牛津译林版八年级上册Unit 1 Friends 短文首字母填空练习（含解析）

Unit 1 Friends
单元话题短文首字母填空练习
（2023 春 · 江苏扬州 · 八年级校考阶段练习） 根据短文内容和首字母提示， 在下文空格处填入适当的词使短
文完整。（每空一词）
Tara arrived at Heston High a year ago. At first Tom didn’t n 1 her. Tara was just the new girl at school. But then one Tuesday e 2 they met at the computer club. They started talking and they discovered that they s 3 lots of hobbies. That evening they walked home together, and it was the
b 4 of their friendship.
After that, every Tuesday they walked back home t 5 . This lasted for six months until the regional school football tournament(锦标赛) started. Tom went to f 6 practice with Ziggy almost every evening,
including T 7 .
Tom and Ziggy were best friends and soon Tara was friends with b 8 of them, too. They all loved football, Tara included. But most of all they loved m 9 -listening to music, going to music shops, and
reading and talking about music.
The t 10 friends liked all types of music but they loved reggae best. And their favourite singer was
Bob Marley.
—Adapted from The Anti-Bully Squad
（2022 秋 · 江苏徐州 · 八年级统考期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词。
Two friends are travelling together when they meet a bear on their way. One of them is good at c 11 trees. He quickly gets up a tree and does not help his friend.The other man has to lie on the ground and pretends(假装) to be dead. The bear comes up to him and s 12 him all over with his nose. Then the bear
says s 13 in the traveller’s ear. The bear does not think the traveller will taste good, so he goes away.
When the bear leaves, the other traveller up on the tree comes d 14 . “Are you all right, my friend Did
the bear say anything in your ear ” he says, “What did it say ”
“It tells me,” the man says, “N 15 travel with someone who runs away when there is danger.”
（2021 秋 · 江苏扬州 · 八年级校考期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
Dickon pushed the wheelchair s 16 round and round the garden. He often stopped to s 17
Colin something—green buds, a feather, an e 18 eggshell (蛋壳).
“I’m going to come back tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after,” said Colin. Suddenly he
p 19 to the high wall and said, “Who’s that man ”
Mary and Dickon t 20 and looked. It was Ben Weatherstaff on t 21 of a ladder (梯子)!
“What are you doing ” he shouted a 22 . “How did you get into this garden ”
“The robin showed me the door!” Mary shouted b 23 to him.
Colin a 24 Dickon to push his wheelchair over to the wall.
“Do you know who I am ” demanded Colin, like the young Rajah. Ben Weatherstaff stared and stared at him
but he didn’t say a w 25 .
“Do you know who I am ” demanded Colin again. “Answer!” Ben Weatherstaff’s voice was shaking when
he replied.
“I know who you are. You look like your mother. You are the poor hunchback (驼背).” Colin’s face went
red.
（2020 秋 · 江苏南通 · 八年级南通市新桥中学校考期中）短文填空。
Everyone wants a true friend. But what’s a true friend l 26 A true friend is one who can give you
a 27
____
your worries.
and help you when you are in trouble. You can call him or her at any time and t 28 about
A true friend is b 29 than a common friend. A true friend will come over to h 30
you without any requests (要求) and be with you when you are in n 31 . A true friend is like a mother who is just a true friend of her c 32 . Instead of having hundreds of common friends, if you have a true friend, you are l 33 . Sometimes it is much e 34 for us to receive but more difficult to give, so be
a true friend yourself f 35 if you want to have a true friend.
（2021 秋 · 江苏扬州 · 八年级校联考阶段练习）The four March sisters were sitting around the fire in the living room. Meg was the eldest of the four sisters. She was sixteen. She was very pretty and she loved pretty clothes. Jo was fifteen. She was tall and thin. She was different from Meg. She didn’t c 36 about dresses or hairstyles. Beth was thirteen. She was very shy and quiet and she seemed to live in a happy world of her o__37__. The y__38__ , Amy, looked like a snow princess w__39__ her blue eyes and blonde hair. She loved
beautiful things and she also thought that she was a very important person.
