Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came ？单元话题语法填空专练（含答案+解析）人教八年级下册

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Unit5 单元话题语法填空专练
一、语法填空
I'm Gina, an eighth-grade student. Most of the students in my class like P. E. very much. Now let me tell you 　1． 　 happened in our P. E. class last week.
Last Wednesday afternoon, we 　2． 　(have) a P. E. class when it began to rain all of a sudden. The rain was so hard 　3． 　 we ran to our classroom quickly. Do you want to know what we were doing when
　4． 　rain came I remember Susan was playing tennis with Lisa. Several 　5． 　(boy) were playing basketball with our P. E. teacher. Was Jim playing basketball, too No, he was sitting under a tree by 　6． 　(he). When I went up to him, I found he looked unhappy. I tried to cheer him 　7． 　. He told me he had a lot of pressure from his studies. Also, he 　8． 　(argue) with his elder brother that morning. What was Grace doing at that time Oh! She was playing volleyball with other girls. She felt 　9． 　(excite) at that time.
The rain caused us 　10． 　(have) the P. E. class in the classroom. What a bad day!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, the US. When he was a boy, he sang with other children in the church. Little Martin knew that it was very important . 　11． 　(be) kind.
He was interested 　12． sports. The boys in his town often 　13． 　(meet) at Martin' s house for a game of football or basketball.
Martin went to college at fifteen. He knew the black people didn't have . 　14． 　same rights(权利)as the white people. He wanted to change this.
Martin organized many peaceful 　15． 　(activity). In 1963 in Washington, many people listened to his speech in 　16． 　(silent) He spent almost twenty minutes 　17． 　(speak) of his dream for the future— a future where his children would not be judged(判断)by the color of 　18． 　(they)skin, but the content(内容)of the character.
At the age of thirty- five, Martin Luther King was 　19． 　(young) man to get the Nobel Peace Prize.
On the evening of April 4, 1968, this peaceful man was killed. 　20． 　his dream did not die, and only half a century on, the US had a black president.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内所给单词 的正确形式。
Ann is a ten-year-old girl. On weekends, she doesn't go to school and usually plays outside with her friends. It was Sunday yesterday and there were 　21． 　 storm. Ann felt tired of being trapped(被困)inside the house. She didn't know 　22． 　 to do after she finished her homework. Though it was raining 　23． (heavy), she wanted to go out. But her mother didn't agree.
To get much fun, Ann tried to keep 　24． 　 (her) busy. She read the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. After she read several 　25． (passage), she got bored and stopped reading. Then, she decided 　26． 　 (practice)the guitar. It is one of her hobbies. She didn't stop practicing 　27． 　 lunchtime. After lunch, she sat by the window and watched the rain in silence.
While Ann was watching the rain, the phone rang. Ann felt 　28． 　(excite)after hearing that her father was coming home, 　29． 　 her father was away on business and she didn't see her father for about a week.
After two hours, her father got home and gave Ann a new game.
While they 　30． 　(play), the rain stopped. But Ann didn't even ( notice it. She really had a good time with her father.
阅读下面材料，有的答案要填入适当的内容，有的答案要用括号内单词的正确形式，但每个答案不多于3个单词。
People often remember 　31．　 they were doing when they heard the news of important events 　32． history. For example, many Americans remember what they were doing on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King 　33． 　(kill).
Robert Allen is now over 50, 　34． 　he was a school pupil at that time. He remembers that he was at home with his parents. They 　35． 　 (eat) dinner in the kitchen when they heard the news on the radio. His parents were completely 　36． 　 (shock)! His parents did not talk after that, and they finished the rest of their dinner 　37．　silence.
More 　38． 　 (recent), most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists on September 11, 2001.
Kate Smith remembers 　39． 　 (work) in her office near the two towers. She didn't believe her friend at first when he shouted that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. She was so
　40． 　(scare)that she could hardly think clearly after that.
阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给词的适当形式。
I had a dream once. My classmates and I were enjoying our day on the playground. We were happy without any　41． 　(press) of schoolwork.
Suddenly, my alarm　42． 　(go) off, and it was time to get up. A new day was　43． 　(start). For a boy in Grade 9, preparing for the coming senior high school entrance examination takes up most of my　44． 　.
My real dream is a　45． 　one. I wish I could have a little time for　46． each day. I want to have a short break and dream about what I want to be when I grow up. It is just like　47． 　(see) an island after a long, tiring journey at sea. I don't want to become a dull boy, studying all the time without any time to play.
　48． 　(lucky), my teachers and parents are starting to understand. After working hard for a long time, our teachers will let us go outside and　49． 　(breathe) the fresh air. My parents will sometimes take me out for a meal or to enjoy the seaside. It's so sweet. It's like a bird flying home to its nest.
It is also a good reward, and I am becoming one of the top　50．　(pupil) in my class. I have to say, enjoying your free time will make you better.
