山东省临沂第六中学2022-2023学年八年级上学期期末英语试题

2022-2023学年度下学期线上教学质量调研 八年级英语 第Ⅰ卷（选择题共40分） 一、完形填空（共8小题,计16分） 根据短文内容，从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空，使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供1-4小题选用，第二个方框供5-8小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次，每框有一项剩余。 A. accepted B. invited C. glad D. look after E. turned down Julia is my good friend. Yesterday was her thirteenth birthday. She ___1___ many friends to her birthday party. Most of us were available that day except Ted and Susan. Ted ___2___ the invitation because he had to help his parents pick apples. And Susan had to ___3___ her grandma in hospital. In the evening, we came to Julia's home. Everyone prepared a very nice gift for her. Julia was very ___4___ to see us. Her mother made a big meal for us. We ate eggs, fish, chicken, dumplings, beef and some fruit. A. surprised B. scary C. guests D. concert E. made a wish After dinner, we had a small ___5___ happily. Julia played the guitar and sang a nice song. We were very ___6___ that she could sing the Chinese song so well. After that, Julia's mother put a birthday cake on the table. Julia ___7___ and began to blow candles. Then, we watched a comedy and stayed until 11 p.m. All the ___8___ had a good time. In the end, we said goodbye to Julia and her family. 二、阅读理解（共12小题, 计24分） A Many people like to hold birthday parties for their family and friends. On September 3, 2022, the Geneva Natural History Museum in Switzerland held a special party. It was for a tortoise (陆龟) called Janus to celebrate his 25th birthday. Quite a few visitors came to the party that day. There, they took photos with Janus and learned a lot about tortoises. Usually, tortoises can live a long life. But Janus is different. He has two heads. Because of that, he can’t live long in the wild (野外). When there is a danger, it’s impossible for Janus to get both his heads into the shell (壳). As a result, other animals will catch and kill him. Luckily, the workers in the museum look after Janus very well. They feed him salad, wash him and take him f