A few months ago, my husband and I were talking about our finances (资产). It was a very _____ time for us. We didn’t know that our 4-year-old son was listening in another room.
A week later, I was tired and asked my husband ______ I could have a coffee. He reminded me that we couldn’t ________ any money on coffee. Then, my son asked me for my Starbucks (星巴克) coffee card. He likes playing _______ cards, so I passed it to him.
Half an hour later, he ______ it to me.
“Here you are, mommy.”
“What is it, dear?”
“This is for you. I put dollars on your _______ card.”
He gave me my Starbucks coffee card. He has put $5 on my card for me to buy coffee. I will ______ drink a better cup of coffee than I did that afternoon.
I realize that teaching kindness to ________ is such a good thing. My little boy has told me that he wants to give all his dollars to the ______ people. He wants to make a lot of money when he ________. So he can buy toys for other poor kids. Teach your kids kindness and they will pour it into the world, even you.
1.A.happy B.gold C.difficult D.modern
2.A.when B.whether C.since D.while
3.A.spend B.count C.raise D.make
4.A.from B.in C.on D.with
5.A.returned B.broke C.opened D.changed
6.A.bank B.member C.coffee D.door
7.A.anyway B.perhaps C.neither D.never
8.A.children B.students C.parents D.friends
9.A.brave B.lonely C.tired D.poor
10.A.takes up B.grows up C.gets up D.makes up
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There was once a wise old lady who lived on a hill. All the children used to go and ask her questions. She always gave them _____ answers.
There was a little boy among the children. One day he caught a little bird and held it in his hands without anybody seeing it. Suddenly he had an idea and asked his friends to ______.
“Let’s play a trick on the old lady,” he said, “I’ll ask her what I’m holding in my hands. ______, she’ll answer that I have a bird. Then I’ll ask her if the bird is alive or dead. If she says the bird is dead, then I’ll ______ my hands and let the bird fly away. If she says the bird is alive, I’ll quickly ______ it and show her the dead bird. ______ way, she’ll be wrong.”
The children agreed this was a clever plan. So ______ the hill they all went to the lady’s house.
“Granny, we have a ______ for you,” they all shouted.
“What’s in my hands?” the little boy asked.
“Why, of course it must be a bird.” the old lady replied.
“But is it alive or dead?” the boy asked ______.
All the boys ______ her answer and got ready to laugh at her.
The old lady thought for a moment and then replied, “It’s up to you, my child. If you’re kind enough, it’ll be alive.”
1.A.right B.funny C.possible
2.A.play with it B.go with him C.go back home
3.A.Probably B.Of course C.Successfully
4.A.close B.raise C.open
5.A.kill B.save C.fly
6.A.Each B.Both C.All
7.A.across B.down C.up
8.A.present B.bird C.question
9.A.quietly B.excitedly C.worriedly
10.A.waited for B.listened to C.thought of
八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A teacher was giving a talk to his students on stress management (管理). He raised a glass of water and asked them, “How _____ do you think this glass of water is?”
The students began to think and ____. Their answers are different, from 20g to 500g.
“It does not matter on the real _____. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a ____ it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call a _____. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. What we have to do is to put the glass down, ____ for a while before holding it up again.
“If we carry our burdens (负担) ____, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on. The burden will become increasingly heavier. We have to ____ the burden every now and then, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.”
So ____ you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you have, let them down for a moment if you can. And learn to ____ ourselves.
Life is short but amazing. Enjoy it!
1.A. heavy B. long C. large D. full
2.A. explain B. realize C. guess D. fear
3.A. height B. weight C. birth D. date
4.A. minute B. night C. day D. week
5.A. friend B. reporter C. teacher D. doctor
6.A. shake B. rest C. compete D. search
7.A. on time B. in time C. next time D. all the time
8.A. give up B. put down C. pick up D. take down
9.A. after B. since C. so that D. until
10.A. save B. help C. relax D. care
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Spring Bud Project(春蕾计划) is a charity to help poor girls. In China, many children have to leave school ______ poverty(贫困). And about 70% of them are ______. The Chinese government has done a lot to ______ those girls. In 1989, Spring Bud Project was ______. The project has ______ more than 1,000 schools so far. Spring Bud Project hopes to help poor girls ______ to school or train poor women to make it possible for them to have a better ______. Many people have supported Spring Bud Project by ______ money or doing voluntary work.
But there are still millions of poor girls in need of help. To carry on ______ the project, more support is needed. If you’re ______ to show your love, please visit our website or contact us on 010-65103491.
1.A.so that B.because C.so D.because of
2.A.boys B.girls C.monitors D.volunteers
3.A.support B.call C.join D.believe
4.A.woken up B.put up C.set up D.given up
5.A.found B.cleaned C.sold D.built
6.A.return B.ride C.travel D.talk
7.A.voice B.website C.future D.communication
8.A.making B.donating C.borrowing D.saving
9.A.with B.from C.to D.through
10.A.worried B.nervous C.willing D.shy
八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last year, four children waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street corner (拐角). There were _______ bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty soda cans(苏打罐) everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had no leaves, and there wasn’t any flower at all. It was ugly (难看的).