51．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Thomas Edison was an American inventor. When he was 7 years old, his mother had 　 　 Appendectomy （阑尾切除术）. But it was too dark. So Edison put mirrors near oil lamps 　 　（light）up the room.
The story is in a Chinese textbook for primary school students by People's Education Press. But the publisher（出版社）　 　（recent）said it will cut out this story. That's because many people 　 　it's not true. Many believe that the world's first appendectomy was in 1886. But when Edison was 7, it was 1854.
The publisher also said it will not use some other stories. For example, there's story about the first US President George Washington. The story says young Washington 　 　（cut）down a cherry tree in the yard of his house. But 　 　fact, there was no cherry tree in the area at that time.
So what's the problem Experts say that some editors care too 　 　about the educational meaning of a story and fail to check 　 　（one）if the story is true.
The publisher says, in the future, they will pay greater attention to the 　 　（true）of the stories in the textbook. "We will invite experts（专家）　 　check our stories," it said in a statement.
答案解析部分
1．what；2．were having；3．that；4．the；5．boys；6．himself；7．up；8．argued；9．excited；10．to have
大意： 这是一篇由八年级学生Gina写的短文，描述了她上周在体育课上发生的一些事情。
考查语法填空。注意首先快速阅读文章，把握文章大意；其次重点阅读空格句，判断缺少的成分，再根据固定搭配等填写单词的正确形式；最后带着答案阅读一遍，进行复查。
1．现在让我告诉你们上周在体育课上发生了什么。根据动词tell，可知空格处为宾语从句；再根据 happened in our P. E. class 在体育课上发生，可知关系词在从句中作主语，且指代事物，应用关系代词what。故答案为：what。
2．上周三下午，我们正在上体育课，突然下起了雨。have class上课。根据 when it began to rain all of a sudden.突然下起了雨 ，可知上课的动作过去的某个时间正在发生，句子时态为过去进行时：was/were+现在分词，主语we为复数，be动词应用were，动词have的现在分词为having。故答案为：were having。
3． 雨下得很大，我们赶紧跑回教室。根据 The rain was so hard 雨下得很大，可知以至于我们赶紧跑回教室，应为固定搭配so…that……"如何……以至于……"。故答案为：that。
4．你想知道下雨的时候我们在干什么吗？根据上文 The rain was so hard 3 we ran to our classroom quickly. 雨下得很大，我们赶紧跑回教室 ，可知此处特指上文的那场雨，应填定冠词the，表特指。故答案为：the。
5．几个男孩正在和我们的体育老师打篮球。boy男孩，可数名词。根据形容词several"几个"，可知应填复数形式boys。故答案为：boys。
6．不，他一个人坐在树下。he他，代词主格。根据主语he，可知此处强调：他一个人坐在树下，应用介词短语by oneself，应填代词he的反身代词himself"他自己"。故答案为：himself。
7．我试图让他振作起来。根据固定搭配cheer sb. up"使……振作"，可知应填介词up。故答案为：up。
8． 此外，那天早上他还和哥哥吵了一架。argue吵架，动词，根据时间状语 that morning 那天早上，可知句子时态为一般过去时，谓语应用动词过去式argued。故答案为：argued。
9．当时她感到很兴奋。excite使兴奋，动词，根据 She felt"她感到" ，可知应填形容词excited"兴奋的"，作表语。故答案为：excited。
10．由于下雨，我们只能在教室里上体育课。have class上课。根据固定搭配cause sb. to do sth."使某人做某事" ，可知应填动词不定式to have。故答案为：to have。
11．to be；12．in；13．met；14．the；15．activities；16．silence；17．speaking；18．their；19．the youngest；20．But
大意：讲述了马丁·路德·金从小在教堂唱歌，对运动感兴趣，长大后上大学，意识到黑人与白人权利不平等的问题，并为此组织了多次和平活动，最终获得诺贝尔和平奖，但不幸被杀害，但他的梦想仍存，半个世纪后美国有了黑人总统。