One day, they were having a picnic in the field with their friends Laurie.
“I have a lot of dreams,” said Laurie. He lay down and looked u__40__ at the sky. “I want to t__41__ around
the world and see lots of places. Then I’d like to become a famous musician. Grandfather wants me to go to
college and then become a businessman like him.”
“I’d like a lovely house, f__42__ of all kinds of nice things-good food, pretty clothes and lovely furniture,”
Meg said.
“I want to write books and be rich and f__43__. I want to do something important in my life. That’s my
favourite dream,” said Jo. “And yours, Beth ”
“I dream about staying at home with Father and Mother forever and l__44__ after the family,” said Beth
quietly.
“I have lots of dreams,” said Amy. “But my favourite one is to be an artist. I’d like to go to Rome and
p__45__ wonderful pictures. I want to be the best artist in the world.”
（2020 秋 · 江苏盐城 · 八年级校考阶段练习）Making friends is a skill. Like most skills. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be w 46 to do something. You must first go where there are people.
You won’t make friends staying home a 47 .
Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do is a much e 48 way.
Or join someone in some activities.
Many people are s 49 when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel uncomfortable about the unknown. We think other people are judging
us—finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the s 50
way.
Try to be brave when you e 51 a room full of strangers. Walk straight, look directly(直接地)at other
people with a s 52 on your face, your smiling face means friendship.
If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t w 53 for the other person to start a
conversation(对话).
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you’ll make f 54 with that person. Friendship is not so easy. It t 55 time to develop friendship. And there are things that stop a new friendship from
growing.
（2022 秋 · 江苏镇江 · 八年级校考周测）Let me tell you a story. A good friend of mine lives with six hundred animals on an island. Ever s 56 he left school, he has travelled all over the world l 57 for animals for his own zoo. He writes books about his travels, and about his wonderful a 58 . The money for his books
helps him to p 59 for all the animal food. My friend told me that when he was looking for water last week
