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Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
单元话题语法填空练习
基础语篇巩固练
（23-24八年级下·湖南张家界·期中）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确
形式。
Shankar was from a poor family. At the age of four, he lost his father. He had to live a difficult life with his
mother. Because of his father’s 1 (die), his mother felt too sad. Soon her illness became much 2
(serious). So the poor boy made a living by selling wood which he collected in the forest. One day, while Shankar
was walking out of the forest, he saw a sick deer. It needed water and food. 3 , Shankar didn’t have
anything with himself. So he stayed with the deer for a while and then went on his way home. Later, he saw a man
4 (make) a cabin (木屋). The man didn’t have enough wood. Shankar was so kind 5 he gave his
wood to the man. In return, the man gave Shankar some food and water. Shankar was very happy. He went back
and gave them to the deer.
Last month, Shankar 6 (fall) down the hill while he 7 (cut) wood. He hurt his leg and
he couldn’t move. No one was there to help him. 8 (lucky), the deer he once helped saw him. 9
took Shankar back home.
We can learn from the story that helping others is fantastic. Remember 10 (help) others. You
never know when you may need the helping hand.
（23-24八年级下·四川德阳·期中）阅读下面短文，根据语境在空白处填入一个适当的词或用所给单词的
提示，填写其正确形式，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。
Once there were two little ducks. 1 (They) names were Quick and Quack. They didn’t feel
lonely, because they were good 2 (brother) and the two ducks were used to competing with each other
for fun.
One day, they 3 (hang) out everywhere happily as 4 (usually). Soon they came to a
big river. 5 order to show who swam faster, they decided to have a race. The two ducks swam quickly
down to the river. Both of them knew the way very well. But Quack wanted to try a much 6 (quick)
way. He knew that currents (水流) in the middle of the river were faster and they would help him. However, their
mother had told them never to swim in the middle of a river. Quack thought about it for a moment, 7 hefinally decided to try it. “I’m old enough now to swim there,” he thought.
It didn’t take Quack much time to be the faster one. 8 (sudden), Quack was caught by a big
whirlpool (漩涡). He wasn’t strong enough to get away 9 it. Luckily, a cow passed by and saved him.
After that, Quack realized his 10 (mother) words were right, even though sometimes he didn’t
want to listen to her.
（23-24八年级下·广东深圳·期中）Once there lived a wise and hard-working man. 1 , his son
was lazy and did nothing all day. The wise man was worried about his son’s future. One day he 2 (hand)
his son a bag with clothes, some food, a little money and a map to ask him to find some treasure.
The son set out the next day. Along the way, he 3 (help) by some with food and by some with
rooms to live in. After a long year, he got to the place his father mentioned. He spent two days 4 (look)
for the treasure, but he failed.
On the way back home, he experienced 5 same scenery. Sometimes, he would stop 6
(enjoy) the beauty of nature. He also learnt to make 7 (meal) and even fix his clothes himself. He met
the people who had helped him 8 (early). This time, he stayed and helped them in order to repay them.
When he got home, he said sorry to his father 9 not finding the treasure “There wasn’t any
treasure in the very 10 (one) place, my son.” the father answered with a smile. “But I think you have
found your life’s true purpose.”
（23-24八年级下·山东临沂·期中）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。
There once was a Prince who wished to marry a Princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He traveled
all over the world 1 (find) such a lady, but there was always something wrong. He found many
Princesses, but it was impossible for him to make a 2 (decide) whether they were real Princesses. At
last, he returned to his palace 3 (lonely).
One evening a scary rainstorm came. It rained so heavily 4 everywhere was full of water. 5
(sudden) someone knocked at the door. The old King, the Prince’s father, went out himself to open it. A girl 6
(stand) outside the door, cold and wet, when the King opened the door. She said she was a real Princess. The old
Queen-mother didn’t say a word of what she was going to do, but went into the bedroom in 7 (silent),
took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas (豌豆) on the bed. She then laid twenty mattresses (床
垫) one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather quilts over the mattresses. The Princess was to
pass the night on this bed.
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have hardlyclosed my eyes the whole night. 8 I do not know what was in my bed, there was something hard under
me. It hurt me so much! And now I have a 9 (head).” Now it was clear that the lady must be a real
Princess, because she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather
quilts. None but a real Princess 10 (feel) that there was something hard on the bed. Because they were
just small peas. Finally the Prince got married to the real Princess.
（23-24八年级下·吉林·期中）根据上下文，在空白处填入一个单词的正确形式，使短文完整通顺。
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. Since 1 well was deep, the donkey couldn’t get out
and cried for hours. The farmer tried 2 possible to get the donkey out but didn’t make it.
