Unit4 Why don't you talk to your parents ？ 短文综合填空 专项练（含答案解析）2024-2025学年下学期初中英语人教版八年级下册

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Unit4 Why don't you talk to your parents ？ 短文综合填空 专项练
2024-2025学年下学期初中英语人教版八年级下册
一、短文填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Once, there was a little boy called Meng Ke. His father died when he was just a baby, so he lived alone with his mother, Mengmu.
At first, they lived next to a graveyard (墓地). The air was full of fear. 1 Meng Ke had a lot of fun. “No, this is not the proper place to raise my child.” Mengmu thought. 2 next day, she took the bags and left the graveyard with Meng Ke.
They moved to a house next to a noisy market. People 3 (argue) with each other there. Some people even had a fight because of different 4 (opinion). Meng Ke saw this and followed others. He couldn’t get on 5 with others at all. Mengmu was afraid by what she saw and told 6 (she), “No, this is not the proper place to raise my child, either.” So she took MengKe away.
At last, they settled down beside a school. Every day, Meng Ke saw the students. He saw the students read books and he did so as well. Mengmu was happy to see this and decided that the school was the 7 (education) environment.
So Meng Ke and his mother lived there for years, and Meng Ke 8 (grow) up to be a wise man, and today we all know him as Mencius(孟子).
9 his mother going out of her way to find a good environment for him, Meng Ke couldn’t become one of the greatest ideologists (思想家) of all times. This story not only tells us the 10 (important) of a suitable learning environment, but also shows the love of parents to their children.
Do you often communicate with your parents Some parents are always comparing their children 11 other people when they were young.
“When I was your age,” a father said to his sixteen -year -old 12 one day, “I was at the top of my class every year. And I knew 13 I have learned when I left school. I had goals (目标). You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class 14 you have no goals.” The man’s son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. “And when your mother was your age,” the young man’s father went on, “she had a good job and she made lots of 15 . You don’t even have a part-time job.” The man’s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, 16 . “And when your elder brother was your age, he studied hard. But you just 17 your time.” And the man’s son still said nothing.
18 , the young man’s father said, “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night.” This time the son didn’t keep 19 .
“And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father,” he said, “He was the President (总统) of the United States. What are you ” This time, his father was very 20 and could say nothing.
二、选词填空
用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空
instead, relation, communicate, talk, stay, important, argue, allow, child, wrong
When you are teenagers, it seems that every time you say “I want...”, your parents answer “No, you can’t.” About this, you often 21 with your parents. Perhaps you get angry with them about it. If your parents don’t offer 22 with you, you may not want to talk with them for a long time.
23 often complain (抱怨) that their parents do not understand them. When something goes 24 , most parents think their kids are to blame (应负责任) without asking for any explanation. Many parents don’t 25 their kids to make decisions or do anything by themselves. 26 between children and their parents are becoming worse and worse. I think if you want to get more freedom (自由), you should often 27 with your parents and try a friendlier way to get what you want. If you want them to allow you 28 out late, don’t just say “All the other kids can stay out late.” 29 , you try telling them what you want to do, where you will be and why it is 30 for you to stay out late. Then they just might say, “yes.”
请从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
nervous get hand cloud argue explain help when relation at whatever minute
Cathy is Nancy’s stepsister (继妹). They can’t 31 on well and argue a lot.
One day they were arguing again. “Stop 32 , girls!” said their dad. “I’ll make a deal with you. Get through this morning without arguing, and you can do 33 you want this afternoon.”
The girls looked 34 each other. “All right,” they agreed.
They went boating together. Nancy showed Cathy how to paddle (用桨划船) but Cathy didn’t listen. 35 they made it to the middle of the lake, Cathy felt a strong wind.She looked up. Dark 36 filled the sky. Nancy said, “We’d better turn around.” The wind blew harder.
Cathy was quite 37 . While she stood up to call for help, the boat turned over. They fell into the water.
“Grab (抓住) the boat,” Nancy told Cathy. “We have to swim back to the shore.”
