江苏省东台市第二教育联盟2021-2022学年八年级上学期12月份联谊考试英语阅读试卷

八年级课外阅读检测英语试题 （总分：50分 时间：45分钟） 一、完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） One day a wise man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got 1 he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?” The young man 2 , looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.” “Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”“The sun is up and the 3 is going away. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll 4 .”“But, young man, don’t you 5 that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t 6 make a difference!” The young man 7 politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that 8 .” There is something very 9 in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the 10 will be better. 1 A．better B．farther C．closer D．faster 2 A．continued B．stopped C．watched D．answered 3 A．water B．wind C．boat D．fish 4 A．leave B．die C．run D．lose 5 A．believe B．realize C．expect D．guess 6 A．possibly B．hardly C．especially D．fortunately 7 A．replied B．argued C．spoke D．listened 8 A．day B．time C．place D．one 9 A．special B．brave C．strange D．lucky 10 A．family B．village C．country D．world 二、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题1分，计15分） A Do you know the story "The Boy and the Starfish"? It goes something like this: A man is walking along a beach. He sees a boy putting starfish back into the sea. He tells the boy that's not helpful, "There are thousands of starfish on this beach. You can't save them all. You can't make a difference." As the boy puts another starfish,he says to the man, "It's going to make a large difference to this one!"Members of an after—school program in New Hampshire, liked the story so much that they nam