山东省青岛市胶州市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷

山东省青岛市胶州市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷（解析版） 五、完形填空。阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 （10分）There was a rich man in Wei State（魏国）.One day，the man decided to go to Chu State.So he took a lot of money with him.And he found a good（13）　 　.Then he（14）　 　his trip very happily. Chu was to the south of Wei，but this man couldn't tell the（15）　 　between going to the south and north when he rode away to the north. On the way，he met an old man.（16）　 　knowing that this man wanted to go to Chu State，（17）　 　old man told him Chu was in the south.But the man didn't care about running far because he thought his horse was the（18）　 　and could run fast.The old man said，"You don't see the truth.It's true that your horse runs very fast，but you can（19）　 　reach Chu State!" The man didn't worry about that（20）　 　he thought he took enough money with him.So the old man said again，"I know you have much money，but you're still going the（21）　 　way and you will use up all your money."The man said，"It is not a problem.My horse is excellent!" After hearing that，the old man said（22）　 　and watched helplessly as the man from Wei rode away. （13） A．bird B．horse C．pig D．hen （14） A．waited B．broke C．lost D．started （15） A．example B．culture C．difference D．reason （16） A．At B．After C．As D．Of （17） A．the B．an C．a D．/ （18） A．least B．worst C．best D．closest （19） A．never B．always C．sometimes D．ever （20） A．although B．if C．so D．because （21） A．wrong B．right C．possible D．same （22） A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything 六、阅读理解。阅读短文，选出最佳答案，阅读下列文章，选出最佳选项。 （10分）Zhu Yanjun is 51 years old.Coming from a small village in Gansu，he became a worker after finishing middle school in 1992. Zhu has only a middle school education.However，he surprised everyone by winning second place on CCTV's yearly Chinese poetry（诗）competition.He has been interested in poetry since he was a child. Zhu said，"I usually wrote down poems I got from watching TV，and would look up dictionaries to