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2021学年第一学期慈溪市八年级学科竞赛英语试题
笔试部分:满分95分
一、完形填空(共15小题; 每小题1分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Sometimes, I doubt (怀疑) if there is any love between my parents. They ___1___ say: “I love you.” For them, it’s really difficult to say. Every day they are ___2___ trying to make money. They don’t act in the romantic (浪漫的) way that I read in books and I see on TV.
One day, my mother was sewing (缝) a ___3___.
I sat down beside her quietly.
“Mom, I have a ___4___ to ask you,” I said after a short time.
“What?” she replied, ___5___ doing her work.
“Is there love ___6___ you and Dad?” I asked her.
She didn’t answer and still ___7___. I was worried ___8___ I thought I had made her unhappy. After some time, she said to me with a smile, “Susan, look at this thread (线),” she said. “Sometimes it appears, but most of it ___9___ in the quilt. It makes the quilt strong. ___10___ life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. You can hardly see it anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is ___11___.”
The next spring, my father suddenly got very sick. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. After they ___12___, she helped my father walk slowly down the road every day. To my surprise, Father was weak but really very ___13___.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t ___14___ me,” he said. “I just like walking with your mom.”
Once, I thought love meant flowers and gifts. Now, I know that love is just a ___15___ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm...
1. A. always B. often C. never D. once
2. A. fast B. early C. late D. busy
3. A. dress B. hat C. quilt D. shirt
4. A. word B. question C. problem D. reason
5. A. still B. even C. already D. ever
6. A. between B. behind C. from D. through
7. A. talked B. listened C. wondered D. worked
8. A. when B. because C. but D. though
9. A. disappears B. loses C. finds D. paints
10. A. Because B. But C. If D. Although
11. A. outside B. inside C. everywhere D. a