(There is not enough water on the island, though there is a lot all around it), he f 60 oil. He n 61 money for his travels and for his zoo , and a little oil would buy e 62 water for a long time , but he knows that if he tells anybody else about it , it will be the e 63 of his zoo and his life’s work. So I think he will not tell anybody e 64 you and me about what he found-because oil and water can’t be p 65 together. Oil
may bring greater trouble to his animals than not having enough water. Do you think so
参考答案：
1 ．(n)otice 2 ．(e)vening 3 ．(s)hared 4 ．(b)eginning 5 ．(t)ogether 6 ．(f)ootball
7 ．(T)uesday/(T)uesdays 8 ．(b)oth 9 ．(m)usic 10 ．(t)hree
【导语】本文主要介绍了塔拉和汤姆以及奇吉的友谊。
1 ．句意：起初汤姆没有注意到她。根据后文的“they met at the computer club.”可知他们在计算机俱乐部相
遇，因此是起初没有注意到，结合首字母应用 notice 表示“注意” ，助动词后接动词原形。故填(n)otice。
2 ．句意： 但后来的一个星期二晚上， 他们在电脑俱乐部见面。根据后文的“with Ziggy almost every evening”可知几乎每天晚上都和 Ziggy 在一起， 因此他们是晚上时候见面， 结合首字母应用 evening 表示“晚
上” 。故填(e)vening。
3 ．句意：他们开始交谈，他们发现他们有很多共同的爱好。短语 share lots of hobbies 表示“有很多共同爱
好” ，结合首字母，应用 share 表示“分享” ，时态为一般过去时，此处应用过去式。故填(s)hared。
4 ．句意：那天晚上，他们一起走回家，这是他们友谊的开始。短语 the beginning of sth 表示“某事的开端”。
故填(b)eginning。
5 ．句意：之后，每个星期二他们一起走回家。根据“they walked back home”可知他们走回家，结合首字母，
应用 together 表示“一起” 。故填(t)ogether。
6 ．句意：汤姆几乎每天晚上都和齐吉一起去练足球，包括周二。根据“This lasted for six months until the regional school football tournament(锦标赛) started.”可知这种情况持续了六个月，直到地区学校足球锦标赛
开始。因此是去足球训练。故填(f)ootball。
7 ．句意：汤姆几乎每天晚上都和齐吉一起去练足球，包括周二。由前文可知汤姆和塔拉每周二一起回家， 根据“practice with Ziggy almost every evening”可知几乎每晚都和齐吉一起练习，因此包括周二，此处用单
复数都符合题意。故填(T)uesday/ (T)uesdays。
8 ．句意：汤姆和齐吉是最好的朋友，很快塔拉也和他们俩成了朋友。短语 both of 表示“两者都” ，此处指
代汤姆和齐吉。故填(b)oth。
9 ．句意：但最重要的是，他们喜欢音乐—— 听音乐，去音乐商店， 阅读和谈论音乐。根据“listening to music, going to music shops, and reading and talking about music.”可知听音乐， 去音乐商店， 阅读和谈论音乐，
因此是喜欢音乐。故填(m)usic。
10 ．句意：三个朋友喜欢所有类型的音乐， 但他们最喜欢雷鬼。从前文可知， 塔拉和汤姆以及齐吉是朋友，
结合首字母，应用 three 表示“三” 。故填(t)hree。
11 ．(c)limbing 12 ．(s)mells 13 ．(s)omething 14 ．(d)own 15 ．(N)ever
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文， 介绍了两个朋友一起旅行， 一个会爬树丢下了自己的朋友独自逃生， 而另一
个靠着装死逃过一劫，告诉了人们永远不要和遇到危险时逃跑的人一起旅行。
11．句意：其中之一擅长爬树。根据“He quickly gets up a tree”和首字母 c 可知， 他擅长爬树， be good at doing
sth“擅长做某事” ，climb“爬” ，故填(c)limbing。
12．句意：熊走到他跟前， 用鼻子闻了闻他的全身。根据“The bear comes up to him and…him all over with his
