Units1-4 首字母提示短文填空期中练习 2026-2027学年沪教版英语八年级上册

Units1-4首字母提示短文填空期中练习

Unit 1 Look it up!

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People love to learn about dinosaurs. To get 1. f____ about these ancient animals, scientists look up lots of records and study fossils.

Fossils are hard remains of old living things. They are usually 2. f____ deep under the ground. When a new fossil is found, workers dig it out 3. c____ so they will not break it.

Scientists compare the bones with old pictures and reports. 4. S____ they can tell what the dinosaur ate and how big it was. It 5. t____ them months or even years to finish the research.

When you look up dinosaur information online, you should be 6. c____. Some websites make up interesting but untrue stories. Good learners will 7. c____ more than one source before they believe it.

Looking things up is not only for school homework. It helps us open our eyes to the 8. w____ long before humans appeared. Every new fact adds to our 9. k____ of nature. If you keep asking questions, you will find 10. m____ amazing secrets.

Passage 2

Now we can find almost any information with a few clicks online. 1. H____, not everything we read on the Internet is true.

Many students do not have the habit of checking sources. They just copy ideas and facts 2. w____ thinking. This may bring many 3. m____ in their school work.

A good way to judge information is to ask: Who writes this? 4. D____ the writer have enough knowledge about this topic? Trusted writers usually give clear references.

Fake news is often written to catch people’s 5. a____ quickly. It may sound exciting, but it lacks real evidence. We should 6. n____ spread such messages to our friends.

When we look something up, we need to be 7. t____ thinkers. We should compare different reports and find out the 8. t____. This skill is very 9. v____ for students in the digital age. It teaches us not to believe 10. e____ at once.

Unit 2 Amazing numbers

Passage 1

Census workers collect numbers about people living in one country. These big numbers show how the 1. p____ changes over time.

It is not easy to count millions of people. Workers visit homes and fill in forms. They record people’s ages, jobs and living 2. p____. The work takes a long time and needs great 3. p____.

Big numbers like 100 million are hard for our brains to imagine. So workers use simple charts to show the 4. r____. With these charts, students can 5. u____ the changes easily.

Numbers from the census help the government make good 6. p____. For example, they decide where to build new schools or hospitals.

We may meet these numbers in news reports. We should not feel afraid of big numbers. 7. I____ we can try to connect them with things we know. If we read carefully, we will find that each number has its 8. o____ meaning. Numbers are not just cold figures. They carry important 9. s____ about our society. Math and numbers can help us see the world more 10. c____.

Passage 2

We often use numbers to set passwords for our phones or apps. A good password should be hard for 1. o____ people to guess.

If you only use simple numbers like 123456, others may find it out 2. q____. Safe passwords usually mix numbers and letters together. The more combinations there are, the 3. d____ it is to break.

People once thought only long passwords worked well. But experts say that a good password also needs to be 4. e____ for its owner to remember. If you forget it, you cannot get into your own account.

Many apps ask users to change passwords from time to time. This rule is made for 5. s____. Some students hate this rule, but it can keep their private information safe.

Numbers in passwords are a special use of math. They show how numbers can 6. p____ us in daily digital life. When you choose a password next time, think about this simple 7. r____: easy for you, hard for others.

We seldom stop to think about these small number skills. But they are 8. p____ everywhere in our modern life. A small number combination can make a big 9. d____ to our online safety. Learning about numbers helps us make 10. w____ choices.

Unit 3 Our digital lives

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