Cathy was scared, but Nancy 38 her. “You’re doing great,” Nancy said over and over again. Ten 39 later they returned to the shore.
Cathy took Nancy’s 40 and said, “Thank you.” Nancy smiled as she said, “This is what a sister should do.”
请从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
copy of happy share enough how a if matter they anymore call
These years, with the development of society (社会), more and more teenagers have suffered from stress. Some of the problems can make 41 feel very upset and unhappy all day. Who can help them A teacher from a college tried his best to help them. He thought 42 a lot of ways to help them. On Monday and Thursday, students can 43 his hotline (热线). Here are some ideas about 44 to keep yourself healthier in many ways.
Firstly, it is necessary to get 45 sleep every day. Try to have 46 healthy diet every day. Secondly, relax yourself. Maybe you are not the top student. It doesn’t 47 . The most important thing is to work hard. If you try your best, your teachers and parents will understand you. 48 you have some problems, you should be active to talk with your teachers and parents. They can help you. Remember to 49 your happiness and sadness with your good friends. Sometimes, you can go out for a walk.
In a word, you can try to make yourself 50 in your own ways. I’m sure you can be happy every day.
请从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余项。
he open so push old the good without crazy offer compare communicate
Mrs.Taylor has two sons. One is Simon and 51 other is Peter. Simon is fourteen years old while Peter is twelve, so Simon is Peter’s 52 brother. The boy Simon hardly depends on his mother from an early age. He always does things by 53 . He tries to do something 54 Mrs. Taylor’s help. And he often 55 help when Mrs. Taylor does chores. For example, in the morning he always helps his mother 56 all the windows to let fresh air in. Also, he helps to make the bed in silence 57 that he won’t wake others up.
Mrs. Taylor gets on 58 with Simon. When she has problems, she always 59 with Simon. Sometimes she can really get good advice from Simon.
Mrs. Taylor doesn’t like Peter because the boy is very lazy. Peter dislikes his mother because she is always 60 him with Simon. He wants to be himself.
参考答案
1．But 2．The 3．argued 4．opinions 5．well 6．herself 7．educational 8．grew 9．Without 10．importance
本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了孟母三迁的故事，即孟轲的母亲为选择良好的环境教育孩子，煞费苦心，曾两迁三地，最终决定在一所学校旁边住下。
1．句意：但是孟轲玩得很开心。根据“The air was full of fear.”可知，此句与后一句是转折关系，因此but符合句意，位于句首，首字母大写。故填But。
