八年级英语首字母填空Passage 1 New Bug Hits MexicoMexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes andkisses on the cheek. But recently, government officals asked people to stop doing this.They have also closed school and museums, and advised people tos______(1)athome.What is swine flu?Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory(呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads topeople in two ways. They catch the virus(病毒) after being with infected pigs,or theyget it from an infected person.The d ___(3)spreads in the same way as human flu, through coughs and sneezes,or by touching a contaminated surface(被污染的表面) and then touching the nose ormonuth. However , it cannot be spread by eating pork.People who have c_______(4) swine flu will have fever, a cough, a sorethroatand body aches. In most casses, the infection makes people unwell but their lives willnot be in danger.Health experts advise people to w________(5)their hands frequently,to covercoughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel ill.Passage2 Global Handwashing Day(全球洗手日)Wednesday, October 15th,2008 is the first Global Handwashing Day.Manypeople w_______(1)their hands with soap (肥皂) on the day. They are f_______(2)twenly countries.Experts(专家) say it is important for people to wash their hands with soap atsome critical moments,such as before e___________(3) and after using the toilet.B________(4)they can get germs(细菌)on their hands when they do those things.Then their hands can make their eyes and noses d_________(5) and make people ill.1 / 8They say that soap is helpful in washing hands. It can help remove(祛除)germs andleave a pleasant s__________(6).The experts also give the right way to wash hands. First put your hands into thewater and make them w______(7). Then cover them with soap andrub(摹) in into alla______(8). Rub for at l_________(9)twenty senconds. Next put your hands underrunning water and make them clean. At last,dry them with ac_________(10)colth.Global Handwashing Day can help people keep healthy.Passage3 A Beautiful SmileWhen I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was as________(1).It was the early autumn of my first year at a j_______(2)high sclool,and my oldschool was far away. As a result, no one k_________(3)who I was. I was verylonely,and afraid to make friends with a_______(4)Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing,I felt my heartbreak.I couldn't talk to anyone about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at mydesk. I couldn't talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents toworry about me.Then one day,my classmates talked happily with their friends,but I sat at mydesk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy e_____(5)the classroom.I didn'tknow who he was. He passed me and then turned b______(6). He looked at meand, without a word,smiled.Suddenly , I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me f_____(7)happy,lively and warm.That smile c_____(8)my life. I started to talk with the other students and madefriends. Day by day,I because c______(9)to everyone in my class. The boy with thelucky smile has because my best friend now.2 / 8One day, I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn't remember smilingat me!It doesn't matter because all the dark days have g______(10). Now I believe thatthe world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely,you might always be alone.So smile at the world and it will smile back.Passage 4Food is very important. Everyone needs to e________(1)well if he or she wantsto have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food isk________(2). We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Smallchildren are i________(3) in everything around them. They learn somethingw______(4)they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they beginto r _____(5) story books,science books, anything they like. When they findsomething new, they love to ask questions and t_____(6) to find out theanswers.What is the best w______(7)to get knowledge? If we learn b______(8) ourseves,we will get the most knowledge. If we are a_________(9) getting answersfrom others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the rightway,we learn more and understand m____(10).Passage 5Everyone needs friends. We all like to feel c_________(1)to someone. It is niceto have a friend to t_______(2),laugh,and to do things. Certainly, sometimeswe-need to be alone. We don't always want people a_______(3). But we wouldf_________(4)lonely if we never had a friend.Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very s_______(6). We miss themvery much, but we can call them and write to them. And we can make new friends. Itis surprising to find out h____(7) much we like new people when we get to knowthem.There is more good n________(8)for people who have friends. They live longerthan people who don't. why? It could be that they are happier. B____(9) happyhelps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someonec______(10)about you,you take better care of yourself.3 / 8Passage6One day , the d_____(6)saw one of the photes. The face was familiar(熟悉). “Isthat my mother?”she moved closer and read the w________(7): I still love you …Shecried. When she got home,it was early morning. She knocked on the door. The dooro__________(8)itself. She rushed to her mother's bedroom. Her mother was sleeping.She woke her mother up, “It's me! Your daughter is back home!”The daughter asked,“Why is the door ont locked? A thief could get in .”The mother answered softly,“The door has never been locked since you left.”The door of p_________(10)love for their children will never be closed. Passage 7Mr . Baker worked in a small town. Two weeks a_____(1), his friends helped himto find a job in New York. So he and his wife were going to movei________(2) abuilding in the big city. Mr. Baker wanted to live in a room on the first floor and hecould go for a walk in the beautiful garden aften s________(3). But his wifth________(4) to live on the second floor.