期中考试专练-语法填空过关 2026-2027学年外研版英语八年级上册

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Never too young to be an inventor

Teenagers are full of imagination and creativity. Tharon Trujillo of California was famous for (1)______ (invent) a safety device called "the Lock N Block Sliding Door Safety Gate" in the US. It can help (2)______ (keep) children and pets from (3)______ (fall) through sliding-glass doors. Trujillo has earned a lot of awards for his invention.

 Trujillo came up with the idea of (4)______ (create) the safety gate because of his younger sister. He was watching television one day when his baby sister fell through their open sliding-glass door. His sister was fine, but "I told my dad there needs (5)______ (be) a safety gate for the sliding-glass door," said Trujillo. However, he searched the internet and found no other safety gates could fit in a sliding-glass door. So the boy decided (6)______ (develop) one himself.

 He read a book on patenting(获得专利) and attended a patenting class at a college near his home. After three years of (7)______ (study) and hundreds of experiments, he finally made it. "It can actually save lives and help someone's family," Trujillo said.

 Trujillo has his own advice for young people. "If you have an idea, (8)______ (follow) it through because you never know where it's going to take you in the future," he said.

【作答】

(1)________  (2)________  (3)________  (4)________  (5)________  (6)________  (7)________  (8)________

【方法探究】

(1) 动名词① famous for (1)______ (invent)，介词 for 后接________。② 定答案：________。

(2) 不定式／原形① help (2)______ (keep)…，help (to) do，可填 keep／to keep。② 定答案：________。

(3) 动名词① from (3)______ (fall)，介词 from 后接________。② 定答案：________。

(4) 动名词① the idea of (4)______ (create)，介词 of 后接________。② 定答案：________。

(5) 不定式① there needs (5)______ (be)…，need ________。② 定答案：________。

(6) 不定式① decided (6)______ (develop)，decide ________。② 定答案：________。

(7) 动名词① After three years of (7)______ (study)，介词 of 后接________。② 定答案：________。

(8) 祈使句① If you have an idea, (8)______ (follow) it through，祈使用________。② 定答案：________。

【短文答案】

(1) inventing  (2) keep/to keep  (3) falling  (4) creating  (5) to be  (6) to develop  (7) studying  (8) follow

【方法探究】填空答案

(1) 动名词① inventing。② 定答案：inventing。

(2) 不定式／原形① keep／to keep。② 定答案：keep／to keep。

(3) 动名词① falling。② 定答案：falling。

(4) 动名词① creating。② 定答案：creating。

(5) 不定式① to be。② 定答案：to be。

(6) 不定式① to develop。② 定答案：to develop。

(7) 动名词① studying。② 定答案：studying。

(8) 祈使句① follow。② 定答案：follow。

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Many people think highly of great inventions, but small useful ideas can also make a (1)______ (different) to our daily life. Look at note markers. With (2)______ (it) simple style, we can mark our reading places without (3)______ (lose) our page numbers.

 The story of pencil caps（套）is even (4)______ (interesting) than that. Years ago, no one (5)______ (know) the use of pencil caps until students' pencil points broke easily. It tells us simple thoughts can turn (6)______ good little inventions when we care about daily problems.

 How do these small inventions come out (7)______ (successful)? First, they fit our everyday life. (8)______ (two), they improve old things instead of making new things. Most importantly, they let (9)______ (we) watch our life carefully.

 As an old saying goes, "Need is (10)______ mother of invention." But it does not mean we must wait for problems to appear.

【作答】

(1)________  (2)________  (3)________  (4)________  (5)________  (6)________  (7)________  (8)________  (9)________  (10)________

【方法探究】

(1) 词性转换① make a (1)______ (different)，固定搭配 make a ________。② 定答案：________。

(2) 代词① With (2)______ (it) simple style，修饰名词。② 定答案：________。

(3) 动名词① without (3)______ (lose)，介词后接________。② 定答案：________。

(4) 比较级① even (4)______ (interesting) than，多音节比较级。② 定答案：________。

(5) 动词时态① Years ago, no one (5)______ (know)，过去时。② 定答案：________。

(6) 介词① turn (6)______ … inventions，固定搭配 turn ________。② 定答案：________。

(7) 副词① come out (7)______ (successful)，修饰动词。② 定答案：________。

(8) 序数词① First… (8)______ (two)，"第二"；句首________。② 定答案：________。

(9) 代词① let (9)______ (we) watch，宾格。② 定答案：________。

(10) 冠词① Need is (10)______ mother of invention，谚语中用________。② 定答案：________。

【短文答案】

(1) difference  (2) its  (3) losing  (4) more interesting  (5) knew  (6) into  (7) successfully  (8) Second  (9) us  (10) the

