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2021学年第二学期期末考试
八年级英语
本试卷共8页, 满分90分. 考试时间100分钟.
注意事项:
1. 答卷前, 学生必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的学校、班级、姓名、座位号、和 考号填写在答题卡相应的位置上。
2. 选择题毎小题选出答案后, 用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改 动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其它答案;不能答在试卷上.
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答, 答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域 内的相应位豈上;如需改动, 先划掉原来的答案, 然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔或涂改 液. 不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 学生必须保持答题卡的整洁, 考试结束后, 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
一、语法选择(共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项。
Last October, I told my pupils to do jobs to make money, and then bought some food for someone in need. I wanted them to experience that giving is ____1____ than receiving. I hoped they could make a change ____2____ their own power.
Early in Thanksgiving week, the children couldn’t wait ____3____ shopping. Before paying for the turkey and ____4____ food in the shopping bag, Kristine cried, “Flowers!” And the group all ran toward the holiday plants ____5____.
“You can’t eat flowers!” I said. After all, ____6____ was helpful to buy more food. “But Mrs. Sherlock,” came a loud voice, “we want flowers.”
In the middle of the plants, there ____7____ a pot of unusual purple mums(菊花). “She will like this one,” the children agreed.
Then we started out for a poor grandmother’s house. An hour later, we arrived. ____8____ thin woman came to meet us.
As the kids carried all the food in the old woman kept on ____9____ “Thanks”. When the mums ____10____ on the table, the woman was in surprise, “She’s wishing it was a bag of food.” I thought.
“____11____ is your close friend in the woods?” Michael asked.
The woman brightened. “The birds. They often fly over for food ____12____ I share my bread with them.” she said.
After a short chat, we returned to the car. Through the window we saw her walk past the turkey, straight to the flowers. She put her face in ____13____ and looked up with a big smile. At that moment, the children felt ____14____ to see that their power made the woman’s life better.
Sometimes a person ____15____ a pot of nice purple flowers on a dark November day.