中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台
【2024秋季（牛津译林版）八上英语单元分块精准训练】
Unit 2 School life(短文首字母填空精准练)
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，每空一词。
How much do you know about school life in Singapore
In Singapore, many middle school students s 1 a lot of time on their studies. People always think that good schooling is the t 2 to success (成功). So, many of these students try their best to get good results in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are usually big p 3 to them. Sometimes, a few even have to go to evening classes after school.
Schools have many a 4 outside school hours. The students can j 5 in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and rock-climbing. They a 6 join in community service(社区服务).
In their f 7 time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood movies, Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very p 8 , too. Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, c 9 with their friends online, playing computer and video games.
They s 10 go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores. So life for middle school students in Singapore is not easy but rich and colorful.
1．(s)pend 2．(t)ickets/(t)icket 3．(p)roblems 4．(a)ctivities 5．(j)oin 6．(a)lso 7．(f)ree 8．(p)opular 9．(c)hatting 10．(s)ometimes
【导语】本文主要讲了新加坡的学生生活。
1．句意：在新加坡，许多中学的学生在学习上花了很多时间。根据“a lot of time on their studies.”及空处首字母可知，考查spend+时间+on sth.表示“在某方面花费时间”。因描述的现在的情况，需用一般现在时，主语是students，谓语动词spend用原形。故填(s)pend。
2．句意：人们总是认为，好的学校教育是成功的门票。根据“So, many of these students try their best to get good results in their exams. ”因此，很多学生都尽他们最大努力在考试中有取得好成绩。可知，好的学校教育是成功的门票，ticket“门票”，此处用单复数均可。故填(t)ickets/(t)icket。
3．句意：他们每天有很多作业，考试对他们来说是很大的问题。根据“exams are usually big...”可知，需填名词复数，再根据“Sometimes, a few even have to go to evening classes after school.”和首字母提示，可知，考试对他们来说是个大问题，有的学生才会要去补课。problem“问题”，are后跟复数名词。故填(p)roblems。
4．句意：学校有很多校外活动时间。根据后句“The students can ...in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and rock-climbing. ”可知，讲的都是一些活动项目，故空处是activity“活动”，many后跟名词复数，需activity的复数形式activities.故填(a)ctivities。
5．句意：学生们能参加一些运动和游戏、音乐和跳舞、游泳和攀岩。根据首字母提示及“in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and rock-climbing.”可知，学生们是能参加这些活动。故需join“参加，加入”一词，与后面的in构成短语join in，因can后跟动词原形，需填join原形。故填(j)oin。
6．句意：他们也加入了社区服务。根据首字母及“join in community service(社区服务).”可知，学生还可以参加社区服务。故需also“也”。故填(a)lso。
7．句意：在他们的空闲时间，大多数学生喜欢听流行音乐。根据首字母提示及“most students like to listen to pop music”可知，是讲学生的空闲时间的。in one’s free time表示“在某人的空闲时间”，故需free。故填(f)ree。
8．句意：好莱坞电影、香港和新加坡电影也是非常受欢迎的。根据首字母提示及“Hollywood movies, Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very p...”可知，这些电影是受欢迎的。故需popular，在句中作表语。故填(p)opular。
9．句意：他们中的一些也上网、与他们网上的朋友聊天、打电脑游戏和视频游戏。根据“spend their free time searching the Internet”及首字母可知，考查spend+时间+doing sth.和chat with sb.这两个短语，分别表示“花费时间做某事”、“与某人聊天”。故填(c)hatting。
10．句意：他们有时去咖啡店、快餐店、商场中心和大书店。根据“go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores. ”可知，这些是他们有时做的一些其他事情。故需副词sometimes“有时”。故填(s)ometimes。
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After-school activities are necessary for students. If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are w 11 ! After-school activities can help us g 12 up in many ways. Above all, they offer us chances to p 13 what we learn in class. Through different kinds of activities we can also learn m 14 about today’s society and a lot of new things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our a 15 that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f 16 .
We are b 17 with our studies at school, so after school we need to relax ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe f 18 air and remove (消除) tiredness. Then we can pay attention to our studies and get good grades.
Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to others, some can keep us strong and h 19 , some may even change our life. So all the students should get out and take an active p 20 in after-school activities!
