山东省枣庄市峄城区吴林街道中学2022-2023学年八年级5月月考英语试题

2022-2023学年度第二学期八年级英语练习题 一．完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分） Once a king was ill. No one in the large palace knew what was wrong __1__ him. “Perhaps music would help him feel better，” said one of his men. So the man ran through the streets，calling as __2__ as he could，“Music for the king! Music for the king! If you can play the most beautiful tune(曲子) and make him get __3__，you will get a lot of money.” Soon the __4__ palace was full of music. All of the music was played by very famous people，and some of the music was very wonderful，__5__ the king was still weak and unhappy. Gladheart was a little boy. He __6__ sheep in a valley(山谷)．He played the violin all day long. “I must go and play for the king，” Gladheart said one day. Gladheart went into the palace and played a beautiful tune on the__7__ for the king. As the king listened，his face became __8__ with smiles. “The tune __9__ me a lot，” the king said. “What is it about，Boy？” “It is about __40__，” said Gladheart.“I learned it from the fields when winter was just over.” ( )1.A.of B．against C．with D．at ( )2.A.loudly B．quietly C．completely D．slowly ( )3.A.clever B．young C．famous D．healthy ( )4.A.most B．all C．whole D．small ( )5.A.though B．but C．so D．because ( )6.A.depended on B．looked for C．looked after D．gave up ( )7.A.piano B．violin C．drum D．guitar ( )8.A.bright B．dark C．crazy D．sick ( )9.A.hurts B．reports C．excites D．worries ( )10.A.autumn B．summer C．winter D．spring 二. 阅读理解。（共15小题，每小题2分，计30分） A Once upon a time，there were four seeds. They were good friends. They traveled by wind and came to a forest. They hid themselves in the ground，and hoped that they would be able to grow into big trees. But when the first seed began to grow，they realized it wouldn't be such an easy task. There lived a group of monkeys，and the smallest monkeys loved to throw bananas at any plant that star