湖北省天门市2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷

湖北省天门市2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 完形填空：阅读下面两篇短文，然后从每小题的四个选项中选出一个可以填入短文中相应空白处的最佳选项。 7．（8分）There is a little girl.She is six years old.One day she asks her parents，"（1）　 　 do you call me April？"" Because you were born（2）　 　 April，" says her mother.The little girl is happy to know that.She likes her（3）　 　 April，and she likes the（4）　 　 ，too.Her parents always have a birthday party for her in that month.All her friends come and have a great time at the party.Last week，April got a little（5）　 　 .Everyone came to visit her family.They talked about names for the （6）　 　 baby.April（7）　 　 know why they did this.She thought it's easy for her to give a name to the baby.He was born in February，（8）　 　 we should call him February，she thought. （1）A.How B.Why C.What D.Where （2）A.in B.on C.at D.of （3）A.family B.clothes C.name D.action （4）A.day B.week C.month D.year （5）A.friend B.cousin C.sister D.brother （6）A.new B.lucky C.special D.big （7）A.can't B.didn't C.shouldn't D.doesn't （8）A.but B.or C.and D.so 8．（12分）How do people find their talent？British writer and speaker Sir Kenneth Robinson talked about this at TED.He（1）　 　 the story of Gillian Lynne. Gillian Lynne never did well in school as a child.She couldn't sit for a long time and often found（2）　 　 moving restlessly（不安地）.The teachers were angry with her.Her mother was quite（3）　 　 about her.She took her to a doctor.For 20（4）　 　 ，she talked about the problems Lynne was having in school.Then，the doctor said to Lynne，"I need to speak to your mother first.（5）　 　 here." As the doctor and the mother left the room，the doctor（6）　 　 the radio.He then said to Lynne's mother，" Just stand and watch her." The minute they left the room，Lynne was on her feet，（7）　 　 to the music on the radio. The doctor then turned to Lynne's mother and said，"Mrs.Lynne，your daughter isn't sick（生病的）.She is a（8）　 　 .Take her to a dance school.Let her show her talent." So she did.Lynne's