2023-2024学年译林版八年级英语下册Unit1《Past and present》单元话题短文首字母填空（含答案解析）

2023-2024学年八年级英语下册单元话题短文首字母填空

Unit1《Past and present》

姓名：_________ 班级：_________ 学号：_________

（2022下·江苏盐城·八年级校联考期中）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，每空一词。

My grandparents live in a small old t    1     in the south of Jiangsu. Many of its buildings have a history of three centuries. There are many old buildings and bridges.

Thirty years ago, people there e    2     a quiet and peaceful life. There were few cars, few factories. And of course, little p    3    . But now the town has t    4     into a hot travel destination(目的地). It is not a quiet place any more. Every day, t    5     of tourists flood into the town. The parking areas (停车场）are always f    6     of cars and coaches. Tourists come to the town on holiday. They say it can help them relax themselves. But, can they r    7     enjoy a holiday in such a crowded(拥挤的） and n    8     town?

Now, too many tourists have caused many p    9    . The biggest problem is that they have polluted the town. The rivers are dirty and the air is not so f     10     . Local people have more money, but is money so important?

（2023下·江苏无锡·八年级校联考阶段练习）根据首字母提示补全短文。

The world is changing quickly. My hometown has changed a lot o    11     the years. These changes make our live c    12    . For example, there have b    13     great changes in entertainment(娱乐). Nowadays, people don’t have to work as h    14     as before. They have more holidays and more f    15     time. So there are more and more entertainment places. If you go along the street, you will find more and more KTVs, bars and parks. People’s lives are not b    16     any more because they can relax in many d    17     ways. They can go out to have fun i    18     of just watching TV at home. They can also go to bookshops and read there for the whole morning i    19     they like reading. Music fans can go to KTVs and sing their favourite songs. If they like watching films, they can go to a modern c    20     to enjoy the latest films. People enjoy their lives very much. I like these changes. Do you like them too?

（2022下·江苏盐城·八年级统考期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使其意思完整。

Do you go to school by bus? It is very important for you to know h    21     to be safe when taking a bus, no matter whether you like it or not.

First, don’t run to the bus stop, but w    22     . While you are at the bus stop, you should wait in a safe place. Do not run or p    23     while waiting.

Second, don’t talk in a loud v    24     when you are on the bus, so the driver will not be disturbed (打扰). When there is a fire, the most important thing is to b    25     the window with a hammer or any sharp things and then jump out.

T    26     , when you are getting off the bus, make s    27     you walk (not run) three more steps away from the door. This is the b    28     place to be around a bus.

Last, if you leave something on the bus, never r    29     to the bus to get it. The driver may not see you come b    30     and he may begin moving the bus.

（2023下·江苏泰州·八年级校联考阶段期中）Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder and simpler than it is today. People didn’t have m   31    machines.

Life today has brought new p   32   . One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes d   33   . It kills fish and affects drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more e   34   . Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It affects m   35    living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories a   36    pollute the air. To solve the problem, many countries are making laws to fight the pollution. Factories must clean their water b   37    it is thrown away. They mustn’t discharge (排出) dirty smoke into the air.

We need to do many o   38    things. We can put waste things in dustbins and should not throw them on the ground. We can go to work by bus or share the same car with our friends. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less a   39    pollution.

Laws are not e     40     . Every person must help reduce the pollution.

（2023下·江苏宿迁·八年级校联考阶段练习）根据短文内容及所给首字母提示，写出所缺单词，使短文完整、通顺。

Ricky lived in a small town with his family. People in the town lived an easy life. Children went to school every day, and parents went to w      41       at the town’s factory. No one asked any strange questions.

But Ricky was d      42       from other children. He did not want to go to school. He wanted to work and h      43       his family. He did not want to work at the town’s factory. He wanted to open his o      44       store. And he always asked some s      45       questions.

Everyone laughed at Ricky, but his friend David n      46       did. David thought that Ricky was a person with many good i      47      . Although (虽然) David didn’t always agree with Ricky, he respected (尊重) him.

With the help of his father, Ricky opened his first s      48      . Ricky worked hard and later he had many stores. He was a successful man and m      49       to a big city.

