八年级英语选词填空French,same,words,Chinese,example,many,why,great,much,what,another,tellLanguageschangewithtimeandtheworld.SodoesEnglish.New__1__areborrowedfromotherlanguages.Aboutninehundredyearsagotherewere__2__changesinEngland.Agreat__3__wordswereborrowedintoEnglishfrom__4__.Aboutfivehundredyearsagotherewas__5__change.Thistimeitwasachangeinpronunciation(发音),butthespellingwasnot__6__changed.Englishwordsarespelledquitethe__7__astheywereinthosedays.Thespellingshowshowwordswerespokenatthattime.Itdoesnot__8__usmuchaboutthepronunciationofwordstoday.For__9__,theletters“gh”intheword“night”showusnothingabouthowitisspokennow.That’s__10__studentslearningEnglishfindEnglishspellingsoconfusing(容易弄混淆的).[答案简析]通过阅读,我们知道这是一篇关于英语词汇和读音的演变。1.words。意思是“一些新的词汇是借用于其他语言”。2.great。“巨大的变化”为greatchange。3.many。words为可数名词的复数形式,用many修饰。4.French。从前文…wereborrowedintoEnglishfrom…可知应填French(法语)。5.another。大约500年前,英语又发生了变化。6.much。英语发音虽然有了变化,但拼写没有太多的变化。7.same。拼写还是和原来相同。8.tell。前一句用shows,很显然,此处应用tell表示“告诉”。9.example。这里是在举例子。Forexample意为“例如”。10.why。由于英语在拼写方面没有太大的变化,而在读音上发生了变化。这就是学英语的学生拼写容易出错的原因。Exercise:A.短文填空,从下面方框中选出10个单词,用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺。(注意:每词限用一次,其中有两词多余)(enjoy,live,quiet,tired,small,dinner,behind,interesting,not,walk,no,take)DoyouknowSunGarden?SunGardeningoodplace()in.It'savery()district.It's()onthebusystreet.Ifyouare()afterwork,youcan()thedistrict'squietnesshere.Andthereisa()parknearhere.Inthemorningorafter()youcan()throughthepark.()theparkisabookstore.Therearelotsof()booksinthestore.Soyoucanoftenseelotsofpeoplereadingbooksinthepark.B:feel,give,turn,work,help,waiter,thing,nearly,he,only,else,one.Awomanwaseatinginarestaurant.Sheaskedthewaitertodomany(1)________forher.Nowshewas(2)________thewaiteralotoftrouble.(3)________,sheaskedthewaitertoturnontheairconditioner(空调)becauseshe(4)_________toohot.Thensheaskedhimto(5)________itoffbecauseshewastoocold.Thiswentonandonfor(6)________halfanhour.Butthewaiterwasverykindand(7)_________.Hedideverythingthewomanasked(8)________todowithoutgettingangry.Finally,someone(9)________intherestaurantaskedwhythe(10)________didn’tjustthrowthewomanout.“Oh,Idon’tcare.”thewaitersaid,Smiling.“Wedon’tevenhaveanairconditioner.”C.call,swim,anything,clever,bear,can,his,give,girl,something,read,takeManyyearsago,therewasafamily___1___Franklin.TheylivedinBoston.Therewerefive___2___andsixboysinthefamily.OnaJanuarydayin1760,anotherbabyboy___3___.Theyboy’smotherandhisfather___4___theboyaname—Benjamin.Benjaminwasthe___5___ofallthechildren.Hecouldreadwhenhewasfiveandhe___6___writebythetimehewasseven.Whenhewaseighthewassenttoschool.InschoolBenjaminhadbeengoodat___7___andwritingbutnotgoodatmaths.Hereadallof___8___father’sbooks.Andwhenever(每当)hehadalittlemoney,heboughtabookwithit.Helikedbooks.Theytoldhimhowtodo___9___.Atthattimeheinventedthepaddles(脚蹼)for___10___.\D:need,animal,I,put,make,except,find,end,look,since,little,enoughLetmetellyouastory.Agoodfriendof___1___liveswithsixhundredanimalsonanisland.Ever___2___heleftschool,hehastravelledallovertheworld___3___foranimalsforhisownzoo.Hewritesbooksabouthistravels,andabouthiswonderful___4___.Themoneyforhisbookshelpshimtopayforalltheanimalfood.Myfriendtoldmethatwhenhewaslookingforwaterlastweek(Thereisnotenoughwaterontheisland,thoughthereisalotallaroundit),he___5___oil(石油).He___6___moneyforhistravelsandforhiszoo,andalittleoilwouldbuy___7___waterforalongtime,butheknowsthatifhetellsanybodyelseaboutit,itwillbethe___8___ofhiszooandhislife’swork.SoIthinkhewillnottellanybody___9___youandmeaboutwhathefound—becauseoilandwatercan’t___10___together.Oilmaybringgreatertroubletohisanimalsthannothavingenoughwater.Doyouthinkso?E:Leaf,then,large,learn,ones,grow,Thick,has,mean,first,easy,begin.Everybodylovesoranges.Theyaresweetandjuicy.They’reinsections,soitis1toeatthem.Someorangesdonothaveanyseeds.Somehavea2skin,andsomehaveathinskin.Theorangetreeisbeautiful.Ithasalotofshinygreen3Thesmallwhiteflowerssmellverysweet.Anorangetree4flowersandfruitatthesametime.Therewereorangetreestwentymillionyearsago.Theorangeswereverysmall,notlikethe5today.TheorangetreeprobablycamefromChina.Manydifferentkindsofwildoranges6inChinatoday.TheChinesestartedtoraise(栽培)orangetreeesabout4,400yearsago.FarmersinotherpartsofAsiaandtheMiddleEast7toraiseorangesfromthechinese.8theytaughtEuropeans.TheSpainishplantedorangetreesintheNewWold(NorthandSouthAmerica).TheytookthemtoFlorida9.OrangesareaveryimportantcropinFloridaToday.InEnglish,orange10bothafruitandacolor.Weusethenameofthefruitforthecolor.KEY:A.livequietnottiredenjoysmalldinnerwalkBehindinterestingB:1.things2.giving3.First4.felt5.turn6.nearly7.helpful8.him9.else10.WaiterC:1.called2.girls3.wasborn4.gave5.cleverest6.could7.reading8.his9.something10.SwimmingD:1.mine2.since3.looking4.animals5.found6.needs7.enough8.end9.except10.beputE:1.easy2.thick.3.leaves4.has.5.ones.6.grow.7.learned\learnt8.Then9.first.10.means.(1)well,soft,second,better,may,strongly,afraid,sand,stayup,if,now,houseWecan’tstopanearthquake(地震),butwecandothingstomakesuretheydon’tdestroy(毁坏)wholecities.First,itisnota