浙江省新目标（Go for it）版2018-2019学年初中英语八年级上册期末复习（题型专练）：完形填空

1. 阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选一个最佳选项。    

    When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 40 miles away. I had just learned to drive，so I  1 with pleasure. When we came to the town, 2 was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it repaired and promised to 3 at 4 p.m. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the 4. However I became so interested in the film that I 5 the time. When the film finished, it was 6 o'clock. 

    I was afraid Dad would be  6 and never let me drive again, so I drove back 7  to meet Dad and made an excuse(借口) 8 my being late. I'll never forget his words "I'm disappointed that I feel you have to tell a 9 to me, Jack. I'm angry, not with 10but with myself. I'm not a success as a father  11  I've a son who can not even tell the truth to his own father. I'm going to walk home now and  12 seriously about where I was wrong all these years." 

    Dad began 13 along the road. I begged(乞求) all the way, I 14 behind him for 40 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most 15 lesson. I have never told a lie to him ever since.

2. 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项ABCD中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    I thought Dad didn't love me, because he never kissed me. And of course, he   1  said "I love you" to me, either.

    When I was in high school, Dad set up a food stand (食品摊) on the street near my 2 . Every day when I finished school, my classmates and I would  3 his food stand. But I really 4 talking to Dad in front of his food stand.    One night, I couldn't  5  it any more and shouted, "Dad, could you stop selling your stupid noodles? I don't need a  6 who sells noodles on the street!" At that moment, Dad was  7 . But he said8 and there were some tears(泪水) and sadness in his eyes. Then I saw Dad crying for the   9  time. My mom later told me Dad sold noodles to save money  10 my college education. Until now I still feel guilty(愧疚的) for that night.

    Time really flies. I 11 school and then left my home to work. When I was  12  from home, Dad never wrote or telephoned me,    13 he always asked my mother to telephone me. Whenever my mother was telephoning me, he'd sit beside her with a list of questions. He asked my mother to talk to me for him. That's the way he is, and that's  14  he shows his love to me. It's beyond(超越)   15  , and it is something special - "a silent (沉默的) father's love".

3. 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

    A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long vacation with our two daughters. As we wondered about what to do 1, our girls jumped in and told us what they wanted to do. "2 want to go to the butterfly（蝴蝶）museum." said Ariela and Eliana.

    As soon as we3into the main area of the museum, we saw a lot of 4butterflies, all flapping（拍打）their colorful wings. My girls were 5up and down, and I knew we had made the right6to come to the museum. They were having so much fun. I7to our museum tour guide because I was curious （好奇的）, and asked, "8do butterflies live?"

    She said, "About ten days." "What can butterflies do9ten days?" I asked. The guide stopped, looked at me and said, "They make the world a more beautiful place." "Wow," I said, "I10 thought about butterflies like that. Thank you."

    After we said goodbye, I couldn't11thinking about what the guide had said. She was right. We all have12offer the world with the time we have.13we focus our gifts on taking care of each other every day, we can make a14.

    How thankful it is that you can have the influence on your family, friends and neighbors! Like a butterfly, you have your own way of making the world a little15for everyone.

4. 完形填空

My parents used to tell me how important the school was for me, but I didn't think so. I didn't 1 it. What I cared most was to hang out with my friends. But one thing let me finally 2 what my parents meant.

    One day, when I walked3a cellphone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring(雇佣) new workers!

    “Sir, are you hiring people?” I went into the shop and asked. “Yes, but you  4 be the man who we need.” the manager answered. He looked at me for a few minutes from head to 5 .” Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”he asked, “do you have any working  6 ?”

I felt so ashamed and 7 that I didn't know what to say, so I just turned around and left.

I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my future. “I must go to school 8 I can't do anything without a good education,” I said to myself. I never went back to the store9 before I finished my study and got a diploma.

    Everything looked the same when I returned to the10: the same people and the same design. However,  11 with last time, I had more confidence this time. So it was a great chance for me.

I12  my diploma to the manager who once refused me. He looked at  13 for a while and then said to me, “Great, you are in.”

Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I 14advise teenagers to attend to school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I still keep 15 in my free time. Education brings my future, doesn't it?

5. 完形填空
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Do you often1late? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan invented a 2bed for you. His bed will wake you up! Here is3it works.
There is an alarm clock and a recorder（录音机） in the bed. When the clock 4a sound, you'll have a few minutes to wake up. Then the recorder plays light music with a little girls'5 voice. She says quietly, “Wake up, my dear.” A few 6 later, a second recording plays. It can be unpleasant sounds, “Wake up,7you'll be late!”
If you don't get up after the8recording, you'll be sorry. There is a mechanical (机械的) “9” in the bed. It can kick（踢） you in the head. Then the bed10for a few more minutes. What? You're 11lying in bed! Slowly the top of the bed goes 12. The end of the bed goes lower and lower. 13 the bed is straight. You slide off(滑下)the bed and fall onto the14 . You are 15the bed and awake.

