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2020-2021 学年第二学期八年级福田区教学质量调研考英语
第一卷选择题(50 分)
I. 完形填空(10 分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。
My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He always worked hard and often kept the yard ____1____ without any grass. But I was too ____2____ to pull out the grass, allowing them to grow freely. In the early spring, in ____3____, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I ____4____ they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest. Unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids, they were yellow.
I ____5____ one flower, then went to a friend who studied plants. As soon as my friend saw it, he asked me ____6____ I picked it. “It’s amazing!” He explained ____7____, “This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each.”
I called to tell the good news to Richard. He was very surprised and then said he had seen the orchids in the yard every year, but he thought they were common grass, so he always ____8____. He said, “It would have flowered a few years if I could ____9____.” Yes, all of us might miss some rare (稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don’t give them the time to flower to prove their value.
Give the “grass” time to flower and give everybody a ____10____ to prove his value.
1. A. wild B. clean C. wide D. beautiful
2. A. tired B. lazy C. bored D. happy
3. A. December B. June C. October D. March
4. A. wondered B. believed C. discovered D. guessed
5. A. stole B. picked C. kicked D. found
6. A. how B. why C. where D. when
7. A. sadly B. successfully C. gently D. excitedly
8. A. left them alone B. pulled them out C. kept them off D. let them down
9. A. wait B. notice C. take D. make
10. A. tree B. yard C. flower D. chance
II. 阅读理解(40 分)
第一节 阅读选择
阅读下列短文,从下面每个小题的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。
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Do you do housework around your house? Can you cook for your parents?
To stress the importance of hardworking spirit education