浙江省宁波市余姚市子陵中学教育集团2022-2023学年八年级下学期5月月考英语试题

2022学年第二学期八年级学科竞赛英语试题卷 笔试部分（考试时间70分钟 试卷满分95分） 命题：余姚市梨洲中学 1、 完形填空（本题有15小题，每题1分；共计15分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Salman Khan, an Indian man, worked in a factory. As a driver, he was__1__, but his hard work was well paid. His wife was an able woman and did all of the___2__. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had a lot of ___3___ time when he had a holiday. A few friends of his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. Gradually, he was so interested in it that he___4___ forgot anything. He__5___ all his money, and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it, but he didn't listen to her. She could do nothing but call__6___. He and his friends were punished(受到惩罚) for it. After he came out of the lockup, his wife asked him to___7__ the habit of gambling and do something honest. __8___, the man didn't follow what she said, and his wife had no choice but to leave the family. It was a rainy day. Salman Khan hurt his leg and didn't go to work. So he stayed at home. He was smoking while his daughter was playing with dolls. __9___ felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. As someone says, “A settled practice is hard to change.” Salman Khan couldn't help calling his friends__10___ they came soon. But they were___11__ the police would come. He told his five- year -old daughter to go to find out if there were some policemen outside. During the afternoon, they were___12__ for a long time. Then it was getting dark, they didn't think the prince or a neighbor would come and began to gamble. Unexpectedly, the door was__13__ and a few policemen came in. “I saw there weren't any policemen outside, daddy,” said the little girl. “So I quickly went to the__14__ and asked some to come.” What a simple- hearted girl! She didn't realize what the policeman would do. She only thought her father would like to____15__ with the policeman together. 1. A. alone B. busy C. lazy D. h