考查语法填空，解题时，需要先通读全文，理解文章大意，然后根据语境、语法规则、固定搭配等选择合适的词汇或短语填入空白处。
11．小马丁知道善良是很重要的。固定句型it is +adj+to do sth"做某事是……的"，此处用不定式作真正的主语，it是形式主语。故答案为to be。
12．他对运动感兴趣。固定短语be interested in"对……感兴趣"，此处用介词in。故答案为in。
13．镇上的男孩们经常在马丁家见面踢足球或打篮球。根据前面的often和上下文可知，此句是一般过去时，动词meet要用过去式met。故答案为met。
14．他知道黑人没有和白人同等的权利。固定短语the same as"和……相同"，此处用定冠词the。故答案为the。
15．马丁组织了许多和平活动。根据前面的many可知，此处用名词的复数activities。故答案为activities。
16．1963年，在华盛顿，许多人静静地听他的演讲。固定短语in silence"静静地"，此处用不可数名词silence。故答案为silence。
17．他花了近二十分钟的时间谈论他对未来的梦想——一个他的孩子们不会因为肤色而被评判，而是根据他们的性格内容的未来。固定句型spend some time (in) doing sth"花费时间做某事"，此处用动名词speaking作宾语。故答案为speaking。
18．他花了近二十分钟的时间谈论他对未来的梦想——一个他的孩子们不会因为肤色而被评判，而是根据他们的性格内容的未来。此处用形容词性物主代词their修饰名词skin。故答案为their。
19．35岁时，马丁·路德·金成为获得诺贝尔和平奖的最年轻的人。此处youngest是形容词最高级，前面用定冠词the。故答案为the youngest。
20．但他的梦想并没有死，仅仅半个世纪后，美国就有了一位黑人总统。前后句是转折关系，此处用转折连词but。注意句子首字母大写。故答案为But。
21．a；22．what；23．heavily；24．herself；25．passages；26．to practice；27．until；28．excited；29．because；30．were playing
本文讲述了某个下雨天Ann一天的生活。
考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，非谓语动词，词性，主谓一致，副词，反身代词，连词搭配等多种用法。
21．昨天是星期天，下了一场暴风雨。storm是以辅音音素开头的名词单数，故用不定冠词a表示泛指，故填a。
22．安厌倦了被困在房子里。她做完作业后不知道该做什么。know引导宾语从句，do后缺少宾语，故用what指代物，故填what。
23．虽然下着大雨，但她想出去。heavy，是形容词，成副词修饰动词rain，heavily，是副词，大地，故填heavily。
24．为了玩得开心，安试图让自己忙碌起来。her，她，宾格，根据To get much fun，可知安试图让自己忙碌起来，故用反身代词herself，她自己，故填herself。
25．她读了几篇文章后，感到无聊，便停止了阅读。passage是可数名词，several修饰名词复数，故填passages。
26．然后，她决定练习吉他。practice，是动词，练习，decide to do sth，决定做某事，固定搭配，故用不定式，故填to practice。
27．她直到午餐才停止练习。not … until…，直到……才……，固定搭配，故填until。
28．安听到爸爸要回来的消息后感到很兴奋，因为爸爸出差了，她已经大约一个星期没见到爸爸了。excite，动词，刺激，felt是系动词，其后用形容词作表语，excited，激动的，形容词修饰人，故填excited。
29．安听到爸爸要回来的消息后感到很兴奋，因为爸爸出差了，她已经大约一个星期没见到爸爸了。Ann之所以兴奋是因为她已经大约一个 星期没有见到她爸爸了。前后是因果关系，故用连词，because，因为，故填because。
30．在他们玩耍的时候，雨停了。play，动词，玩，while引导时间状语从句，故用进行时表示当时的动作，且文章讲述的 是过去的事情，因此用过去进行时，主语是复数，故助动词用were，故填were playing。
31．what；32．in；33．was killed；34．but；35．were eating；36．shocked；37．in；38．recently；39．working；40．scared
主要讲了人们一般听到重大事件时，都会记得自己当时在做什么，并且举例验证了这个事实。
考查语法填空，首先识记单词词义及词性，然后结合语法和句意确定单词正确形式。
31．人们经常记得当他们听到历史上重大事件的消息时他们在做什么。热门记得，they were doing他们正在做，结合句子可知讲的是记得他们正在做什么，what什么，特殊疑问词，故填what。
32．人们经常记得当他们听到历史上重大事件的消息时他们在做什么。in history在历史上，固定搭配，故填in。
33．例如，许多美国人记得1968年4月4日马丁·路德·金博士被杀时他们在做什么。kill杀，实义动词，主语Dr. Martin Luther King是动作kill的承受者，时态是一般过去时，所以用一般过去时的被动语态，结构是was/were+动词过去分词，主语是单数Dr. Martin Luther King，所以用was，kill的过去分词是killed，故填was killed。
34．罗伯特·艾伦现在已经50多岁了，但当时他还是一名学生。Robert Allen is now over 50罗伯特·艾伦现在已经50多岁了，he was a school pupil at that time当时他还是一名学生，可知前后句表示转折，所以用but，但是，连词，故填but。
35．当他们从收音机里听到这个消息时，他们正在厨房里吃晚饭。eat吃，实义动词。when引导的时间状语从句，从句用一般过去时，主句用过去进行时，结构是was/were+动词ing，主语是复数they，所以用were，eat的动词ing是eating，故填were eating。