11．(w)rong 12．(g)row 13．(p)ractise/(p)ractice 14．(m)ore 15．(a)bilities
16．(f)uture 17．(b)usy 18．(f)resh 19．(h)ealthy 20．(p)art
【导语】本文主要介绍了学生参加课外活动的种种好处。
11．句意：如果你认为课外活动是浪费时间，那你就错了！根据“you think of after-school activities as a waste of time”及“After-school activities can help us ...”可知，认为课外活动是浪费时间，这种想法是错误的；wrong“错误的”，形容词作表语。故填(w)rong。
12．句意：课外活动可以在很多方面帮助我们成长。grow up“长大”，动词短语；根据help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”可知，应用动词原形。故填(g)row。
13．句意：最重要的是，它们为我们提供了实践课堂所学的机会。根据“ Above all, they offer us chances to ... what we learn in class.”及首字母可知，是实践我们在课堂上学的知识；practise/practice“实践”，动词；空前的“to”是不定式，故此处用动词原形。故填(p)ractise/(p)ractice。
14．句意：通过不同种类的活动，我们也可以了解更多关于当今社会和很多我们不能从书中学到的新的东西。根据“Through different kinds of activities we can also learn ... about today’s society”及首字母可知，通过不同种类的活动，我们可以了解更多关于当今社会的事情；more“更多”，符合语境。故填(m)ore。
15．句意：而且，它们帮助培养我们在现在学习和未来的工作、生活所需要的能力。根据“we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the ...”可知，我们现在学习以及未来工作和生活需要的是能力；ability“能力”，名词，此处用复数表示泛指。故填abilities。
16．句意：而且，它们帮助培养我们在现在学习和未来的工作和生活所需要的能力。in the future“在未来”，介词短语。故填(f)uture。
17．句意：我们在学校忙于学习，所以放学后我们需要放松自己。根据“We are ... with our studies at school”及首字母可知，我们在学校忙于学校；busy“忙碌的”，形容词；be busy with“忙于……”。故填(b)usy。
18．句意：课外活动正好使我们有可能呼吸新鲜空气和消除疲劳。根据“breathe ... air”及首字母可知，此处指呼吸新鲜空气；fresh“新鲜的”，形容词作定语。故填(f)resh。
19．句意：一些课外活动将使我们对他人有用和有帮助，有些可以让我们强壮和健康，有些甚至可以改变我们的生活。根据“some can keep us strong and ...”及首字母可知，一些课外活动可以使我们强壮和健康；healthy“健康的”，符合语境。故填(h)ealthy。
20．句意：所以所有的学生都应该走出去，积极参加课外活动！take an active part in“参加”，动词短语。故填(p)art。
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If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many w 21 . Above all, they offer us chances to practise what we learn in c 22 . Through all kinds of activities, we can also learn more about today’s society and a lot of n 23 things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our abilities that we need b 24 for our studies now and for our work and life in the future.
We are busy w 25 our studies in school, so after school we all need to r 26 ourselves. After-school activities just make it p 27 for us to breathe fresh air and remove tiredness. Then we can pay attention to our studies and get good results.
Some after-school activities make us useful and helpful to o 28 ; some can keep us strong and h 29 ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get o 30 and take an active part in all kinds of after-school activities!
21．(w)ays 22．(c)lass 23．(n)ew 24．(b)oth 25．(w)ith 26．(r)elax 27．(p)ossible 28．(o)thers 29．(h)ealthy 30．(o)ut
【导语】本文叙述了课外活动的意义。以前人们认为课外活动就是浪费时间，其实不然，它能够让我们了解社会，发展我们的能力，对于我们的学习和生活都是有用的，能够使我们放松身体和增强体魄。
21．句意：课外活动可以在许多方面帮助我们成长。in many ways“在许多方面”，故填(w)ays。
22．句意：首先，它们提供给我们机会去练习在课堂上学的知识。根据“they offer us chances to practise what we learn”可知，课外活动练习的是课堂上学的东西，in class表示“在课堂上”，故填(c)lass。
23．句意：通过各种活动，我们可以了解今天的社会和我们在课本上学不到的新事物。根据“we can’t learn from our books”可知，从课本上学不到的是新事物，形容词new表示“新的”。故填(n)ew。
24．句意：更重要的是，它们有助于培养我们现在学习和未来工作生活所需的能力。根据“for our studies now and for our work and life in the future”可知是培养现在和未来的能力，应用both…and…“两者都”。故填(b)oth。
25．句意：我们忙于在学校的学习，因此在放学后我们需要放松一下。根据“We are busy…our studies in school, so after school…”可知，在学校忙于学习，be busy with“忙于……”。故填(w)ith。
26．句意：我们忙于在学校的学习，因此在放学后我们需要放松一下。根据“We are busy…our studies in school, so after school we all need to…ourselves.”可知，在学校忙于学习，课后需要放松，relax oneself“放松自己”。故填(r)elax。
27．句意：课后活动让我们可以呼吸新鲜空气，消除疲劳。根据“make it…for us to breathe fresh air and remove tiredness”可知此处是make+宾语+形容词的结构，形容词作宾补，结合所给首字母可知，应填possible“可能的”，课后活动让我们呼吸新鲜空气和消除疲劳变得可能。故填(p)ossible。
28．句意：一些课外活动会让我们变得对其他人有用且有帮助。根据“…make us useful and helpful to…”可知，此处指让自己变得对他人是有帮助的。故填(o)thers。
29．句意：一些课外活动可以保持我们身体强壮和健康。根据“strong and”可知，这里应该填与strong同类型的词汇，结合首字母可知，这里是短语keep sb healthy“使某人身体健康”。故填(h)ealthy。
30．句意：所有的学生都出去积极参加各种课外活动。根据“get o…and take an active part in all kinds of after-school activities”可知此处说的是让学生们出去参加课外活动。get out“出去”。故填(o)ut。
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。答题卡上填写包含首字母在内的完整单词。
My ideal school starts at 9 a.m. and f 31 at 3 p.m. We do not need to get up early, and we have lots of time for after-school activities. We only have an hour o 32 homework every day.