One Friday, one of the children looked at the corner and decided to do _______ about it. The next Monday, she _______ a bag and colleted some of the old bottles to recycle (回收利用). On Tuesday, she and her friend spent another ten minutes _______ soda cans and put them in a different bag for recycling. On Wednesday, all the children joined together. The corner became _______!
The corner looked better but it was _______ ugly. So the next day the girl brought some flower seeds(种子). She _______ the seeds and watered them, and watered the _______ , too. She only had ten minutes a day _______ that was enough.
A few months later, this corner became a beautiful garden ________ pretty flowers and healthy trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to help your city?
1.A.old B.common C.cheap
2.A.something B.anything C.nothing
3.A.sent B.threw C.brought
4.A.picking up B.finding out C.looking after
5.A.ugly B.clean C.fresh
6.A.so B.even C.still
7.A.touched B.planted C.chose
8.A.trees B.plants C.flowers
9.A.so B.but C.though
10.A.with B.through C.without
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Father and son
The other day, I was sitting in the study and working on my website, a cup of tea on the table and old songs from my computer. It was a special pleasure to have such a _________ day after weeks of hiking, snowboarding and going crazy.
“Hi dad! Want some orange juice, graybeard?” Coyote yelled (叫喊) to me much louder than_________“No, just bring me some chips!” I shouted back.
One time, when I misheard what he said three times in a row, he ___________that I had become too old and started to hear worse. Since then, yelling at me has become a kind of family joke.
Pushing everything to the limit was the basis of Coyote's character. On one hand, it helped him to achieve tasks he had to do on his own, and he did great, making me proud of him. On the other hand, this brought him___________, as he did not know when to stop. At such moments, I would behave super⁃fatherly, and give him advice and warnings that he usually ignored (忽视). When he wore a green haircut, I would try to convince (说服) him to paint it black. When he got a tattoo (纹身), we had a / an _________ . All these surely drove me mad, and the big fights started. It is strange but when I was a teenager, my father would act exactly the same and it took me a long time to understand him.
“Dad, let me show you something,” Coyote said as he was getting back. “Don't get too _________ , okay?” I sighed (叹气), because I was almost sure of what I was about to see.
When he ___________his T-shirt, I saw a new tattoo: some Buddhist symbol, I guess.Coyote has been interested in Asian culture for a long time.
“Control yourself, graybeard,” I said to myself, trying not to yell something like,“Why the hell would you need another tattoo after you already made that huge first one?”
The next moment I realized that my yelling would not _________ anything; the tattoo was already on Coyote's skin.
And then I thought: “Hey, what if I get a tattoo myself?”
1.A. busy B. blue C. strange D. peaceful
2.A. needed B. expected C. accepted D. imagined
3.A. complained B. realized C. joked D. shouted
4.A. tiredness B. honors C. happiness D. troubles
5.A. agreement B. argument C. decision D. discussion
6.A. mad B. curious C. excited D. nervous
7.A. hid B. showed C. lifted D. hung
8.A. interrupt B. change C. test D. cost
八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
What is bullying (霸凌), exactly? A bully is more than just a bad kid. A bully likes to give you a ______ time for no reason at all.
A bully calls you names, takes your things and makes you ______ afraid over and over again for a long time.
Bullying can happen on the schoolyard, in your neighborhood or even ______ . Is there a bully at your school?
He corners you every morning, ______ your lunch money, and then ______ on your shoelaces (鞋带) as you walk away. Or maybe it's a girl who calls you "ugly" and makes up bad stories about you on WeChat.
If bullying happens to you, you are not ______. Surveys show that one-fourth of the middle school students have experienced ( 经历) bullying.
Bullying can make you feel terrible. Maybe you are afraid to go to school, or can't eat or sleep. What can you do? First of all, remember to be proud of ______ you are. Don't take the bully's bad words to heart. Also, keep in mind that it's not ______ fault (错误)—it's the bully who has the ______. If you can, ignore (无视) the bully. Maybe he or she will get bored and ______. If these things don't work, tell your favourite teacher and your parents about the bullying.
And, of course, never be a bully. If you don't like someone, don't bully him or her and the world will be a much happier place.
1.A.happy B.surprised C.pleasant D.hard
2.A.feel B.grow C.keep D.turn
3.A.street B.journey C.online D.store
4.A.fights B.mops C.takes D.shows
5.A.puts B.steps C.brings D.works
6.A.asleep B.awake C.alive D.alone
7.A.where B.who C.which D.why
8.A.your B.his C.their D.our
9.A.question B.problem C.mistake D.miss
10.A.return B.accept C.stop D.support
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“John, you have no school today. Let’s do some cleaning in the house.” John’s mom_______that morning.
Then they began to clean the house. They didn’t stop___________everything was tidy. Suddenly, John’s mom pointed to Grandpa’s chair and said, “That old chair has got to go. We’ll buy Grandpa a new one.” It was ___________. The chair was ugly. So John agreed.
As they were trying to move the chair, Grandpa came in. He ___________ their way. “Oh, no! You can’t take my chair away.” “Dad, we’ll buy you a new one.” John’s mom said. “No, I don’t want a new one”. Grandpa tried to push his chair back into _____________. John’s mom had to give up. Grandpa sat into his chair and closed his eyes.
