解题技巧指导：这种题型主要是对学生的四项能力（即对词语分析的能力；对英语学习的掌握运用能力；对语法知识的准确运用能力；以及对上下文语境中逻辑意义的推断理解能力。
方法介绍：1。
读短文，晓大意；在做题之前，仔细阅读短文通晓其大意；（可调动脑中相关信息帮助答题）2。
上下文，是提示，首字母，不放弃；在解答时根据上下文确定词性（即是什么词类），再结合所给首字母确定该单词意思，写出该单词。
3.做完后，试一试。
单词写出以后，检查其形式是否正确，意思是否合理。
然后通篇朗读短文进行检查。
八年级英语专项练习——首字母填空一On the evening of October 7, Li Feng was watching TV while his mother was b cooking supper in the kitchen. S the telephone rang. Li Feng q picked it up to athe call. It was from a good friend of his m . She wanted to say “Happy Birthday”to his mother. “Today is Mother’s birthday, but I have already f all about it. Mother gives me a lot of l and care while I didn’t care for her e . From now on, I must always r this, s my love to her and care for her enough,” Li Feng thought to himself, feeling a little ashamed(惭愧的).二Coca-Cola is very popular now. It is e all over the world. 1.6 billion gallons are s every year, in over one hundred and sixty c . The d was invented by Dr. John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8 May,1886, but it was g the name Coca-Cola by his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year, only nine drinks a day w sold. The business was bought by a man c Asa Candler in 1888, and the first factory was o in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Coca is s made there. Billions of bottles and cans have been produced s 1895. It’s certain that Coca-Coca will be drunk far into the twenty-second century.三Mary didn’t u such sentences as “she is blue today.” You’re yellow. “He has ag thumb(拇指).”“He has told a little white lie.” and so on. And she went to her teacher f help.“Mrs Smith, there’s a c in each of these sentences, what do they mean?”She asked “In e English. Mary, blue means ‘sad’, yellow means ‘afraid’. A person w a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie doesn’t mean a bad one”, the teacher said.“Would you give me an e for a white lie, Mrs Smith?”“Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you w say it, Instead you say, No, thanks, I’m not h ?That is a w lie.”Mary said, “Oh, I see. Thank you very much.四Mr King taught English in a middle school. He was very b all the time and couldn’t do some r . So he left the school and opened a book shop in the cof the town. It wasn’t big enough but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was c , he could read at home. He knew a lot and the learned(有学问的) person were glad to make f with him.It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr King was very busy. At nine in the evening all the buyers left e a girl. She was dressed up and waited for s there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after a . It made them in a fearful mess(凌乱不堪). Mr King came up to her and asked, “Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?”“ Your books are all dull (乏味的).” Said the girl. “I want a d one.”“That’s easy”. Mr King smiled. He t out a cookbook(烹调书) and said, “Here you are, madam.”五Roy Trenton drove a taxi before. A short while ago, however, he b a bus-driver and he feels no sorry about it. He is finding his new work far more i . When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves r out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag f of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one w the money got so afraid that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get a in their car, Roy drove his bus into the b of it. While the car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and t the police. The thieves’ car was badly damaged(损坏) and e to recognize(辨认).Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were c .八年级(8B)英语专项练习——首字母填空参考答案1. busy Suddenly quickly answer mother’s forgotten love enough remember show2. enjoyed sold countries drink given were called opened still since3. understand green for colour everyday with example won’t hungry white4. busy reading center closed friends except someone/somebody another delicious took5. became interesting rush full with away back telephoned easy caught6. look late doing earlier right when was saw picked lucky7. in late wrong hurts havesee first until little better 8. somewhere new worst enjoyable/ exciting remember Then on start all interested 9. Where What’s weather moment cold summer because skate do time 10. funny listen jokes lost buyenough both check himself voice。