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2021-2022学年第二学期期中学科素养
八年级英语学科
(时间:70分钟 满分:75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,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。(共10小题,每小题1分)
Eileen Gu, a Chinese-American skier, shone brightly at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.
Gu was born to a(n) ___1___ father and a Chinese mother. She was raised in San Francisco. She lived there for over ten years. The girl, however, has always been proud that she has a Chinese root(根). She speaks Chinese well and calls herself a “Beijing girl”.
Gu ___2___ skiing when she was only three. She got her first ___3___ at the age of nine. Gu competed for the United States in that competition. Hoping to ___4___ tens of millions of Chinese children to love skiing, in June 2019, the girl ___5___ to compete for China in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Gu has already brought China medals. In August, she ___6___ the Australian New Zealand Cup. The young skier won two gold medals in the competition. Her ___7___ congratulated her online. After the competition, the ___8___ of them even increased(增加)to 200,000. People called her a “born skier”.
Now she’s an Olympic champion, a fashion model, and going to Stanford University this fall. Why can she achieve so much? “Only 1 percent of it came from my ___9___,” said Gu after her Olympic win, “People don’t see how I train, ___10___ and make mistakes every day.”
If you have a goal, go for it! Hard work never cheats you.
1. A. Australian B. Japanese C. American D. Canadian
2. A. started B. forgot C. kept D. continued
3. A. ability B. win C. job D. subject
4. A. encourage B. invite C. advise D. receive
5. A. improved B. minded C. picked D. decided
6. A. looked for B. joined in C. took off D. paid for
7. A. relatives B. classmates C. fans D. coaches
8 A. number B. point C. pleasure D. ruler
9. A. trouble B. need C. business D. gift
10. A. walk B. swim C. fall D. jump
Ⅱ. 阅读(40分)
第一节 阅读理解(共15小题,每小题1.5分)
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,并在答题卡上将相应的字母编号涂黑。
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Kaitlin Riffel’s dream to end poverty(贫困) started when s