八年级上英语短文填词训练题

八（上）短文填词

（一） P4

second ,has ,American, active , hurt, run, swim, single, break, world

Here are some photos of sports stars: Liu Xiang, Michael Phelps and Zhang Yining. Liu Xiang is an _______ young man from Shanghai. He is one of the best _______in the

world. He _______ the Olympic record and won a gold medal in the 2004 Athens

Olympics.But in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he ______to give up the race because his foot was _______. What a shame! Phelps comes form _________. He won eight gold medals in ________ in the Beijing

Olympics.He is the first

athlete to win so many medals at

a_______ Olympics. Zhang Yining, one of the _______ best women table tennis players, won two gold medals______, once in the Athens Olympics and again in the Beijing Olympics.

（二） P14

invent, Canada, indoor, even, have, because, hand, become, side, some

Basketball, one of the most popular sports in the world,_____ a history of over a century. Many people like to play it ______ they can play it indoors and outdoors.

Do you know who ________ basketball? It was James Naismith,

a ________. He

invented basketball in 1891. At that time, he was a P.E. teacher at Springfield College in

the U.S.A. He invented an ______ game for his students so that they could play _______

in bad weather.

Do you know

how to score in the game? Well,just

put the ball into the other

________ basket. You can throw the ball into the basket from_____ part of the court and you can throw it with one hand or both _______. But you must follow the rules.

Now basketball is_________ more and more popular all over the world.

（三） P15

real, run,

help,

vegetable, good, boy, man, health, easy, eat

I am a 15-year-old boy and I ’m quite ________. However, one year ago I was fat . I loved chips and chocolate, and I then.

Now I have a 1.5-mile run every morning. I drink milk and eat fresh fruit and

_______ instead of chips and chocolate. Healthy_______habits and running

______ to

build me up. I have great fun _______, and I feel______ and look fit. Running has become my favorite sport. I ’m sure will do well in the _______ 800-meter race in our school sports meet.

got tired _______. One morning, I saw some

young_______running in the park. They looked______ fit and active. So I started running

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八年级上英语短文填词训练题

(四)P21

well, exciting, one, bad, win, hold, also, much, across, my

Last week our school______ a sports meet. Everyone in our class felt

very

________because we were the _________. In the boys ’relay race, Michael ran very fast and our class won _______ place. Yu Ting is good at the long jump and she___ won. We’re sorry that we did ____ in the high jump, do______next time.

I took part in the boys ’400-meter race . I did my best and was the first to ______ the finish line. This encourages____a lot. Now I love sports more. I want to be a soccer player. I will do ______ exercise every day and I ’ll be able to take part Olympic Games.

（五） P45

with, happen, eat , like , well,

ill,

happy , smoke, energy, accident

in the

but we’re sure we can

(Kangkang ’s father, Dr.Li, give a talk about health to the students of Ren’ai International School. Here is part of his talk)

You need to have healthy eating habits. Breakfast gives you enough ______ for the morning. So don ’tgo to school______ it. Fruit and vegetables are good for you healthy but fast food, ______ potato chips, will make you fat and un healthy. So _______ the right foot to keep you healthy.

Playing sports can also help you keep fit. But sometimes

it may cause _______, so

stay safe when you are playing sports. It ’s necessary to learn about first aid. Then you can help yourselves or others if an accident _______.

________ is important for your heath. It is the best medicine. When you are ill, try to be happy and you ’ll feel _______ . On the other hand, you may feel sick if you are always unhappy. So, be happy to be healthy.

You must avoid _______ and drinking. Many students think it

say no to smoking and drinking.

（六） P58

health, happy, hobby, pare, collect, daily, old, pet, relax, sport People usually do what they like in their

______time. They keep_____, chat on the

’s cool to smoke and

drink. But they don ’tknow smoking and drinking can cause many ________. You should

Net and ______ things such as coins, dolls or stamps. They also play_____, dance to music, play computer games, etc. Some of these hobbies are _______, and some are exciting.

______ can bring people _____, friendship and knowledge. They help people relax after their _____work. When people are getting ____, hobbies can keep them ______. When people are sick, hobbies can help them get well soon.

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八年级上英语短文填词训练题

（七） P73

However, call , feel, Monday, make, close, Saturday, rest, work, begin

A Short History Of the Weekend

Before 1800, many people spent one day a week at church. In England, people _____ it a “holy day ”. On that day, they _______ and prayed.

In the early 1800s, Sunday was the “holy day”. _______, many workers

mornings. In the U.S.A., workers called them “blue ________”.

To solve the problem, in 1874 the English _____ Saturday afternoon a holiday. At one o’clock, everyone stopped ________. This was the ______of the idea of the weekend in England. By 1930, most American offices were _____ on Saturday afternoons. By 1940, offices and factories in the U.S.A. were closed all day on _________, and the two-day weekend began.

（八） P83

live, bamboo, on, small, dirty,

number, they, heavy, human,

large

played

games and had fun on that day. And then they________ too tired to work on Monday

Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They feed on _____. But now they have less and less land to live _____. Pandas are becoming fewer and fewer in _______.

What ’s the _______animal in the world? The elephant? No. It ’s the blue whale. Blue whales live in the ocean. They are the largest and ______ animals in the world, but they feed on the ________ sea animals. Now they are in danger because some _______ kill whales and make the ocean water ________.

Chinese tigers live in the south of China. They are the oldest type of tigers ______ in the world. They feed on small animals. Some people kill them for ______ fur and bones. They are in danger now.

（九） P97

order, side, weight, height, Wonder, believe, tomb, great, tall, The pyramids in Egypt are world

–famous. Long ago, kings built

take

them as their on earth. It

______. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the largest one. It is one of the

“Seven ______”of

the ancient world. Until the 19th century, it was the ______ building _____about 100000 people over 20 years to build it.

Khufu ______ his men to build the Great Pyramid as his tomb in about 2 560 B.C. The building is made up of two million stones and each stone ______ more than two tons . The Great Pyramid has four sides and each _____ is 230.4 meters long. It

’s 146.5 meters

______. How did the ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid? We still don ’tknow. Many people_____ the Great Pyramid is the oldest and________ building in the world.

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