We have an hour for lunch. There is a big clean dining hall. We have lunch and chat there. We listen to music at lunchtime. We wear school u 33 , but we do not wear ties.
Our classes are q 34 small. There are about 20 students in e 35 class. We can choose subjects to study. I have Maths because Maths is very i 36 . I love computers, so I have computer l 37 every day.
There is a big library, a football field and a s 38 pool. We have lots of c 39 and after-school activities. Every month, we go on a school t 40 . We always have fun.
31．(f)inishes 32．(o)f 33．(u)niforms 34．(q)uite 35．(e)ach 36．(i)nteresting 37．(l)essons 38．(s)wimming 39．(c)lubs 40．(t)rip
【导语】本文主要介绍了作者的理想学校。
31．句意：我理想中的学校早上9点开始，下午3点结束。根据“My ideal school starts”可知，对应的是指学校放学时间，finish“结束”，是动词，主语是第三人称单数，动词用三单形式，故填(f)inishes。
32．句意：我们每天只有一个小时的家庭作业。根据“We only have an hour...homework every day.”结合首字母可知应用of所有格，故填(o)f。
33．句意：我们穿校服，但我们不打领带。根据“We wear school ”可知是指校服，school uniform“校服”，名词应用复数表示泛指，故填(u)niforms。
34．句意：我们的班级相当小。根据“Our classes are...small.”和“ There are about 20 students in e.... class”结合首字母可知，此处指班级很小，quite“非常”，副词，故填(q)uite。
35．句意：每个班大约有20个学生。根据“There are about 20 students in...class”结合首字母可知是指每个班级，each“每个”，故填(e)ach。
36．句意：我上数学因为数学很有趣。根据“I have Maths because Maths is very...”结合首字母可知是指数学很有趣，interesting“有趣的”，形容词作表语，故填(i)nteresting。
37．句意：我喜欢电脑，所以我每天都上电脑课。根据“I love computers, so I have computer...every day.”可知是指电脑课，lesson“课程”，此处应用复数表示泛指，故填(l)essons。
38．句意：有一个大图书馆，一个足球场和一个游泳池。根据“pool”结合首字母可知是指游泳池，swimming pool“游泳池”，故填(s)wimming。
39．句意：我们有很多俱乐部和课外活动。根据“We have lots of...and after-school activities. ”结合首字母可知是指俱乐部，club“俱乐部”，可数名词，被 lots of修饰，应用复数，故填(c)lubs。
40．句意：每个月，我们都参加学校的旅行。根据“Every month, we go on a school”及首字母可知，是指学校旅行，故填(t)rip。
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先阅读短文，然后在短文后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。
Yearbooks are a tradition in US schools. They have photos and text that tell the stories of how students grow up. Students can see how they and their classmates have c 41 over the years.
However, editors at Spanish River High in Boca Raton, Florida, found it h 42 to make their yearbooks this year. COVID-19 has emptied schools. There are no sports meets, concerts or plays. Most students are learning from home.
“It was r 43 difficult to interview people,” said yearbook editor Sean Delaney. “So we had to be c 44 .”
They d 45 to focus on individual stories during the pandemic(疫情). They found that a student who’d had a car accident was still e 46 every day. They also wrote about students who s 47 their own businesses, such as shoe designing or baking.
To get more photos, the editors asked students and teachers to s 48 in their own pictures. These were often of poor quality, so the editors made creative use of large headlines and text.
“I hope the yearbook b 49 positive(积极的) light on the situation we’re in,” Delaney said. “It shows that even though we’re in a pandemic, we’re still doing all these a 50 things.”
