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2022-2023学年山东省威海市文登区八年级(上)期末
英语试卷(五四学制)
一、选择填空 从每小题A、B、C中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳答案。
1. —How was _______ dinner at Mike’s house?
—It was great. Mike’s mom is _______ good cook.
A. a , the B. the, a C. the , the
2. —Yesterday I lost my pencil sharpener. I couldn’t find _______.
—Oh, it’s a pity. You’d better buy _______ this afternoon.
A. it; it B. it; one C. one; it
3. When he heard a cry for help he ran out as ________ as he could.
A. quickly B. quick C. hardly
4. —What was your brother doing at this time yesterday?
—He was reading a magazine _______ I was writing an e-mail at home.
A. as soon as B. until C. while
5. The magazine _______ be Lily’s, for we can find her name on the cover.
A. might B. could C. must
6. I studied until midnight last night _______ I didn’t get enough sleep.
A. so B. so that C. unless
7. —Why didn’t you answer my telephone yesterday?
—Sorry. I _______ a bath.
A. took B. am taking C. was taking
8. This blue sweater is too big for me. Can you please show me a _______ one?
A. small B. smaller C. the smallest
9. Lu Xun died in 1936. He _______ a lot of famous novels.
A. wrote B. was writing C. has written
10. —What a nice car! How long _______ you _______ it?
—Just two weeks.
A. have, bought B. did, buy C. have, had
二、阅读理解 阅读下面A、B篇短文, 根据短文内容, 从短文后面每小题所给的三个选项中选择最佳答案。请用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
London’s River Thames (泰晤士河) has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge so exciting? Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it?
The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big ships through to the pool (水域) of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never forget it.
On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is almost a thousand years old, and Tower