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八年级下册短文填空专练John was a poorboy.He madea livingby cleaningleather皮革1for othersin the street.John wasalso a2boy.One day,a rich man3Miser appearedin front of John.He watchedhis owndirty shoesfor a4and thenlooked atJohn.John knewthis kindof peoplewell.They lovedmoney buthated tospendit.John said,“Let meclean yourshoes,sir.Only two pence便士,sir.”Mr.Miser shookhis headand walked
5.John thoughtfor asecond and then calledout,Id like to cleanit for nothing.〃This timeMr.Miser agreed.And soonone ofhis shoeswas shiningbrightly.When the richmanput hisother shoeon thestool凳子,John saidhe wouldntcleanit forhim unlesshe was6twopencefor hiswork.Mr.Miserwas very
7.He refusedto payanything andwent away.But tohis8,the well-cleaned shoewas sobright that it madethe otherone lookevendirtier.Mr.Miser lookedaround.People in thestreetwere9at him.Finally,therichman10and gaveJohn twopence.In avery shorttime histwo shoesshone brightly.didnt stopher.She openedthe box and lookedinside.She found7init and tried hardto closeit,but she8That eveningthe old man camehome and found the box wasopen.He wasvery9_____________and askedthe womanand her husband toleave hishome.But there was nothingin thebox.〃the woman said,“We didn t takeanything at
10.“The oldman shoutedat them,“The boxis notimportant.I cant believeyou.That simportantv十五One dayI went to ayard salewith mybrother.We couldalways findgood things1the thingsthere.For example,some interestingtoys ora great novelat a2price couldexcite us.To be3,we werejuststudents andthe thingsthere wereusually cheap.So we4it asa goodway to buy thingswith lessmoney.We pickedseveral thingsat first.Andlater I found a5coffee cupwith anice lid覆盖on oneof the tables.I lookedatitfor awhile,6I foundit didnot have a price.Would itbe anexpensive oneI wasnot sure,but itwasso nicethat Ididn t want to
7.with it.So Icarried itand otherthings.BeforeI8for them,the9also checkedthecup andfound noprice*Then shesaid,“Fifty cents.〃I boughtit happily*When Igot home andtriedto washit,Ifound there10some coffeeinsidethe cupI boughtsomeones realcoffee cup.I wentto alocal postoffice tosend agift toFlorida yesterday.When Iwalkedinto thedoor,there weremany peoplelthere.A bitdisappointed,I decided to calmlywaitfor myturn toplace theprecious packageon thecounter|巨台.Since Ididn thave the tape胶带to seal封住the box,I wentto buythetape.As Ibegan tosecure使固定the topofthe box,2woman infront ofme,a similarsituation,asked ifshe coulduse some3^1gave hersome and helped herput thegift4her box.When thewoman infront ofme askedwho I was5the packageto,I explainedthatmy80-year-old_mother Selmalives inFlorida,1,200miles6my home.7we spoke,the linemoved andshe offeredmeaplace infront ofher.I wasgratefuland thankedthat moment,the otherpeople infront ofher ushered弓|导me infrontof them.By thetime Ireached the82we wereall smilingand laughingand Ithanked9sincerely.A fewinches oftape canseal theworld
10.In Singapore,many studentsspend much time onstudies.People thinkthat goodgradesare thekey Isuccessi Somany studentstry2best to get good grades inexams.In orderto getgoodgrades,some3even go to eveningclasses after school to4for exams.Students havemany after-school activitiesat school,5as sportsgames,dancegroups.On6,they haveenough time to dowhat theylike.Most studentsliketo7to music.Singapore filmsare popular,too,Some ofthem also
