外研新版2025秋八年级英语期末考前必刷题--短文填空专项（解析版+原卷版）

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根据下文中所给的首字母写出空格所缺的单词，使句子通顺合理并符合语法要求。在填写答题卷时，要求写出完整单词。（每空只写一词）
The first cmputer was invented in 1946 in America. It was heavy and huge. As time went by, scientists d 1 it and kept trying t make it becme lighter and tinier, s nw peple can take their tablet cmputers anytime, anywhere. The cmputer becmes mre and mre p 2 . Mst f the peple think the cmputer is ne f the greatest i 3 in the 20th century. Because f the cmputer, we make many things pssible. Fr example, cmputers can give an 4 t rbts t d dangerus jbs instead f peple, and cmputers are widely used t build intelligent huses. H 5 , many peple still wrry that cmputers will take the place f human beings.
Passage 2
根据音标、首字母或上下文情境提示，填写单词的正确形式，补全短文。
Dear Alice,
Thank yu fr yur last letter. It seemed that yu had a mre wnderful winter hliday than I did. I hpe I can als g t 1 /'dʒɜ:məni/ ne day.
In this letter I will tell yu smething abut my new friend. Her name is Kate.
I met Kate in the schl English club. Kate is very 1 /'prɪti/ and ppular at schl. She has lng hair and blue eyes. She wears g 2 because she has truble seeing things clearly. She is very friendly and always ready t help thers. She is als c 3 and she can get gd marks in all her subjects. We ften help each ther with ur schlwrk. She is humrus, t. We can’t help l 4 when she tells sme funny and interesting stries. She is s lvely that she wins the heart 5 everyne.
Kate and I have the same h 6 . We bth lve playing the pian. We practise tgether every Mnday and Wednesday.
Kate 7 /ɪk'spekts/ t intrduce (介绍) her sister t me. But I f 8 a little nervus. Yu knw I am nt very gd at getting n with 9 /'streɪndʒəz/. But Kate keeps saying her sister is gd and I needn’t wrry t much. What d yu think I shuld d?
Write sn!
Lve,
Emily
Passage 3
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式。
I’m Jim. I jined the inventin club last mnth, and it has been an amazing jurney.
At first, I didn’t knw what t invent. After thinking fr a while, I chse 1 (design) a simple bkend (书挡).
T make it, I learned 2 (use) sme basic tls. Mr Smith, the club teacher, ffered 3 (help) me imprve my inventin. With his help, things gt much easier. When I started wrking, I tried my best 4 (make) the bkend as strng as pssible. I tested it many times. There were times when the wd pieces didn’t fit well. But I kept 5 (wrk) n the bkend, and slwly, it started t take shape. While making the bkend, I always asked myself nt 6 (frget) imprtant steps. I did everything carefully. After a few days, I finally finished the bkend.
Nw, I keep 7 (think) abut my next inventin. I’m lking frward t creating mre inventins in the club!
Passage 4
阅读短文，根据所给首字母提示写出单词，使文章完整、正确。
If yu’re shy, it can be easy t get dwn n y 1 . It may seem like everyne else is ding better than yu in m 2 new friends. Well, dn’t w 3 t much. In fact, there are many gd things abut being s 4 .
Mst intrverts (内向的人) like t watch and listen i 5 f speaking ut. This makes them mre understanding, s 6 peple want t be friends with them. They knw themselves b 7 .
They als think befre they act. This is i 8 when it cmes t many life decisins (决定). Others wuld like t talk with them and ask fr advice.
S, dn’t feel s 9 abut yur shyness, but embrace (拥抱) it. But if it has becme a prblem and stpped yu frm e 10 yur life, be sure t speak t yur dctr and ask fr sme useful advice.
Passage 5
With the develpment f science and technlgy, ur life is becming mre and mre cnvenient (方便的). It seems that everything has greatly 1 (imprve). But there is ne thing unlike them. It’s the blind (盲的) walking stick. Peple invented it ver 100 years ag and it has been used by many blind peple fr a lng time.