nose”可知， and 并列两个时态相同的句子，空处使用三单形式，熊用鼻子闻， smell“闻” ，故填(s)mells。
13 ．句意：然后熊在旅行者的耳边说了些什么。根据后文“Did the bear say anything in your ear ”和空前 says
并结合首字母 s 可知，表示说了写什么， something“某些事” ，故填(s)omething。
14 ．句意：当熊离开时，树上的另一个旅行者也下来了。根据前文“He quickly gets up a tree”和首字母 d 可
知，这个人应该是从树上下来， down“向下” ，故填(d)own。
15 ．句意：永远不要与遇到危险时逃跑的人一起旅行。根据首字母提示可知，其中一个朋友在遇到危险时
就丢下这个人独自逃生，因此是永远不要和自私的人一起旅行，故填(N)ever。
16．(s)lowly
23 ．(b)ack
17．(s)how
24 ．(a)sked
18．(e)mpty
25 ．(w)ord
19．(p)ointed 20．(t)urned 21．(t)op 22．(a)ngrily
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了 Dickon 和 Mary 推着 Colin 在花园散步并遇到梯子顶端的 Ben 的
经过。
16 ．句意：Dickon 慢慢地推着轮椅在花园里一圈一圈地走着。根据“He often stopped”并结合首字母可知应
是慢慢地走，此处应填副词修饰动词，故填(s)lowly。
17 ．句意：他经常停下来让 Colin 看一些东西——绿色的芽苞，一根羽毛，一个空蛋壳。根据“...Colin something”并结合首字母可知应是向 Colin 展示一些东西， 而“to”为动词不定式符号， 后跟动词原形， 故填
(s)how。
18 ．句意：他经常停下来让 Colin 看一些东西——绿色的芽苞， 一根羽毛， 一个空蛋壳。根据“eggshell”和
首字母可知应是空蛋壳，故填(e)mpty。
19 ．句意：突然他指着高墙并且说“那个男人是谁？ ”。结合首字母可知， point to“指向”符合语境， 而由“and
said”可知时态应为一般过去时，故填(p)ointed。
20 ．句意：Mary 和 Dickon 转身看。结合首字母可知应是转身看，而根据“and looked”可知时态应为一般过
去时，故填(t)urned。
21 ．句意：在梯子顶部的是 Ben Weatherstaff。结合首字母可知，on the top of...“在 …… 的顶部”符合语境，
故填(t)op。
22 ．句意：“你正在做什么？ ”他生气地喊。根据“How did you get into this garden ”并结合首字母可知应是生
气的，而此处应填副词修饰动词，故填(a)ngrily。
23 ．句意： Mary 对他回喊道。结合备选词汇可知， shout back“喊回去”符合语境，故填(b)ack。
24 ．句意：Colin 让 Dickon 把他的轮椅推到墙上。结合首字母可知，ask sb. to do sth.“让某人做某事”符合
语境，而文章时态为一般过去时，故填(a)sked。
25 ．句意：Ben 盯着他但是没说一句话。根据“Ben Weatherstaff stared and stared at him but”和“say”可知应是
没说一句话，此处应填可数名词单数，故填(w)ord。
26．(l)ike 27．(a)dvice 28．(t)alk 29．(b)etter 30．(h)elp 31．(n)eed 32．(c)hild/(c)hildren
33 ．(l)ucky 34 ．(e)asier 35 ．(f)irst
【分析】本文主要讲述了什么是真正的朋友以及怎样才能得到真正的朋友。
26 ．句意：但真正的朋友是什么样的？根据“Everyone wants a true friend.”和首字母提示可知，空格所在句
表达“真正的朋友是什么样的” ，“what is … like”意为“ ……什么样” 。故填(l)ike。
27 ．句意：真正的朋友是在你遇到困难时能给你建议和帮助的人。根据“help you when you are in trouble”和
首字母提示可知，空格处应该表达给“建议” ，advice 建议，不可数名词。故填(a)dvice。
28 ．句意：你可以随时打电话给他或她，谈谈你的担忧。根据“You can call him or her at any time”和首字母
提示可知，空格处表达“谈论” ，用 talk，情态动词 can 后接动词原形。故填(t)alk。
29 ．句意：真正的朋友胜过普通的朋友。根据“than a common friend”和首字母提示可知，空格处是比较级，
根据常识应该是真正的朋友比普通朋友“更好” ，better 更好。故填(b)etter。
30 ．句意：一个真正的朋友会不请自来帮助你，当你处于困难中的时候，他会陪在你身边。。根据“A true friend”和常识可知，真正的朋友会“帮助”你，help 帮助，come over to do sth.来做某事，to 后接动词原形。
故填(h)elp。
31 ．句意：一个真正的朋友会不请自来帮助你，当你处于困难中的时候，他会陪在你身边。根据“be with