8.their timesurfing theInternet,e-mailing theirfriends,and9computer games.They sometimesgo tocafes,shopping centersand bigbookshops.So lifefor studentsin Singaporeis noteasy10colorful.四Nowadays,many studentscomplain aboutthe pressurethey havein theirstudy andlife.They haveto1muchtimestudying at school.They alwaysfeel2afterschool.3,parents thinkthat snot enough.They sendtheir childrento different4of after-schoolclasses.They thinktheir childrencan learnmore andbe5successful in the future.Students dont think6same.They liketo hang7with friends.They loveto watchTVat homeinstead8going toafter-school classes.Parents,of course,never letthem dothat.So studentshave problemscommunicating9their parents.They nowcan notgetlOwell withparents andthey evenargue with their parents*五It waslate atnight.Mrs.Green wassleeping inher1alone.Suddenly shewoke2andfounda thiefgetting into her houseto tryhis luck,What shouldI do”Mrs.Greenthought.I cant shout.And atthe same3thethief walkedinto herbedroom.When he foundtherewas someonein it,he4out ofit andwentto thenext room.5he waslooking formoney in thenext room,Mrs.Green gotup asquickly aspossible and6the policequietly.The thiefdidnt knowwhat hadhappenedhe heardthe policecome.He wassoscared8he took out aknife.He wantedto9Mrs.Green withit.Just thena policemancame upand caughthim.For Mrs.Green,it wasreally_an_unusual10八Last Sunday,our soccer team hada gamewiththeteam fromLishan MiddleSchool.They werethe bestsoccer teamin thisarea.So theywere1skilled thanus.There waslittlehope for us towin.But our coach encouragedus toget readyfor2JHe saiditwas agood chancefor ustoplay withthe topsoccerteam.We_could learna loteven thoughwe3the game.Beforethe game,we4passing theball again and again.Afterthe training,we watchedthe5[They playedbefore on the video.Our coachanalyzed theiradvantagesforusand askedus tocome upwith anidea todeal withit.On6morning,we gatheredon theplayground4Many studentsfrom thesetwo schoolscame towatch thegame.All ofthem wereexcited.We didntgot
7.shot ongoal in the firsthalf hourbut they gottwo.We werealready togive thebreak,ourcoachreminded usthat soccergamewas teamwork.So whenwe showedup againwe werecompletely9from before.We paidmoreattention to ourteamwork.We triedour bestand evenscored agoal.All ofthe peoplecheered forus.10we weredefeated,we werestill proudof ourselves.Wedid ourbest.Our coachtook usin hisarms witha bigsmile onhis face.七Alan wasa littleboy.He wentto schoollast yearbut hedidn,t likestudying.1,heliked football.Every dayhe2lots oftime playingfootball andnever didhis homework.So hedidnt do3in hisstudy.His parentshoped hecould work4at hisschoolwork,but hedidn tlistento them.They were5about him.but didntknow6to do.One day,Alan tooka mathtest.He readthe questionsagain andagain butdidnt knowthe
7.to thequestions.He didntwantto takethe test.He8on the test paper,〃God knowsMerry Christmas〃Then hewentout ofthe classroomquickly.Of course,it madethe mathteacher very9^And twodayslater,Alan receivedthetestpaperlO theteachers words,〃God gets100You getzero HappyNew Year”八Once upona time,therewasa boywho livedin China*His namewas Ma Liang.Heloved to1,but hedidnthave a brush.He wastoo2to buyone.He oftenused sticksto draw pictureson theground.He saidtohimself,3I haveabrush,I dont needtodrawontheground with
4.”One night,when Ma Liang was5,he hada dream.In hisdream,he6an oldman.The oldman gavehim amagic brush.The oldmansaid to MaLiang,“I giveyou amagicbrush.You canuse itto help the poorin yourvillage.”The nextmorning,when hewoke7,hefounda realbrush inhis hands.MaLiangfeltvery8・He wentto thevillage anddecidedtohelpthevillagers.Some villagerssaid,“There hasbeen adrought干旱and ourcrops庄稼are dying.MaLiangtookoutthemagic9and drewsome10•Then itbegan torain.The villagerssaid thanksto MaLiang.九I havea twinsister,Kitty.She haslonger hairthan me.I dontlike longhair.Many peoplethink welhave lotsof thingsin common.V mafraid thisis nottrue.Whenmy parentsfriends cometoourhome,Kitty oftensits thereand says
