《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语上册译林版宿迁专版》

四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Being able to study in a British school for one year was ____ exciting thing for me. School starts at around 9 a. m. and ____(end)at about 3:30 p. m. there. It means I could stay in bed for one ____(many)hour. On the first day, all the new students had a meeting. The headmaster told us ____ the school rules(规则). He also told us that the best way to get respect was to study hard and get high ____(grade). We had to move to different classrooms for different ____(class). We also had different classmates in some classes, ____ it was difficult for me to remember all the faces and names. I found that the homework was not as ____(heavily)as that in my old school. Yet it was a bit difficult for me at first, because all the homework was in English. I felt very ____(luck)to experience(经历)this different way of life. I really hope ____(go)back and study in Manchester again.
1. an 2. ends 3. more 4. about 5. grades
6. classes 7. so 8. heavy 9. lucky 10. to go

答案： 1. an 2. ends 3. more 4. about 5. grades 6. classes 7. so 8. heavy 9. lucky 10. to go

五、完形填空。
Once a farmer had a fight with his neighbour. During the fight, the farmer got so angry that he said many bad and ____ words to his neighbour.
After some time, the farmer realized his mistake and wanted ____ his words back but he didn't know ____ to do. Just then, he got to know that a wise man was ____ his village. So, he decided to go to the man and ask for ____.
He went to the man and told him ____. He asked the man to tell him a ____ to take his words back. The man said to the farmer, “First, go and collect a lot of feathers in a(n) ____ basket and then keep them in the middle of the village and go home.”
The farmer did as he was told and the next day he went to see the man again.
The man said, “Now go and bring those feathers to me.” The farmer went to get those feathers, but when he got there, all the feathers had flown away because of ____.
The farmer returned to the man with his hands ____ and told him, “I couldn't bring back those feathers because there were none left in the ____. They were all blown away by wind.”
The man told him, “The same thing ____ to the words spoken by you. You can ____ say them but cannot take them back even if you want to. Before ____ something bitter and bad to someone in anger, you should always remember that your words cannot be taken back. Therefore, it is better ____ silent(安静的)in the situation.”
Words can hurt others too. So always think before you speak.
(D)1. A. serious
B. special
C. important
D. impolite
(B)2. A. take
B. to take
C. forget
D. to forget
(A)3. A. what
B. when
C. where
D. how
(C)4. A. searching
B. checking
C. visiting
D. changing
(A)5. A. help
B. excuse
C. exercise
D. example
(B)6. A. something
B. everything
C. nothing
D. anything
(D)7. A. path
B. key
C. road
D. way
(C)8. A. closed
B. locked
C. open
D. old
(B)9. A. rain
B. wind
C. snow
D. basket
(D)10. A. full
B. dirty
C. tired
D. empty(空的)
(A)11. A. basket
B. village
C. room
D. pocket
(C)12. A. agrees
B. helps
C. happens
D. decides
(B)13. A. carefully
B. easily
C. slowly
D. correctly
(D)14. A. say
B. to say
C. said
D. saying
(C)15. A. keep
B. kept
C. to keep
D. keeping

答案： 1. D
 【点拨】serious 严重的；special 特殊的；important 重要的；impolite 无礼的。根据“the farmer got so angry”可知，在很生气的情况下会说许多难听和无礼的话。故选 D。
2. B
 【点拨】句意：过了一段时间，农夫意识到了他的错误，想收回他说的话，但不知道该做些什么。take back 收回；want to do sth. 想做某事。故选 B。
3. A
 【点拨】句意：过了一段时间，农夫意识到了他的错误，想收回他说的话，但不知道该做些什么。分析句子结构可知，空处作 do 的宾语，应用 what。故选 A。
4. C
 【点拨】search 搜索；check 检查；visit 参观；change 改变。根据下文并结合选项可知，此处指一个智者正在参观他的村庄。故选 C。
5. A
 【点拨】ask for help 请求帮助。故选 A。
6. B
 【点拨】根据上下文可知，农夫想要寻求智者的帮助，所以应该是把一切都告诉了他。故选 B。 
7. D
 【点拨】根据语境可知，此处应用 way 表示“方式；方法”。故选 D。
8. C
 【点拨】closed 关闭的；locked 上锁的；open 敞口的；old 老的。根据下文可知，篮子里面的羽毛被风吹走了，所以这个篮子应该是敞口的。故选 C。
9. B
 【点拨】根据下文“They were all blown away by wind”可知，所有的羽毛都被风吹走了。故选 B。
10. D
 【点拨】full 满的；dirty 脏的；tired 累的；empty 空的。根据“I couldn't bring back those feathers because there were none left...”可知，篮子里没有羽毛，所以此处指农夫两手空空。故选 D。
11. A
 【点拨】basket 篮子；village 村庄；room 房间；pocket 口袋。根据上文可知，羽毛装在篮子里。故选 A。
12. C
 【点拨】句意：同样的事情也发生在你说的话上。agree 同意；help 帮助；happen 发生；decide 决定。故选 C。
13. B
 【点拨】carefully 认真地；easily 容易地；slowly 缓慢地；correctly 正确地。根据空后的 but 可知，此处句意发生了转折，指你可以很容易地说出这些话，但却无法收回它们。故选 B。
14. D
 【点拨】before doing sth. 在做某事之前。故选 D。
15. C
 【点拨】it is better to do sth. 最好做某事。故选 C。