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九江市2022-2023学年度下学期期末考试八年级英语试题卷
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1、 听力测试。(共20分)
(略)
2、 单项选择。(共8分)
( ) 21.Li Lei didn't play computer games last weekend. ________ , he worked as a volunteer in an an old people's home.
A. Certainly B. Though C. Instead D. Gradually
( ) 22. Stop playing computer games. It ________ too much of your time.
A. takes B. takes off C. takes back D. takes down
( ) 23. The rain beat ________ the window and made a loud noise.
A. among B. against C. from D. over
( ) 24. I will tell my father the news as soon as he ________ back.
A. came B. will come C. comes D. is coming
( ) 25. The shopping mall ________ for two years , but I ________ there only once.
A. has opened; have gone B. has opened; have been
C. has been open; have gone D. has been open; have been
( ) 26. I find ________ easy ________ English.
A. that; study B. its; study C. it; study D. it; to study
( ) 27. -- ________ the population of Sichuan?
--90 million people.
A. How's B. What's C. How much is D. What are
( ) 28.--Would you mind my opening the window?
-- ________ I have a cold.
A. You'd better not B. Never mind C. All right D. With pleasure
三、完形填空。(共26分)
A)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。(15分)
Most parents send care mails (包裹) and gifts to their children when they're away at university.Teri Cox , from Maryland , isn't one of those 29._______ .
Teri's son, 18-year-old Connor, is now away at a University in Germany. A few weeks ago, Teri sent her son a mail. When Connor first 30_______ it , he thought it was a normal gift filled with some necessary things. “ I was 31_______ , because it's like Christmas when you get mail from your family in college ,” he said.
However, when Connor opened the mail, the things inside were quite different from what he had 32._______ . It wasn't a care mail or a git at all. It was 33. _______ he left at home while he was on the Christmas holiday—his rubbish. The box was full of 34. _______ things—everything he was