牛津译林版八年级下首字母专项测试（偏难）（含答案）.docx

8年级首字母专项测试（偏难）1Do you remember how you get your English name? Your English teacher gave it to you or you looked up in the d______1________to get it? Have you ever thought w_________2_____your English name will bring you good luck or bad luck?A new study found a name that others felt difficult to pronounce might i_______3_______a person's future. The study shows that the e________4______your name is to pronounce, the more trustworthy people will think you are. The research also shows that people with more familiar names are probably to hold higher position in s ____5_____ . In other words, a weird(古怪的) name may prevent someone from being a ____6_____ or a boss. You may think about your name again. If your first name sounds strange and you can't c ____7_____ it, you can follow the followings_________8_____ . Try using a middle name if it's not hard to pronounce. If you don't have a middle name, And when you get to the interview, you can e________9______ that you often use a nickname because people find your r ____10_____ name difficult to pronounce.Your name may mean more than you think.2Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wondered what it was.His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s______1________of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m____2_____ . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”Frank  w______3________ the little stream of sand. He was i______4________,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very s______5________, but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is   r______6_______, grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second by second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved  a______7________ its great face. That is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t______8________how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i  ______9________ ,” His mother said,”Study all the time.N______10________stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he knew the poem perfectly.3 More and more families go on a car trip each year. H____1__ , the thought of trouble on the road may prevent you from going out. To avoid trouble, you need to make a careful p_____2__ for your trip.First of all, choose a proper route for your trip. Consider w_______3_ you are going and find several possible routes to it. Traffic and the t_____4___ that you will spend on the road must be considered when you decide one.Consider your luggage needs. B______5__ you begin packing your things, think about how many people will be in your car and how mach space they will need in order to t______6__ comfortably.Try to avoid busy times, Usually highways are busier on Fridays and Sundays, so going on Tuesday or T_______7__ will help you to avoid traffic jams. Driving at night is also a great way to miss the traffic and the kids can sleep d____8___ the trip.F___9___, do not forget to check your car carefully before leaving so that you can have a s______10__ trip.4Whether it is a child, a teenager, a middle - aged person or an old person, everybody needs good friends.During childhood,f _______1__ helps us understand the importance of sharing and caring. Small c ______2___ develop it faster than adults and they enjoy the company of their friends. They play and l ______3___ together. Making friends is i ______4___for their growth and development. As teenagers, friends become more meaningful for us. We go t _______5__ many changes during our teenage life. Many of the problems faced during this age cannot be discussed with our parents and other f _______6__ members.However, we are q _____7____ comfortable communicating with our friends. Having good friends who can listen to our problems an o______8________us advice and support is in deed a lucky thing during this age.More and more people these days are suffering from mid - life crisis(中年危机). Their family, job, kids and almost e______9________begin to appear as a burden to them at this age. Having good friends at this time can help them a lot.Friends are important for the e ______10___ too. If they have friends around, the rest of their life remains joyful and interesting.5The most important day in my life was the 9th of April, 1987.That was the day I passed my driving test.I was very worried and drove very b ______1___ on the way to the test centre. My driving teacher said, "If you drive1______2________ this during the test, you will fail. Do。