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Nowadays school students’ health becomes weaker. It is found that they _________ pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no interest in sports? Certainly not. Teenagers live very busy study lives now and often forget to think about sports.

Every week, they have to _________ themselves for all kinds of examinations and tests in school. Test scores have become the focus of their life. Parents pay high attention to their test results. Because of the pressure(压力) from their parents and teachers, they _________ to work harder and spend most of their time on books. So many of them almost become bookworms. Books have kept them from sports. As for the students themselves, they want to get good results _________ they can have a good future. So they spend all of their spare time studying for improvement and _________ school sports.

However, it is important to take a correct attitude about study. A quick mind rarely goes along with a weak body. _________ a strong body, you can never achieve anything. Sports give us valuable practice in helping the eyes, brain and muscles work together. Such kind of practice is especially useful for the students who work with their brains too long.

1.A.hardly B.likely C.usually D.nearly

2.A.teach B.enjoy C.practice D.prepare

3.A.learn B.decide C.have D.refuse

4.A.now that B.unless C.so that D.as soon as

5.A.give up B.take up C.join in D.go in for

6.A.Besides B.Except C.Without D.With

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Mary Donaldson is worried about her 16-year-old daughter, Sophia. Six months ago, Sophia came back from a party, upset and unhappy. From then on, she thinks of nothing but __________ to lose weight and become beautiful. She refuses to eat and keeps on doing exercise. Sophia had always been a little heavy, so when she decided to go on a diet, Mary ___________ her, she felt that her daughter would look more attractive if she lost 10 kilograms. However, Sophia___________ over 20 kilograms until now. Her eating and exercising habits are having__________ her health. She is too thin and is often sick.

Her mother is trying to prevent her from going on a diet and losing weight, but Sophia thinks that she is still too heavy and refuses to start eating _________.Sophia’s mind is full of the idea of looking like a model. Every day she goes to a club to do exercise. When she is not there, she spends her time reading magazines like Fashion & Beauty. The models in these magazines are very thin and beautiful. Sophia says, “If I look like these models, I will be happy and all the boys will like me.”

Mary doesn’t know how to help her daughter. She feels ___________for having encouraged her at first, because Sophia no longer feels good or pleased with her body. She’s afraid that Sophia will never be happy if she keeps comparing ___________ with the models in the magazines. Mary tries to tell Sophia that true beauty is from within. Common people are not supposed to look like models. The most ordinary face becomes beautiful when the person behind it is filled with confidence, wisdom and the joy of life.

1.A. what　　　　 B. when 　　　　　　 C. how 　　　　 D. why

2.A. refused 　　 B. encouraged　　　 C. helped 　　 D. agreed

3.A. has got 　　 B. has bought　　　 C. has lost D. has lent

4.A. a harmful effect on B. a good help to C. a different idea with D. an active change to

5.A. as usual 　 B. as common　　　 C. as well as D. at last

6.A. happy 　　　 B. sorry 　　　　　　 C. worry 　　　　 D. pleased

7.A. someone 　　 B. others 　　　　　 C. himself　　 D. herself

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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. （选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）

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1.A.choose B.choices C.thoughts D.think

2.A.with B.in C.without D.during

3.A.own B.owe C.design D.build

4.A.usually B.useless C.usual D.useful

5.A.importantly B.important C.efficient D.efficiently

6.A.job B.do C.use D.work

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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文）

People sometimes look at nature and fail to see its perfection (完美). For example, they look at a plant and think, “How much better this plant would be if only its flowers were more beautiful!” Or they see a summer rain and think, “If I had ______ the world I would have made it never rain when people are on holiday.”

Such a ______ happened long ago when a traveller was resting under an apple tree. As he looked around, he saw a big pumpkin in a nearby garden. He noticed that the vine (藤) on which the big pumpkin grew was quite weak. ______ him, he saw small round apples hanging on strong limbs (树枝). “How stupid nature is!” the man thought to himself. “If nature had half a brain, it would have made these big pumpkins grow on this strong tree ______ on the weak vine.”

