江苏省句容市后白中学八年级英语寒假作业2（无答案） 牛津版.doc

八年级英语寒假作业（2）班级_ 姓名_ 日期 一、完型填空。we do not know when man first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used throughout history. historical fact _1_, for example, that people over 3000 years ago 2 salted fish. thousands of years ago in egypt, people used salt to prevent (防止) the _3_ going 4people also thought stealing (偷窃) salt was a 5 crime (罪行) during some periods of history. in the 18th 6 , for example, if a person stole salt, people would send him to 7 after they caught him. about 150 years 8, in the year 1553, taking 9 salt than others would be punished (受到惩罚). people would 10 the prisoners ear.( )1. a. shows b. tells c. prints d. wonders( )2. a. eating b. eat c. ate d. eaten( )3. a. living b. dead c. young d. old( )4. a. ill b. healthy c. well d. bad( )5. a. good b. great c. bad d. small( )6. a. grade b. month c. year d. century( )7. a. school b. prison c. hospital d. reserve( )8. a. before b. ago c. late d. later( )9. a. fewer b. less c. more d. much( )10. a. take off b. turn off c. cut down d. cut off二、阅读理解。 (a)ali, who was working a long way from home wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .at last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was nasreddin.nasreddin was already in bed. it is late, he said. what do you want? i want you to write a letter to my wife , said ali , nasreddin was not pleased. he thought for a few seconds and then said, has the letter got to go far? what does that matter? answered ali.well, my writing is so strange that only i can read it, and if i have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money. ali went away quickly.multiple choice( ) 11. ali wanted to _to his wife. a. get something b. have a letter written c. bring a flower d. say good-bye( ) 12. at last he found the house of_. a. a writer b. a seller c. an old man d. a letter-writer( ) 13.when ali told what he wanted to do nasreddin was_. a. not pleased b. pleased c. excited d. angry( ) 14.nasreddin said that his writing was_. a. easy for anyone to read b. strange for anyone to read c. too strange for anyone to write d. difficult for anyone to read( ) 15. this story tells us_. a. not to ask anybody for help b. not to trouble others at night c. not to ask for help without money d. not to trust others （b）fire can help people in many ways. but it can be very harmful. fire can make water hot and house warm, give light and cook food. but fire can burn things, too. it can make trees, houses animals and other things catch fire. if some people cant run away from fire, it can kill them . this can be seen in every country. sometimes big fire can burn forests and destroy many buildings. nobody knows clearly when people began to make fire. one story from australia tells about a man a long time ago, he went up to the sun and brought fire down.today people know how to make a fire with matches., children sometimes like to play with them. but matches can be very dangerous. the match can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. a small fire can become a big fire.( )16.the passage tells us _. a. how people make fire b. when people make fire c. something dangerous about fire d. how to make a fire with matches( )17. sometimes fires happen because_.a. children like to play with matches b. buildings, houses and other things are easy to burn c. people cant be careful with fire d. people should learn to use matches( )18. matches can be very dangerous became_. a. they might burn a house b. they can make something catch fire c. a match can burn a building d. fire kills many people( )19. now people know fire can be _. a. harmful b. helpful c. dangerous d. helpful and harmful( )20.which of the following sentences is not true?a. now everyone knows who made fire first in the history. b. fire can destroy many tall buildings around us.c. wed better put the match far from little children.d. fire is helpful but sometimes its dangerous.三、任务型阅读。（每空一词） 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格(每空限填一词)。confidence(自信) is very important in daily life. it can help you to develop a healthy attitude (态度). a study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. they can have more chance to make themselves successful. the following is about how to be more confident.speak loudwhen you are not confident, you cant do well what you want to do. you speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. the high voice can help you become more confident.play sportsphysical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. a strong body helps you be full of confidence.encourage yourselfwrite down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. did you finish your homework? did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? give yourself praise for the good things youve done.pick up a hobbyif you like singing, sing as much as you can. in some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. and it will make you happy and confident.get rid of (消除) fearfear comes along with failure (失败). but its easy to overcome (克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. dont hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. try to start again and believe you can do better.being confidentadvantageshelping you _21_ a healthy attitudeconfident people will feel _22_confident people will have _23_ more easily_24_ of being confidentspeaking aloud to make people _25_ you clearly_26_ physical exercise to make you tired but _27_encouraging yourself by _28_ down a list of things you did during the day and praising for good thingspicking up a hobby to make you outstandingtrying to _29_ fear because failure is part of your life.trying to start again and _30_ yourself.四、缺词填空（每空一词）how much do you know about red-crowned cranes?in fact, the feathers on theirh31are combs（冠）. they are the heaviest cranes and one of the largest birds ins32in the world. an adult red-crowned crane can weigh up t3311 kilograms. they are also good singers because they can sing loud