Ricky sometimes went back to his hometown. When he went back there, he always remembered to v       50        his good friend David. They always had a good time.

根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空一词。

My grandparents live in a small old town in the south of Jiangsu. Many of its buildings have a history of three centuries. The town is f 51 for its old buildings and bridges. Thirty years ago, people there e 52 a quiet and peaceful life. There were few cars, few shops. And of course，little p 53 .

But now the town has t  54  into a hot travel destination(目的地).It is not a quiet place any more. Every day, t 55 of tourists flood into the town. The parking areas are always full of cars and coaches. Tourists come to the town on h 56 . They say it can help them relax themselves. But, can they r 57 enjoy a holiday in such a crowded(拥挤的)and n 58 town?

Now，too many tourists have caused many p 59 .The biggest problem is that they have polluted the town. The rivers are dirty, the air is no longer f  60   and the town has lost its peace. Local people have more money, but is money so important?

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺的单词。答题卡上需填写完整的单词。

In the past few years, great changes have taken place around us.

The roads u    61     to be narrow and crowded (拥挤的). The houses were old and small. There was r    62     everywhere. And the air wasn’t f    63     enough. There was a paper factory near our school. They often put the waste into the river. Water p    64     was also a big problem.

Nowadays, our living c    65     have improved a lot. The roads are w    66     and clean. It’s really easy for people to go out. We can choose different t    67     of transport to go anywhere. The government has also built many tall buildings. Most of us have m    68     into big beautiful houses. The sky is blue and the cloud is white. The birds are singing h    69    . Our hometown looks like a big garden w     70      green trees and colorful flowers.

Our country is becoming richer and stronger. We are living a happy life.

（2022下·江苏盐城·八年级统考期中）There are moments in my life I remember forever. It’s p    71     to remember the good things of the past. These memories are always in the c    72     of my mind.

When I was four years old, I went to a kindergarten. The teachers in my eyes were all beautiful and patient. They t    73     us many interesting songs and games. We p    74     all day long. I did not know what learning was at that time, but I was learning every day.

When I was seven years old, I started school. I was very excited b    75     I began to learn school subjects. I became interested in s    76     instead of singing. I remember the day when our science teacher told us the sun is l    77     a big fire ball and that it is very, very far away. She also said nobody can stay close to that “ball”. I was so surprised that I kept my m    78     open. Later on, more ideas about weather, planes, wildlife and even pollution came to our ears. I felt each day brought s    79     new.

Now I am at middle school. Each day is new to me. Happily I am still learning, which is like a j    80     to me. I have finished the first part, but there is still a long way for me to go. I hope I will be a learned person some day.

（2023下·江苏南通·八年级校联考阶段练习）The worst traveller in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f    81     from the US to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome（罗马）. Believing this, he got off the p    82    .

When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy t    83     made his friend late. While looking for their address, Paul found that Rome had changed a lot. He found many high m    84     buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people s    85     English but not Italian and those main street signs were written in English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l    86    .

After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a    87     policeman. But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman w    88     the Rome police employed（雇佣）so many people who spoke English as policemen.

Paul didn’t b    89     he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was sent to the a     90      in a police car.

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参考答案

1．(t)own    2．(e)njoyed    3．(p)ollution    4．(t)urned    5．(t)housands    6．(f)ull    7．(r)eally    8．(n)oisy    9．(p)roblems    10．(f)resh

【导语】本文讲述了作者祖父母住的古老小镇三十年前安静祥和，没有污染。但是现在很多游客到这里来，带来了很多问题，这里变得拥挤喧嚣。

1．句意：我的祖父母住在江苏南部的一个小镇上。根据下文“The town…”和首字母提示可知，住在一个小镇上，故填(t)own。

2．句意：三十年前，那里的人们过着平静祥和的生活。根据宾语“a quiet and peaceful life”和首字母提示可知，那里的生活是平静祥和的，因此人们很喜欢，enjoy“享受……的乐趣，喜欢”符合题意。根据“thirty years ago”可知此处用一般过去时，故填(e)njoyed。

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