【方法探究】填空答案

(1) 词性转换① difference。② 定答案：difference。

(2) 代词① its。② 定答案：its。

(3) 动名词① losing。② 定答案：losing。

(4) 比较级① more interesting。② 定答案：more interesting。

(5) 动词时态① knew。② 定答案：knew。

(6) 介词① into。② 定答案：into。

(7) 副词① successfully。② 定答案：successfully。

(8) 序数词① Second。② 定答案：Second。

(9) 代词① us。② 定答案：us。

(10) 冠词① the。② 定答案：the。

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【方法探究】

There are many different stories about the history of the umbrella. According to (1)______ old Chinese story, the umbrella was invented by Lu Ban's wife.

 Lu Ban was the most famous craftsman(工匠) (2)______ ancient China. One day, Lu Ban and his wife were (3)______ (take) a walk by the West Lake. They were enjoying the beautiful lotus(荷花) when it started to rain (4)______ (heavy). They were wet all over when they returned home.

"It's terrible to get wet in the rain," Lu Ban's wife said. "Can you make something to keep the rain out?" Lu Ban replied, "I can build some pavilions(亭子) along the West Lake. (5)______ a result, you can hide under (6)______ (they) when it rains."

"But pavilions can't move," Lu Ban's wife said. "Is it possible (7)______ (make) a movable pavilion that will always follow people when they walk?" She wanted to build much (8)______ (good) "pavilions".

One day, Lu Ban's wife saw some children playing in the rain. They were holding up large lotus (9)______ (leaf) to keep out the rain. She got a good idea from them. The next day, she made the (10)______ (one) umbrella out of silk and bamboos. "What a nice umbrella!" Lu Ban was amazed by it.

【作答】

(1)________  (2)________  (3)________  (4)________  (5)________  (6)________  (7)________  (8)________  (9)________  (10)________

(1) 冠词① (1)______ old Chinese story，old 以元音音素开头。② 定答案：________。

(2) 介词① (2)______ ancient China，表示“在……”。② 定答案：________。

(3) 过去进行时① were (3)______ (take) a walk。② 定答案：________。

(4) 副词① rain (4)______ (heavy)，修饰动词。② 定答案：________。

(5) 短语① (5)______ a result，固定搭配 As a result；句首________。② 定答案：________。

(6) 代词① under (6)______ (they)，介词后宾格。② 定答案：________。

(7) 不定式① Is it possible (7)______ (make)…，It is + adj. + ________。② 定答案：________。

(8) 比较级① much (8)______ (good)，比较级。② 定答案：________。

(9) 名词单复数① lotus (9)______ (leaf)。② 定答案：________。

(10) 序数词① the (10)______ (one) umbrella，“第一把”。② 定答案：________。

【短文答案】

(1) an  (2) in  (3) taking  (4) heavily  (5) As  (6) them  (7) to make  (8) better  (9) leaves  (10) first

【方法探究】填空答案

(1) 冠词① an。② 定答案：an。

(2) 介词① in。② 定答案：in。

(3) 过去进行时① taking。② 定答案：taking。

(4) 副词① heavily。② 定答案：heavily。

(5) 短语① As。② 定答案：As。

(6) 代词① them。② 定答案：them。

(7) 不定式① to make。② 定答案：to make。

(8) 比较级① better。② 定答案：better。

(9) 名词单复数① leaves。② 定答案：leaves。

(10) 序数词① first。② 定答案：first。

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Many great human achievements are in science and technology. They have changed our lives in many (1)______ (way). The airplane, one of the (2)______ (important) inventions, has made travelling much (3)______ (easy). The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved millions of

【方法探究】

(1) 名词单复数① in many (1)______ (way)。② 定答案：________。

(2) 最高级① one of the (2)______ (important) inventions。② 定答案：________。