人教版八年级下册Unit 4 Why don't you talk to your parents? 短文填空练习（含答案）

Unit 4
短文填空练习
一、阅读短文，根据短文内容或用所给词的适当形式填空。
Young people can have problems with their minds. Some students become 1. ________(worry) because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble 2. ________ on well with people like their parents and classmates.
Liu Wei, a junior 2 student, could not understand his teacher and was doing 3. ______(bad) in his lessons. He became so nervous 4. ________ he started to cut his finger with a knife.
5. ________ student, Zhao Ming, wasn't good with his roommate, Li Hua. He 6. ______(kill) Li Hua by poisoning the water in the drinking machine in their dormitory.
A report 7. ________(say) about 18% of the teenagers have mental (精神上的) problems. Their troubles include being nervous and very 8. ________(happy), and having problems in learning and getting on with others. Many students who have problems won't ask for 9. ________(advise) or help. Some people think they will look stupid (傻的) 10. ________ they go to see a doctor. Others don't want to talk about their secrets.
二、根据短文内容，用适当的词或用括号里单词正确形式填空，使短文通顺、完整。
Mrs. Taylor has two sons. One is Simon and the other is Peter. Simon is fourteen years old while Peter is twelve, so Simon is Peter's 1. _______(old) brother. The boy Simon hardly depends on his mother from an early age. He always does things by 2. _________(he). He tries to do something 3._________ Mrs. Taylor's help. And he often 4. __________(offer) help when Mrs. Taylor does chores.
For example, in the morning he always helps his mother open all the 5. _____________(window) to let fresh air in 6.___________ make the bed in silence(安静地) so that he won't wake others up.
Mrs. Taylor gets on 7. _________(good) with Simon. When she has problems, she always 8. ______________(communicate) with Simon. Sometimes she can really get good advice from Simon.
Mrs. Taylor doesn't like Peter 9.______________ the boy is very lazy. Peter dislikes his mother because she is always 10. ____________(compare) him with Simon. He wants to be himself.
三、用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。
dark, come, over, example, useful, tell, she, help, sometimes, because
I’ve got a brother who is two years older than I am.1.________ he’s OK but other times he is a real pain in the neck. I will give you some 2.________. Yesterday I couldn’t put the key in the front door because it was 3.________ and I couldn’t see where the keyhole was. Did my brother help No, he just 4.________ me how silly I was! And last week when I 5.________ back from the hairdresser’s (理发店), he took one look at me and laughed. “No friends will go out with you looking like that. But don’t worry. I can 6.________ you. Here, take this paper bag and put it 7.________ your head.” Do you know how I felt
On the other hand, having a big brother can be 8.________. My parents are not so worried about letting me go out at night 9.________ I have a big and strong brother.
Another good thing is that he has many friends and there is a girl who is very good at math. I always ask 10.________ for help if I have problems with my math homework. She is always very kind and helpful!
四、从方框中选择合适的单词并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。
real, visit, forget, as, building, allow, story, I, luck, if, bring, shape
Guangzhou is my hometown (家乡). It is full of 1.________ dreams and memories (记忆). It’s always nice to go back there.
Guangzhou is very beautiful. In the streets, you can see many big old trees with birds in them. Also, people here 2.________ love flowers. They like to use flowers to decorate (装饰) houses and give them 3.________ gifts to friends. Flowers not only add beauty to their homes, but also 4.________ joy to their lives.
In Guangzhou, you can go almost anywhere you want by subway or bus. There are many interesting places for you to 5.________. In Beijing Road, you can find many shopping centers. Canton Tower is one of the most famous 6.________ in Guangzhou. You can have a bird’s-eye view (鸟瞰) of Guangzhou here. 7.________ you want to learn more about Guangzhou’s history, you can visit Yuexiu Park, where you will enjoy a lot of historical 8.________ about Guangzhou.
If you travel to Guangzhou during the Spring Festival, never 9.________ to go walking around the Flower Fairs (花市). It’s said that you will be 10.________ all the year after doing so!
I love my hometown. It’s always with me, wherever I am.
五、阅读短文，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。
even, hope, later, make, way, hand, go, think, another,, own
Monty Robert's father was a horse trainer.As a child, Monty often went from one farm to 1.________ with his father.Sometimes they didn't have enough money to pay for food, but Monty still kept 2.__________ to own a horse farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream.He wrote a seven page paper.He wanted to have a horse farm one day.He 3.__________ drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he 4.________ it in to his teacher.Two days later, he got his paper back.On the front page, there was a large red “F” with the words “See me after class”．So the boy 5.________ and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F？” The teacher said，“This dream will not come true for a young boy like you.You need a lot of money to 6.________ a horse farm.You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things.
There is no 7._________ that you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with such a simple dream, I will not give you a good grade.”After school, he 8._________ hard about it.At last, he decided to hand in the same paper 9__________ no changes at all.He wrote “You can keep the ‘F’ and I'll keep my dream.”
Many years 10._________,_Monty had his own large horse farm.His dream came true.So don't let anyone take away your dreams.Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.
参考答案
一、1. worried　2. getting　3. badly 4. that　5. Another　6. killed 7. says　8. unhappy　9. advice　10. if
二、1.elder 2.himself 3.without 4.offers 5.windows 6.and 7.well 8.communicates 9.because paring
三、1. Sometimes 2. examples 3. dark 4. told 5. came 6. help 7. over 8. useful 9. because 10. her
四、 1. my 2. really 3. as 4. bring 5. visit 6. buildings 7. If 8. stories 9. forget 10. lucky
五、1. another 2.hoping 3.even 4.handed 5.went 6.own 7.way 8.thought 9.making 10.later