八年级英语下册短文填空习题初中二年级

一. 完形填空。(10分)

(1)One day Jack went to a big dinner party. His coat was not good. When he went in, no one looked at him and no one gave him 16 food. He was 17 angry that he went home, and 18

his best coat and then came back to 19 party. Everyone stood up at once and came to meet him. Other guests 20 him to the best table and gave him the best food. Then Jack put the food in his coat and said, “Please eat, my dear coat. ”The other people were very 21 and said, “Why are you doing that?” Jack answered, “I’m asking my coat 22 now. When I came here at 23 , nobody noticed me 24 gave me food. After I changed my coat, you gave me the best food. So you gave food to my coat, not to 25 .”Everyone felt embarrassed(尴尬的).

( )1. A. any B. some C. few D. little

( )2. A. too B. very C. so D. such

( )3 A. wear B. put on C. to wear D. to put on

( )4 A. a B. an C. one D. the

( )5. A. take B. taken C. took D. takes

( )6. A. surprise B. surprising C. surprised D. angry

( )7. A. eat B. eating C. to eat D. ate

( )8. A. first B. the first C. last D. the last

( )9 A. and B. or C. nor D. but

( )10. A. I B. my C. mine D. me

(2) Reading newspapers has become an important part of our everyday life. Some people read newspapers 26 the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day 27 they can learn what 28 in the world.

People just choose their favorite newspapers. Some like the world news, and 29 prefer short stories. Sometimes we don’t have enough time 30 all the news carefully, so we just 31

a quick look at the front page. At other time, we 32 be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the titles(标题) of the passages.

Today, newspapers in English have 33 of readers in the world. The English language is so popular 34 many Chinese students are reading English newspapers, such as China Daily, 21st Century and so on. They bring 35 i