冀教版英语八年级下册 专项测试(二)完形填空与短文填空（含答案）

专项测试(二)完形填空与短文填空 Ⅰ. 完形填空。 A In Britain, the weather is changeable. It is a common subject of conversation. “Isn't it a nice day ”“Do you think it will rain ”“I think it's going to snow.” People often 1 a conversation with these words. Many people think they can tell 2 the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each other. 3 man 4 say, “Do you see it’ s cloudy in the west It’ s going to 5 tomorrow.” Another man will say, “Yes, it's cloudy in the east. But I think we are going to have fine weather tomorrow.” People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs 6 , he looks for something to tell him it's going to rain. He won't believe anything 7 . When some friends have a picnic, they are so 8 that the weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit down and eat their lunch while it rains. Almost everyone 9 what the weatherman says. But he doesn't always tell us what we want, 10 once in a while he makes a mistake. Still, he usually comes closer to being correct than anyone else. ( )1. A. make B. have C. start D. want ( )2. A. that B. what C. if D. how ( )3. A. A B. One C. Other D. Another ( )4. A. should B. may C. must D. need ( )5. A. snow B. rainy C. rain D. wind ( )6. A. food B. water C. vegetable D. fruit ( )7. A. right B. easy C. else D. hard ( )8. A. sure B. happy C. sorry D. sad ( )9. A. writes down B. looks at C. finds out D. listens to ( )10. A. so B. but C. and D. or B Can plants eat people Probably not, 1 there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One 2 meat-eating plant is Venus Flytrap(捕绳草). The Venus Flytrap is a very strange 3 . It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are 4 pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small 5 . If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf 6 quickly, so the fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the fly 7 it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly and slowly eats it. 8 do plants do that Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very 9 . It doesn't have all these important things, 10 nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let's hope that bigger plants don't get the same idea. ( )1. A. so B. but C. and D. or ( )2. A. famous B. hungry C. loyal D. stupid ( )3. A. animal B. plant C. flower D. fly ( )4. A. from B. in C. on D. like ( )5. A. fingers B. toes C. hairs D. teeth ( )6. A. opens B. closes C. runs D. falls ( )7. A. until B. since C. while D. if ( )8. A. How B. Why C. When D. Where ( )9. A. high B. low C. poor D. rich ( )10. A. finally B. properly C. nearly D. especially C Protecting wild animals is our duty, because wild animals are important to us. They live with us on the earth together. If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, 1 . So we should take good care ... ...