41．(c)hanged 42．(h)ard 43．(r)eally 44．(c)reative 45．(d)ecided 46．(e)xercising 47．(s)tarted 48．(s)end 49．(b)rings 50．(a)mazing
【导语】本文主要介绍毕业纪念册在美国学校是一项传统，但在新冠时期很多学生都是在家学习而没有留下各种活动的照片，因此编辑决定在纪念册中记录在疫情期间的个人故事。
41．句意：学生可以看见他们和同学们在这几年是如何改变的。根据上文“They have photos and text that tell the stories of how students grow up.”和首字母可知，纪念册里会有图片和文字讲述学生成长的故事，他们在这几年的改变，可填“change”“改变”，此处时态应用现在完成时“have+done”。故填(c)hanged。
42．句意：但是，弗洛里达州博卡拉顿西班牙河高中的编辑发现今年的毕业纪念册很难制作。根据下文“COVID-19 has emptied schools. There are no sports meets, concerts or plays.”和首字母可知，新冠疫情学校停课，没有举办运动会、音乐会或演奏会，也就是没有留下照片，也无法讲述活动的故事，因此今年制作毕业纪念册是困难的，英文表达为“hard”“困难的”。故填(h)ard。
43．句意：采访人们也是真地很困难。根据句意和首字母可知，空处应填副词“really”“真正地”修饰“difficult”，表示强调。故填(r)eally。
44．句意：所以我们要有创造性。根据下文“They d... to focus on individual stories during the pandemic(疫情).”可知，他们要专注于疫情期间的个人故事，这与以往的方式是不同的，因此是有创造性的，英文表达为“creative”“有创造性的”。故填(c)reative。
45．句意：他们决定专注于疫情期间的个人故事。根据句意和首字母可知，此处指决定去做某事，英文表达为“decide”“决定”，此处描述过去的事情，谓语动词应用过去式。故填(d)ecided。
46．句意：他们发现一个出过车祸的学生仍然坚持每天锻炼。根据句意和首字母可知，学生出了车祸，但仍然锻炼，英文表达为“exercise”“锻炼”；又根据“was still...”可知时态用过去进行时。故填(e)xercising。
47．句意：他们也写下关于开创自己事业的学生的事情，比如设计鞋子或烘焙。根据句意和首字母可知，此处指“创业”“start one’s own business”，句子描述过去的事情，时态用一般过去时。故填(s)tarted。
48．句意：为了获得更多照片，编辑们还叫学生和老师提交他们自己的照片。根据句意和首字母可知，此处指叫学生和老师提交照片，“send in”“提交，呈递”，“send”跟在“to”后，构成不定式，用动词原形。故填(s)end。
49．句意：我希望这个毕业纪念册能给我们的处境带来积极的光。根据句意和首字母可知，此处指带来积极的光，应填“bring”“带来”；句子使用一般现在时，主语“yearbook”是三单，动词应用三单形式。故填(b)rings。
50．句意：它展示了，尽管我们处在疫情中，我们仍然能做所有这些令人惊叹的事情。根据句意和首字母可知，此处应用形容词修饰“things”，“amazing”“令人惊叹的”描述事物。故填(a)mazing。
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。
We had Sports Day at school on Friday. I entered (参加) the 100 meters, 400 meters and high jump for older boys. I didn’t win the 100 meters but I came in s 51 . My friend Peter came in first. I really thought I was going to b 52 him. But he tried hard to run just a bit f 53 than me over the last 20 meters. What a pity!
I w 54 the 400 meters. I think I am probably a better runner at the longer distances (距离). Next year, I might enter the 1,000 meters. To win the short distance races, you need to get a very good s 55 . With the longer distance races, however, you have time to catch up if you get off to a slow start.
Although I won the 400 meters, it was a slow race compared with last year. I was 2 seconds b 56 my personal best. I know w 57 . I haven’t been doing enough training. Next year, I must get into training at least a month b 58 Sports Day. I will run for half an hour every morning.
I thought I was going to win the high jump but I knocked down the bar in my third jump. My left f 59 touched the bar just enough to knock it down. I need to p 60 more if I am going to win this event next year.
51．(s)econd 52．(b)eat 53．(f)aster 54．(w)on 55．(s)tart 56．(b)ehind 57．(w)hy 58．(b)efore 59．(f)oot 60．(p)ractise/(p)ractice
【分析】本文作者讲述了自己参加学校运动日的情况：参加了一百米跑、四百米跑及跳高项目，输了一百米跑，赢了四百米跑，跳高因失误而失败。同时，作者总结了成功的经验及失败的教训。
51．句意：我没有赢得100米比赛，但我得了第二名。根据下文“My friend Peter came in first.”可知，此处说的是朋友彼得获得了第一名，又根据上文首字母提示可知，上文说的是我取得了“第二名”。second“第二”。故填(s)econd。
52．句意：我真的以为我能打败他。根据上文“I didn’t win the 100 meters but I came in…My friend Peter came in first.”以及下文“I really thought I was going to…him.”可知，此处是说彼得获得了第一名，作者以为自己能“打败”他。beat“打败”。故填(b)eat。
53．句意：但是在最后的20米里，他努力地跑得比我快一点。根据“he tried hard to run just a bit…than me over the last 20 meters.”可知，此处是比较级，表示跑地“快一点”。fast“快地”，比较级是faster。故填(f)aster。
54．句意：我赢得了400米比赛。根据下文“Although I won the 400 meters”可知，此处表示“赢得了”400米比赛；赢得表示的是过去的事情，因此是一般过去时，动词用过去式。win“赢得”，过去式是won。故填(w)on。
55．句意：要想赢得短距离比赛，你需要有一个良好的起跑。根据下文“With the longer distance races, however, you have time to catch up if you get off to a slow start.”可知，此处是说然而，在长距离比赛中，如果你起步较慢，你就有时间赶上来。可推测前文说的是要在短距离比赛中获胜，你需要有一个良好的“起跑”。start“起点”。故填(s)tart。
