填写适当单词。做题时，应先通读短文，了解文意；然后根据语境提示以及首字母提示，填写适当的单词，并注意使用单词的适当形式。例如第4小题，根据下句话He can only relax when he is alone “他们只有单独在的时候才能放松”以及下文的介绍可知，成功歌手的生活是不容易的。考查easy，意为“容易的”，是一个形容词。句中not…at all表示“一点儿也不”。故答案为easy。再如第7小题，空前后是两个完整的句子，且空后he must always look special and different.解释了流行歌手花很多钱买衣服的原因，是因果关系，应用because引导原因状语从句。故答案为because。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$