《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语下册译林版宿迁专版》

一、首字母填空。
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。
When I was in the seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town. Most of the time that I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his c 1.
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, h 2 with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine, though he was in a coma(昏迷).
I was away for a week on vacation with my parents, and when I returned, Mr Gillespie was gone. I didn't have the courage to a 3 any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might tell me he had died.
Several years later, I was a student at a junior college. One day, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar(熟悉的) face. When I r 4 who he was, my eyes were filled with tears. He was a 5! I asked him if his name was Mr Gillespie. With an uncertain look on his face, he replied yes. I explained h 6 I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. He gave me the warmest hug I had e 7 received and his eyes were full of tears.
He began to tell me how he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time a 8 he lay there in a coma. Mr Gillespie s 9 believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive.
Although I haven't seen him ever s 10, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a difference between his life and his death.
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6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________

答案： 1. condition 2. helping 3. ask 4. realized 5. alive 6. how 7. ever 8. as 9. strongly 10. since

二、根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、完整。每词限用一次。
　　　　　　
Mrs Zhang is my neighbour. Her house is next to 1. She is a warm and 2 person. She is popular 3 us. She is always ready to help others. She often says hello 4 me from her front garden when I come back home. She plants different 5 of beautiful flowers in her garden. It was Mrs Zhang's birthday last Saturday. She had a party and 6 all the neighbours. She made a very big cake 7 fresh flowers on it. It was my 8 time to see such a cake. I thought it was 9 cake I had ever eaten. We sang, danced and talked and we 10 had a great time.
1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________
6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10. __________

答案： 1. mine 2. friendly 3. among 4. to 5. kinds 6. invited 7. with 8. first 9. the nicest 10. really