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2020-2021学年第二学期初二期末质量检测试卷英语
第一部分 选择题(50分)
I. 完形填空(10分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
One year, British expedition(探险队) got lost in the sandy ocean of the Sahara Desert. The sun was burning hot. Everyone ____1____ ran out of water. If they made a ____2____ decision, then they could all soon die.
At this time, the leader took out a ____3____ kettle and said, “I found a kettle of water in my bag. But before we ____4____ the desert, nobody is allowed to ____5____ it.”
The kettle of water became the ____6____ for everyone to cross the desert. It was passed on among the members of the team. It felt heavy.
Finally the expedition made it out of the desert and escape the hand of Death. With tears of ____7____, they opened the kettle with trembling(颤抖的) hands-but-out poured ____8____!
Was it a kettle of sand that really saved them in the desert? The answer is no. Their deep faith in the hope of survival(生存) like a ____9____, had taken root and grown in their hearts. That is what led them out of the terrible situation in the end.
In fact, life has never been a real dead end for anyone. Whatever ____10____ time you face, as long as there is seed of faith in your heart, you will overcome it. Then someday your life will bloom(开花) and bear much fruit.
1. A. slowly B. happily C. sadly D. quickly
2. A. wrong B. correct C. big D. wise
3. A. coffee B. water C. milk D. juice
4. A. look through B. pass through C. flow through D. fly through
5. A. eat B. pour C. drink D. look
6. A. faith B. idea C. excuse D. enemy
7. A. health B. danger C. confidence D. joy
8. A. water B. stones C. sand D. dirt
9. A. tree B. seed C. warning D. flower
10. A. beautiful B. nice C. pleasant D. hard
II阅读理解(40分)
第一节阅读下列短文,从下面每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。(共15小题,每小题2分)
A
I bet you use memes (表情包) when talking to your friends on WeChat or QQ And among the file formats (文件格式) GIF is probably one of your favourites.
A GIF is usually a short funny video only a few seconds that repeats. The GIF turned