专题06 短文填空2023-2024学年译林版八年级英语下学期期末复习专题训练

2023-2024学年八年级英语下学期期末复习专题训练专题06短文填空(A)HaveyoueverheardofafamouscharitycalledOperationSmile?Letmetellyousomethingaboutit．OperationSmileisan___1___(nation)children’smedicalcharity,___2___(work)withateamofmedicalvolunteerswhoprovidesafeandeffectiveoperationsforchildrenb___3___withfacialdeformities(畸形)．It___4___(start)byadoctorandhiswife．In1982,togetherwithsomevolunteers,theywenttoPhilippines．Theywantedtohelpthosechildrenwithcleftlipandcleftpalate(唇腭裂)．Itwasverydifficultforthemtoeatanddrink．Thesevolunteersworkedveryhard．Buttheyworriedthattheycouldnotcarryonwiththeworkbecausetheywereshortofmoney．Thentheydecidedtostartacharitysothattheycouldhelpthechildreninneed．TheycalleditOperationSmile．

OperationSmilemobilizes(动员)aworldofgenerousheartstohealchildren’ssmilesandtomakeachanceacrosstheglobe．Thecharityworksinmorethantwenty___5___(develop)countriesand___6___(cure)over10,000childrenwhohaveproblemswiththeirmouths．OperationSmilehaswonmanyprizesforitsworkandin1999theyevenstartedaspecialeventcalled“TheWorldJourneyofHope”．5,000childrenin18countriesarecuredd___7___theevent．

Ontheotherhand,OperationSmiletrainslocaldoctorsandnursesindevelopingcountriessothattheycanc___8___tohelpchildrenwhenOperationSmilehasleft．Astothechildrenwithmuchmoreseriousproblems,theywillsendthemtoAmericafor___9___(far)treatment．