The traveller was proud that he was smarter than the creator of all things in the natural world. Just then, a small apple fell from the tree, hitting him on the head. He quickly saw the defect (不足之处) in his thinking. He learned how things might have been different if it had been the huge pumpkin that had hit him on the head. “I clearly would have ______ my life in such an accident,” he said.

As he went on his way, he had new admiration (钦佩) for nature.

1.A.explored B.created C.discovered D.expected

2.A.dream B.brain C.case D.trouble

3.A.Above B.Beside C.Against D.Before

4.A.because of B.out of C.full of D.instead of

5.A.enjoyed B.rescued C.lost D.begun

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Mrs Wilson, the middle-aged wife of a rich businessman, invited some of her friends to lunch. She was very anxious to try a new way of cooking a fish dish, and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready. As the dish was very _____, she put it near the open window to cool it for a few minutes. ______, five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was frightened to find her neighbour's cat, Chester, at the dish. Luckily she was_____to stop the cat from eating the fish. That afternoon was a great success and everyone enjoyed the dish very much.

At the end of the afternoon, while she was____, Mrs Wilson felt tired but happy. She was in an armchair just near the window, when through the window she was surprised to see the neighbour's cat _____in the garden. Why, the fish dish must be poisonous(有毒的）.What would happen to her friends? She at once phoned the family doctor for advice. The doctor told her to telephone each of the visitors to meet him at the hospital as soon as possible. Finally，the danger was______. Once again Mrs Wilson was alone in her armchair in the living room, still tired but ____happy. Just then, the phone rang. It was her neighbour. “ Oh， Millie，’’ her neighbour cried, “Chester is dead. She was killed by someone in the car and thrown in your garden. ”

1.A. delicious　　 B. soft　　 C. hot　　 D. nice

2.A. However　　 B. But　　 C. Though　　 D. So

3.A. in time　　 B. on time　　 C. in this way　　 D. in a hurry

4.A. away　　 B. alone　　 C. lonely　　 D. out

5.A. sitting　　 B. living　　 C. running　　 D. dead

6.A. near　　 B. coming　　 C. finished　　 D. over

7.A. even more　　 B. yet　　 C. no longer　　 D. already

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

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Do you know about Carole Lombard? She was a famous actress in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34. In her________ life she made 70 movies!

Lombard’s real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near her home. A movie director saw her and decided to put her in a movie. She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last silent movies. She _______so well that she won the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to enter film circle.

In 1925, she had an agreement (协议) with a film studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave her a new name, and she was successful in several films. Then, at age 18, a terrible ________ happened to her. It left scars (伤疤) on her face. The studio wanted to break the agreement, but she did not _______. She continued to serve as an actress.

In fact, it was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a _______. She made many movies for the studio. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months.________ seven years, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.

1.A.short B.natural C.long D.patient

2.A.described B.acted C.expressed D.tricked

3.A.decision B.sound C.record D.accident

4.A.give up B.watch out C.take charge D.take care

5.A.scientist B.writer C.director D.star

6.A.Since B.Before C.But D.After

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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或短语完成短文)

I did badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14, he said, “You are never going to be _________.”

I left school and after five years of odd jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class (中产阶级)　 girl. It was the best thing that happened to me. I _________ to do something positive (积极的) with my life because I wanted to prove to her that what people said about me was wrong. So I tried hard with my _________ and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college.

After college I taught during the day in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a degree (学位) in history. I became a lecturer at a college, but later I was thinking of _________ that job to write full time when I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel _________ —here was a working-class boy left school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I _________ wish all the people that have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You can make it.”

1.A.important B.successful C.honest D.hardworking

2.A.continued B.failed C.decided D.remembered

3.A.experiment B.writing C.practice D.work

4.A.taking up B.putting up C.giving up D.picking up

5.A.sad B.surprised C.nervous D.proud

6.A.just B.even C.quite D.still

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A few years ago, my two-year-old son pointing at a dozen of “stood” color marker-pens, cheered excitedly, “Mummy, look! I did it.” With the encouragement of such a ____, he quickly collected another handful of long and thin ball-pens, trying to do the same-making them stand up on the table. Little by little, his face _______— red and finally he cried out, “Mummy, help!”

