2026-2027学年译林版八年级上学期英语期中缺词填空专项训练

八年级英语期中缺词填空专项训练

（一）

For a long time, I was sure Dad didn’t love me. Mum always had a warm smile, but Dad always seemed cold. He was busy with his work every day. When at home, he just read newspapers and s____1____ talked to me.

Lots of unhappy things about Dad stayed in my mind. There was one thing I remembered very clearly. It was my first school science show. I was so e____2____ to join! I spent several weeks making a model ship.

The night before the show one part of the ship broke by accident. I ran to Dad with tears in my eyes. “Dad, please h____3____ me! Fix it Please!” I cried. He just took a look and said, “You should be more careful. Fix it y____4____.” Then he went back to his newspaper.

I couldn’t express how h____5____ I felt inside. I thought he didn’t care about my feelings at all. I had to spend the whole night fixing the model a____6____.

I didn’t win a prize at the science show. For years, I was a____7____ with Dad. Even when I grew up, I still remembered that heartbroken moment.

I didn’t understand Dad until something similar h____8____ to my son. Several years ago, w____9____ my son was making a model plane, he broke one of the wings. And I decided to fix it for him. Suddenly, Dad’s w____10____ came into my mind: “Fix it yourself.” At that moment, I started to understand. Dad just wanted me to learn some basic skills. I gave the model plane back to my son and smiled, “Have a try! You can fix it by yourself.”

 

（二）

Yang Chen-Ning: A Great Physicist

Yang Chen-Ning, who is considered one of the 20th century’s g___1___ physicists, passed away recently at the age of 103. Born in China in 1922, he showed exceptional talent in mathematics and physics from his early years.

Yang received his early e___2__ in China during difficult times. He first studied at the National Southwestern Associated University, then went to the United States in 1945 for f__3__ study. He worked very hard and finally obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1948.

The year 1957 brought Yang worldwide recognition. Together with his colleague Tsung-Dao Lee, Yang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their theory of parity non-conservation in weak interaction. This m___4___ them the first Chinese scientists to receive this great honor.

B___5___ this remarkable achievement, Yang had worked with Robert Mills to develop the “Yang-Mills theory”. His work with Robert Mills on the “Yang-Mills theory” laid the foundation for the Standard Model of particle physics and is regarded as one of the cornerstones of modern physics, comparable in significance to Maxwell’s equations and Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

Although Yang spent many years working abroad, he always maintained a deep love for his c___6__. His first visit to China in 1971 was especially meaningful. At a time when few overseas scholars visited their motherland, his trip helped build academic b___7___ between China and other countries.

In 1999, Yang made the important d___8___ to return to China permanently. He came back to teach at Tsinghua University, where he devoted himself to training young scientists and

improving China’s education system. He worked tirelessly to help Chinese physics develop and grow.

Yang’s extraordinary contributions to physics earned him a place among the greatest scientists in h___9__. His work continues to influence modern physics and will always be remembered. His life story teaches us valuable lessons about the i___10___ of hard work, dedication to science, and love for one’s country.

 

（三）

The Secret Garden is a novel (小说) written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It came out in the twentieth c____1____, but it is still popular with many children today. And it is also one of the most f____2____ English children’s novels now.

This book brought the three children together. Mary, a girl w____3____ parents or friends, was selfish and rude. Her cousin Colin, a weak and strange boy, stayed in bed all day, sad and h____4____. The kind Dickon loved spending time with animals in nature. When Mary heard of a secret garden, she decided to look for it. With the help of Dickon, Mary b____5____ the garden back to life—they planted young flowers and cleared the dead leaves carefully. At the same time, everything was c____6____ quietly. Mary herself became a kind girl with a h____7____ full of love. Colin walked step by step on the grass, and he even started to laugh a____8____ sometimes. The garden’s power filled his heart—He could also face anything d____9____ bravely and saw the sunshine again.

As it is said in the book, the gardens in everybody’s heart are special and different. Before you try to find it, it will be still a secret. But o____10____ you plant a rose of love in your heart,