广东省深圳市福田区梅山中学2020-2021学年八年级下学期期中检测英语试题

2021年初二年级（下）期中检测 英语（2021-4月） 学校：梅山中学 命题人：尹有莲 审题人：匡乐逸 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，第I卷为1-35题，共50分，第II卷为36-46题，共25分。全卷共计75分。考试时间为70分钟。 注意事项： 1、答第一卷前，考生务必将在答题卡写上姓名、班级，准考证号用2B铅笔涂写在答题卡上。 2、每小题选出答案后，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，再涂其它答案，不能答在试题卷上。 3、考试结束，监考人员将答题卡收四。 第I卷（本卷共计50分） I. 完形填空（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） Do you know the story of shadow puppetry? Well, it has ____1____ to do with an emperor in the Han Dynasty. More than 2, 000 years ago, in the Han Dynasty a favorite concubine（妃子）of Wu Emperor ____2____ because she had a terrible disease. The emperor missed her so much that he also became serious ill. But no doctors could help him. And he was getting ____3____. One day, a minister（大臣）happened to see children playing with dolls. The shadows of the dolls on the floor were clear and ____4____. He could even see the children moving their fingers quickly. Seeing these shadows, the smart minister suddenly came up with a(n) ____5____. He made a cotton puppet of the concubine and painted it. As night fell, he invited the emperor to ____6____ a puppet show behind a white cloth. The emperor was ____7____ and became interested in it from then on. This story was recorded in the official ____8____ book by Sima Qian. This is believed to be the beginning of shadow puppetry. Shadow puppetry was very popular during the Tang（618—907）and Song（960—1279）dynasties in many parts of China. They were first made of paper models, later from the ____9____ of donkeys or oxen. That’s why their Chinese name is pi ying, which means shadows of leather. Today, with TV, computers and smart phones, few young people are interested in it. In 50 years, perhaps the puppet show will ____10____ like other traditional art forms such as Nuo Drama（傩戏）. What can we do to change this situation? 1. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything 2. A. died B. killed C. fell D. hurt 3. A. better B. weaker C. more tired D. more worried 4. A. bea