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红岭教育集团2023—2024学年度第一学期
八年级期中考试
英语试卷
I.完形填空(10分)
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。
“I really want to, but I can’t because...” This usually appears when we ___1___ doing something. In my opinion, this is more like a(n) ___2___ for our inaction (不作为). We always talk a lot about our ___3___, but when it comes to realizing them, we use the sentence to explain why we stop trying.
When I was a kid, I wanted to leave my home town and see the wonderful world, but I couldn’t. Living in an underdeveloped village, I ___4___ had the chance to get in touch with the outside world. Even so, I ___5___ to use the few resources (资源) I had to create the future I dreamed of.
I wanted to study in Japan. But the biggest difficulty was that I had no ___6___. At that time, getting a scholarship (奖学金) was the best way I could think of. To do this, I should be ___7___ at Japanese first so that I could communicate with Japanese people. To make that happen, every day I studied Japanese until midnight. However, things did not turn out as I ___8___. I didn’t get the scholarship. The fact was that I tried, but I ___9___.
Hearing this, many people might think that I must feel ____10____, but I didn’t. The experience has taught me how to speak Japanese and enriched my life. I have got a lot along the way.
1.
A. worry about B. give up C. die for D. think about
2.
A. excuse B. example C. result D. reason
3
A. mistake B. nature C. dreams D. worth
4.
A. usually B. probably C. simply D. hardly
5.
A. hated B. decided C. afforded D. agreed
6.
A. time B. choice C. friend D. money
7.
A. excellent B. slow C. surprised D. mad
8.
A. explained B. wished C. remembered D. promised
9.
A. refused B. forgot C. understood D. failed
10.
A. sad B. tired C. afraid D. bored
II.阅读理解(40分)
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。(共15小题,每小题1.5分)
A
Adults often say things like, “Kids were so young when something terrible happened that they wouldn’t even remember it as an adult.” But childhood trauma (创伤)