“There's enough sunlight, I think. And we can watch the f______(5)in the gardenby the windows,”said the woman . Mr.Baker thought she was right and agreed withher. I_________(6)was Saturday. All their friends came to help them. They weret_____(7) and hungry,and Mrs. Baker got nice food ready. They held a party. They ateand drank a lot. Then they kept singing and dancing. It l_________(8)a long time.Passage 8 Most Americans' HobbiesPassage 9Mike Robinson is a 15-year-old English schoolboy. His s_____(1)Clare is 14. Atthe moment, Mike and Clare are at a school in Sydney,one of theb________(2)citiesin Australia. They have been there for two years. They like the school, but they knowthat soon they will leave and r_____(3)to England with their parents. The Robinsons are a happy family and love seeing the world. Mike and Clarehave learnt to speak French, German and a little C______(8). The two children have4 / 8friends all o__________(9)the world. But they are glad that they are going to retuinto England.Passage 10“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need tod_______(1),”somescientists say.Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have beent_____(6)about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over(携人)into dreams.Sometimes we wake u________(7)with a good feeling from a dream. But oftenwe can't remember the dream. Dreams can disappear(消失)quickly from meory(记忆).Too much dreaming can b_____(8)harmful(有害的). Them________(9)we sleep,the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we mayhave a long sleep and still wake up t______(10).Passage 11Passage 12There are four people in my family. Every day my parents are very busy t (1) to make money in order to pay the high tuition(学费）for my brother and me.They hardly say I love you or send f (3) to each other. Besides，myfather has a bad temper(脾气）．It is easy for him to lose his temper w (4)he's very tired from the hard work. I didn't know whether there was love betweenthem u (5) one spring. At that time，my father suddenly got badly sick .Mymother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned fromthe hospital，they both looked very w (6) as if both of them had aserious illness.After they were back，my mother helped my father walk slowly on the countryroad every day in the morning and dusk. H (7)，after two months myfather still couldn't walk by h (8) ．All of us were worried about him.5 / 8Dad，how are you f (8) now? I asked him one day. Susan，don't worry about me.”he said i (9) a low voice.“I just likewalking with your mom. I like this kind of life.”Reading his eyes，I know he lovesmy mother very much.Once I thought love m (10) flowers，presents and sweet kisses. Butfrom this experience，I understand that love is inside，making life strong and warm.Passage 13School education(教育) is very important and useful. Yet no one can l 1 everything at school and a teacher can't teach his students e 2 they want toknow. His job is to s 3 his students how to learn. He teaches them how to readand how to think. So the students can learn much more by t 4 .It is more i 5 to know how to study by oneself. It's quite easy to learnsomething, but it's difficult to u 6 it to solve problems. Great inventors do notget everything from school, but they still can invent many things and change theworld a l 7 .How can the inventors do all of this? That's b 8 they know how to study. Alot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get a lot of knowledgeby reading o9 school. They work hard and never g 10 up all their lives. Passage 14Our school has a big library. It has many b____1____ on different subjects.Students can r____2___ books and magazines in the reading-room. They can alsob____3___ books from the library. But they must return t____4___ on time. If theylose the books, they must p____5___ for them. Miss Yang works in the l___6____.She is very helpful and kind to the students.One morning she was working at the desk w____7___ Li Ping hurried in. She toldMiss Yang that she couldn't f____8___ the library book “Red Star Over China”. Atthat moment Lucy came into the library w____9____ Li Ping's book. She found it in6 / 8the classroom. Li Ping was very happy. She thanked Lucy and said that she would bemore c___10____ from then on.Passage 15I have lived in the countryside since I was a child. There were many k 1 ofbirds there when I was young. Every morning, lots of sparrows liked singing and j 2in the trees outside my window, while the swallows were busy flying out to f 3food for their babies. Sometimes in the afternoon, I could even see eagles f 4in the sky.After twenty years, many of them cannot be seen now. I can seldom see theeagles o 5 the swallows. The n 6 of the sparrows is getting smaller. Onlysome of t 7 sing in the morning.Without the birds around, we won't feel happy any more. So we must p 10them. Why don't we do something to help today?Passage 1 1.stay 2. sick 3. disease 4. caught 5. washPassage 2 1.wash 2. from 3. eating 4. Because 5. dirty 6. smell 7. wet 8.areas 9. least 10. cleanPassage 3 1.smile 2. junior 3. knew 4. anyone 5. entered 6. back 7. feel 8.changed 9. closer 10. gonePassage 4 1.eat 2. knowledge 3. interested 4. while 5. read 6. try 7. way 8.by 9. always 10. morePassage 5 1.close 2. talk 3. around 4. feel 5. get 6. sad 7. how 8. news 9.Being 10. caresPassage 6. poor 2. died 3. looking 4. corner 5. back 6. daughter 7. words 8.opened 9. happy 10. parents'Passage 7 1.ago 2. into 3. supper 4. hoped 5. flowers 6. It 7. tired 8. lasted 9.answer 10. fall7 / 8Passage 8. 1.dinner 2. out 3. born 4. three 5. another 6. change 7. higher 8.givesPassage 9. sister 2. biggest 3. return 4. international 5. offices 6. sent 7.away 8.Chinese 9. over 10. agreedPassage 10. 1. dream 2. sleep 3. every 4. because 5. find 6. talking 7. up 8. be9. more 10. tiredPassage 11. 1.blind 2.heard 3.darkest/dark 4.round 5.works 6.through 7.things 8.ears 9.able 10.foodPassage 12. 1.trying 2. flowers 3. when 4. until 5. weak 6. However7. himself 8. feeling 9. in 10 meantPassage 13. 1. learn, 2. everything, 3. show, 4. themselves, 5. important,6. use,7. lot,8. because,9. outside, 10. givePassage 14. 1. books 2. read 3. borrow4. them 5. pay 6. library 7. when8. find 9. with 10. carefulPassage 15. 1. kinds 2. jumping 3. find 4. flying 5. or 6. number7. them8. enough 9. kill 10. protect8 / 8。