《2025年期末直通车八年级英语上册人教版》

二、语法填空(2025·宁波镇海)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空白处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空。
In ancient China, there were two great poets who were also good friends—Li Bai and Du Fu. They 16.______ (live) during the Tang Dynasty. Li Bai was famous 17.______ his love for nature. He often wrote about his 18.______ (travel) and the beauty he found in the world. Du Fu was a serious poet. He wrote about the struggles(斗争) and hardships of the common people.
Though they have 19.______ (different) in writing style, Li Bai and Du Fu often read each other's poems (诗) and had a discussion about their ideas. They built a deep bond(纽带) through their love for poetry(诗歌). Both Li Bai 20.______ Du Fu thought poetry can bring changes to the world. They saw their poetry as a way 21.______ (tell) people their ideas and feelings.
During difficult times, Du Fu had 22.______ hard time. Li Bai would often send 23.______ (he) money and things he needed. Du Fu, in return(作为回报), showed his thanks to his friend in poems.
The friendship between Li Bai and Du Fu was a 24.______ (beauty) example of how two people with different styles and 25.______ (personality) can come together. Their friendship was not only because they loved poetry, but also because they knew about each other well.

答案： 16.lived 17.for 18.travel(s)/travel(l)ing 19.difference(s) 20.and 21.to tell 22.a 23.him 24.beautiful 25.personalities

一、词汇运用
A. 根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词或词组的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

Last week, our school held a speech competition. The topic of the competition was “My Dream”. If you wanted to take part in it, you had to sign up(报名) 1.______ before Wednesday.
One of the 2.______ was my classmate, Tom. He prepared for the speech carefully. He spent a lot of time writing his speech and practising it at home.
3.______ the competition, when it was his turn, he walked onto the stage confidently. He began his speech in a clear voice. He made a very important 4.______ in his speech. He said that no matter how difficult it was to make our 5.______ come true, we should never give up.
All the students listened to him carefully. In the end, he won first prize. It made us realize that if we want to succeed in something, we need to prepare carefully just like he did.

答案： 1.in person 2.speakers 3.During 4.point 5.dreams