人教版八年级英语上册期中复习之Unit1语法，词汇专项练习5
阅读短文，根据适当形式和首字母填空。
In recent years, the volunteering spirit has spread among the Chinese people. It really made a _____ (different) to our society. More and more people are e_____ about volunteering. It is _____ (mean) for both the people in need and the society.
According to a survey, in 2008, there were about 1,700,000 volunteers who offered s_____ for the Olympic Games. They p_____ an active role. _____ (with) them, it would be a difficult task to h_____ the games. We can say _____ (volunteer) ensured (确保) the success of the games. As students, we should take part in the actions. On the one hand, it is a good way to s_____ our free time. On the other hand, we can get a strong feeling of _____ (satisfy) from it.
阅读下面的短文，根据上下文补充所缺信息。
Last Sunday Tom went to the movie. The _____ was very wonderful. He was _____ about watching the movie. He _____ home very late. He opened the front door and went into the house. It was very dark, so he turned _____ the light. Outside the bedroom, Tom _____ hear some voices in the room. He was so surprised, because he lived _____. Then he shouted, "Who is there " _____ no one answered. He opened the door quickly and turned on the light. The room _____ empty. Then he found something and laughed. The _____ was still on! "I _____ to turn it off this morning." he thought.
填入适当的单词补全对话。
Anna: Are you free tomorrow, Jack
Jack: Well, I have nothing to do. What's up
Anna: I'm going to climb a mountain near our school with Helen. Would you like to join us
Jack: Sorry, I'm afraid I _____. I think it's dangerous, Anna.
Anna: Maybe. But it's also exciting. You should try it.
Jack: In fact, I did it last month. However, I got into _____.
Anna: Really What happened to you
Jack: I wasn't careful and fell off a big rock when I was climbing.
Anna: Oh, that's too bad. Did you _____ yourself
Jack: Yeah. Luckily, a man saw me and took me to the _____ right away. So I think we should do something safe.
Anna: You are right. It seems we should give up climbing the mountain.
Jack: Why don't we help out as _____ in the old people's home
Anna: That's a good idea.
want, only, heavy, sell, find, patient, throw, from, count, describe
Once a poor farmer found there was an egg in the nest (窝) of his goose. It was all yellow and bright. When picking it up, he felt it was very _____, like a stone. He was about to _____ it away because he though that someone was playing a trick on him. But on second thoughts, he took it home, and then he _____ that it was an egg of gold!
He sold the egg for a huge bag of coins. And every day the same thing happened and every day he _____ his money and wished for more and more. The farmer soon became rich by _____ eggs.
As he grew rich, he grew greedy (贪婪的), and _____ to get all the gold eggs that the goose could give at once. So he killed the goose and cut her open, _____ to find nothing.
The English idiom "Killing the golden goose." is _____ this story. It is generally used to _____ a short-sighted action that destorys the useful or valuable things. The fable (寓言) tells us he who wants more often loses all. When you want something, be _____. If you want to have something more, you might lose what you already have.
阅读短文，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每次限用一次
success, keep, can, Tony, worry, encourage
This is a true story about two friends, Tony and Ben.
One day Tony said to Ben,"I'm sure that one day you will be _____." "Really " Ben smiled and said, "If I do, I will give you ＄100,000." Tony just thought of it as a joke but Ben was serious and looked on it as his hope. He wrote down his words on a piece of paper.
Twelve years later, the two friends were living in different cities and didn't keep in touch with each other. Tony lived a poor life, and what was worse, he fell seriously ill. However, he had no money to go to hospital. When his family was _____, a man stopped his car in front of their house. It was Ben. He really became successful and rich. From one of his classmates, Ben knew about _____ problem. He was very sad and _____ wait to go to visit Tony.
They were very excited to see each other. Ben asked Tony not to give up (放弃) hope, and then he handed ＄100,000 to Tony's wife.
"The money is for Tony. Many years ago, Tony's words _____ me a lot. It made me successful today. Now it's my time _____ my promise," Ben said.
阅读短文，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每次限用一次
knife, surprise, something, alone, important, cry
"You know, Ann," my friend Nick said, "Lisa and Anita were just talking about you." I immediately got nervous. "They said that you join the Student Union just because the teacher likes you, not because you're excellent."
I struggled to keep myself from crying, getting down to my knees. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I felt I was _____.
Lisa and Anita came in, acting as if _____ had happened. Lisa was still my desk mate and Anita was still my partner for our history project. I was _____ that they were able to pretend (假装) we had the perfect friendship, especially since they'd said such hurtful things.
I felt like I didn't have a friend in the world. All because of rumor (谣言).
The tongue can be our worst enemy. Rumors do harm to friendship. They are like sharp _____, breaking one's dignity (尊严) into pieces. When we say unkind things about others, we're hurting their hearts.
So how was I to act next I thought of attacking them back. But instead, I told them directly they had hurt me. Lisa started _____ and Anita was speechless. I knew they were both sorry for what they had said. They said sorry to me, and I forgave them although I was still unhappy. Sure, things were a little embarrassing (尴尬的) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before.
I still deal with rumors from time to time. Talking about others is a part of our life, but the more I learn about friendship, the more I realize the _____ of tolerating (宽容) others.
阅读短文，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每次限用一次
start, she, begin, good, keep
Do you want to play outside the classroom an hour a day A dream, you think Maybe not.
Last week, the Ministry of Education _____ a national "sunshine sports" activity. It suggests students have an hour of sports every day. They would be able to do whatever sports they like. The idea is to make students happy and _____ them fit at the same time.
Han Jiawen, 13, likes the idea. Han's school in Shanghai began the activity last week. Han and _____ classmates skipped rope (跳绳) together. "We had a good time," said Han. "It's _____ playing than having classes all the time."
Wang Lichao seemed not interested in the idea. "Sometimes I feel PE classes are a bit boring," he said. And the 14-year-old Tianjin boy worried about the space for sports. "I'm afraid there won't be enough room for everyone in our playground."
Wu Jiatong's school in Liaoning has been doing something similar to the "sunshine sports" idea for a while. Since the _____ of this term, Wu and her classmates have been jogging (慢跑) for 40 minutes each morning. Wu hopes there will soon be other sports to choose from.
The school may let students skip rope or even skateboard (轮滑). "I can't wait for that!" said Wu.
答案
一、填空题（共7题）
1. 【答案】
(1) difference
(2) excited
(3) meaningful
(4) service
(5) played
(6) Without
(7) hold
(8) volunteers
(9) spend
(10) satisfaction
2. 【答案】
(1) movie
(2) excited
(3) got
(4) on
(5) could
(6) alone
(7) But
(8) was
(9) radio
(10) forgot
3. 【答案】
(1) won't
(2) trouble
(3) hurt
(4) hospital
(5) volunteers
4. 【答案】
(1) heavy
(2) throw
(3) found
(4) counted
(5) selling
(6) wanted
(7) only
(8) from
(9) describe
(10) patient
5. 【原文】文章讲了两个朋友的故事，Ben信守诺言，成功后给了Tony他答应的10万美元。
【答案】
(1) successful
(2) worried
(3) Tony's
(4) couldn't
(5) encouraged
(6) to keep
6. 【原文】
【答案】
(1) alone
(2) nothing
(3) surprised
(4) knives
(5) to cry
(6) importance
7. 【原文】文章讲了教育部启动了“阳光运动”活动，有的同学喜欢，有的不感兴趣。
【答案】
(1) started
(2) keep
(3) her
(4) better
(5) beginning
