8. She is an excellent 　　　　　　(语言学家) known all over the world.

7. In English the spelling of words doesn’t always 　　　　　　(代表) the sound.

6. The male birds have 　　　　　　　(与众不同的) black and white marks on their heads.

5. As we all know Mao Zedong has a strong Hunan a　　　 .

4. She s 　　　on her bedside lamp and tried to read.

3. In order to resist against the earthquake, the s　　 　of the building has been red-signed in common.

2. The teacher gave no r 　　　　to Tom’s composition, and left the classroom without a word.

1. He didn’t work hard all the term. So it’s o　　　　 　that he can’t pass the final examination.

Ⅷ.One possible version:

Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, teachers, students and their parents are paying less and less attention to handwriting.

According to a recent survey, about 85.8 percent of middle school students think that their handwriting is poor. Yet for various reasons, many students don’t want to improve their handwriting. 51.5 percent of the students think that they can just use a computer, so there is no need to waste time improving their handwriting, and 32.3 percent believe that they are so busy with the study that they do not have time to practise. 10.9 percent think that practising handwriting is useless.

As the saying goes, writing style shows the man. Beautiful and neat handwriting is beneficial, especially for middle school students. Therefore, in my opinion, more emphasis should be placed on this aspect in future.

10. 解析:选B。根据答语“请参照你自己的时间安排”可以推出，应该选B项，意为“你自己决定”。