（浙江）新目标（Go for it）版初中英语八年级上册期中复习（题型专练）：语法填空

    John was a kind man. When he was young, he hoped (become) a singer. But he didn't have enough money  (buy) books about music. And his parents didn't expect him  (be) a singer. So his dream didn't come tree. At the age of fifteen, he  (leave) his village and found a job in a small town. He worked there for five years. Later his mother became very ill (生病的) and he had to  (stop) his work to come back and look after (照顾) her. Three years later his mother died and he wanted to leave his village again and   (work) in other places. However, John couldn't. His father was ill. John decided (stay) at home and look after him. Every day he  (do) many things for his father. Day by day, John became old. But he still didn't forget his dream to be a singer. Now he has lots of time so he plans to learn to sing at a music school.

    Hi, boys and girls! My name is Jim. I am a  (report) of our school newspaper. There was a great talent show in our school hall. Many teachers and students went to watch it. There were fifteen  (act). I thought Linda was the best act. She is a pretty good piano player.is the best one of the music club. She played some beautiful music. The nice music made me  comfortable and I lost myself in it. Steve and his dog were  (fun). They sang a cute song together, When they sang, I couldn't  laughing. Vera was  (creative) act for sure. She played the guitar upside down. But I thought Dennis was the; . He was terrible and kept dropping the balls  he played carefully! The best performers were the math teachers. They  a nice song. They sang pretty well, and they were really the loudest, too. Everyone had a good time there.

    A farmer had a donkey and a dog. Both the donkey and the dog  (help) their master in many ways. One night, two thieves broke in the farmer's . The dog heard them and started barking. The farmer got  and so did the neighbors. So they caught the two thieves.

    The farmer said, "I'm glad I had this dog." The neighbors also thought so.

    From that day, the donkey decided to show his master that he could also be  (use) just like the dog.

    One night, the thieves again entered the farmer's house. As the thieves looked in, they saw the dog  (sit) just outside the main door. "It seems the dog is quite watchful," said one thief.

    "We  better go at once," the other thief said and then the two thieves went away. But unknown to the thieves, the donkey was watching all this. He thought, "It is a good chance for me to show  master that I can be useful. The thieves have run away. If I start  (shout), the master will thank me." So the donkey started braying(驴叫)  (loud).

    When the farmer heard the donkey, he  angry. He came out with a stick and hit the donkey hard. "This will teach you not to bray at night," he thought.

    Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kindeach other and sometimes they weren't. But all of their classmates said they like brothers.

    One day they went out for a walk together and they were very happy. At noon both of them  (start) to feel very tired and hungry. So they went into a restaurant  (have) lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked, "What can I do for you?"

    "Please bring us two apples  (one),"said Tom.

    When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the  (big) one at once. Tom got angry. "You're not polite, Mike.  I don't you take the smaller one?" said Tom.

    "But I am right," said Mike with a smile. "If I let you  (take) first, which one will you choose?"

    "Of course I'll take  smaller one."

    "Yes," Mike said. "If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will still be; (me). Don't you think so?"

    "OH!" Tom was too angry to say anything.

    Mike is a 16-year-old student. He has a very healthy lifestyle,, one year ago, he was not so healthy. From Monday to Friday, he (study) every day but hardly did any sports. He often used the Internet.  his parents asked him to exercise, he never did, He sometimes helped his mother with some(housework), but only once a week. On weekends, he liked (watch) television, Then the bad  (result) came—he became fat and had few friends. One day, the doctor in his school talked with him, He told Mike to do sports  (much) than two hours a day because it was good for his body  mind. From then on, Mike decided to change his habits. Now, he does sports more often  before, such as playing basketball and soccer. He plays computer games less. After dinner, he often takes a walk with his parents.  (do) exercise helps him become healthy, and study better. Now he has more friends.

    I had a trip all over China. I was  (interest) in how different the weather was in different cities.

    In Qingdao we ate seafood, drank beer and even swam in the sea, In Harbin we  (wear) our warm clothes and saw the amazing ice and snow sculptures(雪雕).

    Shanghai made me  (think) of a city in Europe or America. are lots of Western cafes.

    Guilin is a good place to visit during the Spring Festival. Fireworks filled the sky and the streets  busy with excited people. I visited the old   (build) and walked around a beautiful lake.

    But Yangshuo is my favorite city. I could not stop  (take) photos of the beautiful mountains and the Li River, I rode a  along the Yulong River in the warm sun. I ate strawberries  drank tea from the farms in the mountains.

    Now I am back in Beiing. I am  (look) forward to my next trip. I think I will go to another warm place!

    I live in a quiet town. There are three big stores in our town. Miller's has the (nice) clothes and friendly service. But the clothes there are also the (expensive). And it is not to my house. I have to an hour in getting there on foot. So I hardly shop there. People can buy clothes the 6. (cheap) in Blue Moon, but the clothes are also the (bad). And the service is bad. So I don't buy clothes there, either. Dream Clothes is the biggest and newest. I can find all of clothes there. Also they have the (friendly) service. The most important thing is that the clothes there are in style. It is the best clothes store. There are lots of people every day. So it is always . My mother and I often buy clothes there.

    Marie Kondo is good at organizing(整理). Although she is not a popular star or a young actress, she.  (become) very famous in the world. She has written some on organizing. In her books, Marie says that if you hope to spend (little) time on housework, you should make things right  first. She tells people not to keep things by season. She also thinks we can do housework  (cheap) without spending a lot of money. For example, she asks people not to  money on expensive organizing boxes.

    She was  (interest) in organizing when she was young. As a little girl,  of her hobbies was to read books about organizing. In school, she cleaned up bookshelves while her classmates were having a, (wonder) time in P. E. classes.

    Some people don't think her ideas  right. However, she has a large number of fans. She has made many speeches on TV. And someone made a movie about her life stories. And she is very famous now.

    A father and his daughter were flying a kite in the park. When they stopped, the young daughter saw an old man  (sell) apples. She asked her father to buy her an apple. Her father didn't bring much money  him, but it was enough to buy two apples. So, he bought two apples and gave them to his.

    His daughter held one apple in her left hand and the other in the right hand. Then the father  (ask) her if she could share one apple with him. When the girl heard this, she  (quick) took a bite from one apple. And before  father could speak, she took a bite from the second apple quickly, too.

    The father was  (surprise). He wondered why his daughter did like that. He thought maybe his daughter was too young to understand about  (share) and giving. A smile disappeared from his face.

    But suddenly his daughter with an  in her left hand said, "Dad, please have this one. This one is much  (sweet). "The father's smile came back after knowing why his daughter quickly took a bite from each apple.

    Don't judge anything too quickly. Always spare some more time to understand things better.