6. 读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person; I have a 1 time learning when to keep my mouth closed.

    My mom has told me again and again, "Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you 2 to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."

    It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty(职责) to 3 myself.

    One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate 4 behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.

    At first, I said very 5, "Nathaniel, would you please be quiet?"

    However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly 6 "Nathaniel, shut up(闭嘴)!"

    For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful(伤感情的) words back and forth at each other.

    "At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!" I shouted.

    I knew this would make him 7. It would hurt his feelings and shut him up.

    What I said filled him with anger. He tried to 8 over my seat and catch me as he shouted, "That's it! That's it!"

    9 at his reaction(反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before.

    Later on, we were taken to the principal's office. There, Mr. Black, our English teacher, told us to 10 the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found that 11 I hurt someone physically(身体上), the wounds eventually heal(愈合). But when I hurt them with my 12, sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.

    At the end of the discussion, I said 13 to Nathaniel.

    When I went back to my room, I spent some time praying(祈祷). I began to 14 how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my 15 closed.

7.     In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In 1 way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often 2. Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider3a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough 4 in the rock. He tried six times. On the 5 time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to6the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made 7models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked 8 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have9failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't 10 “
    So what? First，always think about your failure. What caused 11？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go 12next time.
    Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some 13about what your real goals may be. Think about this question.   “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing any way.
The third thing to keep in 14 about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have 15 ．

8. Jennifer was sitting on the bench. After all she went through, it was just what she needed. ‘It's getting 1 she thought. ‘I should go home.'
She wanted to know her 2 would react(反应) when she 3 home after the three days she was missing.
It was really dark when she finally reached her front door. It seemed different to her. 4 took care of the outside garden for 5 days. She was surprised as her father usually worked hard to keep everything 6 and tidy. She couldn't understand what was going on.
She entered the7 . First, she went into the kitchen 8 she saw a note written by her father.9 said, ‘Dear Ellen, here is some coffee. I am searching out.' Ellen was her mother, but where is she?
She went to her parents' room. She found her there. Her 10 was lying on the bed, fast asleep. Her face looked so 11 , as if she wasn't asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up 12 she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.
When Jennifer 13 , something was different: She wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't 14 the old clothes she ran away. She was on her own bed.
It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice ask, ‘Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you 15us all very, very afraid.

9. I had worked that day, as a nurse. Now I faced the dirty supper dishes. I wanted to 1why Jimmy hadn't phoned as usual to say “Good night”to Bob and Tom. “Maybe Daddy's 2 working on an accident,” I said to Bob. “Go to3 now. You'll see him in the morning.”Soon there was a knock at the door. “There4 be something wrong with your phone,” my neighbor told me. “The City Police Station wants you to 5.”
I went into the living room and dialed. Then I 6 the words every police wife fears (害怕): “Your husband has been hurt.” When I reached the hospital, my heart sank (下沉). The entrance was jammed with TV-news trucks. In the 7  I saw Jimmy's best friend, Smith. “Just tell me -is he alive ?” I asked.
Smith 8. and didn't answer. Then I found my younger sister, Mandy. “He'9s ”she told me, and we began to cry together.
Later, Smith told me 10 had happened.
In the morning, when my little Bob asked, “Where's Daddy?” I 11  him into my arms and tried to explain. “A bad man 12 Daddy last night.” I said. “Daddy can't come home any more. He's in heaven(天堂) now.”
My son looked at me, his blue eyes 13 the picture of trust(相信). “Do they have14 in heaven ?”he asked. “Can I call him ?”
“No, Bob, Daddy still loves you, but Daddy can't15”.

10.                                                                                  Mary's dime（一毛钱）
       It was Sunday afternoon. I decided to clean up the room nicely so that my parents would feel  1  when they returned from a long ride! Then, I sat in the room, having nothing to do.
　　 What else could I do? Then, with no reason, I suddenly  2  the pale face of that little beggar(乞丐) girl. I could see the glad light 3  her eyes when I put the dime in her little dirty hand.
　　  How much I  4 that dime, too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago, and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs, but those sugar apples looked so attractive, and were so   5  — only a dime a piece — that I wanted to have one.
　　  I could imagine the little girl stood there in front of the  6  in her old dirty dress, looking at the  7  that were put all in a row in the window. I wonder what I should say, “Little girl, what do you want?” I gently asked. She felt 8and looked straight at me, just as if（似乎）nobody had spoken so  9  to her before. She realized what I had meant, so she said seriously and sadly. “I was thinking how good one of those delicious hamburgers would  10 . I haven't had anything to eat today.”
　　 Now I thought to myself, “Mary Williams, you have had a good breakfast and a good lunch today,   11  this poor girl has not had a mouthful yet. You can give her your 12. She needs it a great deal more than you do.”
　　 I could not run away from that little girl's sad,  13 look — so I dropped the dime right into her hand. How  14  the girl was! I am so glad I gave her the dime,  15  I had to go without the apple lying there in the window.