《2025年自主学习手册辽宁少年儿童出版社八年级英语上册译林版》

五、短文填空：阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空
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Life is great if we have friends
Everyone needs friends. True friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there. But how can you find real friendship and keep it?
The Care and Keeping of Friends (1)written (write) by American author Nadine Bernard Westcott tells young students some smart ways to find friends.
Nadine says finding a friendship is just like (2)planting (plant) a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What (3)makes (make) a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For (4)example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should do his or her best to help you. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your (5)life (life).
But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, you can have (6)an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you may write a letter.
Nadine says there are three steps to (7)be (be) friends again. Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what you have (8)done (do) wrong, and explain (解释) why you did this or that. The book also gives some (9)advice (advice) on some small but important things like celebrating your friend's success. Even if you haven't had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you read this book. Because the book tells that friendship is (10)the most important (important) thing in your life.

答案： written; planting; makes; example; life; an; be; done; advice; the most important

I started to learn Chinese in middle school, but I didn't do (1)well (good) in then. As time passed, I began to fail (2)to understand (understand) the Chinese lessons in high school because I didn't know the important Chinese language basics (基础). At that time, the Chinese language I learned was already HSK 3 and 4, but I never got to meet with HSK 1 or 2. That made me (3)miss (miss) the first floor of learning Chinese. For example, I didn't know how to pronounce and write the Chinese characters (汉字) correctly. All I did was meet new Chinese characters without knowing anything other than their meanings.
Luckily, after high school, I (4)entered (enter) a college in China. The Chinese lessons here started with the basics, HSK 1 and 2. My Chinese teacher, Mr Yang, (5)taught (teach) us the basics I never knew before, such as the airflow (气流) in each Chinese character's pronunciation. He guided us very well. He showed us how to write each Chinese character step by step.
The class was online, but it was (6)enjoyable (enjoy) and interesting. Mr Yang let us practise pronouncing Chinese words (pinyin) after him. Besides, he always asked us (7)to take (take) a picture of our Chinese character writing and send it to him so that he could correct the mistakes for us. The best part of his lesson was that if I had a question in class, I could ask him (8)directly (direct). Then he would discuss and explain the answer to the whole class. (9)In fact, being focused (专注) in class is the most important in learning Chinese.
Chinese may be (10)the hardest (hard) language to learn. But as the Chinese saying goes, "Where there's a will, there's a way.". I believe with a lot of hard work and such kind teachers' help, I will learn it well.

答案：
(1)well
(2)to understand
(3)miss
(4)entered
(5)taught
(6)enjoyable
(7)to take
(8)directly
(9)In
(10)the hardest