Unit 8 Life in the future 完形填空（含解析）牛津深圳版 八年级下册英语题型专项集训

Unit 8 Life in the future 完形填空（含解析）牛津深圳版 八年级下册英语题型专项集训 Before electricity lit up our lives, the streets of even the world’s greatest cities were very dark at night. Not only were the streets dark, but also they were 1 for pedestrians (行人). People were brave or foolish enough to walk in the night streets, carrying torches or lanterns to light their way. Over time, bright minds came up with bright ideas to solve this problem. Back in the fifth century, oil lamps were hung on ropes across the streets of Antioch in Syria. In China, natural gas was carried 2 bamboo pipes to light street lamps. It wasn’t until the nineteenth century, though, that gas lighting was used in Europe. The first gas streetlights appeared in London in 1807. By 1820, gas lamps lit streets in Paris, France, and Baltimore, Maryland. With gas lighting, a new 3 was created—the lamplighter (点灯人). In cities and town, you could see the lamplighter with his ladder and lantern in the evening here and there. Electric streetlights came along in 1841. The first of these were installed (安装) in Paris. These electric lamps 4 a strong light. However, they had to be 5 every few hours. The true birth of the age of electricity for street lighting came in 1879. Thomas Alva Edison had invented a longer lasting light bulb. With the spread of electric streetlights, the need for lamplighters became 6 . These familiar figures (身影) slowly went away from the evening streets. 1．A．comfortable B．dangerous C．generous D．excellent 2．A．through B．against C．across D．throughout 3．A．fact B．label C．job D．design 4．A．complained B．deserved C．accepted D．produced 5．A．moved B．placed C．replaced D．removed 6．A．faster and faster B．greater and greater C．less and less D．more and more Lily: I was staying at the Hotel Whale with my friends last week. After going shopping and 7 tea at the cafe, I went back to my room to rest. But when I opened the door, I saw that water was coming in 8 the window! I knew I should not just stand there, 9 I did not know what to do. Mike: At 11: 30 a. m. The day before yesterday, I was having lunch in our Forever Green House 10 our fridge was ordering food. Suddenly a light went 11 and a lot of food started to arrive from the supermarket: meat, vegetables, fruit, milk, and so on. “Stop!” I shouted at the fridge, but the foods 12 to come in. Benny: Dad was driving us to the airport in his CJ 3, and suddenly the car 13 . The hydrogen in the car 14 to mix with the oxygen, so the car 15 work. “Oh, no!” aid Mum. “We’re going to 16 our plane. What shall we do ” 7．A．had B．having C．has D．to have 8．A．by B．near C．through D．from 9．A．and B．for C．so D．but 10．A．while B．when C．until D．if 11．A．out B．on C．to D．back 12．A．wanted B．kept C．continued D．failed 13．A．left B．moved C．stopped D．ran 14．A．refused B．advised C．stopped D．failed 15．A．won’t B．doesn’t C．mustn’t D．didn’t 16．A．miss B．catch C．re ... ...