____ all the ball-pens in his hand had either sharp or round ends, I said casually, “Mummy can’t help you on this.” But immediately he cried loudly and fell to the floor. A moment later, he ran back to the table, and_________ trying to keep the ball-pens standing up.

Without knowing why the ball-pens can; t stand up, my son had accepted the impossibility after many times of　 ______tries. He put aside all the ball-pens, and kept only those marker-pens for this standing up “game”. This time he succeeded in this way. Clearly, he already learned to let go of this useless try.

Being persistent is not easy. But sometimes, it is even harder to let go. In our daily life, perhaps many headaches can be____ if we know how to realize those unlikely achievable goals, and then decisively let go of them immediately.

1.A.reply B.present C.photo D.success

2.A.turned B.guided C.held D.lifted

3.A.Knowing B.Noticing C.Believing D.Understanding

4.A.stopped B.continued C.enjoyed D.finished

5.A.failed B.passed C.wanted D.died

6.A.connected B.stopped C.started D.avoided

八年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析

Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage. (选择最恰当的单词或短语，完成短文)

Everyday cars kill or hurt many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too fast or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them _______ the traffic rules and causes accidents.

According to some researchers, it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who caused the accidents. A lot of road users a very careless. They walk or run across the road _______ of the cars. They walk in the roads but not on the walkways. They get into all out of cars in the middle of the road. Some do not take the trouble to _______ the green lights and simply cross the roads against the light against the red lights。

Many people think accidents often happen in busy roads in large cities, but this is not always true. _______, Tokyo is one of the world’s largest cities and probably one of the busiest cities. However, there are _______ accidents to pedestrians. The reason is that the police there are very strict ( 严格的 ) and pedestrians are very careful. Pedestrians never cross against a red light and they _______follow the rules.

Do you know alcohol ( 酒精) is another main cause of traffic accidents? It delays（推迟、延期） people's response. Those who have drunk alcohol are slow in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react ( 反应 ). Alcohol drinking is especially dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents after drinking, drunken pedestrians might put their lives in danger as well

1.A.make B.break C.follow D.remember

2.A.at the end of B.in the center of C.on the top of D.in front of

3.A.turn on B.worry about C.wait for D.point out

4.A.In addition B.For example C.By the way D.On the other hand

5.A.few B.many C.enough D.some

6.A.always B.never C.even D.hardly

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Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

Some Americans are poor at speaking foreign languages. It’s a fact. In any city around the world, you can find American tourists asking for the restaurant menu in English. At best, they will try to say a couple of phrases they ______ from a phrase book, but they will stop making an effort the moment they discover the waiter knows a little English.

I read a survey once that found that only 20 percent of Americans could speak a language other than English in their own homes. So ______ is this? I think laziness is possibly the key factor（因素）. There is a general feeling among Americans that “Everyone speaks English nowadays, so it’s not worth learning other languages.” In multinational companies（跨国公司）, English is often the official language of communication within the company. ______, Americans who live abroad can always find other American people to talk to or to watch American TV with – all reasons for never bothering to learn the local language.

The situation in American schools doesn’t help. In 1997, about 75 percent of American public middle schools offered foreign languages. Today, that number has ______ to 58 percent. And even the few students who study foreign languages at school don’t spend as many ______ of classes as students in other countries. I think it is also a ______ that American children don’t study English grammar any more, which makes it more difficult for them to learn the grammar of another language.

1.A.have borrowed B.have learned C.have chosen D.have collected

2.A.when B.which C.what D.why

3.A.Also B.So C.Yet D.However

4.A.gone up B.gone down C.gone quickly D.gone slowly

5.A.types B.hours C.books D.interests

6.A.wonder B.habit C.problem D.mistake

八年级英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析