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2023-2024第一学期学情练习试卷（第10周） 八年级英语试题 （范围：Modules 1-5 满分：90分 时间：70分钟） 一、语法选择（本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10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A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。 Msituni is a young giraffe born on February 1st at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. ___1___ Msituni was born, the zoo workers found that one of her front legs was bending (弯曲) the wrong way. This made it hard for ___2___ to stand or walk. The zoo workers ___3___ that Msituni might die, because the bent leg stopped her from getting milk from her mother. The zoo workers tried their best to ask ___4___ help. Finally workers in a company called Hanger Clinic ___5___ a special brace(矫正器) for Msituni after studying giraffes day and night. The brace allowed her ___6___ slowly. After 39 days in the zoo hospital, Msituni was able to walk easily on her own. With the brace, she quickly became much ___7___ and grew to a more normal size for a giraffe at her age. “It was the coolest thing to see ___8___ animal like that walk in a brace,” one of the ___9___ said. “I’m so excited to know that we saved a ___10___ life.” 1. A. When B. If C. Because 2. A. she B. her C. hers 3. A. worrying B. worried C. worriedly 4. A. of B. to C. for 5 A. made B. make C. makes 6. A. move B. moving C. to move 7. A. healthier B. healthy C. healthiest 8. A. a B. an C. the 9. A. work B. worker C. workers 10. A. giraffe B. giraffe’s C. giraffes 二、完型填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Many old people in China exercise in parks, dance in squares or spend time with their grandchildren. But 66-year-old Zhao Wenying from Zhejiang has a ___11___ life. She was a teacher and now she is a Rubik’s Cube player. “After 30 years of ___12___ in a primary school, I didn’t know what to do after retiring (退休),” Zhao said. “The Rubik’s Cube gives me a new ___13___. ” She learned about it from her granddaughter. She said, “She played in the maths lesson with the cube and brought it home. I was very ___14___, so I played with her.” To learn it ___15_