2．句意：第二天，她带着行李和孟轲离开了墓地。根据固定搭配“the next day”可知，the符合句意，位于句首，首字母大写。故填The。
3．句意：人们在那里互相争论。根据“They moved to a house next to a noisy market.”可知，此句时态是一般过去时，结合英文提示，argued符合句意。故填argued。
4．句意：有些人甚至因为不同的意见而打架。根据“different”可知，此空需要一个名词复数，结合英文提示，opinions符合句意。故填opinions。
5．句意：他根本不能和别人和睦相处。根据“Meng Ke saw this and followed others.”可知，和别人相处的不好，因此此空需要一个副词修饰动词；再者根据“get on well with sb.”可知，well符合句意。故填well。
6．句意：孟母被眼前的情景吓了一跳，她对自己说:“不，这里也不是养孩子的好地方。”根据“Mengmu was afraid by what she saw”可知，她告诉自己，结合英文提示，herself符合句意。故填herself。
7．句意：孟母很高兴看到这一点，并决定学校就是教育环境。根据“environment”可知，此空需要一个形容词，结合英文提示，educational符合句意。故填educational。
8．句意：于是，孟轲和他的母亲在那里住了很多年，他长大了，成为了一个智者。根据全文时态可知，此空需要一个动词过去式，结合英文提示，grew符合句意。故填grew。
9．句意：没有他的妈妈为他找个好环境的话，他不会成为伟大的思想家。根据“Meng Ke couldn’t become one of the greatest ideologists (思想家) of all times.”可知，没有他的妈妈为他找个好环境的话，他不会成为伟大的思想家，without符合句意，位于句首，首字母大写。故填Without。
10．句意：这个故事不仅告诉我们一个合适的学习环境的重要性，也显示了父母对孩子的爱。根据“the...of”可知，此空需要一个名词，结合英文提示，importance符合句意。故填importance。
11．with 12．son 13．what 14．because 15．money 16．too 17．waste 18．Finally 19．silent 20．surprised
这篇短文主要描述了一位父亲教育儿子的场景，最后在儿子的反问之下，竟是不知该怎样回答儿子的问题。
11．句意：有些父母在孩子小的时候总是拿他们的孩子和别人的孩子比较。此处是 compare with与……相比。故填with。
12．句意：一位父亲对他十六岁的儿子说。由后文的“The man’s son still said nothing.”可知，此处应该是父亲对儿子说的，需用单数。故填son。
13．句意：我知道我离开学校后学到了什么。根据“I knew…I have learned ”可知，此处需用what引导的宾语从句，指学到的内容。故填what。
14．句意：你总是在班上垫底，因为你没有目标。分析句子结构可知，句子“you have no goals.”是“You are always at the bottom (最后) of your class”的原因。故填because。
15．句意：她有一份好工作，赚了很多钱。根据“she had a good job”可知，此处应该是赚了很多钱。故填money。
16．句意：他以前也听说过。由以上的叙述可知，爸爸今天教育儿子的话，都是以前重复多次的，所以这句话“也”听过。此处是句末“也”，空前有逗号，而且句子为肯定句。故填too。
17．句意：但你只是浪费时间。根据“And when your elder brother was your age, he studied hard.” 及But可知，此处的but表示转折，说明这位儿子不像他哥哥那样努力学习，而是浪费时间。故填waste。
18．句意：最后，年轻人的父亲说：“当亚伯拉罕·林肯在你这个年纪时，他白天工作，晚上学习。”由文章内容可知，此处是父亲举的最后一个例子，此处缺少副词，finally意为“最后”，首字母大写。故填Finally。
19．句意：这次儿子没有保持沉默。由下文儿子说的话可知，此处是儿子反驳了父亲的话，因此不在保持沉默，此处需用形容词silent意为“沉默的”。故填silent。
20．句意：这一次，他的父亲非常惊讶，什么也说不出来。根据“He was the President (总统) of the United States. What are you ”及空后的“could say nothing.”可知，父亲对儿子所说的感到非常惊讶，故说不出话来。故填surprised。
21．argue
22．to talk
23．Children
24．wrong
25．allow
26．Relations
27．communicate
28．to stay
29．Instead
30．important
本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了父母与孩子之间的关系，并建议孩子们该如何跟父母沟通。
21．句意：关于这个，你经常和你的父母吵架。根据“you often”可知，此处需填谓语动词。结合“Perhaps you get angry with them about it.”、“with”和选项可知，此处考查argue with sb“与某人争吵”，且为一般现在时。故填argue。
22．句意：如果你父母不主动跟你沟通，你可能很长时间都不想和他们说话。根据“If your parents don’t offer...with”可知，offer to do sth主动做某事。结合选项和“with”，talk“谈话”符合语境。故填to talk。
