山东省淄博市临淄区第一中学（五四学制）2018-2019学年八年级下学期期中质量检测英语试题

2018—2019学年度第二学期初三英语期中质量检测试题 总分：90分 时间：100分钟 第一卷 （选择题 共42分） 一、完形填空（10分）阅读下面的短文，从各题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。 If anyone can be called a scientific giant after Albert Einstein, that person must be Stephen Hawking. He was born in Oxford, England on Jan. 8th, 1942. What a pity! On March 14th, 2018, the world-famous British scientist 　1　in Cambridge, UK.   After leaving high school, Hawking went first to Oxford University 　2　 he studied cosmology (宇宙学). As he himself admitted, he didn’t work hard. And he did　3　work. However, he always enjoyed thinking everything around him, especially the universe. Today, he is called the King of the Universe.   It was at the age of 21 that Hawking first 　4　 something was wrong with him. He started to bump into some things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she 　5　 him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. He 　6　 to have motor neuron disease (