Hwever, it kept unchanged until an engineer named Kursat decided 2 (make) a change. Kursat is blind. He 3 (deep) understands the difficulties and challenges (挑战) that the blind face. He put sme technical knwledge int his 4 (invent) and invented a smart stick. He hped his inventin wuld help the blind.
The smart stick uses built-in speakers and different sensrs (传感器) 5 (warn) abut pssible dangers. It helps blind peple knw abut the envirnment arund them 6 using mdern technlgy. It makes their travel much 7 (easy) than befre. The stick is priced at arund $500. It is less than half the price f mst smartphnes. Mst peple can affrd it.
In the future, this inventin is ging t make a big difference t mre blind peple. “It will nt nly change my life, 8 als the lives f ther peple,” Kursat said. “These days, we are talking abut flying cars, but the blind have been using just simple sticks. 9 a blind persn, when I am at the subway statin, I dn’t knw which is my exit. I dn’t knw which bus is cming r which stres are arund me. But nw, the smart stick can prvide 10 lt f infrmatin fr the blind, ” he said, “I believe the life f the blind will be much mre cnvenient and safer.”
Passage 6
Researchers in Shanghai 1 (develp) a rbt “guide dg” that culd help blind peple. It is able t recgnize (辨别) traffic light signals which 2 (traditin) guide dgs are unable t recgnize. It is als able t listen and speak 3 a blind peratr. The rbt uses AI t recgnize vices, plan ways t g 4 place t place. The rbt dg is described as being abut the size f an English bulldg but a little 5 (wide) than a real dg.
Prfessr Ga Feng is the head f the research team. Ga and his team are still testing the dg, 6 (use) Chinese-language rders.
Mr. Li is cmpletely blind. He 7 (usual) uses a stick t walk. Li said, “ 8 this rbt guide dg cmes nt the market and I culd use it, at least it culd slve sme f my 9 (prblem) in travelling alne. “
Ga said there are just ver 400 guide dgs in China fr nearly 20 millin blind peple. Many wrkplaces, restaurants and public areas d nt welcme a regular 10 (serve) dg. The researcher thinks there culd be a large market fr his rbt dgs.
Passage 7
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。每空限填一词。
Once upn a time there was a rich man in England. He had a lt f mney, but he felt u 1 all the time.
One day he went t see an ld man t ask abut happiness. The ld man had a lk at him, shk his head and said n 2 .
Finally, the rich man left h 3 t lk fr happiness. He v 4 many places, met many rich men, but all f them said they were nt happy e 5 .
On his way hme, the rich man saw a farmer w 6 in the fields. He went up t the farmer and asked, “ Culd yu tell me if yu feel happy?” “Yes, I’m quite happy, “ the farmer answered. “Please tell me hw yu have fund happiness, “asked the rich man. The farmer answered with a s 7 n his face, “That’s very easy. If yu wrk h 8 , have three meals a day and g t bed early w 9 any wrry, yu’ll be the h 10 man in the wrld. “
Passage 8
D yu dream f psting a letter t yurself in the future? Future Mail can d that fr yu.
Nw 1 (lt) f peple use Future Mail. It can send 2 (letter) as slwly as peple want. Peple can 3 (decide) when the letters arrive, in ne r even ten years. Usually, the letters are reminders (提醒) f 4 (friend) and lve. Fr example, Li Zixuan, 5 student in Shanxi, 6 (send) a letter t her mther fr the next Mther’s Day last week.
Future Mail is very ppular 7 yung peple. Many f them put their 8 (wish) in the letters. They always expect 9 (get) the letters. Thrugh the letters, they can see if their life 10 (be) the same as what they expected befre and think abut the 11 (mean) f time.
Nw, in many cities, peple can use the service 12 (easy). But if a persn’s infrmatin 13 (change) later, he may nt receive the letter. “It will be 14 (excite) t get my wn letter. But I wn’t be t sad 15 I can’t. The mre imprtant thing is the feelings f writing the letter,” ne said.