23．句意：孩子们经常抱怨父母不理解他们。根据“often complain that their parents do not understand them.”可知，此处需填主语。结合“their parents”和选项，child“孩子”符合语境，且此处为复数children，句首首字母需大写。故填Children。
24．句意：当事情不对时，大多数父母不问原因就认定他们的孩子是罪魁祸首。根据“When something goes”可知，此处需填形容词。结合“most parents think their kids are to blame without asking for any explanation”和选项，wrong“错的”符合语境。故填wrong。
25．句意：许多父母不允许孩子们自己做决定或是其他事。根据“don’t...their kids to...”可知，此处需填动词原形。结合句意和选项，allow“允许”符合语境。故填allow。
26．句意：孩子们和他们父母之间的关系越来越差。根据“between children and their parents are becoming worse and worse.”可知，此处需填主语。结合上文的“argue”、“get angry”等内容，以及选项可知，relation“关系”符合语境。children和parents均为复数，因此relation也是复数，句首首字母需大写。故填Relations。
27．句意：我觉得如果你想获得更多的自由，你应该经常跟父母沟通，用更友好的方式告诉他们你想要什么。根据“you should often...with your parents”可知，此处需填谓语动词。结合上下文、“with”和选项，communicate“沟通”符合语境，且时态为一般现在时。故填communicate。
28．句意：如果你想让他们同意你在外面呆到很晚，不要说：“其他的孩子都能在外面呆到很晚。”根据“allow you”可知，此处考查allow sb to do sth“允许某人做某事”。结合“out late”和选项，stay“停留、逗留”符合语境，stay out late“晚归”。故填to stay。
29．句意：你试着告诉他们你想做什么、你会在哪里、为什么你要在外面呆到很晚。根据句子结构可知，此处需填副词。结合上文“If you want them to allow you...stay out late.”和下文“you try telling them what you ...for you to stay out late.”，以及选项可知，instead“反而、代替”符合语境。句首首字母需大写。故填Instead。
30．句意：你试着告诉他们你想做什么，你会在哪里，为什么你要在外面呆到很晚。根据“it is...for you...”可知，此处需填形容词。结合选项，important“重要的”符合语境。故填important。
31．get 32．arguing 33．whatever 34．at 35．When 36．clouds 37．nervous 38．helped 39．minutes 40．hand
本文主要介绍了凯西和南希经常吵架，在她们一起去划船时，南希帮助了凯西，凯西感谢了南希，而南希说这是姐妹应该做的。
31．句意：她们相处不好，经常吵架。此处是get on well“相处得好”，情态动词后加动词原形。故填get。
32．句意：别争论了，女孩们！根据“argue a lot”可知是让她们停止争吵，argue“争吵”，stop doing sth.“停止做某事”。故填arguing。
33．句意：今天下午你们想做什么就做什么。根据“do...you want”可知是做任何自己想做的事情，whatever“无论什么”。故填whatever。
34．句意：女孩们面面相觑。此处是结构look at“看”。故填at。
35．句意：当她们到湖心时，凯茜感到一阵强风。根据“they made it to the middle of the lake”可知是当她们到湖心时，when“当”。故填When。
36．句意：天空乌云密布。根据“Dark...filled the sky”可知是乌云密布，cloud“云”，此处用名词复数。故填clouds。
37．句意：凯茜很紧张。根据“While she stood up to call for help, the boat turned over”可知她很紧张，所以想要寻求帮助，nervous“紧张的”。故填nervous。
38．句意：凯西很害怕，但南希帮助了她。根据“Cathy was scared, but Nancy...her”以及后文内容可知南希帮助了凯西，help“帮助”，句子用一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填helped。
39．句意：十分钟后，她们回到岸边。根据“Ten...later”可知是十分钟后，minute“分钟”，此处用名词复数。故填minutes。
40．句意：凯西拉着南希的手说。根据“Cathy took Nancy’s...”可知是拉着南希的手，hand“手”，此处用名词单数。故填hand。
41．them 42．of 43．call 44．how 45．enough 46．a 47．matter 48．If 49．share 50．happy
本文主要介绍了随着社会的发展，越来越多的青少年遭受着压力，并给出了如何保持健康的建议。
41．句意：有些问题会让他们一整天都感到不安和不开心。根据“more and more teenagers have suffered from stress.”可知，此处应用them代指“青少年”，宾格，意为“他们”。故填them。
42．句意：他想了很多方法来帮助他们。think of意为“想出，思考”，固定词组。故填of。
43．句意：周一和周四，学生可以拨打他的热线。根据“…his hotline”可知，此处指的是“拨打热线”，call意为“拨打”，can是情态动词，其后跟动词原形。故填call。