Therearealotofchildrenwhoneedyourhelp．Weexpectthatmorepeople___10___(join)ustohelpthem．Pleaseshowyourkindnessandgenerositytotheneedychildrennow．YoucansendyourdonationtoOperationSmileatlocalbanks．Becauseofyou,manychildrencangetthepreciousgiftofsmile．1．__________2．__________3．___________4．___________5．____________6．__________7．__________8．___________9．___________10．___________(B)Mostofushaveneverthoughtaboutbuildinganeducationaltoybyourselves．Ifweneedalearningtoyorsomething,wesimplygototheneareststoreandbuyit．However,thingsarenotaseasyinthirdworldcountries．Withfamiliesevenhavingnofoodtoputonthetable,buyingtoys,___1___(special)theeducationalones,isthel___2___thingontheparents’minds．Sohowcanonegetthesekidsinterestedinscience?ThiswasaquestionthatworriedtheIndianengineerArvindGuptasomuchthathedecidedtoleavehisjoband___3___(spend)hislifemakingtoysfromthingsthatpeoplenolongerwantorneed!Mr．Guptabeganteachinginthe1970s．WhilestillanengineeringstudentattheIndianCollegeofTechnology,hevolunteeredtoteachthechildrenwhocouldnota___4___togotoschool．Afterhisgraduation,hefoundagoodjobatIndia’sTataMotorsandspentthenextfiveyearsdesigningcars．Buthesoonrealizedthatthiswasnotsomethinghewantedtodoforther___5___ofhislife．Sohetookayear’s___6___(train)courseandtookpartintheHoshangabadScienceTeachingProgramwhoseaimwastomakesciencefunandexcitingforpoorchildrenusingcommonmaterials．Thewholeproject___7___(find)sointerestingthatMr．Guptadecidedtoleavehishigh-payingjobandpayhisattentiontodesigningeducationaltoysthatwerenotonlycheapandeasytobuild,butarealsofullofscientificprinciples(科学原理),sothatchildrencouldgetinterestedinthisinterestingsubject．WhentheInternetstartedbecomingamorewidespreadlearningtool,Mr．GuptacreatedaToysfromTrashwebsiteandalsorecordedover250YouTubevideos．Today,over50,000childrenandteachersvisitthewebsitedailytodownloadthevideosforthetoycreations___8___(develop)fromcoolscience．Someyoungchildren___9___(become)soinspired(鼓舞)thattheyhaveevenwon___10___(nation)sciencecompetitionswiththehelpofhiscreations．1．________2．________3．_________4．_________5．_________6．________7．________8．_________9．_________10．_________(C)Onedaywhiledrivingfrommyhometowork．Inoticedacarinfrontofmehadawobbly(不稳定的)wheel．Itwasc___1___thatthewheelhadbeenchanged___2___(recent)andhadnotbeenfixedcorrectly．OnaslowroadthiswouldnotshowmuchofaproblembutIknewahighwaywascomingsoon．Therethetrafficwouldmovemuchfasterandthedriverwouldbeindangerasthewheelcouldcomeoffatthatspeed．I___3___(drive)alargejeepatthetimeandthecarinfrontwasasmallone___4___(drive)byayoungladyonherown．SoasItriedtoflash(闪)mylightsandwavehertopullover,Iwasworriedthatshe___5___(pull)overontheroadsidewhenshefoundinhermirrorasinglemanchasing(追)herdowninajeepandwavingforhertopullover．Thankfully,shetrustedmoreinthegoodnatureofpeopleandpulledoverwhereIcoulde___6___theproblem．Shesaidthewheel___7___(change)onlythenightbeforeandthatshewouldpullintothenearestgarage(修车间)wheretherepairmanhadtoolstofixthewheelcorrectly．Mybeliefisthattheactof___8___(kind)washersandnotmine．Howso?Well,itwasshewhochosetobelieveitp___9___thatpeoplearegoodoverthebeliefthatbadthingswouldcomefrombeingwavedovertothesideoftheroadbystrangers．IamgladIwasabletowaveherdownintimeandsoaseriousaccidentmight___10___(avoid)．ButIamevenhappierthatshebelievedinastranger．1．________2．________3．_________4．_________5．_________6．________7．________8．_________9．_________10．_________（D）I'ma…go-getter!Schoolisanewstartwhenthenewtermcomes．Studyingiscertainlyabigpartofmylife．Ihavemadea48(decide)tosetagoalforeverysubjectatthebeginningoftheterm．Myaimistodowell49everysubjectthisterm．Biologyismyfavouritesubject,andmytargetistoprepare50(I)formydegreeinbiologyatuniversity．Iamalwaysattentiveinallclassesandthink51(active),sothatIcanhavemorefreetimetodootherthingsthatI'minterestedinafterschool．Ilikereadingbooksofallkinds．Ihaveatop10readinglistandItrytokeepitupdated．Meanwhile,I'm52activememberofmyschool’slong-distancerunningteam．Italwaysmakesme53(excite)toworkhardandachieveateamgoaltogether．Toachieve54Iwant,Imustusemytimewell．Atschool,Idomyhomework55Ihavesparetime．Afterschool,Itrytospendanypossibletime56(remember)thenewwordsIhavelearntduringtheday．Forexample,itusuallytakesme20minutestogethomebus．IoftenusethetimetoreviewEnglishwords．Asthepopularsaying57(go),"Everyminutecounts!"Setagoalandgetahead!!（E）Therearelotsoflittlethingsweusearoundthehouseeveryday．Manyofthesethings,suchascleaningandbeautyproducts,helpuskeepboth48(we)bodiesandhomesfreshandclean．49,theycansometimesbeboringorhavechemicals(化学物质)thatdoharmtous．Michael,50healthcareworkerfromVirginia,US,solvesthisproblem．Hemakeshisown51(nature)soap(肥皂)touseathome．Hiswifegavehimtheideatodoso,infact．"Ihaveawifewhooftengets52(headache)frompopularscented(芳香的)soapsthataresoldinstores．Mygoalwastofindscentsthatwouldbegood53herhealth,"hesaid．Therecipe(配方)heuses,althoughsimple,54(result)inbeautifulsoapsthatarenotonlygentlerthansoapsoldinstores,butalso55(cheap)．Michaelsaidthatmakingthesoaphimselfallowshimtosavemoneyandexercisehiscreativity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