13八年级下册 第13课时 Units 7～8-【智乐星中考·中考备战】2023年山东枣庄中考英语

第13课时　 Units 7～8 一、完形填空 (2022·云南中考)Mr. Dawson is an old man with a bad temper(脾气). He had several apple trees in his yard, full of apples. However, kids were 1 to go into the yard. They would rather stay far away from it. One day, 12­year­old Janet and 2 friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson's yard. As soon as Janet saw him there, she suggested they cross the street and walk on 3 side. But Amy said they didn't need to. When Mr. Dawson saw Amy, he smiled and said, “Hello, Amy! I see you have a new friend 4 you today.” Amy smiled back. Mr. Dawson was kind and gave them each a fresh 5 from his yard. Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says Mr. Dawson is the 6 person in town. Why was he so nice to us？” Amy 7 that she was also afraid of him when she first walked past his yard. 8 she told herself the old man was not as cold as he seemed and tried smiling at him. To her 9 ， the man smiled back. From then on, they began to talk more every time they met. Janet then realized smiles do 10 ． If we keep trying to smile at someone, sooner or later, they will smile back. 1．A.afraid B．excited C．crazy D．mad 2．A.my B．her C．their D．his 3．A.other B．others C．another D．the other 4．A.for B．about C．with D．from 5．A.orange B．strawberry C．pear D．apple 6．A.cutest B．cleverest C．healthiest D．unfriendliest 7．A.promised B．believed C．explained D．regretted 8．A.But B．Unless C．If D．And 9．A.sadness B．worry C．surprise D．fear 10．A.lift B．spread C．fail D．lose 二、阅读理解 (2022·安徽中考) Antarctica Weather Antarctica lies in the most southern part of the world. It is the coldest area on Earth. There isn't much rain, but there is a lot of snow and wind. The lowest temperature was on 21 July in 1983 at －89.2℃！ Population Nobody lives in Antarctica all the time! The first people to stay there for a while were fishermen in 1786. Now there are about 5，000 scientists and researchers there in the summer. History of exploration(探险) During 1907～1909, British explorer Earnest Sha