广东省东莞市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语模拟试卷（3）

2023-2024学年八年级第一学期期末英语模拟试卷（3） 一、语法选择 Peter was an English boy. His hobby was _1_ stamps. He had stamps from many countries. Peter's favourite stamps came from France. He had every French edition(版本) 21960 to 2004 except a 1974 special edition stamp. It was very _3_ to find. He looked for it everywhere even in stores, at street markets and on the Internet He asked his friends and relatives(亲戚) to help him. But _4_ could find the stamp. It made Peter very sad. “Don't worry. Please have patience,”his father said to him.“You can _5_ it some day.” “I hope so,”Peter said. Peter also liked making _6_. He had a pen friend named Victor who was in France. They wrote to _7_ every month. Victor knew Peter liked collecting stamps. One day Victor's mother Laura gave him _8_ old French stamp. It was a big, green one. He used it to post a letter to Peter. When Peter received the letter, he looked _9_ at the stamp at once. He was very amazed to see that it was the 1974 special edition stamp. Peter was so happy! He told the good news to his family. “You see,”his father said,“you did find your stamp in the end. So you know, _10_ is good to have two things in life.” “What are they?”Peter asked. “Friend and patience,”his father answered. ( )1. A. collect B. collected C. collecting D. to collecting ( )2. A. in B. from C. between D. during ( )3. A. hard B. harder C. hardly D. hardest ( )4. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody ( )5. A. are finding B. find C. will find D. found ( )6. A. friend B. friends C. friendly D. friendship ( )7. A. the other B. others C. each other D. one another ( )8. A. a B. an C. the D.\ ( )9. A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly ( )10. A. it B. that C. he D. there 二、完形填空 Sally is 76 years old. She has no sons or daughters. Her husband _1_ fifteen years ago. But she didn't move into a nursing home. She would like to _2_ herself every day. Every night she spends two hours _3_ kids with their maths for twenty years. All kids living on her str