3 (final), the farmer had to give up any more tries and made a 4 (decide) to cover up
the donkey with dirt. The farmer invited all his neighbors 5 (come) over and help him. All the people
started to shovel (铲) dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what 6 (happen) and he started crying even 7 (loud).
After some time, to everyone’s surprise, the donkey quieted down. The farmer looked down the well and was 8
(surprise) at what he saw.
With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey shook it off and took a step up. After a couple of
minutes, the donkey was closer 9 getting out of the well and this story came to a happy ending— the
donkey jumped off!
So, friends. 10 (what) problems we will meet in life are like dirt to the donkey. When life throws
“dirt” at you, never fail to shake it off and take a step up!
（23-24八年级下·福建厦门·期中）Long long ago, there was a little girl called Nuwa. She was the 1
(young) daughter of Emperor Yan.
One day, the sun shone on the calm sea. Princess Nuwa smiled at its reflection (倒影). It looked like a gold
pebble (鹅卵石) in the water. Nuwa walked down to the beach. She slid her small boat into the water.
She rowed out to sea. 2 (sudden), a strong wind came. The waves were as high as mountains.
Nuwa drowned (淹死) in the sea.
After she died, she turned 3 a bird with red claws and a white beak. The bird lived on 4
mountain near the sea. And the bird made the sad cry of “Jingwei, Jingwei”, so Nuwa got her new 5 ,
Jingwei.
Jingwei hated the sea, so she wanted to 6 it up. Every day, she carried a pebble or a twig (小树
枝) from the mountain to the sea, then threw it into the sea.The sea laughed at Jingwei, “Poor little bird, stop 7 (do) this! It’s meaningless. You’ll never fill
me up.”
“I will fill you up, even if it will take me 8 (thousand) of years.” said Jingwei.
Year 9 year, Jingwei did the same work and never stopped. Jingwei teaches a lesson. She shows
us to never give up even 10 it is hard.
（24-25八年级下·山东滨州·开学考试）阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助
动词或情态动词。
Once upon a time, in a beautiful village near some green 1 (hill), there was a boy who watched
over the village’s sheep. Being alone up on the hill was very 2 (bored). The boy came up with a(n) idea.
He thought it would be fun 3 (scare) the villagers, so he shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” The villagers got
whatever they could and 4 (run) up the hill to fight the wolf.
When they 5 (reach) the top, they realized the boy was just cheating them. The boy laughed and
laughed until the villagers 6 (angry) walked back down the hill. This excited the boy. He continued
7 (call) “wolf”. The villagers told him that they would not believe him anymore. The boy 8 (not
listen) to them and lay down for a rest. One afternoon, the boy heard a terrible sound. Before he could even
prepare 9 (him), a wolf appeared right before him, and was running after all the sheep! The boy
shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!” But nobody 10 (believe) him. The wolf killed many sheep and the other sheep
all ran away. The boy was left crying on the hill. Now he knew how stupid he was.
重难语篇拔高练
（24-25八年级上·江苏宿迁·期末）Long long ago, there was a man. He had a hen and the hen 1
(lay) two eggs every day. That man was very happy. Every day he 2 (take) the two golden eggs and sold
them in the market. With the money, he and his family lived 3 (happy).
One day, one of his 4 (friend) said to him, “Every day you take these two eggs to the market and
sell them there. There is too much trouble. Why not take out all eggs from her stomach once?”
He liked the idea, but couldn’t make a decision 5 (kill) that hen. 6 few days later, he
decided to kill the hen because he thought his friend’s advice was very good, and he was really tired of 7
(take) those eggs to the market daily.
The next day, he killed the hen and then opened the 8 (hen) stomach. But 9 his
surprise, after he opened the stomach, he couldn’t find 10 (something) in it. He looked for the eggs hereand there, left and right, up and down, but there was still nothing inside.
（24-25八年级上·江苏常州·期末）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形
式。
Have you heard that a fish can bring people luck? Let’s read a story 1 a girl and a fish.
In a small and pretty village by a river, there lived a girl 2 (call) Jenny. One day, she saved a
3 (shine) fish. The fish said, “You saved me. I will give you three wishes” Jenny was excited but thought
carefully about her wishes and what was 4 (real) important.
For her first wish, she asked for a big meal to feed everyone in the village. The fish made her wish come
true. The villagers were very happy and 5 (celebrate) together.
For her 6 (two) wish, Jenny wished for a special spring (泉) 7 (help) the sick people
in her village. Then the fish made it happen, and soon the spring water healed (治愈) people’s 8 (ill).
As she thought about her last wish, Jenny found that she didn’t need anything more. Instead of 9
(wish) for herself, she wished for the fish to be free and go back to the river. The fish left happily.
Jenny’s story taught the villagers that the real riches are not in money or things, 10 in helping
and caring for one another and sharing what you have. From then on, all the villagers lived a happy life and
passed this lesson on to their children.
