精品解析：辽宁省营口市大石桥市八校2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中联考英语试题

八年英语试卷 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚。 2.请将准考证条形码粘贴在右侧的[条形码粘贴处]的方框内。 3.选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，字迹工整。 4.请按题号顺序在各题的答题区内作答，超出范围的答案无效，在草稿纸、试卷上作答无效。 5.保持卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、刮纸刀。 第Ⅰ卷（选择题：共三大题，共50分） 一、完形填空（共10小题，共10分，每小题1分） One of America’s biggest circuses (马戏团) will soon end elephants in its shows. The circus said it would stop by 2018. All its ___1___ will move to an animal conservation (保护) center. They will retire (退休) there. The circus is doing this ___2___ public protest (抗议). One hundred years ago, it was OK ___3___ animals to perform for humans. However, not today. People are worried about ___4___, such as camels, dogs, horses, lions and tigers. Animal rights (权利) groups have told the circuses not to ___5___ the elephants. They said that circus elephants have a ___6___ life. Many of them are ill. They ___7___ the elephants to retire now. Many places in the USA were asked not to use the elephants. This makes it ___8___ for circuses to go around the country. The owners of the circus said it was hard to ___9___ using their elephants. They understand the people love watching the elephant’s ___10___. 1. A. tigers B. lions C. elephants D. dogs 2. A. in order to B. because of C. so that D. because 3. A. of B. to C. for D. in 4. A. plants B. animals C. children D. vegetables 5. A. use B. teach C. love D. help 6. A. good B. nice C. comfortable D. bad 7. A. want B. decide C. offer D. plan 8. A. easy B. hard C. relaxing D. interesting 9. A. start B. begin C. stop D. continue 10. A. movies B. show C. stories D. life 二、阅读理解（共32分，共16小题，每小题2分） Passage 1 Lao She Teahouse opened in 1988. Its name is after the famous Chinese writer, Lao She (1899-1966). At Lao She Teahouse, visitors sit in an old Beijing setting, and can drink the best tea in China. They watch all kinds of traditional Chinese performance（表演）art and enjoy delicious traditional Beijing-style snacks（小吃）. Since it opened, Lao She Teahouse has entertained（款待）many famous people from China and all ov