2.,but I liketo talkwith them.So sheis3than me.Kitty likesreading,drawing andcooking.I justlikeswimming andplaying basketball.She has4hobbies than me,but sheis notas athletic5mei BecauseKitty does6thanmeatschool,my parentsoften sayto me,7Kitty isyoungerthan you,you shouldlearn8her.We dohave somesimilarities,however.Forexample,we9like eatingfast food,10shopping andlistening topop music.+Tom livedinthecountryside,and heloved1in asmall rivernear hishouse.Later hisfather2a jobin a big city,andhe3there withhis family.Their newhousehad agarden,but thegarden wasvery4•Tom wasnt veryhappy.〃Is therea rivernearhere〃he askedhis mother5the firstday.His motheranswered,〃No,but theresabeautiful parknear here,and theresa poolin it.We aregoing therethis afternoon.Then Tombecame
6.After lunch,Tom and his motherwentto the
7.Tom wantedto walknear the8,but therewasasign infrontofit.His motherread itto9,“WARNING:This poolisdangerous.36people havefallen intoit./zTom lookedinto thepool for a longtime andsaid,But I10see them”H-I havebeen areader sinceI couldremember.My motherwas thefirst personwhointroduced methel Shebrought homea2book forme everyweek.I loveall kindsof books,even bookswith3ornowords.I couldpick upa picturebook and spendhours4it.Ilikereading,5I oftengoto the bookstoretobuybookswith mymom.I thinkreading ismagical.It isenjoyable andrelaxing.If you
6.downwith agood bookto read,you will7into adifferent worldforafew hours.You willexperiencedifferent feelingsand stories.It just8on whatyou arereading.Somepeople saythey are9busy toread abook.I dontlO.You alwayshavetimetodo yourfavorite things,right Nowturn off the TV,open abookandenjoyit.十二This summer,I wentto MountainEverest珠穆朗玛峰in Nepalwith my_a weekwalkingin themountains.We sawbeautiful bluesky,very high mountains anda lotof white
2.Do youknow whowas the3man toreachthe summit顶峰Edmund Hillaryand TenzingNorgay were.They_were reallycoolIt wasvery4inthehighmountains,5we stilltook manypictures.After weleft themountains,we6a trainto Kathmandu,abig cityin Nepal.There aremany templesinthecity.We didntvisit7temples becausemylegs hurtso
8.We wereall9,but itwas fun.I hopeto gothere10十三Guilin isagreatplace forpeople togo onvacation.There aremany placesof1for youto enjoy.But myvisit toGuilin wasnot pleasant.On May1st,2015,I paidmy2visit toGuilin withthe helpof atravelagency.Because I haven,t beenthere before,I expectedI couldhaveawonderful3onthe mountainsandtherivers there.At the_beginning,the guidetook us to theLi River.Iwasvery excitedand Icould seehow cleanthe4is.Then half an hourlater,the guidetold usto gettogetherand leftfor the Elephant Trunk Hill.Ihaveread apassage aboutit whenIwas inprimary school.So welined upquickly andlooked forwardto seeingit as5aspossible.On ourway totheElephant TrunkHill,the bus
6.Jhe guideasked allof ustogetoffthebus anddo some7inastore.Sometourists boughtsomething.Later shetook ustoseries ofshops nearbyand askedustoshop asmany aswe could.Many touristswere8and quarreledwith her,〃Do youguide usto9or goshopping“She didnt replybut warnedus:〃We wont leavethe shops10we spendat_least2,000yuan there,“Three hourslater,she cameback andtook ustotheElephantTrunk Hill.But weonly_had anotherhalfanhour formy favoriteElephantTrunkHill.What apity十四Once ayoung manandhiswife workedfor anoldman.There wasabig1intheoldman sliving room.The oldman pointedtotheboxandsaid,“There sonly onethingyou mustnt do.Dont2thebox.”3saying this,he leftthe livingroom.The womansaidtoherhusband.“There4be somethingexpensive inthebox.Let sopen it,shall weHer husbandsaid notoher,butthewoman didnt giveup heridea.One day,she decidedto find5what wasin thebox.Her6。