56．句意：我比我个人最好成绩慢了2秒。根据上文“it was a slow race compared with last year.”可知，此处说的是与去年相比，这是一场缓慢的比赛，可推知此处表示“我比我个人最好成绩慢了2秒”。behind“落后于；低于；在……之后”。故填(b)ehind。
57．句意：我知道为什么。根据下文“I haven’t been doing enough training.”可知，此处是说我没有做足够的训练，这就是我为什么比去年慢两秒。why“为什么”。故填(w)hy。
58．句意：明年，我必须在运动会前至少一个月开始训练。根据“I must get into training at least a month…Sports Day.”可知，此处表示必须在运动会“前”一个月开始训练。before“在……前”。故填(b)efore。
59．句意：我的左脚刚好碰到栏杆，把它撞倒了。根据上文“I was going to win the high jump but I knocked down the bar”可知，我本来要赢得跳高比赛，但我撞倒了横杆；跳高是用脚来进行的，又根据首字母提示可知，此处表示“我的左脚触碰到了栏杆”。foot“脚”。故填(f)oot。
60．句意：如果我想赢得明年的这个项目，我需要更多的练习。根据下文“if I am going to win this event next year.”以及首字母提示可知，此处表示如果我想赢得明年的这个项目，我需要更多的“练习”。practise/practice“练习”。故填(p)ractise/(p)ractice。
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请根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them, and make sure you do not waste this e 61 chance to learn
Be active about school. Don’t say that things are difficult or boring. You should be i 62 in your school-life and your subjects. Join in lots of activities. Put your hands q 63 in class. Go round the school with a big s 64 on your face. If you are not working, you do not work, you will waste your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
Keep fit. If you do not have breakfast, you will be thinking about f 65 in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play sports o 66 one hour every day in order to keep your body strong. At weekends, get together with your friends or join some clubs in order to make your life c 67 .
Face the problem. Do not say that you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, you will have t 68 catching up with others. You cannot finish the race if you rest all the time. Everyone fails in some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Don’t let small problems s 69 very big or important. Don’t forget to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you must do e 70 well.
Follow our advice, and have a happy school-life!
61．(e)xcellent 62．(i)nterested 63．(q)uickly 64．(s)mile 65．(f)ood 66．(o)ver 67．(c)olourful/(c)olorful 68．(t)rouble 69．(s)eem 70．(e)verything
【分析】文章介绍了拥有快乐的学校生活的几种方法。
61．句意：你怎样才能从它们那里得到最多的东西，并确保你不会浪费这个绝佳的学习机会？此处应用形容词作定语，修饰其后的名词，结合“best and happiest days”可知，应该是很棒的机会，excellent“很棒的，极好的”，故填(e)xcellent。
62．句意：你应该对你的学校生活和你的科目感兴趣。根据“Don’t say that things are difficult or boring.”及首字母提示可知，应该对学校生活和科目感兴趣，be interested in“对……感兴趣”，故填(i)nterested。
63．句意：在课堂上快速地把手举起来。根据“Join in lots of activities.”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是要快速举手，quickly“快速地”，副词修饰动词，故填(q)uickly。
64．句意：面带微笑在学校里转一转。根据“with a big...on your face”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是要面带微笑，smile“微笑”，故填(s)mile。
65．句意：如果你不吃早餐，你会在课堂上想着食物。根据“If you do not have breakfast”及首字母提示可知，不吃早餐的话，会饿，课堂上就会想着食物，food“食物”，故填(f)ood。
66．句意：每天运动一小时以上，以保持身体强壮。根据“ Play sports...one hour”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是超过一个小时的运动，over“超过”，故填(o)ver。
67．句意：在周末，和你的朋友聚在一起或者加入一些俱乐部，让你的生活丰富多彩。根据“get together with your friends or join some clubs”及首字母提示可知，这样做的目的是为了让生活变得丰富多彩，colorful/colourful“多彩的”，是形容词，作宾补，故填(c)olourful/(c)olorful。
68．句意：如果你跟不上课堂，你就很难赶上其他人。根据“Do not say that you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class”及首字母提示可知，如果落后了，再赶上其他人就很困难了，have trouble (in) doing sth“做某事有困难”，故填(t)rouble。
69．句意：不要让小问题显得非常大或很重要。根据“Don’t let small problems...very big or important.”及首字母提示可知，此处说的是不要让小问题看起来好像很大很重要一样，seem“似乎，看来”，此处是let sb do sth，空处用原形，故填(s)eem。
70．句意：没有人认为你必须把每件事都做好。根据“No one thinks you must do...well.”及首字母提示可知，没有人认为你要做好一切，everything“一切，每件事情”，故填(e)verything。
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的第一个字母已给出。
One Monday at school, a teacher was trying to explain the word “miracle (奇迹)” to students.