44．句意：这里有一些关于如何在许多方面保持健康的想法。根据“…to keep yourself healthier”可知，此处指的是“如何保持健康”，用how+动词不定式，how意为“如何”。故填how。
45．句意：首先，每天有足够的睡眠是必要的。根据“sleep”可知，此处指的是“充足的睡眠”，enough意为“足够”。故填enough。
46．句意：试着每天都有健康的饮食。此处表示泛指，healthy是辅音音素开头的单词，应该用冠词a。故填a。
47．句意：没关系。根据“It doesn’t…”以及上文可知，此处指的是“没关系”，It doesn’t matter意为“没关系”。故填matter。
48．句意：如果你有一些问题，你应该主动与你的老师和父母交谈。根据“…you have some problems, you should be active to talk with your teachers and parents.”可知，此处指的是“如果你有一些问题”，应该用if引导的条件状语从句，首字母大写。故填If。
49．句意：记得和你的好朋友分享你的快乐和悲伤。根据“Remember to…your happiness and sadness with your good friends.”可知，此处指的是“分享你的快乐和悲伤”，share意为“分享”，与空前to构成不定式。故填share。
50．句意：总之，你可以试着用自己的方式让自己快乐。根据“I’m sure you can be happy every day.”可知，此处说的是“让自己快乐”，make sb. happy意为“让某人开心”，形容词happy作宾语补足语，意为“开心的”。故填happy。
51．the 52．elder 53．himself 54．without 55．offers 56．open 57．so 58．well 59．communicates 60．comparing
本文主要介绍了泰勒夫人的两个儿子Simon和Peter。
51．句意：一个是Simon，另一个是Peter。根据“Mrs.Taylor has two sons.”和备选词汇可知，此处指两者中的另一个，the other“（两者中）另一个”符合语境。故填the。
52．句意：Simon十四岁，Peter十二岁，所以Simon是Peter的哥哥。根据“Simon is fourteen years old while Peter is twelve,”可知，Simon是Peter的哥哥，elder brother“哥哥”。故填elder。
53．句意：他总是自己做事情。根据“The boy Simon hardly depends on his mother from an early age. He always does things by...”可知，Simon很独立，总是自己做事情，by oneself“独自地”，空处应填入he的反身代词，故填himself。
54．句意：他试着在没有泰勒太太帮助的情况下做事情。根据上文“The boy Simon hardly depends on his mother from an early age. He always does things by...”可知，Simon很独立，总是自己做事情，所以他试着在没有妈妈帮助的情况下做事。空处应是介词without“没有”。故填without。
55．句意：当泰勒太太做家务时，他经常提供帮助。根据下文“For example, in the morning he always helps his mother...”可知，他经常帮助妈妈做家务，offer“提供”符合语境，句子用一般现在时，主语是“he”，谓语动词用三单形式。故填offers。
56．句意：例如，早上他总是帮妈妈打开所有的窗户，让新鲜空气进来。根据“he always helps his mother...all the windows to let fresh air in”和备选词汇可知，此处指打开窗户，open“打开”，help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”。故填open。
57．句意：此外，他会默默地帮助整理床铺，这样他就不会吵醒别人。根据“he helps to make the bed in silence...that he won’t wake others up”和备选词汇可知，此处应是so that“为了”，引导目的状语从句。故填so。
58．句意：泰勒夫人和Simon相处得很好。根据下文“...Sometimes she can really get good advice from Simon.”和备选词汇可知，泰勒夫人和Simon相处得很好，get on well with sb.“与某人相处很好”，空处应填入good的副词形式well。故填well。
59．句意：当她有问题时，她总是和Simon沟通。根据“When she has problems, she always...with Simon. Sometimes she can really get good advice from Simon.”和备选词汇可知，泰勒太太有问题时会和Simon沟通，communicate with sb.“与某人沟通”，句子用一般现在时，主语是“she”，谓语动词应用三单形式。故填communicates。
60．句意：Peter不喜欢他的母亲，因为她总是把他和Simon进行比较。根据“Peter dislikes his mother because she is always...him with Simon.”和备选词汇可知，此处指把Simon和Peter进行比较，compare A with B“将A和B进行对比”，空前是is，空处应填入compare的现在分词。故填comparing。
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