八年级英语首字母填空

八年级英语首字母填空专练1Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek. But recently, government officials asked people to stop doing this. They have also closed school and museums, and advised people to s_(1)at home.This is to prevent people from catching an infectious(传染性的)disease, swine flu(猪流感). The disease has spread over the country in the past month. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become s_(2).What is swine flu?Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory(呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. They catch the virus(病毒) after being with infected pigs,or they get it from an infected person. The d _(3)spreads in the same way as human flu, through coughs and sneezes, or by touching a contaminated surface(被污染的表面) and then touching the nose or month. However , it cannot be spread by eating pork.People who have c_(4) swine flu will have fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be in danger.Health experts advise people to w_(5)their hands frequently,to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel ill.2Wednesday, October 15th,2008 is the first Global Handwashing Day.Many people w_(1)their hands with soap (肥皂) on the day. They are f_(2) twenty countries.Experts(专家) say it is important for people to wash their hands with soap at some critical moments,such as before e_(3) and after using the toilet. B_(4)they can get germs(细菌)on their hands when they do those things. Then their hands can make their eyes and noses d_(5) and make people ill. They say that soap is helpful in washing hands. It can help remove(祛除)germs and leave a pleasant s_(6).The experts also give the right way to wash hands. First put your hands into the water and make them w_(7). Then cover them with soap and rub(摹) in into all a_(8). Rub for at l_(9)twenty seconds. Next put your hands under running water and make them clean. At last,dry them with a c_(10)cloth.Global Handwashing Day can help people keep healthy.3When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a s_(1).It was the early autumn of my first year at a j_(2)high school,and my old school was far away. As a result, no one k_(3)who I was. I was very lonely,and afraid to make friends with a_(4)Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing,I felt my heart break. I couldnt talk to anyone about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk. I couldnt talk to anyone about my problem, and I didnt want my parents to worry about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy e_(5)the classroom. I didnt know who he was. He passed me and then turned b_(6). He looked at me and, without a word,smiled. Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me f_(7)happy,lively and warm.That smile c_(8)my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day,I because c_(9)to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has because my best friend now.One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldnt remember smiling at me!It doesnt matter because all the dark days have g_(10). Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely,you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back. 4Food is very important. Everyone needs to e_(1)well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is k_(2). We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are i_(3) in everything around them. They learn something w_(4)they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to r _(5) story books,science books, anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and t_(6) to find out the answers.What is the best w_(7)to get knowledge? If we learn b_(8) ourselves,we will get the most knowledge. If we are a_(9) getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the right way,we learn more and understand m_(10). 5Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel c_(1)to someone. It is nice to have a friend to t_(2),laugh,and to do things. Certainly, sometimes we-need to be alone. We dont always want people a_(3). But we would f_(4)lonely if we never had a friend.No two people are just the same. Friends sometimes dont g_(5)on well. It doesnt mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up(重归于好) and become friends again.Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very s_(6). We miss them very much, but we can call them and write to them. And we can make new friends. It is surprising to find out h_(7) much we like new people when we get to know them.There is more good n_(8)for people who have friends. They live longer than people who dont. why? It could be that they are happier. B _(9) happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone c_(10)about you,you take better care of yourself.6A teenage girl couldnt stand her parents family rules,so she left home. She wanted to be famous. But she had p_(1)education and several years later she had to ask for food on the street for a living. Now her father has d_(2). Her mother is an old woman. But she is still l_(3)for her daughter. She has been to every c_(4)of the city. Everywhere she goes,she put up a big photo of herself on the wall. At the lower part of the photo she writes, “ I still love you come b_(5) home!”One day , the d_(6)saw one of the photos. The face was familiar(熟悉). “ Is that my mother?” she moved closer and read the w_(7): I still love you She cried. When she got home,it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The door o_(8)itself. She rushed to her mothers bedroom. Her mother was sleeping. She woke her mother up, “ Its me! Your daughter is back home!” The daughter asked, “Why is the door ont locked? A thief could get in .” The mother answered softly, “ The door has never been locked since you left.”The door of p_(10)love for their children will never be closed. 7Mr . Baker worked in a small town. Two weeks a_(1), his friends helped him to find a job in New York. So he and his wife were going to move i_(2) a building in the big city. Mr. Baker wanted to live in a room on the first floor and he could go for a walk in the beautiful garden after s_(3). But his wife h_(4) to live on the second floor.“Theres enough sunlight, I think. And we can watch the f_(5)in the garden by the windows,” said the woman Mr.Baker thought she was right and agreed with her. I_(6)was Saturday. All their friends came to help them. They were t_(7) and hungry,and Mrs. Baker got nice food ready. They held a party. They ate and drank a lot. Then they kept singing and dancing. It l_(8)a long time.Suddenly the telephone rang. Mrs. Baker went to a_(9) it. Then she said to her husband proudly, “My choice is right! The man downstairs complained the phone that noise in our rooms makes them not f_(10)asleep.” 8Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometers away just to have d_(1) with a friend or even fly to Europe(欧洲)just for watching a football match. In some states only one person o_(2) of five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be b_(3)in one city ,and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or t_(4)cities, and then go to a college far across the country. When he has entered (进入)business, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to a _(5), which is called “jobhopping”,is a very common practice in the United States. Job-hopping is good to workers, because every c_(6)of a job gives them a chance to move up to a h_(7)position and to get better pay. And job-hopping also g_(8) bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills that different people bring to their companies and factories. 9Mike Robinson is a 15-year-old English schoolboy. His s_(1)Clare is 14. At the moment, Mike and Clare are at a school in Sydney,one of the b_(2)cities in Australia. They have been there for two years. They like the school, but they know that soon they will leave and r_(3)to England with their parents.Mike and Clare have also been to school in America, Germany, France and China. This is because their father, Peter, works for a very big i_(4)company. The company has o_(5)in many different countries. The company has s_(6)Peter to work in many different countries. Peter usually stays in one country for about two years. Then the company moves him a_(7) . His family always goes with him.The Robinsons are a happy family and love seeing the world. Mike and Clare have learned to speak French, German and a little C_(8). The two children have friends all o_(9)the world. But they are glad that they are going to return to England.Recently,the children told their parents, “We want to stay in England. We dont want to move again.” Their father a_(10)and has asked his company to keep him in England. The company has agreed. Mike and Clare are very happy about this. 10“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to d_(1),” some scientists say.Dreams take up (占据)about one quarter of our s_(2) time. People have several dreams e_(3)night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be b_(4) the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to f_(5) an answer.Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been t_(6)about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over(携人)into dreams.Sometimes we wake u_(7)with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dream. Dreams can disappear(消失)quickly from memory(记忆).Too much dreaming can b_(8)harmful(有害的). The m_(9)we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up t_(10).11.On the evening of October 7, Li Feng was watching TV while his mother was b cooking supper in the kitchen. S the telephone rang. Li Feng q picked it up toa the call. It was from a good friend of his m . She wanted to say “Happy Birthday” to his mother. “Today is Mothers birthday, but I have already f all about it. Mother gives me a lot of l and care while I didnt care for her e . From now on, I must always r this, s my love to her and care for her enough,” Li Feng thought to himself, feeling a little ashamed(惭愧的).12.Coca-Cola is very popular now. It is e all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons are s every year, in over one hundred and sixty c . The d was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8 May,1886, but it was g the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year, only nine drinks a day w sold. The business was bought by a man c Asa Candler in 1888, and the first factory was o in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Coca is s made there. Billions of bottles and cans have been produced s 1895. Its certain that Coca-Coca will be drunk far into the twenty-second century.13.Mary didnt u such sentences as “she is blue today.” Youre yellow. “He has a g thumb(拇指).” “He has told a little white lie.” and so on. And she went to her teacher f help.“Mrs Smith, theres a c in each of these sentences, what do they mean?” She asked “ In e English. Mary, blue means sad, yellow means afraid. A person w a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie doesnt mean a bad one”, the teacher said.“Would you give me an e for a white lie, Mrs Smith?”“Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you dont like it, but you w say it, Instead you say, No, thanks, Im not h ?That is a w lie.”Mary said, “Oh, I see. Thank you very much. 14.Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldnt do some r . So he left the school and opened a book shop in the c of the town. It wasnt big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned(有学问的) person were glad to make f with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . It made them in a fearful mess(凌乱不堪). Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?” “ Your books are all dull (乏味的).” Said the girl. “I want a d one.” “Thats easy”. Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook(烹调书) and said, “Here you are, madam.”15.Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i . When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves car was badly damaged(损坏) and e to recognize(辨认).Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c . 16.Mark Twain was famous as a public speaker. In his speeches he always liked to tell f stories.He also liked to to stories and play j on his friends. One day, one of his friends l his wallet and asked him to b a railway ticket for him.Mark Twain told his friend that he didnt have e money to pay b tickets. He asked his friend to hide under his seat.Later, when the conductor came to c the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two one for h and one for his friend. Then he said in a loud v , “My friend is a strange man, when he travels on a train, he doesnt like to sit on the seat, but he likes to lie on the floor under the seat.”17.Most American families are smaller than the families in o 81 countries. Most American families e 82 have one or two children.C 83 in the US will leave their parents home when they grow up. They usually live far f 84 their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often w 85 to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on h 86 .Parents usually let their children choose their o 87 jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid (付钱)for d 88 some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.Do you often help y 89 parents do housework? Do you want to live with your parents w 90 you grow up ?18.Lofton is a little village （村庄）in England. It is not f_81_ from the city of Manchester. Not many families l_82_ around the village, so the people all know each o_83_. Most of them are friendly and helpful. Though their homes are in Lofton, many people have jobs in Manchester. S_84_ work in large factories there. A few work in shops o_85_ offices. Most of these people go to work by train. It usually t_86_ _ about half an hour to go from Lofton to Manchester. In the evening a lot of people like watching TV. But if they go to see a film or go to a concert (音乐会), they have to go to Manchester, because there are n_87_ cinemas in Lofton. Like many other villages near towns or cities, it is clean and quiet. So life in Lofton may not be so e_88_ as the life in the b_89_ cities, but it can be just as interesting. That is w_90_ people in Lofton love their village.19. One day I foun