“Boys and girls,” she said, “If I stood on the top of a 10-story building, l 71 my balance (平衡) and fell off. Then all of a sudden (突然), something caught me in midair and brought me safely to the g 72 . What word would you use to d 73 this ”
After a long s 74 , a boy stood up and said, “Luck ”
“True, true,” replied the teacher. “It could be luck--but that’s not the word I w 75 . I’ll repeat (重复) the story. There I am on top of the 10-story building again, and I fall. Something c 76 me in midair. I’m s 77 again. Think now--which word can explain the situation ”
“Accident,” one girl r 78 her hand and said.
“No, no” answered the teacher. “Listen carefully for a third time. I’m on the s 79 building. I fall and something sweeps me to the s 80 sand. What word would you use now ”
The boys and girls shouted together, “Practice!”
71．(l)ost 72．(g)round 73．(d)escribe 74．(s)ilence 75．(w)ant 76．(c)atches 77．(s)afe/(s)aved 78．(r)aised 79．(s)ame 80．(s)oft
【导语】本文讲述了一个老师想用一个例子解释“奇迹”这个单词，结果三次学生都没有猜中这个词。
71．句意：如果我站在10层楼的顶上，失去平衡摔了下来。根据“my balance (平衡) and fell off.”结合首字母可知是指失去了平衡，lose“失去”，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填(l)ost。
72．句意：突然，有什么东西在半空中抓住了我，把我安全地送到了地面。根据“If I stood on the top of a 10-story building”可知是指安全到达地面，ground“地面”，故填(g)round。
73．句意：你会用什么词来形容呢？根据“What word would you use to...this”结合首字母可知是指形容这个场景，describe“描述”，空前有不定式符号，动词用原形，故填(d)escribe。
74．句意：沉默了很久之后，一个男孩站起来说：“运气”？根据“ After a long...a boy stood up and said,”可知老师问了这个问题后，班级沉默了一会，silence“沉默”，是名词，故填(s)ilence。
75．句意：可能是运气——但我不想用这个词。根据“It could be luck--but that’s not the word I...”可知运气这个词不是老师想要的，want“想要”，动词，句子是一般现在时，主语是I，动词用原形，故填(w)ant。
76．句意：有东西在半空中抓住了我。根据“There I am on top of the 10-story building again, and I fall. Something...me in midair”可知是指有东西抓住了“我”，catch“抓住”，是动词，主语是代词，动词用三单形式，故填(c)atches。
77．句意：我又安全/得救了。根据“Something...me in midair. I’m...again”结合首字母可知是指被人在半空中救了，所以是安全的，safe“安全的”，是形容词作表语；saved是save的过去分词，和be动词构成被动语态。故填(s)afe/(s)aved。
78．句意：“意外，”一个女孩举手说。根据“one girl...her hand”结合首字母可知是指举手，raise“举起”，是动词，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式，故填(r)aised。
79．句意：我在同一栋楼。根据“I’m on the...building. I fall and something sweeps”结合首字母可知是孩子相同的一栋楼，same“相同的”。形容词作定语，故填(s)ame。
80．句意：我掉下来了，某个东西把我扫到柔软的沙子上。根据“I fall and something sweeps me to the...sand”结合首字母可知是掉到柔软的沙子上，soft“柔然的”，形容词作定语，故填(s)oft。
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先阅读短文，在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。
For middle and primary school students, being able to cook will become a must in the near future. They will also need to learn how to plant vegetables, r 81 chickens and repair home appliances (家电).
Starting from the next new term, students will take c 82 on labor skills at least once a week. According to the new standards, there are three kinds of labor tasks outlined. The first refers to everyday c 83 including cleaning, organizing, cooking, and using and repairing home appliances. N 84 is productive labor, including agriculture, making traditional handicrafts and applying new technologies. The third kind is service work, including v 85 work.
Due to a lot of academic pressure, schools have p 86 more focus on the academic curriculum (学业), and many have seen household chores as distractions. But according to the MOE, labor education must be strengthened to help students cultivate (培养) social values and d 87 an interest in labor.
The new curriculum also came along with the ministry’s 2022 work plan, which stressed (强调) the i 88 of labor education for students’ all around development.
On social media, internet users have been w 89 discussing the changes. Many welcomed such courses, some have regretted not learning such s 90 during their own school days.