you”和首字母提示可知，应该是在需要的时候，朋友会在身边， in need 在困难中。故填(n)eed。
32 ．句意：一个真正的朋友就像一个母亲，她只是孩子的真正朋友。根据“A true friend is like a mother”和 首字母提示可知，此处表达母亲的孩子，此处既可以填单数也可以填复数，child（单数）/children（复
数）。故填(c)hild/(c)hildren。
33 ．句意：如果你有一个真正的朋友，而不是有几百个普通的朋友，那你很幸运。根据“Instead of having hundreds of common friends”和首字母可推断，此处表达有一个好朋友比有很多普通朋友要“幸运” ，空格处
作表语，填形容词， lucky 幸运的。故填(l)ucky。
34 ．句意：有时我们更容易接受，但更难给予，所以如果你想拥有一个真正的朋友，首先要做一个真正的
朋友。根据“but more difficult to give”和首字母提示可知，空格处表达更容易的，用比较级，easier 更容易
的。故填(e)asier。
35 ．句意：有时我们更容易接受，但更难给予，所以如果你想拥有一个真正的朋友，首先要做一个真正的 朋友。根据“if you want to have a true friend.”和首字母提示，此处应该是建议你“首先”做个真正的朋友。故
填(f)irst。
36 ．(c)are 37 ．(o)wn 38 ．(y)oungest 39 ．(w)ith 40 ．(u)p 41 ．(t)ravel 42 ．(f)ull
43 ．(f)amous 44 ．(l)ooking 45 ．(p)aint
【分析】36 ．句意：她不在乎衣服和发型。根据“She was different from Meg”结合首字母可知乔和梅格不一
样，她不在乎她的衣服和发型， care“在乎” ，didn’t 后加动词原形，故填(c)are。
37 ．句意：她很害羞，很安静，似乎生活在自己的幸福世界里。根据“ she seemed to live in a happy world of
her”可知是她看起来是活在她自己的世界里， own“某人自己的” ，故填(o)wn。
38 ．句意：最年轻的，艾米。根据前文可知总共有四个姐妹，前面依次按照年龄介绍了三个，最后一个艾
米是最小的， youngest“最年轻的” ，在这里要用形容词最高级，故填(y)oungest。
39．句意：艾米， 长着一双蓝眼睛和一头金发， 看起来像一位雪公主。根据“ princess...her blue eyes and blonde
hair”可知她是有着蓝眼睛和金发的，结合句子结构可知这里要填介词， with“有” ，是介词，故填(w)ith。
40 ．句意：他躺下来仰望天空。根据“at the sky.”可知他在向上看天空，固定短语 look up“向上看” ，故填
(u)p。
41 ．句意：我想环游世界，看很多地方。根据“...around the world and see lots of places”可知他是想去全世界
旅行， travel“旅行” ，to 后接动词原形构成动词不定式，故填(t)ravel。
42 ．句意：我想要一个漂亮的房子，里面有各种各样的好东西，美食，漂亮的衣服和漂亮的家具。根据 “house”和“all kinds of nice things-good food, pretty clothes and lovely furniture,”可知是家里充满了好吃的， 衣
服，家具等东西。 full of“充满” ，故填(f)ull。
43 ．句意：我想写书，发财，成名。根据“I want to write books and be rich and...”可知写书是想要富有，出
名。 famous“出名的” ，故填(f)amous。
44．句意：我梦想永远呆在家里和爸爸妈妈在一起， 照顾家人。根据“ staying at home with Father and Mother forever”可知她是想和父母待在一起，照顾家人， look after“照顾” ，在这里要用 look 的动名词形式 looking
做介词 about 的宾语，故填(l)ooking。
45 ．句意：我想去罗马画出精彩的画。根据“wonderful pictures”可知应是画美丽的图片， paint“绘画” ，to 后
接动词原形构成动词不定式，故填(p)aint。
46 ．(w)illing 47 ．(a)lone 48 ．(e)asier 49 ．(s)hy 50 ．(s)ame 51 ．(e)nter 52 ．(s)mile
53 ．(w)ait 54 ．(f)riends 55 ．(t)akes
【分析】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了结交朋友的一些技巧。
46 ．句意：如果你想结识人并交朋友，你必须愿意做一些事情。根据“be”可知，此空需要一个形容词，结
合语境和首字母提示可知，应该是愿意做一些事情，因此 willing 符合句意。故填(w)illing。
47 ．句意：一个人在家是交不到朋友的。根据“You won’t make friends”可知，独自呆在家里，是j 交不到
朋友的，结合首字母提示， alone 符合句意。故填(a)lone。