36．他的父母完全震惊了。shock震惊，be动词were后面用形容词，主语parents指的是人，所以用以ed结尾的形容词，shock的形容词是shocked，感到震惊的，故填shocked。
37．在那之后，他的父母没有说话，他们默默地吃完了剩下的晚餐。in silence沉默，固定搭配，故填in。
38．最近，大多数美国人还记得2001年9月11日纽约世贸中心被恐怖分子摧毁时他们在做什么。recent最近的，形容词。副词修饰整个句子，所以用recent的副词recently，最近，故填recently。
39．凯特·史密斯（Kate Smith）记得她在两座塔楼附近的办公室工作。work工作，实义动词，remember doing sth.记得做了某事，事情做了；remember to do sth.记得去做某事，事情还没有做，根据句子可知在办公室工作事情做了，所以用working，故填working。
40．她是如此害怕以至于在那之后她几乎想不清楚了。scare害怕，实义动词，be动词was后面用形容词，主语是she，表示人，所以用以ed结尾的形容词，scare的形容词是scared，感到害怕的，故填scared。
41．pressure；42．went；43．starting；44．time；45．simple；46．myself；47．seeing；48．Luckily；49．breathe；50．pupils
文章大意：本文作者描述了自己的梦想，那就是希望自己能拥有更多自己可以支配的时间，这样他就可以做自己喜欢的事情。
考查语法填空。选择词语时，在考虑文章大意的前提下，应该注意文章及句子所用的时态，以及所填写的词在句子中的位置。通过这些判断，适当改变词汇形式，以符合题目要求。
41．没有课业方面的压力，我们很开心。press，压力，动词。根据We were happy without any...of schoolwork.可知此空需要名词pressure，不可数名词，故填pressure。
42．突然，我的闹钟响了，该起床了。动词短语，go off意为”（闹钟，铃）响了"。由语句and it was time to get up可知此空用一般过去时。故填went。
43．新的一天开始了。start，开始，动词。根据A new day was..,可知start用现在分词形式构成过去进行时。故填starting。
44．对于一个九年级的男孩来说，准备即将到来的高中入学考试占用了我大部分时间。根据题干，可知主语为"senior high school entrance examination高中入学考试"，动词take up意为"占用"，因此宾语是most of my time.。故填time。
45．这个梦想其实很简单。根据下文中提到"I wish I could have a little time for myself each day我的梦想是有属于自己的时间"，因此可知，这个梦想其实很简单，用形容词simple，"简单的"。故填simple。
46．我希望我每天都能有一点自己的时间。根据I wish I could have a little time for...each day,可知是指：我想每天拥有自己的时间。介词for的宾语与主语一致，用myself。故填myself。
47．就像在海里航行长时间后劳累了，忽然看到了一个小岛。see，看到，动词。作介词like的宾语，用动名词。故填seeing。
48．幸运的是，我的老师和父母开始理解我了。lucky，幸运的，形容词。位于句首状语，用副词形式。故填Luckily。
49．经过长时间的努力，老师会让我们出去呼吸新鲜空气。breathe，呼吸，动词。根据our teachers will let us go outside and…可知此空要用动词的原形。故填breathe。
50．这也是一个很好的奖励，我正在成为班上最好的学生之一。pupil，学生，可数名词。结合语句one of+名词复数形式，其中之一，故填pupils。
51．an；to light；recently；think；cut；in；much；first；truth；to
本文介绍了一些编辑过于关注故事的教育意义，没有首先检查故事是否真实而导致的错误。
（1）当他7岁时，他的母亲做了阑尾切除术。根据 Appendectomy 是以元音音素开头的名词单数可知，此处用不定冠词an，表示泛指，故填an。
（2）所以爱迪生在油灯附近装了镜子来照亮房间。不定式做目的状语，故填 to light。
（3）但出版商最近表示，将删除这个故事。副词修饰said动词，recent的副词是，recently，故填 recently。
（4）那是因为很多人认为这不是真的。根据 Many believe that the world's first appendectomy was in 1886 ，可知此处是认为，think，根据从句it's not true 可知主句时态是一般现在时，主语是people，故谓语动词是原形，故填 think。
（5）故事说小华盛顿在他家院子里砍倒了一棵樱桃树。介绍过去是一般过去时，cut的过去式是cut，故填 cut。
（6）但事实上，当时这个地区没有樱桃树。in fact，固定搭配，事实上，故填in。
（7）专家们说，一些编辑过于关注故事的教育意义，没有首先检查故事是否真实。too much，修饰动词care，太……，故填much。
（8）专家们说，一些编辑过于关注故事的教育意义，没有首先检查故事是否真实。副词修饰动词check，one的副词是，first，首先，故填 first。
（9）出版商说，在将来，他们会更加关注教科书中故事的真实性。the定冠词后是名词，true的名词是，truth，事实，故填 truth。
（10）我们将邀请专家来验证我们的故事。invite sb to do，固定搭配，要求某人做，故填to。
考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，语态，非谓语动词，词性多种用法。