81．(r)aise 82．(c)ourses 83．(c)hores 84．(N)ext 85．(v)olunteer 86．(p)laced/(p)ut 87．(d)evelop 88．(i)mportance 89．(w)idely 90．(s)kills
【导语】本文介绍了从2022年秋季学期开始，中小学生每周至少上一次劳动技能课。新课程标准概述了三种类型的劳动任务。教育部表示，必须加强劳动教育，帮助学生培养社会价值观，培养对劳动的兴趣。
81．句意：学生们也需要学习如何种植蔬菜，饲养小鸡以及修理家电。根据“ learn how to plant vegetables”和“repair home appliances”，可知此处应是raise chickens“饲养小鸡”，又因为and 前后动词形式要保持一致。故填(r)aise。
82．句意：从新学期开始，学生一周至少要参加一次劳动技能课程。take courses“参加课程”，course是可数名词。故填(c)ourses。
83．句意：第一项任务是做日常家务包括打扫卫生，整理房间，做饭以及使用和修理家电。根据“including cleaning, organizing, cooking, and using and repairing home appliances.”可知，应该是日常的家务。空后列举了不止一种家务，所以应该用复数形式。故填(c)hores。
84．句意：第二项是生产性劳动，包括农业，传统手工以及新技能的应用。根据上文“The first…”可知，此处是讲第二项任务。故填(N)ext。
85．句意：第三项任务是服务性工作包括志愿者活动。volunteer work“志愿者活动”。故填(v)olunteer。
86．句意：由于学业的压力，学校已经把更多的精力放在学业上，甚至会把家务劳动当做是耽误学习精力的事情。学校把精力放在学业上，所以用place/put，又因为空前是have，可知本句用现在完成时，所以动词用过去分词。故填(p)laced/(p)ut。
87．句意：教育部表示，必须加强劳动教育，帮助学生培养社会价值观，培养对劳动的兴趣。develop an interest“培养兴趣”。因为and前后动词形式一致。故填(d)evelop。
88．句意：新课标和2022年政府工作计划都强调了劳动教育对于学生的全面发展的重要性。the importance of“什么的重要性”。故填(i)mportance。
89．句意：许多网民在社会媒体上广泛讨论这个变化。widely用来修饰动词discuss，所以用副词形式。故填(w)idely。
90．句意：这类课程受到很多人的欢迎，一些人甚至后悔没有在上学期间学习过这些技能。根据“students will take courses on labor skills”可知，此处是后悔没有学习过这些技能，skill“技能”，应用复数。故填(s)kills。
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【2024秋季（牛津译林版）八上英语单元分块精准训练】
Unit 2 School life(短文首字母填空精准练)
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，每空一词。
How much do you know about school life in Singapore
In Singapore, many middle school students s 1 a lot of time on their studies. People always think that good schooling is the t 2 to success (成功). So, many of these students try their best to get good results in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are usually big p 3 to them. Sometimes, a few even have to go to evening classes after school.
Schools have many a 4 outside school hours. The students can j 5 in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and rock-climbing. They a 6 join in community service(社区服务).
In their f 7 time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood movies, Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very p 8 , too. Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, c 9 with their friends online, playing computer and video games.
They s 10 go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookstores. So life for middle school students in Singapore is not easy but rich and colorful.
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After-school activities are necessary for students. If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are w 11 ! After-school activities can help us g 12 up in many ways. Above all, they offer us chances to p 13 what we learn in class. Through different kinds of activities we can also learn m 14 about today’s society and a lot of new things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our a 15 that we need both for our studies now and for our work and life in the f 16 .
We are b 17 with our studies at school, so after school we need to relax ourselves. After-school activities just make it possible for us to breathe f 18 air and remove (消除) tiredness. Then we can pay attention to our studies and get good grades.
Some after-school activities will make us useful and helpful to others, some can keep us strong and h 19 , some may even change our life. So all the students should get out and take an active p 20 in after-school activities!
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If you think of after-school activities as a waste of time, you are wrong! After-school activities help us grow up in many w 21 . Above all, they offer us chances to practise what we learn in c 22 . Through all kinds of activities, we can also learn more about today’s society and a lot of n 23 things that we can’t learn from our books. What’s more, they help to develop our abilities that we need b 24 for our studies now and for our work and life in the future.
We are busy w 25 our studies in school, so after school we all need to r 26 ourselves. After-school activities just make it p 27 for us to breathe fresh air and remove tiredness. Then we can pay attention to our studies and get good results.
Some after-school activities make us useful and helpful to o 28 ; some can keep us strong and h 29 ; some may even change our life. So, all the students, get o 30 and take an active part in all kinds of after-school activities!
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。答题卡上填写包含首字母在内的完整单词。
My ideal school starts at 9 a.m. and f 31 at 3 p.m. We do not need to get up early, and we have lots of time for after-school activities. We only have an hour o 32 homework every day.
We have an hour for lunch. There is a big clean dining hall. We have lunch and chat there. We listen to music at lunchtime. We wear school u 33 , but we do not wear ties.
