陕西省西安市曲江第二中学2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中英语试卷

陕西省西安市雁塔区曲江二中2022-2023学年八年级下学期期中 英语试卷（解析版） Ⅲ完型填空（共1小题，计20分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的 要求，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。 l4.(l0分)Long long ago,the Jade Emperor(玉皇大帝)wanted to choose twelve animals for the Chinese Zodia(十二生肖)，so he organized(l)__animal race.The first twelve animals to win (2)get a place in the Chinese Zodia and have a year named after them The cat and the mouse both asked the ox (to wake them early on the day of the race.That day,the ox tried to wake them,but without success.So the kind ox carried them on (3) back and started running when the race began The mouse woke up just when the ox was (4) across the last river He knew that he could never beat the cat (5) he pushed the cat off the ox's back So he pushed the cat into the river.When the ox reached (6) side of the river,the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line,just(7)the ox.The tiger came third. So the 12-year cycle (begins with the mouse.The ox comes after him.The tiger follows the ox.The rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,goat,monkey,rooster,dog and pig come after them.(8) the cat was lucky to finish the race,she was almost dying in the river.In the end,she has no place in the zodiac.So that's (9) cats kill mice.They can (10) forget what happened in that race longlong ago! (1)A.a B.an C.the D./ (2)A.can B.could C.shall D.should (3)A.her B.his C.their D.your (4)A.walking B.walked C.walks D.to walk (5)A.until B.as soon as C so that D.unless (6)A.other B.the other C.another D.others (7)A.for B.against C.before D.after (8)A.Although B.So C.When D.If (9)A.what B.how C.why D.when (10)A.never B.always C.usually D.sometimes V阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完 整。 15.(10)When my baby brother Lipe was growing inside her body,my mother learned that he would be born with Down Syndrome(唐氏综合症)Hearing this,we all began to(I) Would he be able to walk and talk like other kids?Would he have any friends and be liked by others?All these problems (2) us day and night. We even couldn't sleep well,though we knew we woul