江苏省泰州市2020-2021学年下学期八年级英语期中试卷分类汇编短文填空江苏省泰兴市济川初级中学2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题八、短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）As we know, museums are buildings where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about d 1 cultures. More and more popular “design museums” that are opening today, however, perform quite a different role. U 2 most museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found in our d 3 life, such as fridges and washing machines.The advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar（熟悉）with the objects. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s 4 feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly b 5 design museums clearly show how and why mass-products（批量产品）work and look as they do, and how design has i 6 the quality of our lives. Art museum objects, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their understanding.Several new design museums have opened their doors in r 7 years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy（满足）the publics growing interest in the field with new i 8 . Londons Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far l 9 strict than those to art museums, and visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while w 10 around such objects as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected from our everyday life.江苏省兴化市2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题八、短文填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示, 补全空格内单词, 使短文完整、通顺。（10分）A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c_98_ and every kind of trap（计谋）failed. A young boy watched the mans efforts（努力） and then took a pot （壶） with a narrow neck （瓶颈）. He put a few peanuts（花生）around the pot and put lots of peanuts i_99_ it. He then t 100 the pot to a tree and he told the man, We should have a m 101 _in a few hours. Some monkeys soon found the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e 102 and got some peanuts, but he couldnt pull his h 103 with peanuts out of the narrow neck of the pot. The monkey was afraid and began to cry. Some of the o 104 monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand. The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e 105_ the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s_106_and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap. Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so hard to get it out? The boy laughed and said, The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasnt w_ 107 to let go. They never are. 江苏省泰州市姜堰区2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题八、短文填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。请在答题卡上写出完整单词。（共10空；每空1分，计 10分）Night after night, she came to help me sleep, even long after my childhood years. I dont r 93 when it first started worrying me my moms hands pushing my hair that way. They felt rough (粗糙的) against my young skin. Finally, one night, I s 94 at her: “Dont do that any more your hands are too r 95 !” She didnt say anything, but she never did it again. Years later, I m 96 my mothers hands and her goodnight kiss. Im not a little girl any more. Now my o 97 children have grown up. My mom is in her mid-70s, and her rough hands are still doing things for my family and m 98 . Then one night a kiss, ever so gently, touched my head. It was late on the night b 99 Thanksgiving. As I slept in my bedroom, a familiar hand ran across my face to p 100 the hair from my head. Taking my moms hand, I told her how sorry I was for shouting at her so long ago. But my mom didnt know w 101 I was talking about. She had forgotten about it long ago. That night, I fell a 102 with a new appreciation (感激) for my gentle mother and her caring hands. 93. r 94. s 95. r 96. m 97. o 98. m 99. b 100. p 101. w 102.a 江苏省泰州市靖江市2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中考试英语试题八、短文填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示补全空格内单词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）What can you do to help people or animals in need？The answer isto be a volunteer.Helping yourself by helping othersVolunteering not only helps others but also helps yourself. If youre sad about something that happens, like an e 98 or a flood, doing something to help others can be a great way to make you feel better. It feels good to be able to help. B 99 of your help, some kids have warm hats, gloves and boots. Doing voluntary work means one very important thingyou are helping m 100 the world a better place.Getting startedSchool i