48 ．句意：加入一个俱乐部或团体，和那些和你有相同爱好的人交谈是一种更简单的方式。根据“much”可 知，此空需要一个形容词比较级；再者根据“Joining a club or a group, talking to those who like the same things as you do”可知，加入一个俱乐部或团体， 和那些和你有相同爱好的人交谈是一种更简单的方式， 因此 easier
符合句意。故填(e)asier。
49 ．句意：许多人在与陌生人交谈时都会害羞。根据“are”一词可知，此空需要一个形容词；再者根据“And it’s human nature to feel uncomfortable about the unknown.”可知，许多人在与陌生人交谈时都会害羞，因此
shy 符合句意。故填(s)hy。
50．句意：但别忘了， 他们肯定也有同样的感觉。根据“But”一词可知， 是有同样的感觉， 结合首字母提示，
same 符合句意。故填(s)ame。
51 ．句意：当你进入一个满是陌生人的房间时，要勇敢一点。根据“a room”可知，是进入房间，结合首字
母提示， enter 符合句意。故填(e)nter。
52 ．句意：直走， 面带微笑直视他人， 你的笑脸意味着友谊。根据“your smiling face means friendship”可知，
是面带笑容，结合首字母提示， smile 符合句意。故填(s)mile。
53 ．句意：不要等着别人开始交谈。根据“If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something.”可知，不
要等别人开始交谈，结合首字母提示， wait 符合句意。故填(w)ait。
54 ．句意：只是认识一个新的人并不意味着你会和那个人做朋友。根据固定搭配“make friends with sb.”和
首字母提示可知，此空 friends 符合句意。故填(f)riends。
55 ．句意：发展友谊需要时间。根据固定搭配“it takes sb. sth. to do sth.”可知，此空需要 take 的正确形式；
再者根据全文时态可知，用一般现在时，结合首字母提示， takes 符合句意。故填(t)akes。
56．(s)ince 57．(l)ooking 58．(a)nimals 59．(p)ay 60．(f)ound 61．(n)eeds 62．(e)nough
63 ．(e)nd 64 ．(e)xcept 65 ．(p)ut
【分析】本文主要讲述了作者的朋友在为动物寻找水源的时候发现了石油， 他卖油买水， 而且没有告诉任
何人，因为这样会给他的动物以及他的工作带来很大的麻烦，毕竟水和石油不可兼得。
56 ．句意：自从他离开学校后，他周游世界为自己的动物园寻找动物。空格后的句子是一般过去时，主句
是现在完成时，结合首字母 s ，可推断此空应填 since“自从” 引导时间状语从句，故填(s)ince。
57 ．句意：自从他离开学校后，他周游世界为自己的动物园寻找动物。根据“ … for animals for his own zoo”
及首字母可知，此处表示“寻找” ，英文表达为 look，此空填现在分词作伴随状语，故填(l)ooking。
58．句意：他写了关于他的旅行和他的奇妙的动物的书。根据“He writes books about his travels, and about his wonderful”及首字母可知，这本书有关旅行和动物的，animal 表示“动物” ，不止一个动物，用名词的复数
形式，故填(a)nimals。
59 ．句意：卖书的钱帮他支付了所有动物食品的费用。根据“the money…for”可知，这笔钱他用来支付动物
的食物费用， pay for“支付” ，help sb to do sth“帮助某人做某事” ，故填(p)ay。
60 ．句意：他发现了石油。根据“he … oil”及首字母可知，在岛上发现了石油， find“发现” ，句子是一般过
去时，动词用过去式，故填(f)ound。
61 ．句意： 他需要钱来支付旅行和他的动物园。此空缺少谓语动词，根据“money for his travels and for his zoo”可知， 他需要支撑旅行和动物园的费用， need“需要” ，实义动词， 句子是一般现在时， 主语 he 是第三
人称，动词用三单形式，故填(n)eeds。
62 ．句意：少量的石油可以买足够长的时间的水。根据“than not having enough water”可知，一点点石油所
换来的钱就可以买足够的水， enough“足够的” ，故填(e)nough。
63 ．句意：这将是他的动物园和一生工作的终结。根据“Oil may bring greater trouble to his animals”可知，
如果让别人知道了关于石油的事情，他的动物园和工作都将终结， end“结束” ，故填(e)nd。
64 ．句意：所以我想除了你和我，他不会告诉任何人他的发现。前文提到了他不想让其他的人知道关于他
的发现，所以这里指“ 除了你和我” ，except“除了” ，故填(e)xcept。
65 ．句意：因为油和水不能组合在一起。根据“because oil and water can’t be …together”及首字母可知，此 处指石油和水不能混合在一起，put“放” ，此处是含有情态动词的被动语态，此空应填过去分词，故填
(p)ut。