“Grandpa, why don’t you let us throw away the chair?” John asked.
“You don’t understand, John. I sat in this chair with your grandma when I asked her to ___________me. It was so long ago. But when I sit in this chair and close my eyes, I feel she is near.” “It’s _______________ . How could grandpa remember such a thing many years ago. In fact, he forgot almost_______.” John thought.
“And the night you father was born, they placed the___________ baby into my arms. I sat in this chair for hours, and I had never been____________ ”. A smile now ______________across his old face.
“I think I’m going to understand.” John said.
“Many years later,” Grandpa’s voice ________, “the doctor called and told me your grandma was about to depart with this world, and I was lost without her in the following year. But this chair gave me __________and warmth.”
“I’m sorry, Grandpa. ”John looked at Grandpa and said,
“This is not just an old chair. You’ve______________ a lot together.” That night, John told his mom all about the chair. They realized how much the chair meant to grandpa.
When they look at the chair the next day, they found the room would be very__________without the old chair.
1.A.ordered B.suggested C.requested D.mentioned
2.A.when B.before C.unless D.until
3.A.true B.real C.common D.special
4.A.discover B.blocked C.lined D.covered
5.A.space B.room C.place D.seat
6.A.marry B.greet C.choose D.prefer
7.A.moving B.amazing C.unexpected D.believable
8.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
9.A.low B.heavy C.huge D.tiny
10.A.happier B.sadder C.stronger D.healthier
11.A.went B.came C.ran D.spread
12.A.appeared B.broke C.returned D.raised
13.A.safety B.heat C.comfort D.treat
14.A.looked back to B.looked through C.gone back to D.gone through
15.A.fascinating B.wonderful C.dark D.crowded
八年级英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
To Test Your Wings
"We have to let him try it, Lila," I said to my wife. "Can't you see that?"
"But how will he ________ on his own?"
"He'll make it."
"But he can't see, he's blind!"
"I know it."
Of course I knew it. I'm Andy's father, aren't I? But I also knew how much it hurt Lila to say that. It was years before I heard her accept it. She knew it and had been told it over and over by all the ________ at the hospitals we had taken Andy to when we were still hoping during the early years.
"Lila," I tried again, "he's nineteen years old. He's clever. He's ambitious. He's ________ -he believes in himself. He wants to try things on his own. We've given him what we can. We have to let him go."
"But why does he have to ________ a college halfway across the country?"
"Because he wants to test his wings."
"That's all very well, " she continued to protest (抗议), "but he cannot see. How do we know he can fly on his own?"
"I think he can," I said softly. "And we have to let him ________. He'll come back sometimes." We were both silent for a while.
"Remember Gertie, the bird we saved?" I asked.
"Yes," Lila nodded. "I remember Gertie."
"And we let her use her wings, didn't we?"
Lila ________ again.
"Even though she had broken her wing; even though you wanted to hold onto her; even though she was disabled too in a way, and we were ________ she might not make it, we still let her test her wings."
"Yes."
"And she did come back, didn't she? Not only that spring, but for several springs, and a couple of falls, too."
"But never to stay."
"No. Never to stay," I agreed. "And that's the ________ it is with children too, once they're grown and gone."
There were tears in Lila's eyes again, but her voice was firm (坚定的) as she stood up.
"Let's go find Andy. We'll tell him he can go and test his wings."
1.A.manage B.move C.change D.communicate
2.A.teachers B.doctors C.friends D.neighbors
3.A.bored B.confident C.patient D.nervous
4.A.miss B.leave C.choose D.discover
5.A.regret B.wait C.run D.try
6.A.laughed B.nodded C.asked D.promised
7.A.surprised B.afraid C.satisfied D.moved
8.A.secret B.way C.interest D.lesson
八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
Emma’s friend, Tom, had a beautiful new lunch box.
“It’s nice,’’ Emma told Tom. Then she ________ her lunch box. It was really old.
Emma wanted to have a new lunch box, too. But she knew that her parents did not have more ____ for it. Emma wanted to ________ a new lunch box, but she only had a little money. She couldn’t think of _______ ways to get a new lunch box, either.
The next day at school, Mrs. Robinson gave the class a _______. Emma did well in it, ________ she got a smiley face sticker(笑脸贴纸). Emma had a(n) _______. She put the sticker on her lunch box.
As the days went by, Emma _______ more and more stickers from her teacher for her good _______ in class. Each time, Emma put the sticker on her lunch box. Soon, Emma’s lunch box was covered with (被……覆盖) smiley face stickers. “Those smiley faces make me _______,” Tom told Emma one day at Lunch, “You have a great lunch box”. Emma smiled. She loved her lunch box much more.
1.A.watched B.drew C.described
2.A.time B.money C.food
3.A.clean B.bring C.buy
4.A.other B.different C.healthy
5.A.box B.lesson C.test
6.A.so B.but C.if
7.A.dream B.flag C.idea
8.A.heard B.knew C.got
9.A.way B.work C.painting
10.A.happy B.tired C.lucky
八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析