Our classes are q 34 small. There are about 20 students in e 35 class. We can choose subjects to study. I have Maths because Maths is very i 36 . I love computers, so I have computer l 37 every day.
There is a big library, a football field and a s 38 pool. We have lots of c 39 and after-school activities. Every month, we go on a school t 40 . We always have fun.
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先阅读短文，然后在短文后空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第一个字母已给出。
Yearbooks are a tradition in US schools. They have photos and text that tell the stories of how students grow up. Students can see how they and their classmates have c 41 over the years.
However, editors at Spanish River High in Boca Raton, Florida, found it h 42 to make their yearbooks this year. COVID-19 has emptied schools. There are no sports meets, concerts or plays. Most students are learning from home.
“It was r 43 difficult to interview people,” said yearbook editor Sean Delaney. “So we had to be c 44 .”
They d 45 to focus on individual stories during the pandemic(疫情). They found that a student who’d had a car accident was still e 46 every day. They also wrote about students who s 47 their own businesses, such as shoe designing or baking.
To get more photos, the editors asked students and teachers to s 48 in their own pictures. These were often of poor quality, so the editors made creative use of large headlines and text.
“I hope the yearbook b 49 positive(积极的) light on the situation we’re in,” Delaney said. “It shows that even though we’re in a pandemic, we’re still doing all these a 50 things.”
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根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。
We had Sports Day at school on Friday. I entered (参加) the 100 meters, 400 meters and high jump for older boys. I didn’t win the 100 meters but I came in s 51 . My friend Peter came in first. I really thought I was going to b 52 him. But he tried hard to run just a bit f 53 than me over the last 20 meters. What a pity!
I w 54 the 400 meters. I think I am probably a better runner at the longer distances (距离). Next year, I might enter the 1,000 meters. To win the short distance races, you need to get a very good s 55 . With the longer distance races, however, you have time to catch up if you get off to a slow start.
Although I won the 400 meters, it was a slow race compared with last year. I was 2 seconds b 56 my personal best. I know w 57 . I haven’t been doing enough training. Next year, I must get into training at least a month b 58 Sports Day. I will run for half an hour every morning.
I thought I was going to win the high jump but I knocked down the bar in my third jump. My left f 59 touched the bar just enough to knock it down. I need to p 60 more if I am going to win this event next year.
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请根据短文内容和首字母提示，填写所缺单词。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them, and make sure you do not waste this e 61 chance to learn
Be active about school. Don’t say that things are difficult or boring. You should be i 62 in your school-life and your subjects. Join in lots of activities. Put your hands q 63 in class. Go round the school with a big s 64 on your face. If you are not working, you do not work, you will waste your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
Keep fit. If you do not have breakfast, you will be thinking about f 65 in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play sports o 66 one hour every day in order to keep your body strong. At weekends, get together with your friends or join some clubs in order to make your life c 67 .
Face the problem. Do not say that you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, you will have t 68 catching up with others. You cannot finish the race if you rest all the time. Everyone fails in some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Don’t let small problems s 69 very big or important. Don’t forget to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you must do e 70 well.
Follow our advice, and have a happy school-life!
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One Monday at school, a teacher was trying to explain the word “miracle (奇迹)” to students.
“Boys and girls,” she said, “If I stood on the top of a 10-story building, l 71 my balance (平衡) and fell off. Then all of a sudden (突然), something caught me in midair and brought me safely to the g 72 . What word would you use to d 73 this ”
After a long s 74 , a boy stood up and said, “Luck ”
“True, true,” replied the teacher. “It could be luck--but that’s not the word I w 75 . I’ll repeat (重复) the story. There I am on top of the 10-story building again, and I fall. Something c 76 me in midair. I’m s 77 again. Think now--which word can explain the situation ”
“Accident,” one girl r 78 her hand and said.
“No, no” answered the teacher. “Listen carefully for a third time. I’m on the s 79 building. I fall and something sweeps me to the s 80 sand. What word would you use now ”
The boys and girls shouted together, “Practice!”
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For middle and primary school students, being able to cook will become a must in the near future. They will also need to learn how to plant vegetables, r 81 chickens and repair home appliances (家电).
Starting from the next new term, students will take c 82 on labor skills at least once a week. According to the new standards, there are three kinds of labor tasks outlined. The first refers to everyday c 83 including cleaning, organizing, cooking, and using and repairing home appliances. N 84 is productive labor, including agriculture, making traditional handicrafts and applying new technologies. The third kind is service work, including v 85 work.
Due to a lot of academic pressure, schools have p 86 more focus on the academic curriculum (学业), and many have seen household chores as distractions. But according to the MOE, labor education must be strengthened to help students cultivate (培养) social values and d 87 an interest in labor.
The new curriculum also came along with the ministry’s 2022 work plan, which stressed (强调) the i 88 of labor education for students’ all around development.
On social media, internet users have been w 89 discussing the changes. Many welcomed such courses, some have regretted not learning such s 90 during their own school days.
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