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）
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Do 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 following
s_________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.
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Frank 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 t